Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Period MCQ Set -1

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1. Who among the following said “All men are my Children” and just as I desire happiness in those world and the next, so also I desire to all men?
(a) Ajatsatru
(b) Bindusara
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Ashoka

2. Who among the following transferred his royal residence permanently from Rajgriha to Pataliputra.
(a) Udayin
(b) Kakavarana
(c) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(d) Bimbisara

3. The first historical emperor of ancient India was
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Mahapadmananda
(d) Bimbisara

4. Who is called as the Napoleon of India by V.A. Smith?
a) Samudragupta
b) Chandragupta II (Vikramiditya)
c) Skandagupta
d) Pulakeshin II

5. Selucus sent a Greek ambassador…….. in the court of Chandragupta Maurya was
(a) Hiuen Tsang
(b) Fahien
(c) Megasthenes
(d) Seleucus

6. The most important information for the municipal administration of the city pataliputra in the mauryan empire is
(a) Indica
(b) Arthasastra
(c) Mudrarakshasa
(d) Ashokan Mscriptions

7. According to Buddhist tradition Chandragupta Maurya belonged to the Maurya tribe of
(a) Sudras
(b) Vaishas
(c) Brahmanas
(d) Kshatriya

8. The kalinga war is mentioned in the
(a) 13th Rock Edict
(b) 12th Rock Edict
(c) 8th Rock Edict
(d) Bhabru Rock Edict

9. Who is also known as “Second Ashoka”?
(a) Kaniska
(b) Ajatsatru
(c) Saisunaga
(d) Bimdisara

10. Asokan Brahmi was first read by
(a) Princep
(b) R.L. Mitra
(c) Cunningham
(d) Burgess

11. Lion capital in currency notes was discovered from
(a) Bodh Gaya
(b) Sanchi
(c) Sarnath
(d) Delhi

12. Who was the first historical emperor of India?
(a) Bimbisara
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Mahapadmananda
(d) Vikramditya

13. Who was also known as ugrasena?
(a) Mahapadmananda
(b) Bimbisara
(c) Asoka
(d) Ajatashatru

14. Chandragupta Maurya defeated of……..in 305 B.C.
(a) Poros
(b) Alexander
(c) Seleukas
(d) Ambhi

15. Who assumed the title Parasuram-II?
(a) Mahapadmananda
(b) Bindusar
(c) Dhanananda
(d) Ajatsatru

16. Who was Megasthenes?
(a) A Greek pilgrim
(b) A Chiness traveller
(c) Ambassador of Seleucus
(d) Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya

17. In his inscriptions, Ashoka calls himself
(a) Priyadarshi
(b) Dhammasoka
(c) Daivaputra
(d) Devanampriya Priyadarsin

18. In 383 B.C. ________performed second Buddhi Council in Baishali.
(a) Bimbisar
(b) Ashoka
(c) Ajatsatru
(d) Saisunaga

19. The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit Play
(a) Mrichhakatika
(b) Devi Chandragupta
(c) Mattavilasa
(d) Mudrarakshasa

20. Mrichhakatika was written by
(a) Sudraka
(b) Vishakhadatta
(c) Mahendravarman I
(d) Asvaghosa

ANSWER

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1-D | 2-A | 3-A | 4-A | 5-C | 6-A | 7-D | 8-A | 9-A | 10-A |
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11-C| 12-B| 13-A| 14-C| 15-A| 16-C| 17-D| 18-D| 19-D| 20-A |