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1. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of

(A) Bhasa

(B) Sudraka

(D) Ashvaghosha

2. Who recognised Sandrokottos as Chandra Gupta Maurya?

(A) William Jone

s (B) V. Smith

(D) D. R. Bhandharkar

3. First Indian Empire was established by

(A) Kanishka

(B) Harsh

(D) Samundragupta

4. Which among the following is India’s oldest dynasty?

(A) Gupta

(B) Maurya

(D) Kushana

5. Who of the following mentions about the meeting of Sandrokottos (Chandragupta Maurya) with Alexander, the Great?

(A) Pliny

(B) Justin

(D) Megasthenese

6. Who was called as ‘Sandrocottos’ by Justin, the Greek Writer?

(A) Chandragupta Maurya

(B) Chandragupta I

(D) Samudragupta

7. Kautilya was prime minister of

(A) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

(B) Ashoka

(D) King Janak

8. By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood?

(A) Ajaya

(B) Chanakya

(D) Deogupta

9. Another name of Chanakya was

(A) Bhattswami

(B) Vishnugupta

(D) Vishakhdatta

10. The Arthashastra of Kautilya is a

(A) Play about Chandragupta Maurya

(B) Biography

(D) Book on Principles of Government

11. Which one of the following is the seventh part of the State according to Saptang Theory of State?

(A) Janapada

(B) Durga

(D) Kosha

12. Kautilya’s Arthashastra deals with the aspects of

(A) Economic life

(B) Political policies

(D) Social life

13. Which of the following can be compared to ‘Prince’ of Machiavelli?

(A) Kalidasa’s ‘Malvikagni Mitram’

(B) Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’

(D) Thiruvalluvar’s ‘Thirukkural’

14. Deimachus came to India during the reign of

(A) Chandragupta Maurya

(B) Bindusara

(D) Kanishka

15. Chandragupta’s palace situated at Pataliputra is mainly made up of

(A) Bricks

(B) Stones

(D) Clays

16. The remains of which ancient city have been found at the Kumrahar site?

(A) Vaishali

(B) Pataliputra

(D) Shravasti

17. Bulandibagh was ancient site of

(A) Kapilavastu

(B) Pataliputra

(D) Varanasi

18. Who amongst the following Mauryan rulers did conquer the Deccan?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Chandragupta

(D) Kunala

19. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa, Gujarat and Maharashtra?

(A) Harsh

(B) Skandgupta

(D) Chandragupta Maurya

20. The Inscription which proves Chandragupta’s way over Western India is

(A) Kalinga Rock Inscription

(B) Girnar Rock Inscription of Ashoka

(D) Sopara Rock Inscription of Ashoka

21. That Gujarat was included in the Kingdom of Chandragupta Maurya is proved by

(A) Greek accounts

(B) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman

(D) Pillar Edict II of Ashoka

22. Which Indian King defeated Seleucus, the https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistrator of Sindh and Afghanistan appointed by Alexander?

(A) Samudragupta

(B) Ashok

(D) Chandragupta

23. In which year Chandragupta Maurya had defeated Seleucus?

(A) 317 B.C.

(B) 315 B.C.

(D) 300 B.C.

24. The given map relates to

(A) Kanishka at the time of his death

(B) Samudragupta after the close of his South Indian campaign

(D) Empire of Thaneswar on the eve of Harsha’s accession

25. Who established ‘Rajdharma’ on triplex bases of longanimity, liberty and compassion?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Akbar

(D) Shivaji

26. Which one territory of the following was not a part of Ashoka’s empire?

(A) Afghanistan

(B) Bihar

(D) Kalinga

27. In which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka, mention has been made of South Indian kingdoms?

(A) Third Major Rock Edict

(B) Second Major Rock Edict

(D) First Pillar Inscription

28. India’s first hospital and herbal gardens were built by

(A) Ashoka

(B) Chandragupta Maurya

(D) Dhanvantari

29. ‘Inspite of being Buddhist, Ashoka did not leave belief in Hinduism’ validation of this fact is

(A) Pilgrims

(B) Belief in Moksha

(D) Establishment of veterinary hospitals

30. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka was held at

(A) Magadha

(B) Pataliputra

(D) Rajgriha

31. Rajjuka’s were

(A) Traders in the Chola Kingdom

(B) Officers in the Mauryan https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistration

(D) Soldiers in the Saka army

32. What were ‘Sarthwah’?

(A) Brokers

(B) Convoy of Merchants

(D) Pilgrims

33. Which one of the following officials was not a part of the Mauryan https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistration?

(A) Agraharika

(B) Yukta

(D) Rajjuka

34. Sarnath Pillar was built by

(A) Harshavardhana

(B) Ashoka

(D) Kanishka

35. Which one of the following is considered the best Stupa?

(A) Amaravati

(B) Bharhut

(D) Sarnath

36. Who of the following ruler constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?

(A) Bimbisara

(B) Ashoka

(D) Pusyamitra

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37. Who constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?

(A) Chandragupta

(B) Kautilya

(D) Ashoka

38. Language used in the inscription of Ashoka is

(A) Sanskrit

(B) Prakrit

(D) Hindi

39. Which one of the following Ashokan inscription is in ‘Kharosthi’ script?

(A) Khalsi

(B) Girnar

(D) Meerut

40. The earliest inscription on stone was in which language?

(A) Pali

(B) Sanskrit

(D) Brahmi

41. The Brahmi Script was first deciphered by letters inscribed on

(A) Stone tablets

(B) Seal

(D) Coins

42. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was

(A) Buhler

(B) Robert Sebel

(D) Cordriguttan

43. Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by

(A) James Prinsep

(B) George Buhler

(D) Ahmad Hasan Dani

44. Who first deciphered the Brahmi Script?

(A) A. Cunningham

(B) A. H. Dani

(D) James Prinsep

45. Who was the First Britisher to study Ashoka’s edicts?

(A) John Tower

(B) Harry Smith

(D) James Prinsep

46. Who of the following had first decipher the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?

(A) George Buhler

(B) James Prinsep

(D) William Jones

47. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at

(A) Nagarjunakonda

(B) Anuradhapura

(D) Maski

48. Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

(A) Brahmi

(B) Nandnagari

(D) Kharoshti

49. The name by which Ashoka is referred to his inscriptions is

(A) Chakravarti

(B) Dharmadeva

(D) Priyadarshi

50. Which of the kings has been mentioned as ‘Piyadassi’ and ‘Devanampriya’ in inscriptions?

(A) Chandragupta Maurya

(B) Ashoka

(D) Harshavardhana

51. Which one of the following statements regarding Ashokan stone pillars is incorrect?

(A) These are highly polished

(B) These are monolithic

(D) These are parts of architectural structures

52. Which one of the following edicts mentions the personal name of Ashoka?

(A) Kalsi

(B) Rummindei

(D) Maski

53. In which of the following inscriptions the name of ‘Ashoka’ has been mentioned?

(A) Bhabru Edict

(B) Rock Edict XIII

(D) Minor Rock Edict of Maski

54. Which one of the following inscriptions contains the name of Ashoka?

(A) Gujarra

(B) Ahraura

(D) Sarnath

55. The Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka was put up to mark

(A) Birth of Buddha

(B) Enlightenment of Buddha

(D) Demise of Buddha

56. The Gujarra minor rock edict, in which the name of Ashoka is mentioned, is located in

(A) Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh

(B) Datia district of Madhya Pradesh

(D) Champaran district of Bihar

57. The only pillar on which Ashoka declares himself as the emperor of Magadha.

(A) Minor pillar of Maski

(B) Rummindei pillar

(D) Bhabru pillar

58. Kalsi is famous for

(A) Buddhist Chaityas

(B) Persian Coins

(D) Temples of Gupta period

59. Where in Uttarakhand, was a copy of Emperor Ashok’s Rock Edicts discovered?

(A) Nainital

(B) Pauri

(D) Kalsi (Dehradun District)

60. Which Ashokan Rock Edict describes the victory and injuries of Kalinga war?

(A) Rock Edict I

(B) Rock Edict II

(D) Rock Edict XIII

61. The accounts of Kalinga War is known to us by the

(A) Rock Edict XIII

(B) Rummindei Pillar Inscription

(D) Minor Rock Edict-I

62. Which of the following Ashokan inscriptions is devoted to the principle of religious tolerance completely?

(A) Rock Edict XIII

(B) Rock Edict XII

(D) Bhabru minor rock edict

63. The Ashokan major rock edicts which tell us about the Sangam Kingdom include rock edicts

(A) I and X

(B) I and XI

(D) II and XIV

64. Which of the following South Kingdoms is not mentioned in the Ashokan inscriptions?

(A) Chola

(B) Pandya

(D) Satavahana

65. Which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka bans animal sacrifice on certain festive gathering, that probably included a ban on animal killing as well?

(A) Rock Edict I

(B) Pillar Edict V

(D) Rock Edict XI

66. Ptolemy Philadelphus whose had diplomatic relation with Ashoka, was king of

(A) Cyron

(B) Egypt

(D) Syria

67. Turamaya, a contemporary of Ashoka was the ruler of

(A) Egypt

(B) Corinth

(D) Syria

68. Rulers of which of the following dynasties had diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria and Egypt?

(A) Chola

(B) Gupta

(D) Pallavas

69. Which one of the following ancient Indian records is the earliest royal order to preserve food-grains to be utilised during the crisis in the country?

(A) Sohagaura Copper-plate

(B) Rummindei Pillar-edict of Ashoka

(D) Mehrauli Pillar inscription of Chandra

70. In the Mauryan period, tax evasion was punished with

(A) Death

(B) Confiscation of goods

(D) None of the above

71. Famous Greek ambassador Megasthenese came to the court of which emperor?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Harsha Vardhana

(D) None of the above

72. In how many categories did Megasthenese divide the Indian Society?

(A) Four

(B) Five

(D) Seven

73. Which of the following sources states that there was no slavery in ancient India?

(A) Arthashastra

(B) Mudrarakshasha

(D) Vayupuran

74. The division of Mauryan ‘Society into seven classes’ is particularly mentioned in

(A) Kautilya’s Arthashastra

(B) Ashokan Edicts

s (D) Megasthenes’ Indica

75. The description of the https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistration of Pataliputra is available in

(A) Divyanadan

(B) Arthashastra

(D) Ashoka’s inscription

76. Which of the following sources gives a detailed account of city https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistration of the Mauryas?

(A) Kautilya’s Arthashastra

(B) Megasthenes’ Indica

(D) Inscription of Ashoka

77. What is the name of Megasthenes’s book?

(A) Economics

(B) Rig Veda

(D) Indica

78. ‘Indica’ was originally written by

(A) Nearchus

(B) Megasthenes

(D) Diodorus

79. Who was the author of ‘Indica’?

(A) Vishnugupta

(B) Megasthenes

(D) Pliny

80. ‘Bhaga’ and ‘Bali’ were

(A) Military Departments

(B) Sources of Revenue

(D) Administrative Divisions

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81. Land revenue, which was the chief source of income during the Mauryan period, was collected by which officer?

(A) Agronomoi

(B) Shulkadhyaksha

(D) Akradhayaksha

82. ‘Sita’ in Maurya period means

(A) A goddess (B) A religious sect

(D) Barren land

83. Who of the following was associated with the collection of revenue in Mauryan Mantriparishad?

(A) Samaharta

(B) Vyabharika

(D) Pradeshtha

84. Which of the following Mauryan officers was incharge of weights and measures?

(A) Pautavadhyaksha

(B) Panyadhyaksha

(D) Sunadhyaksha

85. ‘Pankodakasannirodhe’ was the Penalty in Mauryan https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistration, charged for

(A) Filthy drinking water

(B) Slushing the road

(D) Stenching temples

86. The most famous centre of learning during Maurya period was

(A) Vaishali

(B) Nalanda

(D) Ujjain

87. Which aspect of municipal https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistration of today is continuing since the period of Mauryans?

(A) Inspection of weight measure reamer

(B) Determination of prices of goods

(D) Protection of artisans

88. With reference to the cultural history of India, the memorising of Chronicles, dynastic histories, and epic tales was the profession of who of the following?

(A) Shramana

(B) Parivraajaka

(D) Magadha

89. The system governing villages through autonomous elected panchayats was evolved by

(A) Kushans

(B) Dravids

(D) Mauryans

90. Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband?

(A) Kamasutra

(B) Manavadharmashastra

(D) Arthashastra

91. Which among of the following prohibits remarriage?

(A) Jataka

(B) Manusmiriti

(D) Arthashastra

92. The social status assigned to the foreigners in Indian society by Manu was of the

(A) Kshatriyas

(B) Fallen Kshatriyas

(D) Sudras

93. The last Mauryan emperor was

(A) Jaloka

(B) Avanti Verma

(D) Brihadratha

94. Realising the need of water, the first ruler who got a lake constructed in the Girnar area, was

(A) Chandragupta Maurya

(B) Ashoka

(D) Skanda Gupta

95. In which of the following inscription mentioned Chandragupta and Ashoka both?

(A) Nasik inscription of Gautami putra Shatkarni

(B) Junagarh inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman

(D) Junagarh inscription of Skandgupta

96. In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka’s edicts are also found?

(A) Junagarh inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman

(B) Nashik Prashasti regarding Gautamiputra Satakarni

(D) None of the above

97. Consider the following statements.

1. The last Mauryan ruler, Brihadaratha was assassinated by his commander-in-chief, Pushyamitra Sunga.

2. The last Sunga King, Devabhuti, was assassinated by his Brahmana minister Vasudeva Kanva who usurped the throne.

3. The last ruler of the Kanva dynasty was deposed by the Andhras.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 and 2

(B) Only 2

(D) 1, 2 and 3

98. Which of the following sources mention the occurrence of the third Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka?

1. Inscriptions of Ashoka

2. Dipavamsa

3. Mahavamsa

4. Divyavadana

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 4

99. The following Mauryan rulers were the followers of Buddhism

1. Chandragupta

2. Ashoka

3. Bindusara

4. Dasaratha

Select the correct answer.

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 2 and 3

(D) 2 and 4

100. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below.

List-I (Place) List-II (Monuments/Ruins)

(a) Kaushambi 1. Dhamek Stupa

(b) Kushinagar 2. Ghositarama Monastery

(d) Shravasti 4. Saheth Maheth

Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 1 3 4

(B) 4 3 2 1

(D) 4 2 1 3

101. In the course of pilgrimage, Emperor Ashoka visited the following places. Which route did he follow?

1. Gaya

2. Kapilavastu

3. Kushinagar

4. Lumbini

5. Sarnath

6. Shravasti

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

Code

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

(B) 1, 3, 4, 2, 5 and 6

(D) 4, 2, 1, 5, 6 and 3

102. Assertion (A): Ashoka annexed Kalinga to the Mauryan Empire. Reason

(R): Kalinga controlled the land and sea routes to South India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Code

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

103. Assertion (A): The Mauryan kings did not bestow land grants on religious basis.

Reason (R): The peasants revolted against land grants.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Code

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

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104. Which of the following statements are correct about Mauryan Kings? They developed

1. Culture, Art and Literature

2. Gold coins

3. Provincial Division

4. Kingship to Hindukush

Code

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(D) 1, 3 and 4

105. According to the ‘Arthashastra’ of Kautilya the following courts existed in the judicial system of Mauryan Age

1. Dharmamahamatra

2. Dharmasthiya

3. Rajjuka

4. Kantakshodhana

Code

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 2 and 3

(D) 2 and 4

106. The following persons came to India at one time or another

1. Fa-Hien

2. I-Tsing

3. Megasthanese

4. Hieun-Tsang

The correct chronological sequence of their visits are

(A) 3, 1, 2, 4

(B) 3, 1, 4, 2

(D) 1, 3, 4, 2

107. Match List-I with List-II select the correct answer by using the code given below.

List-I List-II

(a) Chandragupta 1. Piyadarshi

(b) Bindusara 2. Sandrocottus

(d) Chanakya 4. Vishnugupta

Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 1 3 2 4

(D) 3 4 2 1

108. Who among the following rulers paid attention to the resource management in Girnar region some centuries before the Christian era?

1. Mahapadma Nanda

2. Ashoka

3. Chandragupta Maurya

4. Rudradaman

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Code

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 2 and 3

(D) 2, 3 and 4

109. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Lothal – Ancient Dockyard

2. Sarnath – First Sermon of Buddha

3. Rajgir – Lion Capital of Ashoka

4. Nalanda – Great Seat of Buddhist Learning

Select the correct answer using the code given below. Code

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 3 and 4

(D) 1 and 2

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