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MAURYAN EMPIRE MCQs

Total Questions : 95 | Page 9 of 10 pages
Question 81. During the reign of Bindusara there was unrest at __________
  1.    Rajagriha
  2.    Pushkalavati
  3.    Taxila
  4.    Ujjayani
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Taxila
Question 82. Assertion (A): Chandragupta Maurya failed in his first campaign against Magadha. Reason (R): He did not begin with the frontiers, but invaded the heart of Magadha.
  1.    A is false but R is true
  2.    A is true but R is false
  3.    Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
  4.    Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Question 83. Who amongst the following also had the name 'Devanama Piyadassi'?
  1.    Bhagwan Mahavira
  2.    Mauryan King Ashoka
  3.    Gautam Buddha
  4.    Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Mauryan King Ashoka
Question 84. How did the Maurya Empire finally end?
  1.    The last mauryan ruler had no heir and the throne was claimed by one of his powerful ministers
  2.    The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
  3.    The Kanvas of Central India deposed the last Mauryan ruler
  4.    The last Mauryan ruler was killed in a battle with the foreign invader from the north-west
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
Question 85. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was
  1.    the presence of a 'council of ministers'
  2.    the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
  3.    an extensive network of spy-system
  4.    wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
Question 86. The Sultan of Delhi who transferred two monolithic Mauryan pillars to Delhi to beautify his capital, was
  1.    Alauddin Khalji
  2.    Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
  3.    Firuz Tughluq
  4.    Iltutmish
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Firuz Tughluq
Question 87. The Monk whom Chandragupta Maurya accompanied to South India was __________
  1.    Vasumitra
  2.    Asvaghosa
  3.    Bhadrabahu
  4.    Upagupta
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Bhadrabahu
Question 88. The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of
  1.    floral designs
  2.    animal figures
  3.    pillars
  4.    yaksha figures
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> animal figures
Question 89. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
  1.    Mauryas
  2.    Indo-Greeks
  3.    Kushans
  4.    Guptas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Indo-Greeks
Question 90. Yavanika or curtain was introduced in Indian theatre by which of the following?
  1.    Shakas
  2.    Kushans
  3.    Parthians
  4.    Greeks
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Greeks

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