Maurya Dynasty Multiple Choice Questions with Answers

1. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of

(a) Bhasa

(b) Sudraka

(c) Vishakha Dutta

(d) Ashvaghosha

Answer: (c) Vishakha Dutta

2. Who recognised Sandrokottos as Chandragupta Maurya?

(a) William Jones

(b) V Smith

(c) R.K Mukherjee

(d) D.R. Bhandarker

Answer: (a) William Jones

3. The first Indian empire was established by

(a) Kanishka

(b) Harsh

(c) Chandragupta Maurya

(d) Samudragupta

Answer: (c) Chandragupta Maurya

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

(a) Gupta

(b) Maurya

(c) Wardhana

(d) Kushana

Answer: (b) Maurya

5. Who of the following mentions about the meetings of Sandrokottos with Alexander, the Great?

(a) Pliny

(b) Justin

(c) Strabo

(d) Megasthenes

Answer: (b) Justin

6. Who was called as Sandrokottos by Justin, the Greek writer?

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Chandragupta I

(c) Chandragupta II

(d) Samudragupta

Answer: (a) Chandragupta Maurya

7. Kautilya was Prime Minister of

(a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

(b) Ashoka

(c) Chandragupta Maurya

(d) King Janak

Answer: (c) Chandragupta Maurya

8. By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood

(a) Ajaya

(b) Chanakya

(c) Vishnugupta

(d) Deogupta

Answer: (c) Vishnugupta

9. Another name of Chanakya was

(a) Bhattswami

(b) Vishnugupta

(c) Rajshekhar

(d) Vishakhadatta

Answer: (b) Vishnugupta

10. The Arthasashtra of Kautilya is a

(a) play about Chandragupta Maurya

(b) biography

(c) history of Chandragupta Maurya

(d) book on principles of government

Answer: (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

(c) Mitra

(d) kosha

Answer: (c) Mitra

12. Kautilya’s Arthashastra deals with the aspects of

(a) economic life

(b) political policies

(c) religious life

(d) social life

Answer: (b) political policies

13. Which of the following can be compared to Prince of Machhiavelli?

(a) Kalidasa’s Malavikagni Mitram

(b) Kautilya’s Arthashastra

(c) Vatsyanana’s Kamasutra

(d) Thiruvalluvar’s Thirukkural

Answer: (b) Kautilya’s Arthashastra

14. Deimachus came to India during the reign of

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Bindusara

(c) Ashoka

(d) Kanishka

Answer: (b) Bindusara

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

(a) bricks

(b) stones

(c) wood

(d) clay

Answer: (c) wood

16. The remains of which ancient India has been found at the Kumrahar site

(a) Vaishali

(b) Pataliputra

(c) Kapilavastu

(d) Shravasti

Answer: (b) Pataliputra

17. Bulandi Bagh was ancient site of

(a) Kapilavastu

(b) Pataliputra

(c) Vaishali

(d) Varanasi

Answer: (b) Pataliputra

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

(a) Ashoka

(b) Chandragupta

(c) Bindusara

(d) kunala

Answer: (b) Chandragupta

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

(a) Harsh

(b) Skandagupta

(c) Vikramaditya

(d) Chandragupta Maurya

Answer: (d) Chandragupta Maurya

20. The inscription which proves Chandragupta’s way over western India is

(a) Kalinga Rock Inscription

(b) Grinar Rock Inscription of Ashoka

(c) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman

(d) Sopara Rock inscription of Ashoka

Answer: (c) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman

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

(a) Greek accounts

(b) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman

(c) Jain tradition

(d) Pillar Edict II of Ashoka

Answer: (b) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman

22. Which Indian king defeated the administrator of Sindh and Afghanistan appointed by Alexander?

(a) Samudragupta

(b) Ashoka

(c) Bindusar

(d) Chandragupta

Answer: (d) Chandragupta

23. In which year Chandragupta Maurya had defeated Seleucus?

(a) 317 BC

(b) 315 BC

(c) 305 BC

(d) 300 BC

Answer: (c) 305 BC

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

(a) Kalsi

(b) Rummindei

(c) Special Kalinga edict

(d) Maski

Answer: (d) Maski

25. Who established Rajdharma on triplex basis of longanimity, liberty and compassion?

(a) Ashoka

(b) Akbar

(c) Ranjit Singh

(d) Shivaji

Answer: (a) Ashoka

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

(a) Afghanistan

(b) Bihar

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Kalinga

Answer: (c) Sri Lanka

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

(a) Third Major Rock Edict

(b) Second Major Rock Edict

(c) Ninth Major Rock Edict

(d) First pillar inscription

Answer: (b) Second Major Rock Edict

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

(a) Ashoka

(b) Chandragupta Maurya

(c) Lord Mahavir

(d) Dhanwantari

Answer: (a) Ashoka

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

(a) pilgrims

(b) belief in Moksha

(c) epithet of ‘Devanampriya’

(d) establishment of veterinary hospitals

Answer: (c) epithet of ‘Devanampriya’

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

(a) Magadha

(b) Pataliputra

(c) Samastipur

(d) Rajagriha

Answer: (b) Pataliputra

31. Rajjuka’s were

(a) traders in Chola Kingdom

(b) officers in the Mauryan administration

(c) Feudal Lords in the Gupta empire

(d) soldiers in the Saka army

Answer: (b) officers in the Mauryan administration

32. What were Sarthwah?

(a) Brokers

(b) Convoy of merchants

(c) Money lender

(d) Pilgrims

Answer: (b) Convoy of merchants

33. Which one of the following official was not a part of Mauryan Administration?

(a) Agraharika

(b) Yukta

(c) Pradeshika

(d) Rajjuka

Answer: (a) Agraharika

34. Sarnath pillar was built by

(a) Harshavardhana

(b) Ashoka

(c) Gautama Buddha

(d) Kanishka

Answer: (b) Ashoka

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

(a) Amaravati

(b) Bharhut

(c) Sanchi

(d) Sarnath

Answer: (c) Sanchi

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

(a) Bimbisara

(b) Ashoka

(c) Harshavardhana

(d) Pusyamitra

Answer: (b) Ashoka

37. Who constructed the Sanchi Stupa?

(a) Chandragupta

(b) Kautilya

(c) Gautama Buddha

(d) Ashoka

Answer: (d) Ashoka

38. Language used in Inscription of Ashoka is

(a) Sanskrit

(b) Prakrit

(c) Pali

(d) Hindi

Answer: (b) Prakrit

39. Which one of the following Ashokan Inscription is in kharosthi script?

(a) Khalsi

(b) Girnar

(c) Shahbazgarhi

(d) Meerut

Answer: (c) Shahbazgarhi

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

(a) Pali

(b) Sanskrit

(c) Prakriti

(d) Bramhi

Answer: (c) Prakriti

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

(a) stone tablets

(b) seal

(c) pillars

(d) coins

Answer: (a) stone tablets

42. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was

(a) Buhler

(b) Robert Sebel

(c) James Prinsep

(d) Cordriguttan

Answer: (c) James Prinsep

 43. Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by

(a) James Prinsep

(b) George Buhler

(c) Vincent Smith

(d) Ahmad Hasan Dani

Answer: (a) James Prinsep

44. Who first deciphered the Brahmi script?

(a) A. Cunningham

(b) A.H.Dani

(c) Buhler

(d) James Prinsep

Answer: (d) James Prinsep

45. Who was the first Britisher to study Ashoka’s Edicts?

(a) John Tower

(b) Harry Smith

(c) Charles Metcalfe

(d) James Prinsep

Answer: (d) James Prinsep

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

(a) George Buhler

(b) James Prinsep

(c) Max Muller

(d) William Jones

Answer: (b) James Prinsep

47. Pre- Ashokan Brahmi script was found at

(a) Nagarjunakonda

(b) Anuradhapura

(c) Brahmagiri

(d) Maski

Answer: (b) Anuradhapura

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

(a) Brahmi

(b) Nandangari

(c) Sharada

(d) Kharoshti

Answer: (d) Kharoshti

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

(a) Chakravarti

(b) Dharmadeva

(c) Dharmakirti

(d) Priyadarshini

Answer: (d) Priyadarshini

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

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Ashoka

(c) Samudragupta

(d) Harshavardhana

Answer: (b) Ashoka

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