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THE MAURYAN EMPIRE

THE MAURYAN EMPIRE

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Question 1
Who is the founder of  Mauryan Empire?
A
Ashoka
B
Bindusara
C
Chandragupta Maurya
D
Danananda
Question 2
Who is considered as the best of the Mauryan rulers?
A
Ashoka
B
Bindusara
C
Chandragupta Maurya
D
Danananda
Question 3
Who called Chandra Gupta Maurya Bhutra ?
A
Pirugathirathan
B
Bindusara
C
Sasangan
D
Visakadatta
Question 4
Who is known as Amitragatha ?
A
Sangamithra
B
Bindusara
C
Pirugathirathan
D
Visakadatta
Question 5
Who was the first national king?
A
Ashoka
B
Bindusara
C
Chandragupta Maurya
D
Danananda
Question 6
Who introduced the king's tourism system?
A
Ashoka
B
Bindusara
C
Chandragupta Maurya
D
Danananda
Question 7
Most of the asokha’s inscriptions were written in which language?
A
Malayalam
B
Gujarati
C
Greek
D
Prakrit
Question 8
How were the people who had observed the districts in the Mauryan rulers?
A
Yuktas
B
Pradeshikas
C
Andamahamatra
D
Mahamatra
Question 9
Third Buddhist council was convention by
A
Ashoka
B
Bindusara
C
Chandragupta Maurya
D
Danananda
Question 10
Where was the third Buddhist convention held?    
A
Rajagriha
B
Kannosi
C
Pataliputra
D
Kashmir
Question 11
Where is Kalinga now?
A
Rajasthan
B
Kashmir
C
Uttarakhand
D
Orissa
Question 12
Who influenced ashoka to follow buddhism ?
A
Upagupta
B
Pirugathirathan
C
Bhadrabagu
D
Megasthenes
Question 13
Who called him the Devanam priya and Priyadarshi raja?
A
Ashoka
B
Bindusara
C
Chandragupta Maurya
D
Danananda
Question 14
Which of the following statements is/are correct ? 1) Megasthenese     -        Indica 2) Chanaka             -        Arthashastra 3) Visakadatta       -       Mudrarakshasa 4) Ilavarasan          -       Yuvaraja
A
1, 2 and 3
B
1, 3 and 4
C
1, 2 and 4
D
1, 2, 3 and 4
Question 15
Which of the following statements is/are correct ? 1) Bindusarar appointed his eldest son, Sumana, to Ujjain and the youngest son of Asoka in Dakshinelam. 2.For Chandragupta and  Bindusarar, chanaka served as prime minister.  
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
1 and 2
D
None of these
Question 16
Which of the following statements is/are correct ? 1) In the reign of Ashoka, ministers and officials were appointed without caste and religion. 2) He sent saints to Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, Tibet, China and Burma to spread Buddhism.
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
1 and 2
D
None of these
Question 17
How many high officials were invited in the Mauryan regime ?
A
Yuktas
B
Pradeshikas
C
Mahamatra
D
Andamahamatra
Question 18
Under the rule of Maurya, how was the supervisor of the border guard ?
A
Yuktas
B
Pradeshikas
C
Mahamatra
D
Andamahamatra
Question 19
Match the following List 1 (part)           List 2 (capital) 1) North Side   -    Dosali 2) West side     -    Swarnagiri 3) South side    -    Taxilla 4) East side      -    Ujjaini
A
3 4 1 2
B
3 4 2 1
C
2 1 4 3
D
1 2 3 4
Question 20
How were the people called who were helping for the people's charity?
A
Dharmathikarin
B
Pradeshikas
C
Mahamatra
D
Andamahamatra
Question 21
Which of the following statements is/are correct ? 1) Chandragupta renounced the royal status and surrendered to the Brahmapagu junior saint near Mysore. 2) Chandragupta died in 298 BC.
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
1 and 2
D
None of these
Question 22
Who fought against Asoka during the invasion of Kalinga?
A
Janaka Maharaja
B
Sasanga
C
Megasthenese
D
Bhadrabagu
Question 23
What was the reason for the change of Ashoka's path?
A
Kalinga War
B
Shravanabelagola
C
Buddhism
D
None of these
Question 24
Which of the following statements is/are related to Ashoka  1)Ashoka, who worshiped Lord Shiva, embraced Buddhism after the war. 2) Ashokar said that the king's obligations should be to help and moralize citizens. 3) Ritual practices were prohibited. 4) was the first person who created the People's State in India. 5) sent his son Mahendran and daughter's union to promote Buddhism in Sri Lanka.  
A
1, 2 and 5
B
2, 3 and 4
C
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
D
1, 2, 3 and 4
Question 25
How were the judicial authorities in the villages invited?
A
Dharmathikarin
B
Rajukas
C
Mahamatra
D
Andamahamatra
Question 26
How was the Mauritian coins been called?
A
Culk
B
Karshapana
C
Baga
D
Niska
Question 27
Who was the last king of the Maurya dynasty?
A
Brihadratha
B
Bindusara
C
Ashoka
D
Visakadatta
Question 28
Conquering and winning a war is called as
A
Digvijay
B
Dharmavijay
C
Ashvamedhayam
D
Mahavipasa
Question 29
Listen to the following statements: 1) In the inscriptions of Ashoka ,it is desscribed that chera people as Keralaparatra. 2) Chandragupta Maurya converted to Jainism and went to South India with Jainism saint Badrabahu to renounce his knowledge.
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
1 and 2
D
None of these
Question 30
Watch the following phrases 1) The inscriptions on the northwestern border are inscribed with a Greek letter. 2) In Afghanistan, carvings are inscribed in karoshi script.
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
1 and 2
D
None of these
Question 31
According to book Indica written by Megasthenes, how many governments have governed the pataliputra ?
A
10
B
20
C
30
D
40
Question 32
How many management team were there to supervised warriors ?
A
10
B
20
C
30
D
40
Question 33
Which is/ are Buddhist literature  ?  
A
Jatakas
B
Dipavamsa
C
Mahavanmsa
D
All of these
Question 34
Who is known as the Kautilya ?  
A
Sasanga
B
Chanakya
C
Megasthenes
D
H.G. Wells
Question 35
To whose court megasthenes visited?
A
Ashoka
B
Bindusara
C
Chandragupta Maurya
D
Danananda
Question 36
Which language did people use to translate Ashoka's teachings?
A
Pali
B
Greek
C
Karosti
D
Prakrit
Question 37
What is the name of the mother of Chandragupta Maurya?
A
Mura
B
Sangamithra
C
Kumaradevi
D
Trisala
Question 38
Who reunited Kalinga with the Maurya Empire?
A
Brihadratha
B
Bindusara
C
Ashoka
D
Visakadatta
Question 39
Which of the following statements is / are correct ?
  1. Ashoka's Buddhist missionaries are considered equal to the work of the Roman Emperor Constantine in Rome.
  2. Ashoka built the stupas and stupas in the memory of Buddha. It was later converted to Buddhist monks.
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
1 and 2
D
None of these
Question 40
Who praised  the name of Ashoka's name as shining like a luminous star?
A
Brihadratha
B
Chanakya
C
Maitreyi
D
H.G.Wells
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