Question Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 352, 288, 252, 236, ? Type multiple_choice Option 220 incorrect Option 208 incorrect Option 232 correct Option 192 incorrect Solution Pattern: -64, -36, -16, -4
Q. To promote communal harmony Ashoka asked the people: (a) To attend to the essential elements of their religions rather than the non-essential ones (b) Not to glorify their own sect and be little another’s sect (c) To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds (d) All the above Ans: (c) To maintain concord (samvaya) with
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Q. In social matters Ashoka’s most revolutionary concept was: (a) Proper behavior to slaves, servants, elders etc. (b) His opposition to wasteful social rituals and ceremonies at marriages, births, journeys etc. (c) His opposition to social entertainments, such as the samajas (d) All the above Ans: (b) His opposition to wasteful social rituals and ceremonies
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Q. Ashoka himself considered his policy of dhamma as: (a) The essence of original Buddhism as preached by the Buddha (b) A way of life which was both practical and convenient as well as highly moral (c) The ideal of virtuous life based on moral teachings of various thinkers (d) The essence of all religions
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Question Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 6, 9, 14, 21, 30, 41, ? Type multiple_choice Option 53 incorrect Option 57 incorrect Option 49 incorrect Option 54 correct Solution Series follows +3, +5, +7, +9, +11, +13
Q. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for the failure of dhamma? (a) Ashoka’s excessive enthusiasm produced a reaction against it (b) It failed to provide a solution to the problems which it set out to solve (c) It was too vague a solution, because the problems lay at the very
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Question Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 58, 67, 83, 108, ? Type multiple_choice Option 139 incorrect Option 157 incorrect Option 178 incorrect Option 144 correct Solution Pattern: +9, +16, +25, +36
Question Select the option that will fill in the blank and complete the given series. 14, 17, 23, 32, 44, Type multiple_choice Option 69 incorrect Option 56 incorrect Option 54 incorrect Option 59 correct Solution:
Q. The dhamma mahamattas (dharma mahamatras) appointed by Ashoka were entrusted with the job of: (a) Checking the abuses in the administration of justice (b) The moral uplift of the people through propagation of dhamma (c) Management of the welfare activities of the state (d) All the above Ans: (d) All the above
Question Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 13, 15, 19, 25, 33, ? Type multiple_choice Option 54 incorrect Option 43 correct Option 42 incorrect Option 41 incorrect Solution:
