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Post mauryan empires - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    The founder of Kaniskapura city (Kashmir) was?
    1. Ashoka
    2. Chandragupta Maurya
    3. Kanishka
    4. None of the above
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  2. Question 2

    The institution of Child marriage started under which dynasty?
    1. Mauryan dynasty
    2. Gupta dynasty
    3. Kushan dynasty
    4. Shunga dynasty
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Pre 2002
    An important port in the time of Satavahanas was?
    1. Sopara
    2. Taxila
    3. Mathura
    4. Pataliputra
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Pre 2004
    Who issued the Nasik Inscription?
    1. Goutamiputra Satkarni
    2. Harshavardhana
    3. Dharmapala
    4. Samudragupta
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Pre 2002
    Who of the following were the first rulers to make land grands to the Brahmanas?
    1. Shungas
    2. Kushans
    3. Satavahanas
    4. Shakas & Kushanas
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  6. Question 6

    Haryana PSC 2012
    Who among the following rulers is stated as protector of 'Varna system' ?
    1. Pushyamitra Shunga
    2. Kharvela
    3. Gautamiputtra Satkarni
    4. Vasudeva
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  7. Question 7

    The Gold coins were introduced first in India by the rulers of ?
    1. Kushana dynasty
    2. Gupta dynasty
    3. Satavahana dynasty
    4. Indo-Greeks
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  8. Question 8

    Who was the famous ruler of Indo-Greeks?
    1. Panchao
    2. Milind
    3. Heliodorus
    4. Hala
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  9. Question 9

    Stone Pillar or Bhagavadra Pillar in Greek style was constructed by whom?
    1. Hala
    2. Satkarni
    3. Heliodorus
    4. Menander
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  10. Question 10

    UPPSC Pre 2015
    Which of the following Kings is credited to have issued gold coins for the first time?
    1. Kujula Kadphises
    2. Vima Kadphises
    3. Kanishka
    4. Huvishka
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  11. Question 11

    The first Shaka king was
    1. Milind
    2. Satkarni
    3. Rudradaman-I
    4. Moga or Maues
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  12. Question 12

    UPPSC 2014
    Who renovated Sudarshan Lake without using forced labour?
    1. Chandragupta Maurya
    2. Bindusar
    3. Ashoka
    4. Rudradaman-I
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  13. Question 13

    The Capital city of Kushana was?
    1. Purushpur
    2. Patiliputra
    3. Amravati
    4. Gandhara
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  14. Question 14

    UP Lower Sub Pre 2004
    Who amongst following issued Gold coins regularly in ancient India?
    1. Satavahanas
    2. Sakas
    3. Kushan
    4. Parthian
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  15. Question 15

    When was Saka Samvat initiated?
    1. 178 BC
    2. 101 AD
    3. 58 AD
    4. 78 AD
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  16. Question 16

    When was Vikram Samvat initiated?
    1. 58 BC
    2. 58 AD
    3. 78 AD
    4. 55 BC
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  17. Question 17

    How much is the year difference between the Saka Era and Vikram Era?
    1. 57 Years
    2. 78 Years
    3. 135 Years
    4. 320 Years
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  18. Question 18

    Uttarakhand PCS 2010
    Ashvaghosha was contemporary of
    1. Ashoka
    2. Chandragupta-II
    3. Kanishka
    4. Harshvardhana
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  19. Question 19

    Jharkhand PSC 2003
    Which Chinese general had defeated Kanishka?
    1. Pan Chao
    2. Ban Yong
    3. She Huang Ti
    4. Ho-Ti
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  20. Question 20

    Which of the following dynasty empire was expanded even outside of India?
    1. Gupta dynasty
    2. Maurya dynasty
    3. Kushan dynasty
    4. None of the above
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