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5. the Mauryan Empire/Sangam Age SSC-CGL CRACKER FOR GENERAL STUDIES 5. The Mauryan Empire/Sangam Age 1. Who among the following usurped the throne of Magadha in 14. Which of the following regions did not form the part of 322 B.C.? Ashoka’s empire? (a) Bindusara (b) Ashoka (a) Kashmir (b) Taxila (c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Kanishka (c) Madras (d) Kannauj 2. Who is said to have conquered the land between Arabian Sea 15. The Ashokan inscription which gives an account of the and Bay of Bengal? Kalinga war and its effects is: (a) Kanishka (b) Bindusara (a) Gimar Rock Edict (b) Minor Rock Edict III (c) Vikramaditya (d) Ajatashatru (c) Minor Rock Edict IV (d) Minor Rock Edict XIII 3. Which of the following Mauryan emperors abdicated his 16. Sarnath’s Lion Capital is attributed to: throne and migrated to the south to live as Jain ascetic? (a) Kanishka (b) Harshavardhana (a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Ashoka (c) Ashoka (d) Chandragupta (c) Bindusara (d) Dasaratha 17. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on 4. Who among the following is considered as the first national the Sarnath pillar? ruler of India? (a) Elephant (b) Horse (a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Ashoka (c) Deer (d) Humped bull (c) Chandragupta I (d) Kanishka 18. The term ‘Dhamma’ is: 5. Which one of the following rulers was known as (a) a Prakrit word (b) a Sanskrit word Amitraghata, the ‘destroyer of foes’? (c) a Pali word (d) none of the above (a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Bindusara 19. Which of the following sites, where Ashokan pillars exist, (c) Kanishka (d) Samudragupta has the bull capital? 6. Ashoka, the Great conquered Kalinga in the year: (a) Sarnath (b) Sanchi (a) 261 B.C. (b) 58 B.C. (c) Lauriya-Nandangarh (d) Rampurva (c) 261 A.D. (d) 78 A.D. 20. The Mauryan dynasty was overthrown by : 7. The Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya (a) Harsha (b) Samudragupta was : (c) Pushyamitra Sunga (d) Kanishka (a) Hiuen Tsang (b) Fahien 21. During the Sangam Age which of the following dynasties (c) Megasthenese (d) Seleucus was not in power? 8. Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which of the following (a) Pandyas (b) Cheras Indian rulers? (c) Cholas (d) Pallavas (a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Chandragupta I 22. According to tradition the Sangams flourished at different (c) Ashoka (d) Harshavardhana places. Which of the following places were associated with the 9. Megasthenese was the Ambassador of : three Sangams? (a) Seleucus Nikator (b) Alexander (a) Madura and Kapatpuram (c) Darius (d) The Persians (b) Madura, Kapatpuram and Kaveripattanam 10. What does the word ‘Ashoka’ literally mean? (c) Madura, Uraiyur and Cholamandalam (a) One with pleasing appearance (d) Puhar and Madura (b) beloved of gods (c) Slayer of foes 23. What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions? (d) Bereft of sadness (a) Dravidian (b) Pictographic 11. Which one of the following edicts mentions the personal (c) Brahmi (d) Kharoshthi name of Ashoka? 24. Match the following: (a) Kalsi (b) Rummindei Works Authors (c) Special Kalinga Edict (d) Maski A. Manimekalai 1. Puhalendi 12. The title ‘Devanam Priya’ was given to : B. Maduraikanji 2. Tiruvalluvar (a) Harsha (b) Kanishka C. Kural 3. Konnguvelir (c) Ashoka (d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya D. Perungadai 4. Mangudi Marudan 13. The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his E. Nalavenba 5. Sittalai and Sattanar inscriptions is : Codes: (a) Priyadarsi (b) Dharmadeva A B C D E (c) Chakravarti (d) Dharmakirti (a) 1 2 3 4 5 (b) 2 4 5 1 3 SSC-CGL CRACKER FOR GENERAL STUDIES (c) 3 1 5 2 4 (d) 5 4 2 3 1 25. Who authored the Tamil epic ‘Silappadikaram’? (a) Tiruvalluvar (b) Ilango (c) Saint Agattiyar (d) Sattanar 26. Manimekalai is looked upon as the ......of Tamil. ANSWER KEY (a) Odyssey (b) Mahabharata Chaper - 5 (c) Bible (d) Ramayana 27. The external trade of the Sangam people was carried on 1 a 17 c mainly with: 2 b 18 a (a) Romans (b) Arabs (c) Chinese (d) South East Asian nations 3 a 19 d 28. To which dynasty did Senguttuvam belong ? 4 a 20 c (a) Chera (b) Chola (c) Pandyas (d) Pallavas 5 b 21 b 29. The name Dharmasoka was found in the : 6 a 22 a (a) Maski Edict (b) Junagarh Inscription (c) Sarnath Inscription (d) Allahabad Pillar Inscription 7 c 23 c 30. Which language was used in the literature of Sangam 8 a 24 d period? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil 9 a 25 b (c) Telugu (d) Kannada 10 d 26 a 31. ‘Sangam literature’ is : 11 d 27 a (a) Classical Sanskrit literature patronised by the Guptas (b) Pali literature dealing with the history of the Buddhist 12 c 28 a sanghas 13 a 29 c (c) early Tamil literature attributed to the first three centuries of the Christian era 14 c 30 b (d) Sanskrit works of Puranic nature dealing with the sanctity 15 d 31 c of the place where there is confluence of rivers in Prayaga 32. The literature of the Sangam Age was written mostly in the 16 c 32 b form of: (a) Prose (b) poetry (c) Drama (d) all of these .
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