General Studies Mock Test 11

🟥 General Studies Mock Test 11

🟥 QUESTIONS : 50

🟥 TIME : 75 MINS

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1)

The description of the
administration of Pataliputra is
available in

A) Divyanadan

B) Arthashastra

C) Indica

D) Ashoka’s inscription

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2)

The division of Mauryan ‘Society
into seven classes’ is particularly
mentioned in

A) Kautilya’s Arthashastra

B) Ashokan Edicts

C) The Puranas

D) Megasthenes’ Indica

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3)

Which of the following sources
states that there was no slavery in
ancient India?

A) Arthashastra

B) Mudrarakshasha

C) Megasthenes’ Indica

D) Vayupuran

4 / 50

4)

In how many categories did
Megasthenese divide the Indian
Society?

A) Four

B) Five

C) Six

D) Seven

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5)

Famous Greek ambassador Megasthenese came to the court of which
emperor ?

A) Ashoka

B) Harsha Vardhana

C) Chandragupta Maurya

D) None of the above

6 / 50

6)

In the Mauryan period, tax evasion
was punished with

A) Death

B) Confiscation of goods

C) Imprisonment

D) None of the above

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7)

Which one of the following ancient
Indian records is the earliest royal
order to preserve food-grains to
be utilised during the crisis in the
country

A) Sohagaura Copper-plate

B) Rummindei Pillar-edict of Ashoka

C) Prayaga-Prasasti

D) Mehrauli Pillar inscription of Chandra

8 / 50

8)

Rulers of which of the following
dynasties had diplomatic relations
with distant countries like Syria
and Egypt?

A) Chola

B) Gupta

C) Maurya

D) Pallavas

9 / 50

9)

Turamaya, a contemporary of
Ashoka was the ruler of

A) Egypt

B) Corinth

C) Macedonia

D) Syria

10 / 50

10)

Ptolemy Philadelphus whose had
diplomatic relation with Ashoka,
was king of

A) Cyron

B) Egypt

C) Macedonia

D) Syria

11 / 50

11)

Which of the following inscriptions
of Ashoka bans animal sacrifice
on certain festive gathering, that
probably included a ban on animal
killing as well?

A) Rock Edict I

B) Pillar Edict V

C) Rock Edict IX

D) Rock Edict XI

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12)

Which of the following South
Kingdoms is not mentioned in the
Ashokan inscriptions?

A) Chola

B) Pandya

C) Satiyaputta

D) Satavahana

13 / 50

13)

The Ashokan major rock edicts
which tell us about the Sangam
Kingdom include rock edicts

A) I and X

B) I and XI

C) II and XIII

D) II and XIV

14 / 50

14)

Which of the following Ashokan
inscriptions is devoted to the
principle of religious tolerance
completely?

A) Rock Edict XIII

B) Rock Edict XII

C) Pillar inscription VII

D) Bhabru minor rock edict

15 / 50

15)

The accounts of Kalinga War is
known to us by the

A) Rock Edict XIII

B) Rummindei Pillar Inscription

C) Accounts of Hiuen Tsang

D) Minor Rock Edict-I

16 / 50

16)

Which Ashokan Rock Edict
describes the victory and injuries of
Kalinga war?

A) Rock Edict I

B) Rock Edict II

C) Rock Edict XII

D) Rock Edict XIII

17 / 50

17)

Where in Uttarakhand, was a copy
of Emperor Ashok’s Rock Edicts
discovered?

A) Nainital

B) Pauri

C) Tehri

D) Kalsi (Dehradun District)

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18) Kalsi is famous for

A) Buddhist Chaityas

B) Persian Coins

C) Rock edicts of Ashoka

D) Temples of Gupta period

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19)

The only pillar on which Ashoka
declares himself as the emperor of
Magadha.

A) Minor pillar of Maski

B) Rummindei pillar

C) Queen pillar

D) Bhabru pillar

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20)

The Gujarra minor rock edict,
in which the name of Ashoka is
mentioned, is located in

A) Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh

B) Datia district of Madhya Pradesh

C) Jaipur district of Rajasthan

D) Champaran district of Bihar

21 / 50

21)

The Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka
was put up to mark

A) Birth of Buddha

B) Enlightenment of Buddha

C) First Sermon of Buddha

D) Demise of Buddha

22 / 50

22)

Which one of the following
inscriptions contains the name of
Ashoka?

A) Gujarra

B) Ahraura

C) Brahmagiri

D) Sarnath

23 / 50

23)

In which of the following
inscriptions the name of ‘Ashoka’
has been mentioned?

A) Bhabru Edict

B) Rock Edict XIII

C) Rummindei Pillar Inscription

D) Minor Rock Edict of Maski

24 / 50

24)

Which one of the following edicts
mentions the personal name of
Ashoka?

A) Kalsi

B) Rummindei

C) Special Kalinga Edict

D) Maski

25 / 50

25)

Which one of the following
statements regarding Ashokan
stone pillars is incorrect?

A) These are highly polished

B) These are monolithic

C) The shaft of pillars is tapering in shape

D) These are parts of architectural structures

26 / 50

26)

Which of the kings has been
mentioned as ‘Piyadassi’ and
‘Devanampriya’ in inscriptions?

A) Chandragupta Maurya

B) Ashoka

C) Samudragupta

D) Harshavardhana

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27)

The name by which Ashoka is
referred to his inscriptions is

A) Chakravarti

B) Dharmadeva

C) Dharmakirti

D) Priyadarshi

28 / 50

28)

Which one of the following scripts
of ancient India was written from
right to left?

A) Brahmi

B) Nandnagari

C) Sharada

D) Kharoshti

29 / 50

29)

Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was
found at

A) Nagarjunakonda

B) Anuradhapura

C) Brahmagiri

D) Maski

30 / 50

30)

Ashokan inscriptions were first
deciphered by

A) James Prinsep

B) George Buhler

C) Vincent Smith

D) Ahmad Hasan Dani

31 / 50

31)

The first scholar who read Ashokan
edicts was

A) Buhler

B) Robert Sebe

C) James Prinsep

D) Cordriguttan

32 / 50

32)

The Brahmi Script was first
deciphered by letters inscribed on

A) Stone tablets

B) Seal

C) Pillars

D) Coins

33 / 50

33)

The earliest inscription on stone
was in which language?

A) Pali

B) Sanskrit

C) Prakrit

D) Brahmi

34 / 50

34)

Which one of the following
Ashokan inscription is in ‘Kharosthi’
script?

A) Khalsi

B) Girnar

C) Shahbazgarhi

D) Meerut

35 / 50

35)

Language used in the inscription of
Ashoka is

A) Sanskrit

B) Prakrit

C) Pali

D) Hindi

36 / 50

36)

Who of the following ruler
constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?

A) Bimbisara

B) Ashoka

C) Harshavardhana

D) Pusyamitra

37 / 50

37)

Which one of the following is
considered the best Stupa?

A) Amaravati

B) Bharhut

C) Sanchi

D) Sarnath

38 / 50

38) Sarnath Pillar was built by

A) Harshavardhana

B) Ashoka

C) Gautam Buddha

D) Kanishka

39 / 50

39)

Which one of the following officials
was not a part of the Mauryan
administration?

A) Agraharika

B) Yukta

C) Pradeshika

D) Rajjuka

40 / 50

40) What were ‘Sarthwah’?

A) Brokers

B) Convoy of Merchants

C) Money lender

D) Pilgrims

41 / 50

41) Rajjuka’s were

A) Traders in the Chola Kingdom

B) Officers in the Mauryan administration

C) Feudal Lords in the Gupta empire

D) Soldiers in the Saka army

42 / 50

42)

A Buddhist Council during the
reign of Ashoka was held at

A) Magadha

B) Pataliputra

C) Samastipur

D) Rajgriha

43 / 50

43)

‘Inspite of being Buddhist, Ashoka
did not leave belief in Hinduism’
validation of this fact is

A) Pilgrims

B) Belief in Moksha

C) Epithet of ‘Devanampriya’

D) Establishment of veterinary hospitals

44 / 50

44)

India’s first hospital and herbal
gardens were built by

A) Ashoka

B) Chandragupta Maurya

C) Lord Mahavir

D) Dhanvantari

45 / 50

45)

In which of the following
inscriptions of Ashoka, mention
has been made of South Indian
kingdoms?

A) Third Major Rock Edict

B) Second Major Rock Edict

C) Ninth Major Rock Edict

D) First Pillar Inscription

46 / 50

46)

Which one territory of the following
was not a part of Ashoka’s empire?

A) Afghanistan

B) Bihar

C) Sri Lanka

D) Kalinga

47 / 50

47)

Who established ‘Rajdharma’ on
triplex bases of longanimity, liberty
and compassion?

A) Ashoka

B) Akbar

C) Ranjit Singh

D) Shivaji

48 / 50

48)

In which year Chandragupta
Maurya had defeated Seleucus?

A) 317 B.C

B) 315 B.C.

C) 305 B.C

D) 300 B.C

49 / 50

49)

Which Indian King defeated
Seleucus, the administrator of
Sindh and Afghanistan appointed
by Alexander?

A) Samudragupta

B) Ashok

C) Bindusar

D) Chandragupta

50 / 50

50)

That Gujarat was included in the
Kingdom of Chandragupta Maurya
is proved by

A) Greek accounts

B) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman

C) Jain tradition

D) Pillar Edict II of Ashoka

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