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Question 71. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
  1.    Jatakas - Mauryan chronology and genealogy
  2.    Digha nikaya - Influence of Buddhist ideas on Mauryan polity
  3.    Puranas - Ashoka’s efforts to spread Buddhism to Sri Lanka
  4.    Dipavamsa - Socio-economic conditions of the Mauryan period
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Digha nikaya - Influence of Buddhist ideas on Mauryan polity
Answer: (b)
Question 72. The given map relates to
  1.    Samudragupta after the close of his South Indian campaign
  2.    Empire of Thaneswar on the eve of Harsha’s accession
  3.    Kanishka at the time of his death
  4.    Ashoka towards the close of his reign
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Ashoka towards the close of his reign
Answer: (d)
Question 73. Land revenue, which was the chief source of income during the Mauryan period, was collected by which officer?
  1.    Shulkadhyaksha
  2.    Akradhayaksha
  3.    Agronomoi
  4.    Sitadhyaksha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sitadhyaksha
Answer: (d)
Question 74. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka was held at
  1.    Pataliputra
  2.    Rajgriha
  3.    Magadha
  4.    Samastipur
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Pataliputra
Answer: (a)
Question 75. India’s first hospital and herbal gardens were built by
  1.    Chandragupta Maurya
  2.    Dhanvantari
  3.    Ashoka
  4.    Lord Mahavir
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ashoka
Answer: (c)
Question 76. Which of the following statements about the Mauryan Council of Ministers (mantri-parishad) is not correct?
  1.    The members of the council were personally selected by the king
  2.    It may have acted as a political check on the king
  3.    The number of members of the council was fixed and it consisted of three councillors and a Chief Minister
  4.    It was specially consulted in times of emergency
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> The number of members of the council was fixed and it consisted of three councillors and a Chief Minister
Answer: (c)
Question 77. The largest number of copper coins in Northern and North-Western India were issued by
  1.    Kushans
  2.    Pratiharas History of India 27
  3.    Indo-Greeks
  4.    Sakas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Kushans
Answer: (a)
Question 78. Prince Susima was
  1.    The youngest son of Ashoka
  2.    The youngest brother of Ashoka
  3.    The eldest son of Ashoka
  4.    The eldest son of Bindusara
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> The eldest son of Bindusara
Answer: (d)
Question 79. Pillar Edict IV of Ashoka is entirely addressed to the
  1.    Dhamma-mahamattas
  2.    Gopas
  3.    Nagarkaras
  4.    Rajukas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Rajukas
Answer: (d)
Question 80. Assertion (A):
During the post-Mauryan period, foreigners were assimilated into Indian society on a large scale.
Reason (R):
The law-giver Manu stated that the Sakas and Parthians were the kshatriyas who had deviated from their duties and fallen in status.
  1.    (A) is false but (R) is true
  2.    (A) is true but (R) is false
  3.    Both (A) and (R) are individually true and R is the correct explanation of (A)
  4.    Both (A) and (R) are individually true but (R) is not the correct explanation of(A)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> (A) is true but (R) is false
Answer: (b)

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