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MAURYAN EMPIRE MCQs

Total Questions : 95 | Page 5 of 10 pages
Question 41. Seleucus Nicator was defeated by
  1.    Ashoka
  2.    Chandragupta Maurya
  3.    Bindu Sara
  4.    Brihadratha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Chandragupta Maurya
Question 42. In which Rock Edict Ashoka mentions about the casualities of Kalinga War and declares the renunciation of war?
  1.    Rock Edict XIII
  2.    Maski Edict
  3.    Rock Edict X
  4.    Rock Edict XI
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Rock Edict XIII
Question 43. Ashoka spread Buddhism all over India and Ceylon by
  1.    Becoming a Buddhist Monk
  2.    Teaching the Triratnas
  3.    Sending the Dharma Mahamantras
  4.    Wagins wars
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Sending the Dharma Mahamantras
Question 44. The capital of the Mauryan kingdom was located at
  1.    Vaishali
  2.    Lumbini
  3.    Pataliputra
  4.    Gaya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Pataliputra
Question 45. Mauryan Dynasty was founded by
  1.    Ajatasatru
  2.    Pushyamitra
  3.    Chandragupta Maurya
  4.    Ashoka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Chandragupta Maurya
Question 46. Which of the following could be the most accurate description of the Mauryan monarchy under Ashoka?
  1.    Oriental despotism
  2.    Centralised autocracy
  3.    Enlightened despotism
  4.    Guided democracy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Enlightened despotism
Question 47. The best specimens of Mauryan art are represented by their
  1.    Pillars
  2.    Stupas
  3.    Caves
  4.    Chaityas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Pillars
Question 48. Mohammed-bin-Qasim conquered Sindh in the year
  1.    1012 A.D.
  2.    912 A.D.
  3.    712 A.D.
  4.    812 A.D.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 712 A.D.
Question 49. Chandragupta Maurya was__________
  1.    Autocrat
  2.    Democrat
  3.    A benevolent despot
  4.    A pious ruler
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> A benevolent despot
Question 50. Who took the throne after Chandra Gupta Maurya?
  1.    Bindusara
  2.    Vishnugupta
  3.    Bimbisara
  4.    Ashoka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Bindusara

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