14000+ MCQs Ancient History (Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Period)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/10/2026
1. The women of which Indian tribe or kingdom had taken up arms against Alexander, after a large number of its soldiers had been killed or wounded in the battlefield?
2. Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by:
3. Who came to India during the time of Chandragupta Maurya?
4. Consider the following name of contemporaries of Kanishka and select the correct answer from codes given below:
I. Ashvaghosha
II. Vasumitra
III. Kalidas
IV. Kamban
6. In the 4th century BCE, the capital of Magadha was shifted to:
7. Who was the founder of Kanva Dynasty?
8. Who among the following introduced gold coins for regular use in India?
9. The greatest development in the Kushan period was in the field of:
10. Which of the following inscriptions gives the information about two Ashwamedha Yajanas performed by the King Pushyamitra Shung?
11. Which of the following places was the capital of Satvahanas?
12. Which one of the following Ashokan inscription is in “Kharosthi” script?
13. The ……… lake in Gujarat was an artificial reservoir built during the rule of the Mauryas.
14. Which of the following information is found in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
15. ‘Sita’ in Maurya period means:
16. The ancient Indian play ‘Mudrarakshasa’ of Vishakhadatta has its subject on:
17. Deimachus came to India during the reign of:
18. When was Shaka Samvat initiated?
19. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on:
20. In the course of pilgrimage, Emperor Ashoka visited the following places. Which route did he follow?
I. Gaya
II. Kapilavastu
III. Kushinagar
IV. Lumbini
V. Sarnath
VI. Shravasti
21. Which among the following was the earliest dynasty?
22. Which one of the following is the seventh part of the State according to Saptang Theory of State?
24. Consider the following statements pertaining to the Satavahanas.
I. Satavahana rulers were identified through metronymics. II. Satavahana succession to the throne was generally patrilineal.
25. The name Dharmashoka was found in the:
26. The ancestors of Shungas originated from:
27. Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? “Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely.”
28. 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?
29. Which dynasty was most powerful after Maurya in Southern India?
30. Which one territory of the following was not a part of Ashoka’ empire?
31. Which one of the following is considered the best Stupa?
32. Which of the following inscription gives the information about two Ashvamedha Yajnas performed by the King Pushyamitra Shunga?
33. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka was held at:
34. The social status assigned to the foreigners in Indian society by Manu was the:
35. During Mauryan Period ‘Pin tax’ was a:
36. Turamaya, a contemporary of Ashoka was the ruler of:
37. Which of the following Mauryan ruler is known as ‘Amitraghat’?
38. Which of the following statements are correct about Mauryan Kings? They developed:
I. Culture, Art and Literature
II. Gold coins
III. Provincial Division
IV. Kingship to Hindukush
39. Who constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?
40. In which year, the coronation Kushan king Kanishka was held?
41. Which Ashokan Rock Edict describes the victory and injuries of Kalinga war?
42. First Persian ruler who captured some part of India was:
43. Which of the following Ashokan inscriptions is devoted to the principle of religious tolerance completely?
44. The capital of the Satavahanas was located at:
45. Who among the following was the ruler of Kushan dynasty?
46. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was:
47. Which of the following dynasty empire was expanded even outside of India?
48. Who recognised Sandrocottus as Chandragupta Maurya?
49. That Gujarat was included in the Kingdom of Chandragupta Maurya is proved by:
50. ‘Pankodakasannirodhe’ was the penalty in Mauryan administration, charged for:
