{"id":6829,"date":"2024-05-30T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:13:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:13:44","slug":"mauryan-empire-set-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauryan Empire Set &#8211; 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-larger-font-size wp-elements-6858d5ced0a33268b96557d915d9c444\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-1\/\" title=\"\">Prev<\/a>       <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-1\/\" title=\"\">1<\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-2\/\" title=\"\">2<\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-3\/\" title=\"\">3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/noun-set-3\/\" title=\"\"> <\/a>       <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/mauryan-empire-set-4\/\" title=\"\">4<\/a>       <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/noun-set-5\/\" title=\"\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/mauryan-empire-set-5\/\" title=\"\">5<\/a><\/strong>       <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-3\/\" title=\"\">Next<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-quiz-2\/\">mock test<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>11. Megasthenes was the Ambassador of __________.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. Seleucus I Nicator<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Alexander<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. Darius<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. <strong>The Persians<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER: A. Seleucus I Nicator<BR>\nSOLUTION : Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator in the court of Chandragupta Maurya.<\/p>\n<\/div>egin\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<strong>2. Chandragupta Maurya was an ardent follower of _______.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. Sikhism<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Jainism<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. Buddhism<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. Jewism<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER: B. Jainism<BR>\nSOLUTION: Chandragupta Maurya was an ardent follower of Jainism. He was the founder of Mauryan dynasty and grandfather of Ashoka, the Great. According to Jain texts, he followed Jain religion and migrated to Shravanabelagola in south India, where he starved himself to death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<strong>3. Under whose influence Chandragupta Maurya embraced Jainisim?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. <strong>Bhadrabahu<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Upagupta<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. <strong>Digambara<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. Mahavira<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER : A. Bhadrabahu<BR>\nSOLUTION:Bindusara had an inclination towards Ajivika sect and Chandragupta Maurya converted to Jainism in the later half of his life under the guidance of his spiritual teacher Bhadrabahu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<strong>4. &#8220;Mudrarakshasa&#8221; was written by _________.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. <strong><strong>Kalidasa<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Vishakhadatta<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. <strong>Bana<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. Bharavi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER:B. Vishakhadatta<BR>\nSOLUTION:Vishakhadatta was an Indian Sanskrit poet and playwright. Although Vishakhadatta furnishes the names of his father and grandfather as Maharaja Bhaskaradatta and Maharaja Vateshvaradatta in his political drama Mudr\u0101r\u0101k\u1e63asa, we know little else about him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<strong>5. Who wrote &#8221; Arthashastra&#8221;?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. Kautilya<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Harisena<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. <strong>Ravikeerthi<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. Kalidasa<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER: A. Kautilya<BR>\nSOLUTION:Arthashastra is an Indian Sanskrit book on statecraft, which was written by the famous philosopher, Chanakya. also known as Kautilya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<strong>6. Kautilya is also known as ______.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. <strong>Ramtanu Pandey<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Chanakya<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. Vishakhadatta<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. Ratnakar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER: B. Chanakya<BR>\nSOLUTION: Kautilya was also known as Chanakya or Vishnugupta. He was the Prime Minister under the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire. He was a statesman and philosopher who wrote a classic treatise on polity, Arthashastra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<strong>7. The rule of which king is mentioned in the scripture of &#8216; Arthashastra&#8217;?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. Samudragupta<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Ashoka<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. Kanishka<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. Chandragupta Maurya<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER: D. Chandragupta Maurya<BR>\nSOLUTION: In Arthashastra, there is much criticism of the opinions of earlier teachers, followed by Kautilya&#8217;s own opinion. reign of the first Maurya king, Chandragupta Maurya (321-297 BCE).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<strong>8. Who was the teacher of Chandragupta Maurya?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. Vishakhadatta<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Chanakya<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. Megasthenese<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. <strong>Socrates<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER: B. Chanakya<BR>\nSOLUTION: Chanakya was the teacher of Chandragupta Maurya. It was Chanakya who took Chandragupta Maurya to the University of Taxila.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<strong>9. Who was the son of Chandragupta Maurya ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. <strong>Ashoka<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. <strong>Brihadratha<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. Pushyamitra Shunga<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. Bindusara<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER: D. Bindusara<BR>\nSOLUTION: Bindusara was the son of the dynasty&#8217;s founder Chandragupta and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka. His life is not documented as well as the lives of these two emperors. Much of the information about him comes from legendary accounts written several hundred years after his death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>20. Which Mauryan king holds the title of &#8216; Amitraghata&#8217; (Killer of the enemies)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A. Bimbisara<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>B. Ashoka<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>C. Bindusara<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D. Ajatshatru<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">ANSWER &#038; SOLUTION<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p>ANSWER: C. Bindusara<BR>\nSOLUTION:Bindusara, conjointly referred to as Bindusara Maurya, Greek Amitrochates, second Mauryan emperor, who ascended the throne concerning 297 BCE. Greek sources see him as Amitrochates, Greek for the Sanskrit amitraghata (\u201cdestroyer of foes\u201d).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-quiz-2\/\">mock test<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-larger-font-size wp-elements-6858d5ced0a33268b96557d915d9c444\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-1\/\" title=\"\">Prev<\/a>       <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-1\/\" title=\"\">1<\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-2\/\" title=\"\">2<\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-3\/\" title=\"\">3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/noun-set-3\/\" title=\"\"> <\/a>       <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/mauryan-empire-set-4\/\" title=\"\">4<\/a>       <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/noun-set-5\/\" title=\"\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/mauryan-empire-set-5\/\" title=\"\">5<\/a><\/strong>       <a href=\"https:\/\/mcqsadda.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/mauryan-empire-set-3\/\" title=\"\">Next<\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next 11. 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