Top 250+ Solved Early India- State to Empire MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The Mauryan control of Deccan and Mysore Plateau must have beenmade a reality by …………...
a. bindusara
b. aswaghosha
c. nagarjuna
d. vasubandhu
Q. The process of political integration was completed with the conquest ofKalinga by …………. and thus the Mauryan empire was formed.
a. dharmakirti
b. asoka
c. bindusara
d. kumara gupta
Q. ……………. (322-298 B.C.) was the founder of the Mauryan Empire.
a. asoka
b. mortimer wheeler
c. chandragupta maurya
d. bindusara
Q. With the help of his Prime Minister Kautilya, ………… reorganized thewhole administration.
a. chandragupta
b. asoka
c. samudra gupta
d. vishnu gupta
Q. As regards the legislative functions, the king has been described by ……………… as “Dharma Parivartak”.
a. kautilya
b. megasthenes
c. kalhana
d. athula
Q. The Greek Ambassador ……… had given a very detailed description ofthe Mauryan Municipal arrangement, which was very excellent.
a. megasthenes
b. mortimer wheeler
c. kalhana
d. fahien
Q. The institution of the Dharma Mahamatras was started by ………...
a. kumara gupta
b. megasthenes
c. samudra gupta
d. ashoka
Q. The ‘Arthasastra’ of ………… and several other ancient Indian textsput forward the ‘Saptanga theory of state’.
a. kautilya
b. aswaghosha
c. nagarjuna
d. vasubandhu
Q. …………. policy of Dhamma or Dharma had earned him the credit ofbeing considered as one of the greatest kings of the ancient world.
a. kumara gupta’s
b. chandragupta’s
c. samudra gupta’s
d. asoka’s
Q. ………… had appointed a special group of officers called ‘DharmaMahamatras’to propogate Dharma among the people including women.
a. asoka
b. mortimer wheeler
c. megasthenes
d. bindusara
Q. ………….. conducted ‘Dharma Yathras’ in the empire along with hisofficials in order to propagate Dharma.
a. asoka
b. megasthenes
c. chandragupta
d. samudra gupta
Q. …………., the emissary said to have been sent by Asoka to Sri Lankaand converted the ruler of that country into Buddhism.
a. mahendra
b. chandragupta
c. sidharth
d. samudra gupta
Q. Buddhist texts mentioned about the visit of …………., the daughter ofAsoka to Sri Lanka for the spread of the principle of Dharma.
a. mithula
b. madhavi
c. praveena
d. sangamitra
Q. The last Mauryan ruler ………. was murdered by his Brahmin generalPushyamitra Sunga, who founded the Sunga dynasty in 184 B.C.
a. brihandratha
b. aoka
c. chandra gupta maurya
d. bindusara
Q. …………. were the huge stone slabes erected over the burials.
a. paleolithic
b. vedic
c. harappan
d. megalithic