WBCS Mains Post-Mauryan Empire Questions 2023

Q. From which inscription we get important information about the Saka ruler Rudra Damana?

(A) Junagarh inscription
(B) Aihole inscription
(C) Allahabad Pillar inscription
(D) Bhitari Pillar inscription

Correct Answer: (A) Junagarh inscription

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Q. The Nasik inscription gives us information about

(A) The Bakatakas
(B) The Rastrakutas
(C) The Satavahanas
(D) The Guptas

Correct Answer: (C) The Satavahanas

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Q. The School of Gandhara Art flourished during the reign of the

(A) Mauryan Dynasty.
(B) Kushan Dynasty.
(C) Satavahana Dynasty.
(D) Gupta Dynasty.

Correct Answer: (B) Kushan Dynasty.

WBCS Mains Post-Mauryan Empire Questions 2022

Q. Menander was a

(A) Kushan
(B) Indo-Greek
(C) Saka
(D) Chinese

Correct Answer: (B) Indo-Greek

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Q. The Garuda Pillar at Besnagar was endowed by

(A) Heliodorus
(B) Megasthanes
(C) Bimbisara
(D) Ajatasatru

Correct Answer: (A) Heliodorus

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Q. The Kushanas were originally from

(A) Greece
(B) Iran
(C) Central Asia
(D) Europe

Correct Answer: (C) Central Asia

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Q. The Saka Era was started by

(A) Bimbisara
(B) Ajatasatru
(C) Kanishka
(D) Menander

Correct Answer: (C) Kanishka

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Q. The capital of Kanishka was

(A) Purushpura
(B) Sialkot
(C) Pathankot
(D) Bodhgaya

Correct Answer: (A) Purushpura

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Q. The greatest Kushan ruler was

(A) Menander
(B) Gondophernes
(C) Maga
(D) Kanishka

Correct Answer: (D) Kanishka

WBCS Mains Post-Mauryan Empire Questions 2020

Q. Which dynasty ruled over Magadha after the Mauryan dynasty?

(A) Satavahana
(B) Sunga
(C) Nanda
(D) Kanva

Correct Answer: (B) Sunga

WBCS Mains Post-Mauryan Empire Questions 2017

Q. The first Indian rulers to issue gold coins on the Roman pattern were

(A) Sungas
(B) Kushanas
(C) Indo-Greeks
(D) Vakatakas

Correct Answer: (B) Kushanas

WBCS Mains Post-Mauryan Empire Questions 2016

Q. During the post-Maurya times, elaborate Vedic sacrificial rituals like the Vajapeya, Rajasuya and Aswamedha were regularly performed by the rulers of

(A) North India
(B) The Deccan
(C) both North India and Deccan
(D) Chola dynasty

Correct Answer: (C) both North India and Deccan

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Q. Which period of Indian history has been designated by Romila Thapar as ‘Threshold Times’?

(A) BCE 200-300 CE
(B) CE 300-CE 600
(C) CE 300-CE 800
(D) CE 600-CE 1300

Correct Answer: (A) BCE 200-300 CE

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Q. Which school of Art flourished in the region between the lower valleys of Krishna and Godavari during 2nd Century BCE–3rd Century CE?

(A) Gandhara School
(B) Mathura School
(C) Nagarjuna School
(D) Amravati School

Correct Answer: (D) Amravati School

WBCS Mains Post-Mauryan Empire Questions 2015

Q. Who was the Bacterian King that invaded India in about 182 BC and wrested a considerable part of the North-West?

(A) Demetrius
(B) Antigonus
(C) Philadelphus
(D) Gondophernes

Correct Answer: (A) Demetrius

WBCS Mains Post-Mauryan Empire Questions 2014

Q. The Kharosthi script derived from

(A) Pictographs
(B) Aramic
(C) Sanskrit
(D) Brahmi

Correct Answer: (B) Aramic

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Q. We know about the Bactrian Greeks only from

(A) Inscriptions
(B) Coins
(C) Manuscripts
(D) Relics

Correct Answer: (B) Coins

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Q. Who introduced Gold Coins in India?

(A) The Mauryas
(B) The Kushanas
(C) The Greeks
(D) The Cholas

Correct Answer: (C) The Greeks

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Q. Who was Minandar?

(A) A Parthian king
(B) A Bactrian Greek King
(C) A Saka King
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) A Bactrian Greek King