Mauryan Empire - MCQs with answers - Part I
1. When did Mauryan empire begin?a) 326 BC
b) 323 BC
c) 322 BC
d) 298 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 322 BC
Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of Nandas at Magadha with the aid of Kautilya.
a) Ashoka
b) Bindusara
c) Chanakya
d) Chandragupta Maurya
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of Mauryan empire and thus he earned the title of the Liberator.
a) Akbar
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Krishna Devaraya
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Chandragupta Maurya
He won major battles when he was just 20, and recaptured the territories captured by the Alexander's troops.
a) Kautilya
b) Vishakhadatta
c) Bhasa
d) Vishnu Sharma
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Vishakhadatta
Kautilya's Arthashastra and Vishakhadatta's Mudra Rakshas give a vivid description about the system of Mauryan administration founded by Chandragupta.
a) 298 BC
b) 273 BC
c) 261 BC
d) 232 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 261 BC
The most important event of Ashoka's reign was his war with Kalinga (modern Odisha).
a) 232 BC
b) 261 BC
c) 273 BC
d) 298 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 232 BC
Ashoka ruled for 40 years.
a) Bindusara
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Kharavela
d) Pushyamitra
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Pushyamitra
Pushyamitra Sunga was the founder and first King of the Sunga Dynasty in Northern India which ruled for a period of more than a hundred years (185-73 BC). Earlier he was a Senapati of the Mauryan empire.
a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Kanishka
d) Huvishka
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Kanishka
Kanishka (125 AD-162 AD) was the third king in Kushan dynasty. His empire extended from Central Asia to Vindhyas and from Vasi to Afghanistan. He had territory outside India with its capital at Purushapura.
