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44. Which one of the following edicts mentions the

personal name of Ashoka?

(a) Kalsi

(b) Rummindei

(d) Maski

45. The Ashoka major rock edicts which tell us about

the Chola, Pandya, Satyaputta and Kerelaputta?

(a) I and VII (b) II and III

46. Realizing the need of water, the first ruler who got

a lake constructed in the Girnar area was

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Ashoka

(d) Skandagupta

47. The Lumbini was the birth place of Gautama

Buddha, is confirmed by an inscription of

(a) Ashoka (b) Kanishka

48. Which of the following were called Sarthavaha?

(a) Brokers (b) Carvan of traders

49. Which of the following sources gives a detailed

account of city administration of the Mauryas?

(a) Kautilya’s Arthashastra

(b) Megasthanese’s Indica

(d) Inscription of Ashoka

50. Who was the first to have successfully read the

Ashoka’s inscriptions?

(a) Charles Wilkins

(b) Dayaram Sahni

(d) James Prinsep

51. Who was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta

Maurya?

(a) Kautilya (b) Megasthenese

52. The main officer of town in Mauryan empire was

called by Megasthenes as

(a) Astyonmoi (b) Agronomoi

53. Who of the following also had the name Devanama

Priyadasi?

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Ashoka

(d) Harsha

54. The division of Mauryan society into seven classes

was particularly mentioned in

(a) Mudrarakshasa (b) Purans

55. Kautilya’s Arthashastra deals with the aspects of

(a) Economic life (b) Religious life

56. Who of the following was known as Amitrochates?

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Bindusar

(d) Kautilya

57. Who built the city of Shrinagar in Kashmir?

(a) Porus

(b) Chandragupta Maurya

(d) Kanishka

58. Where did Ashoka send his son Mahendra as a

Buddhist missionary to ?

(a) Ceylon (b) Nepal

59. How many Tirthas were mentioned in Arthashastra?

(a) 16 (b) 18

60. In Arthashastra, the superintendent of commerce is

known as

(a) Panyadhyaksha (b) Samsthadhyaksha

61. Who of the following historical personalities of

India is also known as Vishnugupta?

(a) Bindusara (b) Kunala

62. Which rock edict of Ashoka provides a description

of the horrors of Kalinga war?

(a) Kalinga Edict (b) 11th Rock Edict

63. Which of the following Indian kings defeated

Seleucus, the administrator of Sindha and

Afghanistan?

(a) Chandragupta (b) Ashoka

64. Who was the writer of Mudrarakshasa?

(a) Kautilya (b) Pushyagupta

65. Which of the following languages is used in the

inscriptions of Ashoka?

(a) Pali (b) Prakrit

66. The most famous educational centre during the

period of Mauryan age was

(a) Nalanda (b) Vaishali

67. Who constructed the 84 thousands Stupa?

(a) Ashoka (b) Pushyamitra

68. The third Buddhist council during the reign of

Ashoka was held at

(a) Rajgriha (b) Vaishali

69. Chanakya, the famous teacher of Chandragupta

Maurya, was associated with

(a) Nalanda (b) Vaishali

70. The last Mauryan emperor was

(a) Kunal (b) Jalok

71. Who of the following has mentioned on the

absence of slavery in Maurya period?

(a) Megasthenes (b) Kautilya

72. During the reign of Ashoka the huge Maurya

empire divided into

(a) Four Provinces (b) Five Provinces

73. In Maurya empire, province was known as

(a) Chakra (b) Mandal

74. Which of the following taxes was paid in cash?

(a) Bhaga (b) Hiranya

75. Visti signifies

(a) Religious tax (b) Irrigation tax

Answer Key :

(a) The Kharosthi script is an ancient script used by

the ancient Gandhara culture of South Asia primarily

in modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Kharosthi

is mostly written right to left (type A), but some

inscriptions (type B) already show the left to right

direction that was to become universal for the later

South Asian scripts.

45. (d) Major Rock Edict II mentions Chola, Pandya,

Satyaputra and Keralpautra kingdoms in South India.

Major Rock Edict XIII speaks of Asoka’s annexation

of Kalinga. It mentions Asoka’s victory by dhamma

over Greek kings and the Chola, Pandya, and Andhra

kingdoms in South India.

46. (a) It is evident from the note of Megasthenes,

importance of land and water management was

realised even during 300 B.C for social welfare.

During this period, famous Sudarshan lake on Girnar

hill in Gujarat was built by Chandragupta Maurya.

48. (b) Proper rules of conduct of trade were laid by

the head of trade guilds, known as Sarthavaha or

Srenipramukha. The rules were called Samay and

Srenidharma. Taxila, Pushkalavati, Kapisa and

Vidisha prospered as trade centres, under the Indo-

Greek rulers.

49. (b) Megasthenes stayed at Pataliputra for about

five years. He wrote a book called ‘Indica’ in which

he gave a detailed account of his observations of

Mauryan government and social life.

50. (d) James Princep was an English scholar, orientalist

and antiquary. Remained unread until James Princep

successfully deciphered Ashoka’s edicts inscription

in 1837. Stories of Ashoka flourished from the time

of his death and grew more fanciful with the passing

centuries.

54. (d) The division of Mauryan society into seven

classes was particularly mentioned in the ‘Indica’ of

Megasthenes.

55. (d) Kautilya’s Arthashastra is the most important

work on Public Administration in ancient India. It

deals with different aspects of management which

include strategic management, financial management,

accounting, human resource management, corporate

governance, social responsibility, etc.

56. (b) Bindusara was the son of the first Mauryan

Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. The Greeks called

him Amitrochates or Allitrochades.

57. (c) Srinagar was founded more than 2000 years ago,

around the 3rd century BC, by King Pravarasena. It

soon became part of the Mauryan Empire, one of

the largest empires in India at the time. The ruling

Mauryan emperor Ashoka built the city of Srinagari

(Srinagar).

58. (a) Ashoka sent missionaries to neighbouring states

and even to foreign lands. According to tradition,

the Ceylonese mission was sent under Ashoka’s son

Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra.

60. (a) Kautiyla talked of the various heads of

the different branches of the civil service. The

superintendent of trade (Panyadhyaksha) was to

head the commercial service, including internal and

external trade.

63. (a) Chandragupta Maurya stretched his empire

from Karnataka to Afghanistan and from the river

Indus to Bengal. He attacked the Greek Governor

of Punjab, Seleucus Nikator and defeated him.

There was subsequently a treaty between the two

whereby, Seleucus ceded Punjab and Sindh to

Chandragupta and also gave his daughter in marriage

to Chandragupta.

64. (d) The Mudrarakshasa is a historical play in

Sanskrit by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of

the king Chandragupta Maurya to power in India.

67. (a) In 3rd century BCE, the great emperor of

Magadha Ashoka started to build thousands of Stupas

all over the Indian subcontinent and South Asia. It is

said that 84 thousand Stupas were built by Ashoka

edicts and guidance.

68. (c) According to the Theravada commentaries and

chronicles, the Third Buddhist Council was convened

by the Mauryan king Ashoka at Pataliputra, under the

leadership of the monk Moggaliputta Tissa.

69. (c) Chanakya was a famous Indian teacher, who

taught in Takshashila, an ancient Indian university.

Later, he became royal advisor to the Maurya empire

and helped the mighty ruler Chandragupta Maurya to

establish the Maurya empire by defeating the Nanda

empire.

70. (d) Brihadratha Maurya was the last ruler of the

Mauryan dynasty. He ruled from 187–180 BC. He

was killed by his senapati (commander-in-chief),

Pushyamitra Sunga.

74. (b) Hiranya appears as an item of revenue in the

land-grants of the period. Hiranya is taken to be the

usual taxes paid in cash or in metallic money

Question Answer Set - 10 for WBCS/GROUP D/WBPSC/RAIL

Question Answer Set - 10 for WBCS/GROUP D/WBPSC/RAIL

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