Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Period History MCQs from the previous year exam question papers. The objective question answer is very helpful for the preparation of upcoming UPSC, SSC, UPSSSC PET Competitive exams.
Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Period Questions
Qns 1 : Which among the following is India’s oldest dynasty?
(a) Gupta
(b) Maurya
(c) Vardhana
(d) Kushana
Qns 2 : First Indian Empire was established by
(a) Kanishka
(b) Harsha
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Samudragupta
Qns 3 : Who was the first king to conquer Malwa, Gujarat and Maharashtra?
(a) Harsha
(b) Skandagupta
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
Qns 4 : In which year Chandragupta Maurya had defeated Seleucus?
(a) 317 BC
(b) 315 BC
(c) 305 BC
(d) 300 BC
Qns 5 : Who came to India during the time of Chandragupta Maurya?
(a) Faxian (Fa-Hien)
(b) Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)
(c) Megasthenes
(d) Strabo
Qns 6: The Greek ambassador Megasthenese was in the court of which of the following rulers?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Bindusara
(d) Chanakya
Qns 7 : Who was referred to as ‘Sandrocottus’ in the writings of the Greeks?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Bindusara
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Dhanananda
Qns 8 : Who was the son of Chandragupta?
(a) Bindusara
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Ashoka
(d) Bimbasara
Qns 9 : To which dynasty did Ashoka belong?
(a) Vardhana
(b) Maurya
(c) Kushan
(d) Gupta
Qns 10 : Which of the king has been mentioned as ‘Piyadassi’ and Devanampiya’ in inscriptions?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Harshavardhana
Qns 11 : Sarnath Pillar was built by
(a) Harshavardhana
(b) Ashoka
(c) Gautam Buddha
(d) Kanishka
Qns 12 : Who constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Kautilya
(c) Gautam Buddha
(d) Ashoka
Qns 13 : Which one of the following inscriptions contains the name of Ashoka?
(a) Gujarra
(b) Ahraura
(c) Brahmagiri
(d) Sarnath
Qns 14 : Which one of the following is considered the best Stupa?
(a) Amravati
(b) Bharhut
(c) Sanchi
(d) Sarnath
Qns 15 : Language used in the inscriptions of Ashoka is
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Prakrit
(c) Apabhramsa
(d) Hindi
Qns 16 : Kalsi is famous for
(a) Buddhist Chaityas
(b) Persian coins
(c) Rock Edicts of Ashoka
(d) Temples of Gupta period
Qns 17 : Kautilya was Prime Minister of
(a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) King Janak
Qns 18 : The another name of Chanakya was
(a) Bhattswami
(b) Vishnugupta
(c) Rajshekhar
(d) Vishakhadatta
Qns 19 : The most famous centre of learning during Maurya period was
(a) Vaishali
(b) Nalanda
(c) Taxila
(d) Ujjain
Qns 20 : The system governing villages through autonomous elected Panchayats was evolved by
(a) Kushans
(b) Dravids
(c) Aryans
(d) Mauryans
Qns 21 : During Mauryan Period ‘Pin tax’ was a
(a) tax given for labour
(b) irrigation tax
(c) tax on non-agricultural product
(d) tax collected by a village
Qns 22 : ‘Sita’ in Maurya period means
(a) a Goddess
(b) a religious sect
(c) revenue from crown land
(d) barren land
Qns 23 : India’s first hospital and herbal gardens were built by
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Lord Mahavir
(d) Dhanvantari
Qns 24 : India’s first hospital and herbal gardens were built by
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Lord Mahavir
(d) Dhanvantari
Qns 25 : Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on
(a) economic relations
(b) principles and practice of statecraft
(c) foreign policy
(d) wealth accumulation
Qns 26 : What is the name of Megasthenes’s book?
(a) Economics
(b) Rig Veda
(c) Purana
(d) Indica
Qns 27 : Who among the following was not a contemporary of the other three?
(a) Bimbisara
(b) Gautama Buddha
(c) Milinda
(d) Prasenjit
Qns 28 : The last Mauryan emperor was
(a) Jaloka
(b) Avanti Verma
(c) Nandivardhana
(d) Brihadratha
Qns 29 : The following persons came to India at one time or another.
I. Fa-Hien II. I-Tsing
III. Megasthenes IV. Hieun-Tsang
The correct chronological sequence of their visits are
(a) III, I, II and IV
(b) III, I, IV, II
(c) I, III, II and IV
(d) I, III, IV and II
Qns 30 : Who started the Shaka era and when?
(a) Kadphises in 58 BC [WBCS 2008]
(b) Vikramaditya in 58 BC
(c) Rudradaman I in AD 78
(d) Kanishka in AD 78
Qns 31 : Which of the following dynasty empire was expanded even outside of India?
(a) Gupta dynasty
(b) Maurya dynasty
(c) Kushan dynasty
(d) None of these
Qns 32 : Art of Ganghara style flourished during the reign of
(a) Kushans
(b) Guptas
(c) Akbar
(d) Mauryas
Qns 33 : Who among the following was the ruler of Kushan dynasty?
(a) Vikramaditya
(b) Danti Durga
(c) Khadphises I
(d) Pushyamitra
Qns 34 : The capital of the Satavahanas was located at
(a) Amravati
(b) Nanded
(c) Naldurg
(d) Durg
Qns 35 : When was Vikram Samvat started?
(a) 78 AD
(b) 57 BC
(c) 72 BC
(d) 56 BC
Qns 36 : The art style which combines Indian and Greek feature is called
(a) Sikhar
(b) Vera
(c) Gandhara
(d) Nagara
Qns 37 : With reference to the invaders in ancient India, which one of the following is the correct chronological order?
(a) Greeks, Shakas and Kushans
(b) Greeks, Kushans and Shakas
(c) Shakas, Greeks and Kushans
(d) Shakas, Kushans and Greeks
Qns 38 : Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given rulers of ancient India?
(a) Ashoka, Kanishka and Milinda
(b) Milinda, Ashoka and Kanishka
(c) Ashoka, Milinda and Kanishka
(d) Milinda, Kanishka and Ashoka
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