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MAURYAN EMPIRE MCQs

Total Questions : 95 | Page 8 of 10 pages
Question 71. Harshavardhana organised his religious assembly at
  1.    Mathura
  2.    Prayag
  3.    Varanasi
  4.    Tamralipt
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Prayag
Question 72. The author of 'Arthashastra' was a contemporary of
  1.    Samudragupta
  2.    Ashoka
  3.    Chandragupta Maurya
  4.    Chandragupta Vikramaditya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Chandragupta Maurya
Question 73. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka's administrative policy?
  1.    His embracing of Buddhism
  2.    His sending missionary to Ceylon
  3.    The third Buddhist Council
  4.    The Kalinga War
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> The Kalinga War
Question 74. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was
  1.    78 AD
  2.    128AD
  3.    108 AD
  4.    58 AD
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 78 AD
Question 75. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order-I. NandasII. Shisu nagasIII. MauryasIV. Hariyankas
  1.    II, I, IV and III
  2.    III, I, IV and II
  3.    IV, II, III and I
  4.    IV, II, I and III
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> IV, II, I and III
Question 76. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
  1.    Foreign accounts
  2.    Literary works
  3.    Epigraphic sources
  4.    Numismatic evidence
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Numismatic evidence
Question 77. The capital of Kanishka was
  1.    Sarnath
  2.    Allahabad
  3.    Benares
  4.    Puruspura
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Puruspura
Question 78. Charak was the famous court physician of
  1.    Ashoka
  2.    Harsha
  3.    Chandra Gupta Maurya
  4.    Kanishka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Kanishka
Question 79. The last Mauryan king was
  1.    Harsha
  2.    Brihadratha
  3.    Ashoka
  4.    Pushyamitra Sunga
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Brihadratha
Question 80. Who among the following has written the play of Mudrarakshasha (narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya)?
  1.    Vishakhadatta
  2.    Kalidasa
  3.    Kautilya
  4.    Panini
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Vishakhadatta

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