14000+ MCQs Ancient History (Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Period)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 30/04/2026
1. When was Shaka Samvat initiated?
2. 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
3. Which of the following information is found in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
4. Assertion (A) After campaigning for nearly two years, Alexander, the Great, left India in 325 BC. Reason (R) He was defeated by Chandragupta Maurya.
5. Which among the following were the followers of Buddhism?
I. Chandragupta
II. Ashoka
III. Bindusara
IV. Dashrath
6. Ashoka’s connection with Buddhism is evident from which one of the following edicts?
7. Which of the following inscription gives the information about two Ashvamedha Yajnas performed by the King Pushyamitra Shunga?
8. In the Mauryan period, tax evasion was punished with:
9. Which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka bans animal sacrifice on certain festive gathering, that probably included a ban on animal killing as well?
10. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka was held at:
11. Where in Uttarakhand, was a copy of Emperor Ashoka’s Rock Edicts discovered?
12. In which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka, mention has been made of South Indian kingdoms?
13. Which dynasty was most powerful after Maurya in Southern India?
14. Which Chinese general had defeated Kanishka?
15. Which one of the following is the seventh part of the State according to Saptang Theory of State?
16. The Gandhara School of art is the synthesis of:
17. Who among the following kings had heavily leaned towards Jainism?
18. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
I. Lothal – Ancient Dockyard
II. Sarnath – First Sermon of Buddha
III. Rajgir – Lion Capital of Ashoka
IV. Nalanda – Great Seat of Buddhist learning
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
19. What is the name of Megasthenes’s book?
20. In the 4th century BCE, the capital of Magadha was shifted to:
21. “In spite of being Buddhist, Ashoka did not leave belief in Hinduism” validation of this fact is:
22. The Greek ambassador Megasthenese was in the court of which of the following rulers?
23. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
24. Which among the following prohibits remarriage?
25. Consider the following statements pertaining to the Satavahanas.
I. Satavahana rulers were identified through metronymics. II. Satavahana succession to the throne was generally patrilineal.
26. In how many categories did Megasthenes divide the Indian Society?
27. Which one territory of the following was not a part of Ashoka’ empire?
29. The notion of Saptanga that was introduced in ‘Arthashastra’ includes:
30. Megasthenes was the ambassador of:
31. Which one among the following statements regarding Satavahanas is not correct?
32. How much is the year difference between the Shaka Samvat and Vikram Samvat?
33. Which of the following was not adopted from the Maurya Dynasty in the emblem of Government of India?
34. Who of the following did not adorn the court of Kanishka I?
35. Which dynasty did rule over Magadha after Nanda dynasty?
36. Deimachus came to India during the reign of:
37. In which year, the coronation Kushan king Kanishka was held?
38. Which dynasty ruled over India after Shunga dynasty?
39. The stylistic compositions of Sungas terracottas are typically:
40. Which one of the following statements regarding Ashokan stone pillars is incorrect?
41. In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka’s edicts are also found?
42. The King of Kalinga Kharavela was related to which of the following dynasty?
43. Which one among the following statements about Ashokan Edicts is correct?
44. Kautilya was Prime Minister of:
45. The remains of which ancient city have been found at the Kumrahar site?
46. Rulers of which of the following had diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria and Egypt?
47. For which of the following rulers “Ekabrahmana” has been used?
48. Which among the following was the earliest dynasty?
49. Which one of the following sculptures invariably used greenschist as the medium?
50. Who amongst the following issued gold coins regularly in ancient India?
