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Question 1. Which of the following public health measures was not punishable under the Mauryan public health laws?

Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration
Throwing dirt, mud or dead bodies on public thoroughfares
Taking the dead bodies for cremation or burial along paths not meant for the purpose
Polluting the water tanks or sources of water

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration
Answer: (a)

Question 2. Information in respect of which of the following cannot be obtained from the edicts and inscriptions of Ashoka?

The social, religious and economic life of the people of his time
The sectarian and communal conflict of the period
Administrative reforms introduced by Ashoka
Working of the inner mind of Ashoka

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> The sectarian and communal conflict of the period
Answer: (b)

Question 3. Charaka was the famous court physician of

Chandragupta
Kanishka
Pushyamitra
Ashoka

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Chandragupta
Answer: (a) Charaka was an Ayurvedic physician lived in the period between the third and second Centuries BC. He was the court physician of the Buddhist king Kanishka.

Question 4. During the Satavahanas rule, Kataka’ means

Military committees and camps
Military clothes and settlements
Military armaments and camps
Military camps and settlements

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Military camps and settlements
Answer: (d) The military character of the Satavahana rule is evident from the common use of such terms as Kataka and Skandhavaras in their inscriptions. These were military camps and settlements which served as administrative centres so long as the king was there.

Question 5. Ashokan inscriptions of Mansehra and Shahbazgadhi are written in

Aramaic language, Kharoshthi script
Prakrit language, Kharoshthi script
Prakrit-Aramaic language, Brahmi script
Prakrit language, Brahmi script

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Aramaic language, Kharoshthi script
Answer: (a)

Question 6. Which of the following sources mention the occurrence of the third Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka?

Inscriptions of Ashoka
Dipavamsa
Mahavamsa
Divyavadana

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

2 and 3
1 and 4
1 and 2
3 and 4

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> 2 and 3
Answer: (a)

Question 7. Which of the following statements about the Mauryan kings is not correct?

They had extensive powers encompassing administrative, judicial, and legislative functions
The kings often laid down codes of regulation for the guidance of their officers and the people
They laid claim to divinity
Appointments to the most important offices were made by the ruler himself

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> They laid claim to divinity
Answer: (c)

Question 8. Another name of Chanakya was