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321.

Megasthenes calls the town officials in the Mauryan empire as

(a)Astyonmoi

(b)Agronomoi

(c)Overseers

(d)Assessors

Comment

Answer is: A

322.

Ashoka Denoted to Sudama as Lomas Rishi Caves in the Barabar hills near Bodh gaya to whom?

(a)Bhudhists

(b)Ajivikas

(c)Jainas

(d)Brahmanas

Comment

Answer is: B

323.

The Mauryan state had monopoly over which following sector?

(a)Mining and Metallurgy

(b)Coins and Currency

(c)Armaments and Ship building

(d)all of the above

Comment

Answer is: D

324.

Which one of the following Buddhist literary sources contain information about the Mauryan period?

(a)Dipavamsa

(b)Mahapurinibbanasurta

(c)Divyavandana

(d)all of the above

Comment

Answer is: D

325.

The most important source for the study of Ashoka is

(a)Punch marked coins

(b)inscriptions

(c)Greek accounts

(d)Buddhist literature

Comment

Answer is: B

326.

Which of the following mentions Chandragupta sabha, the council of Chandragupta Maurya?

(a)Arthashastra

(b)Mudrarakshasa

(c)Mahabhashya

(d)Parisishtaparvan

Comment

Answer is: B

327.

Ashokan pillars are made of which material?

(a)Pre-Mauryan Age

(b)Mauryan Age

(c)Post-Mauryan Age

(d)Gupta Age

Comment

Answer is: B

328.

In the ladder of Mauryan administration who were just below the Pradesikas?

(a)Rajukas

(b)sthanikas

(c)Samahartas

(d)Yuktas

Comment

Answer is: A

329.

Which one of the following Mauryan kings was known as Aritrichanes or Amritaghata, which appears to be a corruption of the the Sanskrit amritaghata, by the Greek writers?

(a)Chandragupta

(b)Bindusara

(c)Ashoka

(d)Dasaratha

Comment

Answer is: B

330.

Identify the places where fourteen major rock edicts of Ashoka are located.

(a)Kalsi, Manshera

(b)Sopara, Yersagudi

(c)Girnar, Junaguda

(d)all of the above

Comment

Answer is: D

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