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| 81. | In the Maurya period ‘Sita’ refers to? |
A. A goddess | |
B. A religious denomination | |
C. Income from government land | |
D. Barren land |
| 82. | Which of the following is the best specimen of Maurya art? |
A. Column | |
B. Stupa | |
C. Cave building | |
D. Chaitya |
| 83. | From where do the records obtained give details of the relief work done by the state during the time of divine outbreak like famine, drought in Maurya period? |
A. Mahasthan (Bangladesh), Sohgaura (U.P.) | |
B. Sohgaura, Muskie | |
C. Mahasthan, Kalsi | |
D. Bhabru, Sarnath |
| 84. | Whom did Ashoka send to propagate Buddhism in Sri Lanka? |
A. Mahendra | |
B. Sanghamitra | |
C. Both a and B | |
D. Superintendent |
| 85. | Which script has been used in the major inscriptions found in Ashoka’s Mansehra (Pakistan) and Shahyazgarhi (Pakistan)? |
A. Kharoshthi | |
B. Sanskrit | |
C. Tamil | |
D. Greek |
| 86. | From where have the bilingual (Greek and Aramaic) inscriptions of Ashoka been found? |
A. Sher-e-Kuna / Kandahar | |
B. Mansehra | |
C. kalsi | |
D. Kalinga |
| 87. | The Arthashastra composed by Kautilya is divided into how many apananas? |
A. 11 | |
B. 12 | |
C. 14 | |
D. 15 |
| 88. | Saptang mentioned in ‘Arthashastra’ included- |
A. King, Territory, Administration and Treasury | |
B. Music, Dance, Raag and Malla Yudh | |
C. Ministers, civil servants, subordinates, employees of money making | |
D. Prince, Acharya, Merchant and Sage |
| 89. | Where was Ashoka’s contemporary Turmay? |
A. Egypt | |
B. Corinth | |
C. Macedonia | |
D. Syria |
| 90. | During whose reign did Dimex/Dimex came to India? |
A. Chandragupta Maurya | |
B. Bindusara | |
C. Ashoka | |
D. Kanishka |