6T2 SOC 3

The Kingdom which was most powerful among the four Mahajanapadas

• a. Anga

• b. Magadha

• c. Kosala

• d. Vajji

Among the following who was the contemporary of Gautama Buddha?

• a. Ajatasatru

• b. Bindusara

• c. Padmanabha Nanda

• d. Brihadratha

Which of the following are the sources of Mauryan period?

• a. Artha Sastra

• b. Indica

• c. Mudrarakshasa

• d. All

Chandra Gupta Maurya abdicated the thrown and went to Sravanbelgola along wit Jaina Saint ______________.

• a. Badrabahu

• b. Stulabahu

• c. Parswanatha

• d. Rushabhanatha

_______ was the ambassador of Seleucus Nicator.

• a. Ptolemy

• b. Kautilya

• c. Xerxes

• d. Megasthenese

Who was the last emperor of Mauryan Dynasty?

• a. Chandragupta Maurya

• b. Ashoka

• c. Brihadratha

• d. Bindusara

Which of the statements given below is/are correct?

Statement 1  Chandragupta Maurya was the first ruler who unified entire India under one political unit.

Statement 2  The Arthashastra provides information about the Mauryan administration

• a. only 1

• b. only 2

• c. both 1 and 2

• d neither 1 nor 2

Arrange the following dynasties in chronological order.

• 1. Nanda – Sishunaga – Haryanka – Maurya

• 2. Nanda – Sishunaga –Maurya – Haryanka

• 3. Haryanka - Sishunaga – Nanda - Maurya

• 4. Sishunaga – Maurya – Nanda – Haryanka

Availability of rich deposits of iron ores

• a. 1, 2 and 3 only

• b. 3 and 4 only

• c. 1, 2 and 4 only

• d. All of these

was the son of Bindusara.​ (a)