1.Which of the following culture is known for Brownish red
pottery?
[A] Malwa culture
[B] Eastern Neolithic culture
[C] Burzahom culture
[D] Jorwe culture
Correct Answer: B [Eastern Neolithic culture ]
Notes:
Eastern Neolithic culture is known for Brownish-red pottery.
- Malwa
culture: Black-on-Red pottery
- Burzahom
culture: Grey pottery
- Jorwe
culture: Red pottery
- Southern
Neolithic culture: Burnished-grey pottery
2.Which of the following is the only female trithankar?
[A] Kunthunath
[B] Mallinath
[C] Shantinath
[D] Suvidhinath
Correct Answer: B [Mallinath]
Notes:
The Shvetambara sect of Jainism acknowledged the possibility of women attaining
Jina-hood. The 19th Tirthankara is a female named Malli, who is the only female
Tirthankara belonging to Shwetambara sect.
3.Under the reign of which of the following kings the third
Buddhist council held?
[A] Kanishka
[B] Harshvardhana
[C] Ashoka
[D] Kalasoka
Correct Answer: C [Ashoka]
Notes:
The third Buddhist council was held at patliputra in 250 BCE under the
patronage of King Ashoka. The objective of the third council was to purify
Buddhism from opportunistic factions.
4.Ajivika was founded by which of the following?
[A] Makkhali Gosala
[B] Janak
[C] Krishna
[D] Tirugyan
Correct Answer: A [Makkhali Gosala]
Notes:
The Ajivika sect was founded by Makkhali Gosala. During the third century BCE
Ajivikas were very popular in Magadha and Mauryan kings donated several caves
in the honour of Ajivika monks.
5.Buddha took his last meal in the capital city of which of
the following mahajanapada?
[A] Mallas
[B] Vajji
[C] Cheti
[D] Vatsa
Correct Answer: A [Mallas]
Notes:
Mallas was one of the sixteen mahajanapada of the sixth century BCE. Its
capitals were Kushinara and Pava. It was at Pava where Buddha took his last
meal and was taken ill. Buddha went to his Mahaparinirvana at Kusinara.
6.Alexander the Great, died in which year?
[A] 323 BCE
[B] 360 BCE
[C] 326 BCE
[D] 330 BCE
Correct Answer: A [323 BCE]
Notes:
Alexander retreated in 326 BCE because his troops were exhausted, homesick, and
war-weary and refused to go any further in the subcontinent. While returning
back to Babylon, alexander died in 323 BCE due to natural causes.
7.Who sent Deimachus as an ambassador to Bindusara’s court?
[A] Seleucus
Seleucus Nikator
[B] Antiochus
[C] King Ptolemy II
[D] Alexander
Correct Answer: B [Antiochus]
Notes:
Bindusara was the second ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
Different Greek sources mention that he had diplomatic relations with western
kings. According to Strabo, Antiochus (Syrian king) sent Deimachus as an
ambassador to Bindusara’s court.
8.Which of the following looked after the ordinary affairs
in the Mauryan administration?
[A] Nikayas
[B] Amatya
[C] Tirthas
[D] Mantrin
Correct Answer: A [Nikayas]
Notes:
There were also bodies of Nikayas in the Mauryan administration. Nikayas were
trained officials who looked after the ordinary affairs of the realm. The Arthashastra
of Kautilya refers to the highest functionaries at the centre as the eighteen
Tirthas.
9.Pranaya refers to which of the following?
[A] Fruits tax
[B] Liquor Tax
[C] Emergency tax
[D] Sales tax
Correct Answer: C [Emergency tax]
Notes:
Kautilya or Chanakya mentions certain emergency taxes which were called Pranaya
or additional levies that the state could impose if the treasury got depleted.
These emergency taxes included a tax on farmers, an additional levy on the
traders, and taxes on the income of actors, singers, and prostitutes.
10.Which of the following kings was the last ruler of the
Shunga dynasty?
[A] Agnimitra
[B] Devabhuti
[C] Brihadratha
[D] Pushyamitra shunga
Correct Answer: B [Devabhuti]
Notes:
King Devabhuti also known as Devbhomi, was the last
king of the Shunga dynasty. He was assassinated by his minister Vasudeva Kanva.
After the death of Devabhuti, the Shunga dynasty was replaced by the Kanva
dynasty.
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