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1. Which of these was Asoka reign?
A. c. 268–231 BCE
B. c. 600–500 BCE
C. c. 606–647 CE
D. c. 200–100 BCE
2. What were the guilds of the merchants and craftsmen called?
A. Shrenis
B. Ur
C. Adimai
D. Uzhavar
3. Ventures of which of the following traders were risky but highly profitable?
A. Peddlers
B. Seafarers
C. Merchants with caravans of bullock carts and pack-animals
D. All of the above
4. ______ was the owner, master or head of a household.
A. Pannai.
B. Mahamatta.
C. Dhamma.
D. Gahapati.
5. Which one of the following is the author of Arthashastra?
A. Kalhana.
B. Kalidasa.
C. Kautilya.
D. Bāṇabhaṭṭa.
6. Which one of the following statement is incorrect regarding the word, ‘Gahapati’?
A. They are the owner, master or head of a household.
B. They are the owner of the resources – land, animals and other things – that belonged to the house-hold.
C. They are the officials of the king.
D. They belonged to the urban elite, including wealthy merchants.
7. The Prayaga Prashasti was composed in
A. Sanskrit.
B. Pali.
C. Prakrit.
D. Brahmi.
8. Ashoka is mentioned by which titles in his inscriptions?
A. Ashoka, Piyadassi
B. Masattuvan, Ashoka
C. Devanampiya, Piyadassi
D. Devaputra, Piyadassi
9. The first ever ruler to propagate the principles of Dhamma was
A. Bimbisara.
B. Chandragupta II.
C. Chandragupta Maurya.
D. Ashoka.
11. The spectacular gold coins which facilitated long distance transactions were issued by
A. Kushanas
B. The Mauryan rulers
C. The Saka rulers
D. The Gupta rulers
12. According to the rock inscription in Sanskrit, composed around second century CE, Sudarshan lake, an artificial reservoir was repaired by
A. Kushana king Kanishka
B. Saka king Rudradaman
C. Kannauj ruler Harsha
D. Chandragupta II
13. Name the languages in which the Ashokan inscriptions were written.
A. Pali, Prakrit, and Greek
B. Pali, Sanskrit, and Aramaic
C. Prakrit, Aramaic, and Greek
D. Pali, Sanskrit, and Greek
14. Which of the following problems do the archaeologists face while deciphering the inscriptions?
A. Damaged letters
B. Faint letters
C. Exact meaning of the words used in inscriptions
D. All of the above
15. King Ashoka sometimes mentioned as ‘Piyadassi’, in the inscription. The meaning of ‘Piyadassi’, is ....................
A. Beloved of the gods
B. Pleasant to behold
C. Beautiful eyes
D. Beloved of nature
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