Kings, Farmers and Towns Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Asoka is mentioned by which titles in his inscriptions ?

1. Asoka, Piyadassi
2. Masattuvan,Asoka
3. Devanampiya, Piyadassi
4. Devaputra, Piyadassi

17. Consider the following statements about the Mauryan Empire:
1. There were 5 major political centres in the Empire.
2. Megasthenes wrote about the Mauryan Empire in his book Indica.
3. Ashoka founded the Mauryan Empire in 321 B.C.
4. Ashoka used his resources to propagate Buddhism.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1, 2 and 4
3. 2, 3 and 4
4. 1, 3 and 4

18. Consider the following statements about the Mauryan Empire:
1. There were 5 major political centres in the Empire.
2. Megasthenese wrote about the Mauryan Empire in his book Indica.
3. Asoka founded the Mauryan Empire in 321 B.c.
4. Asoka used his sources to propogate Buddhism.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

1. 1,2 & 3
2. 1,2 & 4
3. 2,3 & 4
4. 1,3 & 4

19. Consider the following statements regarding Magadha.
(i) Magadha was the most powerful mahajanapada.
(ii) Initally Pataliputra was the capital of Magadha and later it was shifted to Rajagriha.
(iii) Elephants were found in abundance in the forests of Magadha.
Which of the above statement (s) is /are correct ?

1. I and II
2. II and III
3. I and III
4. II only

20. Directions - There are two statements one labelled as Assertion & the other labelled as Reason (R) .Each question has 4 option A,B,C,D select the one correct answer.
Assertion : Patanjali attests that during the Mauryan times,new cults and superstitions were introduced for the sake of money.
Reason (R) : The treasury needed to be adequately filled to meet any unforeseen economic crisis in the kingdom.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
3. A is true but R is false
4. A is false but R is true

21. Harishena was a court poet of

1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Samudragupta
3. Asoka
4. Chandragupta II

22. How many Mahajanapadas were there?

1. 17
2. 14
3. 18
4. 16

23. Magadha is present day..............state.

1. Karanataka
2. Patna
3. Orissa
4. Bihar

24. Megasthenes mentions a committee with six subcommittees of military of which the fifth looked after

1. chariots
2. foot soldiers
3. transport
4. horses

25. Name the languages in which the Asokan inscriptions were written.

1. Prakrit, Aramaic & Greek
2. Pali, Prakrit & Greek
3. Pali, Sanskrit & Aramaic
4. Pali, Sanskrit & Greek

26. One of the political center mentioned is Asokan inscriptions Suvarnagiri is also known as

1. the golden mountain
2. gold
3. golden home
4. golden dome

27. Pataliputra is present day.............state.

1. Karanataka
2. Patna
3. Orissa
4. Bihar

28. Sangam is a literature of ...........................language.

1. Tamil
2. malayalam
3. Sanskrit
4. Marathi

29. The Arthashastra was composed by

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

30. The earliest capital of Magadha was Rajagaha which means

1. house of the king
2. house of the people
3. house of the animals
4. None of the above