History English Quiz 8 Maurya Period ( 322 BC – 185 BC ) Welcome to your History English Quiz 8 Maurya Period ( 322 BC – 185 BC ) Name 1. The description of the administration of Pataliputra is available in Arthashastra Ashoka's inscriptions Divyavadan Indica 2. Who identified the name Sandrocottus as Chandragupta Maurya ? D.R. Bhandarkar V. A. Smith R. K. Mookerji William Jones 3. Language used in the inscriptions of Ashoka is Prakrit Apabhramsa Sanskrit Hindi 4. In how many adhikaranasis the Kautilya's'Arthashastra ' divided ? 12 15 11 14 5. Kautilya's ' Arthashastra ' deals with the aspects of Economic life Political policies Social life Religious life 6. Kautilya was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya Raja Janak Ashoka Chandragupta Vikramaditya 7. Who constructed Sanchi Stupa ? Ashok Gautam Buddha Chandragupta Kautilya 8. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book math Vishakhdatta Bhasa Sudraka Ashvaghosha 9. Which of the following South Indian Kingdom is not mentioned in the Ashokan inscription ? Chola Pandya Satiyaputa Satvahan 10. What is the name of Megasthenes's book ? Rigveda Indica Purana Arthashastra 11. Who was the writer of ' Mudrarakshasa ' ? Vishakhdatta Kalhana Bana Kautilya 12. An Ashokan edict is located in Uttaranchal at Kedarnath Rishikesh Dev Prayag Kalsi 13. In how many categories did Megasthenes divide the Indian Society ? Seven Five Six Four 14. Which dynasty did rule over Magadha after Nanda dynasty ? Gupta Sunga Maurya Kushana 15. Who amongst the following Mauryan rulers did conquer the Deccan ? Chandragupta Bindusara Kunala Ashoka 16. Who deciphered the Brahmi inscription of Ashoka first time ? V. N. Mishra James Princep S. R. Goyal H.D. Sankaliya 17. The last Mauryan emperor was Jalok Avanti Varma Brihadratha Nandi Vardhana 18. By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood ? Deogupta Ajaya Vishnugupta Chanakya 19. Which Indian king defeated Seleucus , the administrator of Sindh and Afghanistan appointed by Alexander ? Chandragupta Samudragupta Ashok Bindusar 20. The most famous educational centre during the period of Mauryan age was Taxila Ujjain Vaishali Nalanda