Railways General Awareness The Mauryan Empire Sample Paper

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• question_answer1)
  Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given rulers of ancient India?
  A)
   Ashoka?Kanishka?Milinda
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  B)
   Milinda?Ashoka?Kanishka
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  C)
   Ashoka?Milinda?Kanishka
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  D)
   Milinda?Kanishka?Ashoka
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• question_answer2)
  Which of the following languages was used in Ashoka's Edicts?
  A)
   Vasudeva        
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  B)
   Pali
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  C)
   Brahmi
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  D)
   Sanskrit
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  Which of the following metals were mostly used for minting coins during the Mauryan period?
  A)
   Bronze and gold
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  B)
   Gold and lead
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  C)
   Silver and copper
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  D)
   Lead and silver
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  Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
  A)
   Jatakas - Mauryan chronology and genealogy
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  B)
   Puranas - Ashoka's efforts to spread Buddhism to Sri Lanka
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  C)
   Dipavamsa - socio-economic conditions of the Mauryan period
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  D)
   Dighanikaya - Influence of Buddhist ideas on Mauryan polity
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• question_answer5)
  The Nagas in the Post-Mauryan period ruled from?
  A)
   Ganga Valley   
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  B)
   Indus Valley
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  C)
   Brahmaputra Valley
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  D)
   Godavari Valley
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• question_answer6)
  Which of the following statements about Mauryan society is untrue?
  A)
   Megasthenes divided Indian society into seven classes
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  B)
   Slavery was absent in India
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  C)
   There was a reduction in gap between the Vaishyas and the Shudras
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  D)
   Megasthenes says that scarcity and famine were known to Indians
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• question_answer7)
  Which ruler did Chandragupta Maurya enter into an alliance to defeat the nandas?
  A)
   Parvataka        
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  B)
   Selucus Nikator
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  C)
   Nagasena         
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  D)
   Rudrasimha
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• question_answer8)
  Choose the correct pair.
  A)
   Ellora caves ? Saka
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  B)
   Mahabalipuram ? Rashtrakutas
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  C)
   Meenakshi temple ? Pallavas
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  D)
   Khajuraho-Chandellas
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• question_answer9)
  Who was the founder of Maurya dynasty?
  A)
   Chandragupta II
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  B)
   Chandragupta Maurya
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  C)
   Vishnugupta
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  D)
   Ashoka
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• question_answer10)
  In the Mauryan Period tax evasion was punished with:
  A)
   Death
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  B)
   Confiscation of goods
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  C)
   Imprisonment
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  D)
   None of the above
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• question_answer11)
  Kautilya's Arthashastra's chapter on Kantak-Shodhana is mostly devoted to:
  A)
   Regulation of profits, wages and prices
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  B)
   Regulation against adulteration of goods
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  C)
   Strict control of artisans and traders by the state
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  D)
   None of the above
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• question_answer12)
  In the Mauryan Government women could be employed as:
  A)
   Royal Bodyguards
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  B)
   Superintendents of weaving establishments
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  C)
   Intelligence agents & spices
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  D)
   All the above
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• question_answer13)
  Which one of the following rulling dynasties of South India was the biggest rival of the Cholas?
  A)
   The Pandyas
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  B)
   The Chalukyas of Kalyani
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  C)
   The Gangas of Orissa
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  D)
   Chalukyas of Vakataka
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• question_answer14)
  Who of the following Chola kings assumed the title of the Mummadi Chola?
  A)
   Vijayalaya       
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  B)
   Rajaraya
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  C)
   Rajendra I        
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  D)
   None of the above
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• question_answer15)
  In the Chola kingdom, a very large village administered as single unit was called:
  A)
   Nadu   
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  B)
   Kurram
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  C)
   Kottram           
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  D)
   All the above
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• question_answer16)
  Who was the founder of Mauryan Empire?
  A)
   Chandragupta Maurya
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  B)
   Vijayalaya
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  C)
   Raja Raja
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  D)
   Samudragupta
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• question_answer17)
  What was the another name of Chanakya?
  A)
   Kautilya           
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  B)
   Mahagupta
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  C)
   Sivagupta        
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  D)
   Veeragupta
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• question_answer18)
  Who helped Chandragupta Maurya to defeat Nandas?
  A)
   Kamandaka     
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  B)
   Sudraka
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  C)
   Kalhana           
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  D)
   Chanakya
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• question_answer19)
  Who ruled whole of North India before Chandragupta
  A)
   Nandas
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  B)
   Guptas
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  C)
   Harsha
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  D)
   Satavahanas
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• question_answer20)
  Period of rule of Chandragupta Maurya
  A)
   300 - 280 B.C.
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  B)
   324 - 300 B.C.
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  C)
   380 - 360 B.C.
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  D)
          310 - 290 B.C.
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