Kings, Farmers and Towns MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. Who appointed Dhamma Mahamatas ?

1. Bimbisar
2. Samudragupta
3. Asoka
4. Pandava

2. Who composed The Harshcharitra, a biography of Harshavardhana ?

1. Banabhatta
2. Harishena
3. Vidhyasagar
4. Kushanas

3. Who composed the Prayag Prashasti in praise of Samudragupta?

1. Prabhavati Gupta
2. Harisena
3. Kautilya
4. Banabhatta

4. Who deciphered Brahmi and Kharoshtl scripts?

1. James Princep
2. Cunningham
3. Wheelar
4. John Marshall

5. Who founded the Mauryan Empire ?

1. Chandragupta maurya
2. Bindusar
3. Asoka
4. Ajatashatu

6. Who issued the first coins bearing the names of rulers ?

1. Mauryas
2. Guptas
3. Indo- Greeks
4. Satavahanas

7. Who was Dhamma Mahamatta ?

1. Special revenue officers appointed by Asoka for tax collection.
2. Special officers appointed by Asoka for maintaining law and order.
3. Special officers appointed by Asoka to spread the message of Dhamma.
4. Special officers appointed by Asoka to stop the message of Dhamma.

8. Who was Prabhavati Gupta ?

1. Daughter of Chandragupta II
2. Daughter of Chandragupta Murya
3. Daughter of Vakatakas
4. none

9. Who was the court poet of Samudragupta, arguably the most powerful of the Gupta rulers

1. Harishena
2. Kautilya or Chanakya
3. Megasthenes
4. None of the above

10. Who was the owner, master of a household

1. Kalhana
2. Kalidasa
3. Kautilya
4. Gahapati ans; Gahapati

11. Who were a clan of nomadic people living in China ?

1. Greeks
2. Kushanas
3. Aztecs
4. Maya

12. Why is the 6th century BCE often considered a major turning point in Indian history ?

1. Emergence of States, cities and towns ; use of iron
2. Emergence of States, cities and towns ;Dominance of Hinduism
3. Dominance of Hinduism ; use of iron
4. Emergence of Buddhism and Jainism,Extensive use of Copper

13. According to a rock inscription in Sanskrit, composed around second century CE the Sudarshana lake was repaired by a king of the

1. Indo-Greeks
2. Kushanas
3. Satavahanas
4. rudradaman

14. Alexander Cunningham published asset of Asokan inscription in

1. 1874
2. 1875
3. 1876
4. 1877

15. An.............was land granted to a brahamana, who was usually exempted from paying land revenue.

1. Agahara
2. Janapada
3. Panhara
4. Jageer