Kings, Farmers and Towns MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice

Q: 36. Who deciphered Brahmi and Kharoshtl scripts?

Correct Answer is: John Marshall

Q: 37. Who founded the Mauryan Empire ?

Correct Answer is: Chandragupta maurya

Q: 38. Who issued the first coins bearing the names of rulers ?

Correct Answer is: Indo- Greeks

Q: 39. Who was Dhamma Mahamatta ?

Correct Answer is: Special officers appointed by Asoka to spread the message of Dhamma.

Q: 40. Who was Prabhavati Gupta ?

Correct Answer is: Daughter of Chandragupta II

Q: 42. Who was the owner, master of a household

Correct Answer is: Gahapati ans; Gahapati

Q: 44. Why is the 6th century BCE often considered a major turning point in Indian history ?

Correct Answer is: Emergence of States, cities and towns ; use of iron

31. Which of these was the most powerful Mahajanapada from 6th to 4th century BCE ?

Kuru
Magadha
Panehala
Ciandhra

32. Which was the first capital of Magadha?

Pataliputra
Kalinga
Rajagaha
None of the above

33. Who appointed Dhamma Mahamatas ?

Bimbisar
Samudragupta
Asoka
Pandava

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

Banabhatta
Harishena
Vidhyasagar
Kushanas

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

Prabhavati Gupta
Harisena
Kautilya
Banabhatta

36. Who deciphered Brahmi and Kharoshtl scripts?

James Princep
Cunningham
Wheelar
John Marshall

37. Who founded the Mauryan Empire ?

Chandragupta maurya
Bindusar
Asoka
Ajatashatu

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

Mauryas
Guptas
Indo- Greeks
Satavahanas

39. Who was Dhamma Mahamatta ?

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

40. Who was Prabhavati Gupta ?

Daughter of Chandragupta II
Daughter of Chandragupta Murya
Daughter of Vakatakas
none

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

Harishena
Kautilya or Chanakya
Megasthenes
None of the above

42. Who was the owner, master of a household

Kalhana
Kalidasa
Kautilya
Gahapati ans; Gahapati

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

Greeks
Kushanas
Aztecs
Maya

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

Emergence of States, cities and towns ; use of iron
Emergence of States, cities and towns ;Dominance of Hinduism
Dominance of Hinduism ; use of iron
Emergence of Buddhism and Jainism,Extensive use of Copper