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Kings, Farmers and Towns-1

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Delineate the factors that made Magadha, the most powerful mahajanapada.

  1. Agriculture was very productive.
  2. Iron mines provided resources for tools and weaponry.
  3. Ganga and its tributaries provided means of cheap transport and communication.
  4. All of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sources has not been used by historians to reconstruct the Maurya empire?

  1. Account of Megasthenes
  2. Arthashastra by Chanakya and other literatures
  3. Sculpture
  4. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the following statements as True (T) or False (F).
(a) Arthashastra was written by Kautilya.
(b) Suvarnagiri literally means the golden mountain.
(c) Varuna is the god of rains.
(d) Panchatantra is a treatise on Clairvoyance.
(e) Manusmriti is a legal text written in Prakrit.

  1. TFTFF
  2. FFTTF
  3. TTFFF
  4. FFTFT
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which message is not conveyed by Ashoka’s inscriptions?

  1. Generosity towards Brahmans
  2. Respect towards elders
  3. Treating slaves and servants unkindly
  4. Respecting others religions and traditions
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following would you relate to Megasthenes?

  1. A Roman emperor
  2. A Greek ambassador
  3. An Italian pilgrim
  4. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

  1. Pataliputra – Capital of Magadha
  2. Asoka – Kalinga
  3. Cholas – Deccan Kingdom
  4. Devaputra – Son of Heaven
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following poets wrote Harsha Charita, the biography of Harshavardhan?

  1. Banabhatta
  2. Aryabhatta
  3. Manu
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are related to Epigraphists?

  1. Sculptures
  2. Inscriptions
  3. Statues
  4. Structures
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to Prayaga Prashasti, Samudragupta was the most powerful of the Gupta rulers. He has been linked to the following gods. Which one do you find wrong?

  1. Kubera (the god of wealth)
  2. Varuna (the god of ocean)
  3. Indra (the god of rains)
  4. Brahma (the god of birth)
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Numismaties means

  1. the study of currency
  2. the study of numbers
  3. the study of coins
  4. none of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are the limitation(s) of inscriptional evidence?

  1. Letters may be missing.
  2. Letters are faintly engraved.
  3. Exact meaning is not certain.
  4. All of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following features of inscriptions during Mauryans is incorrect?

  1. These are writings engraved on hard surfaces, stones pottery and pillars.
  2. They are virtually permanent records.
  3. They don’t carry any date.
  4. They usually record achievements and exploits of kings.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the incorrect statement.

  1. The first gold coins were issued by Mauryas.
  2. Piyadassi is pleasant to behold.
  3. Devanampiya is beloved of gods.
  4. James Prinsep could decipher ‘Asokan Brahmi’.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following artefacts were discovered as a result of extensive excavations conducted at Mauryan sites?

  1. Fine pottery bowls
  2. Figurines
  3. Weapons
  4. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
(a) Kubera 1. The god of ocean
(b) Yama 2. The god of death
(c) Varun 3. The god of rains
(d) Indra 4. The god of wealth
  1. (a) - 1, (b) - 2, (c) - 3, (d) - 4
  2. (a) - 4, (b) - 2, (c) - 1, (d) - 3
  3. (a) - 3, (b) - 2, (c) - 1, (d) - 4
  4. none of these
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