Important General Knowledge Objective Questions of Mauryan Empire
Mauryan was the most important dynasty that arose in ancient India between 321 to 185 BC. Three famous kings Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara and Ashoka are notable for your GK. These kings were very famous in all directions and were able to unite the whole of India for the first time in Indian history.
Mauryan has an important role in Medieval India. Their cultures and custom gave a new direction in the history of India.
1. The founder of Mauryan Dynasty was, –
A. Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
C) Bindusara
D) Kumargutpa
Answer – A
2. When did the Mauryan Period start?
A) 322 BC
B) 332 BC
C) 342 BC
D) 352 BC
Answer – A
3. Who wrote “Arthasastra”?
A) Visakha Datta
B) Kautilya
C) Megasthenes
D) Harisena
Answer – B
4. Who was the author of “Indica”?
A) Kautilya
B) Seleucus
D) Megasthenese
D) Fahien
Answer – C
5. Who was the author of ‘Mudra Rakshasa’?
A) Visakha Datta
B) Kautilya
C) Ibn Batuta
D) Chanakya
Answer – A
6. ‘Liberator’ title was earned by –
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Bindusara
C) Ashoka
D) Skandhagupta
Answer – A
7. Who humiliated Kautilya?
A) Nanda
B) Mauryan
C) Buddhist
D) Kushans
Answer – A
8. Who is the prime minister of Chandragupta Maurya?
A) Chanakkya
B) Selecus
C) Visakha Datta
D) Kumargupta
Answer – A
9. Who helped Chandragupta Maurya to defeat Nandas?
A) Kautilya
B) Selecus
C) Ashoka
D) Aswaghosa
Answer – A
10. The founder of Sunga Dynasty was-
A) Ashoka
B) Bindusara
C) Rana Sanga
D) Pushyamitra
Answer – D
11. Ashoka invaded Kalinga in –
A) 251 BC
B) 260 BC
C) 271 BC
D) 281 BBC
Answer – B
12. When did Ashoka died?
A) 261 BC
B) 232 BC
C) 273 BC
D)240 BC
Answer – B
13. Which last Nanda ruler killed by Chandragupta Maurya?
A) Mahapadma Nanda
B) Dhana Nanda
C) Shisunaga Nanda
D) Other
Answer – B
14. Who is defeated by Chandragupta Maurya in the banks of Sindhu?
A) Alexander
B) SeleucusNekator
C) Birbhadra
D) Dhana Nanda
Answer – B
15. Who married the daughter of Seleucus (Helena)?
A) Ashoka
B) Srigupta
C) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Bindusara
Answer – C
16. Who earned the title ‘Aritraghata‘?
A) Bindusara
B) Ashoka
C) Chandragupta Maurya
D) Srigupta
Answer – A
17. The ambassador of Seleucus in the court of Chandragupta Maurya was –
A) Alexander
B) Kautilya
C) Megasthenese
D) Fahien
Answer – C
18. ‘Indica‘ was written in which language?
A) Greek
B) Sanskrit
C) Pali
D) Persian
Answer – A
19. The division of Mauryan society into seven classes was particularly mentioned in –
A) Kautilya’s Arthasastra
B) Ashokan Edicts
C) The Puranas
D) The Indica of Megasthenese
Answer – D
20. The central or main point of Ashoka’s Dhamma was –
A) Loyalty to the king
B) Peace and nonviolence
C) respect to elders
D) Religious toleration
Answer – B
21. The effects of the Kalinga was on king Ashoka are found in
A) Pillar edicts
B) Rock Edicts
C) excavations
D) Other
Answer – B
22. Megastheneses visited India during the reign of
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Chandragupta II
C) Ashoka
D) Bindusara
Answer – A
23. Which is the oldest dynasty in ancient India?
A) Gupta
B) Mauryan
C) Kashan
D) Mughal
Answer – B
24. Who deciphered Ashokan Inscriptions?
A) James Princep
B) S. R. Rao
C) M. Wheeler
D) Other
Answer – A
25. The Ashoka pillar at Allahabad provides information about the reign of which king?
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Chandragupta
C) Chandragupta II
D) Samudragupta
Answer – C
26. Kalinga is now known as –
A) Bihar
B) West Bengal
C) Orissa
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer – C
27. The third council of Buddhism held in –
A) 240 BC
B) 250 BC
C) 260 BC
D) 270 BC
Answer – B
28. Which king is known as ‘Constantine of Buddhism‘?
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Bindusara
C) Vishnu Gupta
D) Asoka
Answer – D
29. Which was the famous education center of the Mauryan period?
A) Varanasi
B) Takshasila
C) Patliputra
D) Nalanda
Answer – B
30. Who was the administer Justice in the Ashoka period?
A) Rajuka
B) Vishnu Gupta
C) Kharbel
D) Upagupta
Answer – A
31. In which century did Ashoka reign?
A: Third Century B.C
B: Third Century A.D
C: Second century B.C
D: Second Century A.D
Answer – Third Century B.C
32. Ashoka won the Kalinga war in
A: 261 B,C
BL 262 B.C
C: 263 BC
D: 264 BC
Answer – 261 BC
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