Q. According to which of the following sources is Ashoka said to have built the city of Srinagar? (a) Buddhist tradition (b) Jain tradition (c) Tibetan tradition (d) Kalhana’s Rajatarangini Ans: (d) Kalhana’s Rajatarangini
Q. Which of the following was a measure adopted by the later Mauryas to meet the needs of a depleted treasury? (a) Increase in taxes (b) Imposition of new taxes (c) debasement of currency (d) Increase of exports Ans: (d) Increase of exports
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Q. How long did the entire Mauryan dynasty last according to the Puranas? (a) 218 years (b) 137 years (c) 85 years (d) 182 years Ans: (b) 137 years Explanation: According to the Puranas, the entire Mauryan dynasty lasted for (b) 137 years. The Puranas, a collection of ancient Hindu texts, provide information about various
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Q. Who of the following dedicated the caves in Nagarjuni Hills to the Ajivikas? (a) Kunala (b) Dasharatha (c) Samprati (d) Indrapalit Ans: (b) Dasharatha
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Q. Which of the following supposed causes of decline and disintegration of the Mauryan Empire is the least likely? (a) Succession of weak kings after Ashoka and the partition of the empire after Ashoka (b) Military inactivity on account of Ashoka’s pacifist policies (c) Brahmanical revolt against the pro-Buddhist policy of Ashoka (d) Absence of
Q. Who of the following was the last of the Mauryas, assassinated by his commander-in-chief, Pushyamitra, the founder of the Shunga dynasty? (a) Samprati (b) Devavarman (c) Shatadhanvan (d) Brihadratha Ans: (d) Brihadratha Explanation: The last of the Mauryas, assassinated by his commander-in-chief Pushyamitra, the founder of the Shunga dynasty, was (d) Brihadratha. Brihadratha was
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Q. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for gradual weakening of the Mauryan finances? (a) Need for vast revenues to maintain a huge but inactive army (b) Need for finances to maintain a very large bureaucracy (c) Unfavourable balance of trade with foreign countries (d) The strain on the exchequer of
Q. Towards health care, the most important measures taken by Ashoka was/were: (a) He opened dispensaries for the treatment of both human beings and animals (b) He got the herbs and plants, needed for medical purposes, cultivated (c) Both (a) and (b) above (d) He made arrangements for safe drinking water in the whole of
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Q. The most striking example of the architectural closeness between Achaemenid Iran and Mauryan India was (a) The stone elephant at Dhauli (b) The lion-capital at Sarnath (c) The royal palace at Pataliputra (d) Terracotta objects found at various Mauryan sites Ans: (c) The royal palace at Pataliputra
Q. Which of the following was not one of Hellenic kings to whom diplomatic missions were sent by Ashoka? (a) Xerxes of Macedonia (b) Antiochus II Theos of Syria (c) Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt (d) Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia Ans: (a) Xerxes of Macedonia
