Top 250+ Solved Early Societies in India MCQ Questions Answer
Q. ……… who overthrew the Nanda dynasty with the help of a craftyBrahmin statesman, Kautilya.
a. chandragupta maurya
b. asoka
c. aswaghosha
d. nagarjuna
Q. Maurya Dynasty was ruled into the state of Magadha from the capitalcity at …………...
a. nalanda
b. pataliputra
c. vidramasila
d. kapilavastu
Q. The Mauryan dynasty had disintegrated in ………… by PushyamitraSunga.
a. 175 bc
b. 185 bc
c. 189 bc
d. 195 bc
Q. ……… was a friend, guide and philosopher to Chandra Gupta Maurya.
a. kautilya
b. athula
c. nagarjuna
d. vasubandhu
Q. ‘Indica’ is the accounts on India prepared by …………….
a. chandragupta maurya
b. megasthenese
c. seleucus nikethor
d. kautilya
Q. Megasthenese stayed at the …………… court and noted down hisreflections on the then Indian society.
a. mauryan
b. gupta
c. vijayanagara
d. bhamini
Q. The Brahmi script which was a riddle for a long time was decipheredby ……………… in 1837.
a. james princep
b. mortimer wheeler
c. john marshal
d. w.c.banerji
Q. James Princep was a civil servant of the English East India Companyin ………….. and the secretary of the Asiatic society.
a. bengal
b. bihar
c. orissa
d. ahmmedabad
Q. Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan dynasty overthrewthe last Nanda king and occupied his capital …………. in 321 B.C.
a. pataliputra
b. kasi
c. kosala
d. vrjji
Q. The first attempt of Chandragupta towards political integration washis war with ………….., the ruler of the area, west of the Indus.
a. nagarjuna
b. aswaghosha
c. scleucus nikator
d. vasubandhu
Q. ………………, the son and successor of Chandragupta is said to havesubjugated kings and Nobles of about 16 cities and became the master of the territory which lay between Eastern and Western sea.
a. dharmakirti
b. chandra gupta maurya
c. bindusara
d. asoka
Q. Since ………….. is credited to have conquered Kalinga only, extensionof the Mauryan Empire beyond river Tungabadra is done by his predecessors.
a. chandra gupta maurya
b. bindusara
c. asoka
d. samudra gupta
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