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Saturday, 20 February 2021

Mauryan Era

01) Arthasastra was written by [SSC CHSL Exam 16/11/2014]

          a) Dhanananda

          b) Kautilya

          c) Bimbisara

          d) Pushyamitra

02) Seleucus Nicator was defeated by [FCI Assistant Grade III Exam 05/02/2012]

          a) Asoka

          b) Chandragupta Maurya

          c) Bindu Sara

          d) Brihadratha

03) Bindusara sent Ashoka to quell the rebellion in: [SSC CHSL Exam 02/11/2014, Shift I]

          a) Swarnagiri

          b) Taxila

          c) Ujjain

          d) Tosali

04) The Greeks were driven out of India by [SSC Stenographer Exam 16/10/2011]

          a) Chandragupta Murya

          b) Chandragupta Vikramditya

          c) Ashoka

          d) Bindusara

05) Kalinga war took place in the year [SSC CHSL Exam 11/12/2011, Shift I]

          a) 261 BC

          b) 263 BC

          c) 232 BC

          d) 240 BC

06) Who among the following built the Sanchi Stupa? [SSC CAPFs ASI & Delhi Police SI Exam 02/07/2017, Shift I]

          a) Ashoka

          b) Gautam Buddha

          c) Cholas

          d) Pallavas

07) How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National flag? [SSC MTS Exam 17/03/2013]

          a) 22

          b) 18

          c) 24

          d) 14

08) Which one of the following is the principal source of information on Ashoka’s campaign against Kalinga? [SSC CGL Exam 19/10/2014, Shift I]

          a) Pillar Edict VII

          b) Mahavamsa

          c) Divyavadana

          d) Rock Edict XIII

09) Who was the ambassador sent to the court of chandragupta Maurya by Greek ruler of West Asia, Selucus Nicator? [SSC Delhi Police Constable Exam 05/12/2017, Shift III]

          a) Hiuen Tsang

          b) Fa-Hien

          c) Megasthenes

          d) Al-Biruni

10) Which officials were appointed by Ashoka to teach people about Dhamma? [SSC Delhi Police Constable Exam 05/12/2017, Shift III]

          a) Dhamma guru

          b) Dhamma yogi

          c) Dhamma acharya

          d) Dhamma mahamatta

11) Ashok spread Buddhism all over India and ceylon by [SSC CGL Exam 20/07/2014, Shift I]

          a) Teaching the Triratnas

          b) Sending the Dharma Mahamatras

          c) Waging Wars

          d) Becoming a Buddhist Monk

12) Which of the following was not adopted from the Maurya Dynasty in the emblem of Government of India? [SSC Junior Engineer (Civil) Exam 23/01/2018, Shift I]

          a) Satyameva Jayate

          b) Bull

          c) Horse

          d) Four Lions

13) Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’ mainly deals with ______: [SSC CGL Exam 16/08/2015, Shift II]

          a) Political state craft

          b) Social aspects

          c) Economic doctrines

          d) Military aspects

14) The Greek ambassador Megastheness was in the court of which of the following rulers? [SSC Junior Engineer (Civil) Exam 24/01/2018, Shift I]

          a) Ashoka

          b) Chandragupta

          c) Bindusara

          d) Chanakya

15) Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions? [SSC CGL Exam 02/09/2016, Shift III]

          a) Brahmi

          b) Devanagiri

          c) Gurmukhi

          d) Sanskrit

16) The capital of the Mauryan Kingdom was located at [SSC CGL Exam 04/09/2016, Shift III]

          a) Pataliputra

          b) Vaishali

          c) Lumbini

          d) Gaya

17) Ashoka was a king of which dynasty? [SSC CHSL Exam 15/01/2017, Shift II]

          a) Pradyota

          b) Haryanka

          c) Maurya

          d) Nanda

18) Which of the following information is found in Ashoka’s inscriptions? [SSC CHSL Exam 04/03/2018, Shift I]

          a) Life story

          b) Internal policy

          c) Foreign policy

          d) All options are correct

19) Who among the following built the Sanchi Stupa? [SSC CAPFs ASI & Delhi Police SI Exam 02/07/2017, Shift II]

          a) Ashoka

          b) Gautam Buddha

          c) Cholas

          d) Pallavas

20) The lions placed on top of a pillar at Saranath that we see on our notes were originally carved out on which material? [SSC MTS Exam 21/10/2017, Shift III]

          a) Glass

          b) Stone

          c) Iron

          d) Copper

21) Which of the following indicates the circle of the Saranath Piller? [SSC CHSL Exam 04/03/2018, Shift III]

          a) Law

          b) Revolution

          c) Progress

          d) Religion

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