General Studies Mock Test 10

🟥 General Studies Mock Test 10

🟥 QUESTIONS : 50

🟥 TIME : 75 MINS

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1)

Chaitra 1 of the national calendar
based on the Saka Era corresponds
to which one of the following dates
of the Gregorian calendar in a
normal year of 365 days?

A) 22nd March (or 21st March)

B) 15th March (or 16th May)

C) 31st March (or 30th March)

D) 21st April (or 20th April)

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2)

How much is the year difference
between the Saka Samvat and
Vikram Samvat?

A) 57 years

B) 78 years

C) 135 years

D) 320 years

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3) When was Saka Samvat initiated?

A) 58 A.D.

B) 78 A.D.

C) 320 A.D.

D) 606 A.D

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4)

In which year, the coronation of
Kushan King Kanishka was held?

A) 178 B.C.

B) 101 A.D.

C) 58 B.C

D) 78 A.D.

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5)

What is the date of Sarnath
Buddhist image inscription of
Kanishka?

A) 78 A.D

B) 81 A.D.

C) 98 A.D

D) 121 A.D

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6)

Which God is found depicted on
Yaudheya coins?

A) Vasudeva

B) Shiva

C) Indra

D) Kartikeya

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7)

Who among the following
introduced gold coins for regular
use in India?

A) Vima Kadphises

B) Kujul Kadphises

C) Kanishka

D) Hermwes

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8)

Which of the following Kings is
credited to have issued gold coins
for the first time?

A) Kujula Kadphises

B) Vima Kadphises

C) Kanishka

D) Huvishka

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9) Buddha is depicted on the coins of

A) Vima Kadphises

B) Kanishka

C) Nahpaad

D) Budhagupta

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10)

Who amongst following issued
gold coins regularly in ancient
India?

A) Satavahana

B) Saka

C) Kushan

D) Parthian

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11)

The largest number of copper coins
in Northern and North-Western
India were issued by

A) Indo-Greeks

B) Kushans

C) Sakas

D) Pratiharas

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12)

Who renovated Sudarshan lake
without using forced labour?

A) Chandragupta Maurya

B) Bindusar

C) Ashoka

D) Rudradaman-I

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13)

Who among the following was not
a contemporary of the other three?

A) Bimbisara

B) Gautama Buddha

C) Milinda

D) Prasenjit

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14) Which one of the following IndoGreek rulers issued lead coins?

A) Strato-II

B) Strato-I

C) Demetrius

D) Menander

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15)

Which inscription tells about
the various achievements of
Rudradaman-I?

A) Junagarh

B) Bhitari

C) Nasik

D) Sanchi

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16)

The earliest specimen of ‘Kavya’
style is found in the inscription of

A) Rudradaman of Kathiawar

B) Ashoka

C) Rajendra 1

D) None of the above

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17)

Which of the following pairs are
correctly matched?

1. Lothal - Ancient Dockyard
2. Sarnath - First Sermon of
Buddha
3. Rajgir - Lion Capital of Ashoka
4. Nalanda - Great Seat of
Buddhist Learning
Select the correct answer using the
code given below.

A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

B) 3 and 4

C) 1, 2 and 4

D) 1 and 2

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18)

Who among the following rulers
paid attention to the resource
management in Girnar region some centuries before the Christian era?
1. Mahapadma Nanda
2. Ashoka
3. Chandragupta Maurya
4. Rudradaman
Select the correct answer using the
code given below

A) 1 and 2

B) 2 and 3

C) 3 and 4

D) 2, 3 and 4

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19)

Match List-I with List-II select the
correct answer by using the code
given below.

List-I
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Bindusara
(c) Ashoka
(d) Chanakya
List-II
1. Piyadarshi 2. Sandrocottus
3. Amitraghat 4. Vishnugupta

A) a-2 b-3 c-4 d-1

B) a-1 b-3 c-2 d-4

C) a-2 b-3 c-1 d-4

D) a-3 b-4 c-2 d-1

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20)

The following persons came to
India at one time or another
1. Fa-Hien 2. I-Tsing
3. Megasthanese 4. Hieun-Tsang
The correct chronological sequence
of their visits are

A) 3,1, 2, 4

B) 3, 1, 4, 2

C) 1, 3, 2, 4

D) 1, 3, 4, 2

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21)

According to the ‘Arthashastra’
of Kautilya the following courts
existed in the judicial system of
Mauryan Age

1. Dharmamahamatra
2. Dharmasthiya
3. Rajjuka
4. Kantakshodhana

A) 1 and 2

B) 2 and 3

C) 1 and 3

D) 2 and 4

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22)

Which of the following statements
are correct about Mauryan Kings?
They developed
1. Culture, Art and Literature
2. Gold coins
3. Provincial Division
4. Kingship to Hindukush

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) 1, 2 and 3

D) 1, 3 and 4

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23)

Assertion (A): The Mauryan
kings did not bestow land grants on
religious basis.
Reason (R): The peasants
revolted against land grants.
Select the correct answer using the
code given below

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

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24)

Assertion (A): Ashoka annexed
Kalinga to the Mauryan Empire.
Reason (R): Kalinga controlled
the land and sea routes to South
India.
Select the correct answer using the
code given below.

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

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25)

In the course of pilgrimage,
Emperor Ashoka visited the
following places. Which route did
he follow?
1. Gaya
2. Kapilavastu
3. Kushinagar
4. Lumbini
5. Sarnath
6. Shravasti
Select the correct answer from the
code given below

A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

B) 1, 3, 4, 2, 5 and 6

C) 4, 5, 6, 3, 2 and 1

D) 4, 2, 1, 5, 6 and 3

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26)

Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer by using the
code given below.
List-I (Place)
(a) Kaushambi (b) Kushinagar
(c) Sarnath (d) Shravasti
List-II (Monuments/Ruins)
1. Dhamek Stupa
2. Ghositarama Monastery
3. Ramabhar Stupa
4. Saheth Maheth

A) a-2 b-1 c-3 d-4

B) a-4 b-3 c-2 d-1

C) a-2 b-3 c-1 d-4

D) a-4 b-2 c-1 d-3

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27)

The following Mauryan rulers were
the followers of Buddhism
1. Chandragupta
2. Ashoka
3. Bindusara
4. Dasaratha
Select the correct answer.

A) 1 and 2

B) 2 and 3

C) 3 and 4

D) 2 and 4

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28)

Which of the following sources
mention the occurrence of the third
Buddhist Council during the reign
of Ashoka?
1. Inscriptions of Ashoka
2. Dipavamsa
3. Mahavamsa
4. Divyavadana
Select the correct answer using the
code given below.

A) 1 and 2

B) 2 and 3

C) 3 and 4

D) 1 and 4

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29)

Consider the following statements.
1. The last Mauryan ruler,
Brihadaratha was assassinated
by his commander-in-chief,
Pushyamitra Sunga.
2. The last Sunga King,
Devabhuti, was assassinated
by his Brahmana minister
Vasudeva Kanva who usurped
the throne.
3. The last ruler of the Kanva
dynasty was deposed by the
Andhras.
Which of these statements is/are
correct?

A) 1 and 2

B) Only 2

C) Only 3

D) 1, 2 and 3

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30)

In which of the following
inscriptions, Ashoka’s edicts are
also found?

A) Junagarh inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman

B) Nashik Prashasti regarding Gautamiputra Satakarni

C) Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvavela

D) None of the above

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31)

In which of the following inscription mentioned Chandragupta and
Ashoka both?

A) Nasik inscription of Gautami putra Shatkarni

B) Junagarh inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman

C) Girnar inscription of Ashoka

D) Junagarh inscription of Skandgupta

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32)

Realising the need of water, the first
ruler who got a lake constructed in
the Girnar area, was

A) Chandragupta Maurya

B) Ashoka

C) Rudradaman

D) Skanda Gupta

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33) The last Mauryan emperor was

A) Jaloka

B) Avanti Verma

C) Nandi Vardhana

D) Brihadratha

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34)

The social status assigned to the
foreigners in Indian society by
Manu was of the

A) Kshatriyas

B) Fallen Kshatriyas

C) Vaishyas

D) Sudras

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35)

Which among of the following
prohibits remarriage?

A) Jataka

B) Manusmiriti

C) Yagyavalkya

D) Arthashastra

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36)

Which one of the following texts
of ancient India allows divorce to a
wife deserted by her husband?

A) Kamasutra

B) Manavadharmashastra

C) Sukra Nitisara

D) Arthashastra

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37)

The system governing villages
through autonomous elected
panchayats was evolved by

A) Kushans

B) Dravids

C) Aryans

D) Mauryans

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38)

With reference to the cultural
history of India, the memorising
of Chronicles, dynastic histories,
and epic tales was the profession of
who of the following?

A) Shramana

B) Parivraajaka

C) Agrahaarika

D) Magadha

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39)

Which aspect of municipal
administration of today is
continuing since the period of
Mauryans?

A) Inspection of weight measure reamer

B) Determination of prices of goods

C) Registration of birth and death certificate

D) Protection of artisans

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40)

The most famous centre of learning
during Maurya period was

A) Vaishali

B) Nalanda

C) Taxila

D) Ujjain

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41)

‘Pankodakasannirodhe’ was the
Penalty in Mauryan administration,
charged for

A) Filthy drinking water

B) Slushing the road

C) Throwing garbage

D) Stenching temples

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42)

Which of the following Mauryan
officers was incharge of weights
and measures?

A) Pautavadhyaksha

B) Panyadhyaksha

C) Sitadhyaksha

D) Sunadhyaksha

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43)

Who of the following was associated with the collection of revenue in
Mauryan Mantriparishad?

A) Samaharta

B) Vyabharika

C) Antapala

D) Pradeshtha

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44) ‘Sita’ in Maurya period means

A) A goddess

B) A religious sect

C) Revenue from Crown land

D) Barren land

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45)

Land revenue, which was the
chief source of income during the Mauryan period, was collected by
which officer?

A) Agronomoi

B) Shulkadhyaksha

C) Sitadhyaksha

D) Akradhayaksha

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46) ‘Bhaga’ and ‘Bali’ were

A) Military Departments

B) Sources of Revenue

C) Religious Ceremonies

D) Administrative Divisions

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47) Who was the author of ‘Indica’?

A) Vishnugupta

B) Megasthenes

C) Diamachus

D) Pliny

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48) ‘Indica’ was originally written by

A) Nearchus

B) Megasthenes

C) Plutarch

D) Diodorus

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49)

What is the name of Megasthenes’s
book?

A) Economics

B) Rig Veda

C) Purana

D) Indica

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50)

Which of the following sources
gives a detailed account of city
administration of the Mauryas?

A) Kautilya’s Arthashastra

B) Megasthenes’ Indica

C) Mudrarakashasa of Vishakha Datta

D) Inscription of Ashoka

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