MCQ Class 12 History Chapter 2 Kings Farmers And Towns Advertisement MCQ’s For All Chapters – History Class 12th 1. Which of these was Asoka reign?c. 268–231 BCEc. 600–500 BCEc. 606–647 CEc. 200–100 BCEQuestion 1 of 152. What were the guilds of the merchants and craftsmen called?Shrenis UrAdimaiUzhavarQuestion 2 of 153. Ventures of which of the following traders were risky but highly profitable?PeddlersSeafarersMerchants with caravans of bullock carts and pack-animalsAll of the aboveQuestion 3 of 154. ______ was the owner, master or head of a household.Pannai.Mahamatta.Dhamma.Gahapati.Question 4 of 155. Which one of the following is the author of Arthashastra?Kalhana.Kalidasa.Kautilya.Bāṇabhaṭṭa.Question 5 of 156. Which one of the following statement is incorrect regarding the word, ‘Gahapati’?They are the owner, master or head of a household.They are the owner of the resources – land, animals and other things – that belonged to the house-hold.They are the officials of the king.They belonged to the urban elite, including wealthy merchants.Question 6 of 157. The Prayaga Prashasti was composed inSanskrit.Pali.Prakrit.Brahmi.Question 7 of 158. Ashoka is mentioned by which titles in his inscriptions?Ashoka, PiyadassiMasattuvan, AshokaDevanampiya, PiyadassiDevaputra, PiyadassiQuestion 8 of 159. The first ever ruler to propagate the principles of Dhamma wasBimbisara.Chandragupta II.Chandragupta Maurya.Ashoka.Question 9 of 1510. The first issue of Epigraphia Indica was published in1885.1886.1887.1888.Question 10 of 1511. The spectacular gold coins which facilitated long distance transactions were issued byKushanasThe Mauryan rulersThe Saka rulersThe Gupta rulersQuestion 11 of 1512. According to the rock inscription in Sanskrit, composed around second century CE, Sudarshan lake, an artificial reservoir was repaired byKushana king KanishkaSaka king RudradamanKannauj ruler HarshaChandragupta IIQuestion 12 of 1513. Name the languages in which the Ashokan inscriptions were written.Pali, Prakrit, and GreekPali, Sanskrit, and AramaicPrakrit, Aramaic, and GreekPali, Sanskrit, and GreekQuestion 13 of 1514. Which of the following problems do the archaeologists face while deciphering the inscriptions?Damaged lettersFaint lettersExact meaning of the words used in inscriptionsAll of the aboveQuestion 14 of 1515. King Ashoka sometimes mentioned as ‘Piyadassi’, in the inscription. The meaning of ‘Piyadassi’, is ....................Beloved of the godsPleasant to beholdBeautiful eyesBeloved of natureQuestion 15 of 15 Loading...
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