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Which of the following was associated with the collection of revenue in Mauryan Mantriparishad?

(a) Samaharta

(b) Vyabharika

(c) Antapala

(d) Pradeshtha

Option a – Samaharta

Which of the following Mauryan officers was in charge of weights and measures?

(a) Pautavadhyaksha

(b) Panyadhyaksha

(c) Sitadhyaksha

(d) Sunadhyaksha

Option a – Pautavadhyaksha

Pankodakasannirodhe’ was the penalty in Mauryan administration, charged for

(a) filthy drinking water

(b) slushing the road

(c) throwing garbage

(d) stenching temples

Option b – slushing the road

The most famous center of learning during the Maurya period was

(a) Vaishali

(b) Nalanda

(c) Taxila

(d) Ujjain

Option c – Taxila

The system governing villages through autonomous elected Panchayats was evolved by

(a) Kushans

(b) Dravid’s

(c) Aryans

(d) Mauryans

Option d – Mauryans

Which aspect of municipal administration of today is continuing since the period of Mauryans?

(a) Inspection of weight and measure reamer.

(b) Determination of prices of goods.

(c) Registration of birth and death certificate.

(d) Protection of artisans.

Option c – Registration of birth and death certificate.

The official ‘Agronomai’ during the Mauryan age was related to which of the following field?

(a) Weight and measurement

(b) Administrative management

(c) Construction of roads

(d) Revenue management

Option c – Construction of roads

During Mauryan Period ‘Pin tax’ was a

(a) tax is given for labor

(b) irrigation tax

(c) tax on non-agricultural products

(d) a tax collected by a village

Option d – a tax collected by a village

In the Mauryan period, tax evasion was punished with

(a) Death

(b) Confiscation of goods

(c) Imprisonment

(d) None of the above

Option a – Death

‘Sita’ in the Maurya period means

(a) a Goddess

(b) a religious sect

(c) revenue from crown land

(d) barren land

Option c – revenue from crown land

Which among the following material used for minting coins during was Mauryan Empire?

(a) Gold and silver

(b) Silver and copper

(c) Copper and bronze

(d) Gold and copper

Option b – Silver and copper

The head of a district (Ahara), the principal coordinator of the revenue, and the officer in charge of general and military functions in his jurisdiction during the Mauryan Empire was known as

(a) Krori

(b) Rajuka

(c) Faujdar

(d) Chirastadar

Option b – Rajuka

India’s first hospital and herbal gardens were built by

(a) Ashoka

(b) Chandragupta Maurya

(c) Lord Mahavir

(d) Dhanvantari

Option a – Ashoka

Which of the following sources states that there was no slavery in ancient India?

(a) Arthashastra

(b) Mudrarakshasa

(c) Megasthenes Indica

(d) Vayupuran

Option c – Megasthenes Indica

In how many categories did Megasthenes divide Indian Society?

(a) Four

(b) Five

(c) Six

(d) Seven

Option d – Seven

Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband?

(a) Kamasutra

(b) Manavadharmashastra

(c) Sukra Nitisara

(d) Arthashastra

Option d – Arthashastra

Which among the following prohibits remarriage?

(a) Jataka

(b) Manusmiriti

(c) Yagyavalkya

(d) Arthashastra

Option b – Manusmiriti

Which among the following were the followers of Buddhism? I. Chandragupta II. Ashoka III. Bindusara IV. Dashrath Codes

(a) I and II

(b) II and III

(c) II and IV

(d) III and IV

Option d – III and IV

Kautilya’s Arthashastra deals with the aspects of

(a) economic life

(b) political policies

(c) religious life

(d) social life

Option a – economic life

What was “Sarthwah”?

(a) Brokers

(b) Convoy of Merchants

(c) Moneylenders

(d) Pilgrims

Option b – Convoy of Merchants

Which one of the following officials was not a part of the Mauryan administration?

(a) Agraharika

(b) Yukta

(c) Pradeshika

(d) Rajjuka

Option a – Agraharika

Remains of which ancient city has been found at the Kumrahar site?

(a) Vaishali

(b) Pataliputra

(c) Kapilavastu

(d) Shravasti

Option b – Pataliputra

In the 4th century BCE, the capital of Magadha was shifted to ………

(a) Mathura

(b) Varanasi

(c) Panipat

(d) Pataliputra

Option d – Pataliputra

Which one of the following ancient Indian records is the earliest royal order to preserve food grains to be utilized during the crises in the country?

(a) Sohagaura copper plate

(b) Rummindei Pillar-Edict of Ashoka

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(c) Prayaga-Prasasti

(d) Mehrauli Pillar inscription of Chandra

Option a – Sohagaura copper plate

Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on

(a) economic relations

(b) principles and practice of statecraft

(c) foreign policy

(d) wealth accumulation

Option b – principles and practice of statecraft

Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? “Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely.”

(a) Ashoka

(b) Samudragupta

(c) Harshavardhana

(d) Krishnadeva Raya

Option a – Ashoka

An Ashokan Edict is located in Uttarakhand at

(a) Dev Prayag

(b) Kalsi

(c) Kedarnath

(d) Rishikesh

Option b – Kalsi

Ashoka’s connection with Buddhism is evident from which one of the following edicts?

(a) Major Rock Edict 13

(b) Rock Edict 6

(c) Minor Rock Edict 1

(d) Pillar Edict 4

Option a – Major Rock Edict 13

Where in Uttarakhand, was a copy of Emperor Ashoka’s Rock Edicts discovered?

(a) Nainital

(b) Pauri

(c) Tehri

(d) Kalsi (Dehradun District)

Option d – Kalsi (Dehradun District)

The accounts of the Kalinga War are known to us by the

(a) Rock Edict-XIII

(b) Rummindei Pillar Inscription

(c) Accounts of Hiuen Tsang

(d) Minor Rock Edict-I

Option a – Rock Edict-XIII

Kalsi is famous for

(a) Buddhist Chaityas

(b) Persian coins

(c) Rock Edicts of Ashoka

(d) Temples of the Gupta period

Option c – Rock Edicts of Ashoka

Which one of the following edicts mentions the personal name of Ashoka?

(a) Kalsi

(b) Rummindei

(c) Special Kalinga Edict

(d) Maski

Option d – Maski

In which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka, mention has been made of South Indian kingdoms?

(a) Third Major Rock Edict

(b) Second Major Rock Edict

(c) Ninth Major Rock Edict

(d) First Pillar Inscription

Option b – Second Major Rock Edict

Who of the following had first deciphered the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?

(a) Georg Buhler

(b) James Prinsep

(c) Max Muller

(d) William Jones

Option b – James Prinsep

The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was

(a) Buhler

(b) Robert Sebel

(c) James Prinsep

(d) Cordriguttan

Option c – James Prinsep

The Gujarra minor Rock edict, in which the name of Ashoka is mentioned, is located in

(a) Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh

(b) Datia district of Madhya Pradesh

(c) Jaipur district of Rajasthan

(d) Champaran district of Bihar

Option b – Datia district of Madhya Pradesh

The Ashokan major rock edicts which tell us about the Sangam Kingdom include Rock edicts

(a) I and X

(b) I and XI

(c) II and XIII

(d) II and XIV

Option c – II and XIII

Which Ashokan Rock Edict describes the victory and injuries of the Kalinga war?

(a) Rock edict I

(b) Rock edict II

(c) Rock edict XII

(d) Rock edict XIII

Option d – Rock edict XIII

Which one among the following statements about Ashokan Edicts is correct?

(a) The Pillar Edicts were located in all parts of the empire.

(b) The Edicts give details of his personal concerns but are silent on events of the empire.

(c) The subject of inscribed matter on Rock Edicts differs completely from that of the Pillar Edicts.

(d) The Greek and Aramaic Edicts are versions of translations of the texts used in other Edicts.

Option b – The Edicts give details of his personal concerns but are silent on events of the empire.

Which of the following Ashokan inscriptions is devoted to the principle of religious tolerance completely?

(a) Rock edict XIII

(b) Rock edict XII

(c) Pillar inscription VII

(d) Bhabru minor rock edict

Option b – Rock edict XII

In which of the following inscription mentioned Chandragupta and Ashoka both?

(a) Nasik inscription of Gautami Putra Shatkarni.

(b) Junagarh inscription of Mahasatrap Rudradaman.

(c) Girnar inscription of Ashoka.

(d) Junagarh inscription of Skandagupta.

Option b – Junagarh inscription of Mahasatrap Rudradaman.

Which one of the following statements regarding Ashokan stone pillars is incorrect?

(a) These are highly polished.

(b) These are monolithic.

(c) The shaft of pillars is tapering in shape.

(d) These are parts of architectural structures.

Option d – These are parts of architectural structures.

The Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka was put up to mark

(a) birth of Buddha

(b) enlightenment of Buddha

(c) first Sermon of Buddha

(d) demise of Buddha

Option a – birth of Buddha

In which of the following relief sculpture inscriptions is ‘Ranyo Ashoka’ (King Ashoka) mentioned along with the stone portrait of Ashoka?

(a) Kanganahalli

(b) Sanchi

(c) Shahbazgarhi

(d) Sohgaura

Option a – Kanganahalli

Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?

(a) The Third Buddhist Council

(b) The Kalinga War

(c) His embracing of Buddhism

(d) His sending of missionary to Ceylon

Option a – The Third Buddhist Council

The notion of Saptanga that was introduced in ‘Arthashastra’ includes

(a) kings, territory, administration, and treasury.

(b) music, dance, ragas, and wrestling.

(c) ministers, civil servants, subalterns, and those involved in espionage.

(d) aristocrats, acharyas, traders, and monks.

Option a – kings, territory, administration, and treasury.

The description of the administration of Patliputra is available in

(a) Divyavandana

(b) Arthashastra

(c) Indica

(d) Ashoka’s inscriptions

Option b – Arthashastra

Kautilya was the Prime Minister of

(a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

(b) Ashoka

(c) Chandragupta Maurya

(d) King Janak

Option c – Chandragupta Maurya

The other name of Chanakya was

(a) Bhattswami

(b) Vishnugupta

(c) Rajshekhar

(d) Vishakhadatta

Option b – Vishnugupta

Rajjuka were

(a) traders in the Chola Kingdom.

(b) officers in the Mauryan administration.

(c) feudal Lords in the Gupta empire.

(d) soldiers in the Saka army.

Option b – officers in the Mauryan administration.

The ‘Dhamma’, propagated by Ashoka was

(a) the tenets of Buddhism.

(b) a mixture of the philosophies of Ajivikas and Charvakas.

(c) a system of morals consistent with the tenets of most of the sects of the time.

(d) the religious policy of the state.

Option a – the tenets of Buddhism.

Turamaya, a contemporary of Ashoka was the ruler of

(a) Egypt

(b) Corinth

(c) Macedonia

(d) Syria

Option a – Egypt

Ptolemy, Philadelphus who had diplomatic relations with Ashoka, was king of

(a) Cyron

(b) Egypt

(c) Macedonia

(d) Syria

Option b – Egypt

Which of the following sources mention the occurrence of the third Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka? I. Inscriptions of Ashoka II. Dipavamsa III. Mahavamsa IV. Divyavadana Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) I and II

(b) II and III

(c) III and IV

(d) I and IV

Option b – II and III

In the course of the pilgrimage, Emperor Ashoka visited the following places. Which route did he follow? I. Gaya II. Kapilavastu III. Kushinagar IV. Lumbini V. Samath VI. Shravasti Codes

(a) I, II, III, IV, V and VI

(b) I, III, IV, II, V and VI

(c) IV, V, VI III, II and I

(d) IV, II, IV, VI and III

Option b – I, III, IV, II, V and VI

Consider the following statements. Assertion (A) Ashoka annexed Kalinga to the Mauryan Empire. Reason (R) Kalinga controlled the land-sea routes to South India. and select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

(c) A is true, but R is false

(d) A is false, but R is true

Option a – Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Which one of the following is considered the best Stupa?

(a) Amravati

(b) Bharhut

(c) Sanchi

(d) Sarnath

Option c – Sanchi

Which of the following South Kingdoms is not mentioned in the Ashokan inscriptions?

(a) Chola

(b) Pandya

(c) Satiyaputta

(d) Satavahana

Option d – Satavahana

Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by

(a) James Prinsep

(b) George Buhler

(c) Vincent Smith

(d) Ahmad Hasan Dani

Option a – James Prinsep

Which of the following information is found in Ashoka’s inscriptions?

(a) Life story

(b) Internal policy

(c) Foreign policy

(d) All options are correct.

Option d – All options are correct.

Which Buddhist text contains an account of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka?

(a) Vinaya Pitaka

(b) Sutta Pitaka

(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka

(d) Mahavamsa

Option c – Abhidhamma Pitaka

The name Dharmashoka was found in the

(a) Maski Edict

(b) Junagarh Inscription

(c) Sarnath Inscription

(d) Allahabad Pillar Inscription

Option d – Allahabad Pillar Inscription

In which of the following inscriptions the name of ‘Ashoka has been mentioned?

(a) Bhabru Edict

(b) Rock Edict XIII

(c) Rummindei Pillar Inscription

(d) Minor Rock Edict of Maski

Option d – Minor Rock Edict of Maski

Pre-Ashokan Brahmi Script was found at

(a) Nagarjunakonda

(b) Anuradhapura

(c) Brahmagiri

(d) Maski

Option b – Anuradhapura

Sarnath Pillar was built by

(a) Harshavardhana

(b) Ashoka

(c) Gautam Buddha

(d) Kanishka

Option b – Ashoka

Who constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?

(a) Chandragupta

(b) Kautilya

(c) Gautam Buddha

(d) Ashoka

Option d – Ashoka

“In spite of being Buddhist, Ashoka did not leave belief in Hinduism” validation of this fact is

(a) Pilgrims

(b) Belief in Moksha

(c) Epithet of “Devanampriya”

(d) Establishment of veterinary hospitals

Option c – Epithet of “Devanampriya”

Who established ‘Rajdharma’ on triplex bases of longanimity, liberty, and compassion?

(a) Ashoka

(b) Akbar

(c) Ranjit Singh

(d) Shivaji

Option a – Ashoka

Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka was held at

(a) Magadha

(b) Pataliputra

(c) Samastipur

(d) Rajgriha

Option b – Pataliputra

Which one of the following inscriptions contains the name, Ashoka?

(a) Gujarra

(b) Ahraura

(c) Brahmagiri

(d) Sarnath

Option a – Gujarra

Which one territory of the following was not a part of Ashoka’s empire?

(a) Afghanistan

(b) Bihar

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Kalinga

Option c – Sri Lanka

The language used in the inscriptions of Ashoka is

(a) Sanskrit

(b) Prakrit

(c) Apabhramsa

(d) Hindi

Option b – Prakrit

Which one of the following Ashokan inscriptions is in the “Kharosthi” script?

(a) Khalsi

(b) Girnar

(c) Shahbazgarhi

(d) Meerut

Option c – Shahbazgarhi

Which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka bans animal sacrifice at a certain festive gathering, which probably included a ban on animal killing as well?

(a) Rock Edict I

(b) Pillar Edict V

(c) Rock Edict IX

(d) Rock Edict, XI

Option a – Rock Edict I

In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka’s edicts are also found?

(a) Junagadh Inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman.

(b) Nashik Prashasti regarding Gautamiputra Satakarni

(c) Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela

(d) None of the above

Option a – Junagadh Inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman.

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