Question 1.
Who deciphered Brahmi and Kharoshtl scripts?
(a) James Princep
(b) Cunningham
(c) Wheelar
(d) John Marshall
Answer
Answer: (a) James Princep
Question 2.
How many Mahajanapadas were there?
(a) 17
(b) 14
(c) 18
(d) 16
Answer
Answer: (d) 16
Question 3.
Which of these was the moSt powerful Mahajanapada from 6th to 4th century BCE?
(a) Kuru
(b) Magadha
(c) PanehaLa
(d) Ciandhara
Answer
Answer: (b) Magadha
Question 4.
Who appointed Dhamma Mahamatras?
(a) Bimbisara
(b) Samudraupta
(c) Ashoka
(d) Pandya
Answer
Answer: (c) Ashoka
Question 5.
Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandragupta Maurys
(c) Bindusara
(d) Ajatashatru
Answer
Answer: (b) Chandragupta Maurya
Question 6.
Sangam is a literature of _________ language.
(a) Tamil
(b) Malsyam
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Marathi
Answer
Answer: (a) Tamil
Question 7.
Harishena was the court poet of ________
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Ashoka
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer
Answer: (a) Samudragupta
Question 8.
Consider the following statements about the Mauryan Empire:
1. There were 5 major political centres in the Empire.
2. Megasthenes wrote about the Mauryan Empire in his book Indica.
3. Ashoka founded the Mauryan Empire in 321 B.C.
4. Ashoka used his resources to propagate Buddhism.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 3 and 4
Answer
Answer: (b) 1, 2 and 4
