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Question 51. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
  1. Lothal - Ancient Dockyard
  2. Sarnath - First Sermon of Buddha
  3. Rajgir - Lion Capital of Ashoka
  4. Nalanda - Great Seat of Buddhist Learning
Select the correct answer using the code given below. Code
  1.    3 and 4
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    1, 2, 3 and 4
  4.    1, 2 and 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 4
Answer: (d)
Question 52. Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband?
  1.    Manavadharmashastra
  2.    Arthashastra
  3.    Kamasutra
  4.    Sukra Nitisara
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Arthashastra
Answer: (b)
Question 53. Which of the following public health measures was not punishable under the Mauryan public health laws?
  1.    Throwing dirt, mud or dead bodies on public thoroughfares
  2.    Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration
  3.    Polluting the water tanks or sources of water
  4.    Taking the dead bodies for cremation or burial along paths not meant for the purpose
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration
Answer: (b)
Question 54. Which of the following Mauryan officers was incharge of weights and measures?
  1.    Panyadhyaksha
  2.    Sunadhyaksha
  3.    Pautavadhyaksha
  4.    Sitadhyaksha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Pautavadhyaksha
Answer: (c)
Question 55. Which of the following states of India did not form part of the Mauryan empire?
  1.    Kerala
  2.    Kashmir
  3.    Tamil Nadu
  4.    Both (a) and (b) above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Both (a) and (b) above
Answer: (d)
Question 56. Bamiyan of Afghanistan was famous for
  1.    Work of elephant teeth
  2.    Buddha statue
  3.    Hindu temple
  4.    Gold coin of coinage
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Buddha statue
Answer: (b)
Question 57. The dhamma mahamattas (dharma mahamatras) appointed by Ashoka were entrusted with the job of:
  1.    Checking the abuses in the administration of justice
  2.    All the above
  3.    The moral uplift of the people through propagation of dhamma
  4.    Management of the welfare activities of the state
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> All the above
Answer: (b)
Question 58. First Indian Empire was established by
  1.    Harsh
  2.    Samundragupta
  3.    Kanishka
  4.    Chandra Gupta Maurya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Chandra Gupta Maurya
Answer: (d)
Question 59. Who constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?
  1.    Kautilya
  2.    Ashoka
  3.    Chandragupta
  4.    Gautam Buddha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Ashoka
Answer: (b)
Question 60. Which of the following was not conveyed by the author of the Indika?
  1.    The capital of Patalputra had 570 towers.
  2.    The Indians were suffering from poverty and all kinds of miseries.
  3.    Indian ants were as big as foxes and could mine gold from the earth.
  4.    Large Indian armies used elephants as war animals.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> The Indians were suffering from poverty and all kinds of miseries.
Answer: (b)

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