The Mauryan Empire / Sangam Age SECTION 1

1.       Which ruler of Nurpur princely state was sent by shah Jahan in AD 1645 to curb the Uzbeks of Balkh?

(a)     Jagat singh

(b)   Bas Dev (Basu)

(c)    Rajrup singh 

(d)   Prithvi singh

2.       The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is

(a)    Priyadarsi

(b)   Dharmadeva

(c)    Chakravarti

(d)   Dharmakirti

3.       Magasthenes was the ambassador of

(a)    Seleucus Nikator

(b)   Alexander

(c)    Darius

(d)   The Persians

4.       Which of the following regions regions did not form the part of Ashoka’s Empire?

(a)    Kashmir

(b)   Taxila

(c)    Madras

(d)   Kannauj

5.       The term ‘ Dhamma’ is

(a)    A prakrit word

(b)   A sanshrit word

(c)    A pal word

(d)   None of these

6.       Sarnath’s Lion capital is attributed to

(a)    Harshavardhana

(b)   Kanishka

(c)    Ashoka

(d)   Chandrahupta

7.       The first scholar, who read Ashokan edicts, was

(a)    Stuart Pigott

(b)   SN Rao

(c)    Adam Smith

(d)   James Princep

8.       What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions?

(a)    Dravidian

(b)   Pictographic

(c)    Brahmi

(d)   Kharoshthi

9.       Which language was used in the literature of Sangam period?

(a)    Sanskrit 

(b)   Tamil

(c)    Telugu

(d)   Kannada

10.   The highly polished monolithic ashokan pillars were carved out of single pieces of a buff- coloured sandstone, usually mined from the quarries of

(a)    Chunar ear Mirzapur

(b)   Lauriya in nandangrah

(c)    Sarnath near Varanasi

(d)   Udayagiri near Bhubaneshwar

Answer:

1.       C

2.       A

3.       A

4.       C

5.       C

6.       C

7.       D

8.       C

9.       B

10.   C