1. Which of the following Magadha ruler fell in the Mohapash of Amrapali, the dancer of Vaishali?

(a) Bindusara

(b) Mahapadam

(c) Ajatashatru

(d) Shishunaga Maurya period

ANS. (C) Ajatashatru

2. Where was the ruler of Seleucus Nicoter from whom Chandragupta Maurya took Afghanistan?

(a) Mishra

(b) Macedonia

(c) Syria

(d) Greece

ANS. (B) Macedonia

3. Kautilya's Arthashastra was written?

(a) in the Gupta period

(b) In Mauryan period

(c) In the era of happiness

(d) In Delhi Sultanate period

ANS. (B) In Mauryan period

4. Ashoka's religion was -

(a) responsibility of social conduct

(b) Similar to Buddhism

(c) Based on good views of earlier religions

(d) none

ANS. (B) Similar to Buddhism

55. Whom did Ashoka send to Sri Lanka to propagate Buddhism?

(a) Kautilya

(b) Pushyamitra

(c) Banabhatta

(d) Mahendra

ANS. (D) Mahendra

6. Bindusara gave protection to which religion?

(a) Buddhist

(b) Jain

(c) Brahmin

(d) Livelihood Community

ANS. (B) Jain

7. Who named himself 'Devnam Priyadashi'?

(a) Maurya King Ashoka

(b) Chandragupta Maurya

(c) Gautam Buddha

(d) Lord Mahavira

ANS. (A) Maurya King Ashoka

8. When was the Kalinga war fought?

(a) 261 B.C.

(b) 261 A.D.

(c) 269 B.C.

(d) 263 B.C.

ANS. (A) 261 B.C.

9. Who defeated Seleucus?

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Ashoka

(c) Bimbisara

(d) Porus

ANS. (A) Chandragupta Maurya

10. Who killed Brihadratha, the last ruler of the Maurya dynasty?

(a) Kanishka

(b) Bhaskar Varman I

(c) Pushyamitra Sunga

(d) Harshvardhan

ANS. (C) Pushyamitra Sunga