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Question 611. What were the two popular assemblies of the Mauryan period?
  1.    Paura and Samiti
  2.    Sabha and Paura
  3.    Sabha and Samiti
  4.    Paura and Janapada
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Paura and Janapada
Answer: (d)
Question 612. Chandragupta’s palace situated at Pataliputra is mainly made up of
  1.    Stones
  2.    Clays
  3.    Bricks
  4.    Woods
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Woods
Answer: (d)
Question 613. One of the following Mauryan provinces, which had a foreign (Yavana-Greek) Governor, was:
  1.    Southern province — Suvarngiri
  2.    Saurashtra — Junagarh
  3.    Eastern province — Tosali
  4.    Western province — Ujjain
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Saurashtra — Junagarh
Answer: (b)
Question 614. To promote communal harmony Ashoka asked the people:
  1.    To attend to the essential elements of their religions rather than the non-essential ones
  2.    All the above
  3.    Not to glorify their own sect and be little another’s sect
  4.    To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds
Answer: (d)
Question 615. The followers of which of the following sects worshipped the Ashoka Tree as God and carried in their hands a bunch of peacock feathers?
  1.    Shakta
  2.    Digambar Jain
  3.    Pashupata
  4.    Ajivika
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Ajivika
Answer: (d)
Question 616. Which one of the following sculptures invariably used green schist as the medium?
  1.    Mathura sculptures
  2.    Gandhara sculptures
  3.    Mauryan sculptures
  4.    Bharhut sculptures
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Gandhara sculptures
Answer: (b)
Question 617. Which of the following is not one of the common points of significance of both Rajagriha and Vaishali?
  1.    Both places are associated with the miracles preformed by the Buddha
  2.    Both places were important centres of Buddhist art
  3.    At both places one of the Buddhist councils was held
  4.    At both places a stupa was built with the mortal remains of the Buddha enshrined in them
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Both places were important centres of Buddhist art
Answer: (b)
Question 618. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given rulers of ancient India?
  1.    Ashoka—Kanishka—Milinda
  2.    Milinda—Kanishka—Ashoka
  3.    Milinda—Ashoka—Kanishka
  4.    Ashoka—Milinda—Kanishka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Ashoka—Milinda—Kanishka
Answer: (d)
Question 619. Which one of the following will be the year of Saka Samvat in December, 2009?
  1.    1952
  2.    2087
  3.    1931
  4.    2066
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1931
Answer: (c)
Question 620. The art style which combines Indian and Greek feature is called
  1.    Vera
  2.    Nagara
  3.    Sikhar
  4.    Gandhara
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Gandhara
Answer: (d)

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