BPSC PRELIMS GENERAL STUDIES QUIZ

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Question 1:

According to Megasthenes, during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya the society was divided into ______ castes.

Question 2:

Which of the following Mauryan sites is located entirely in the northern part of India?

Question 3:

Which of the following was a tax levied on pilgrims in the Mauryan Empire?

Question 4:

The last Mauryan king was assassinated by_____.

Question 5:

In which year the Kandahar inscriptions of Ashoka were discovered?

Question 6:

Consider the following statement:

  1. The Sunga Dynasty was the first Brahmin Dynasty in Indian History.
  2. The XIII Rock Edict gives information about the Kalinga War.
  3. The inscriptions of Asoka were first deciphered by James Princep in 1838.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

Question 7:

The ------- empire was the first pan-Indian empire that covered most of the Indian subcontinent.

Question 8:

Which of the following statements about Emperor Ashoka is false?

Question 9:

Chanakya was Prime Minister under the reign of _______.

Question 10:

Rampurva Bull Pillar - Shikhar discovered in Bihar is now placed in ----?