Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Period MCQs

31. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka was held at
(a) Magadha
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Samastipur
(d) Rajgriha
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32. Which one of the following inscriptions contains the name of Ashoka?
(a) Gujarra
(b) Ahraura
(c) Brahmagiri
(d) Sarnath
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33. Which one territory of the following was not a part of Ashoka’ empire?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Bihar
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Kalinga
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34. The ‘Dhamma’, propagated by Ashoka was-
(a) the tenets of Buddhism.
(b) a mixture of the philosophies of Ajivikas and Charvakas.
(c a system of morals consistent with the tenets of most of the sects of the time.
(d) the religious policy of the state.
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35. Turamaya, a contemporary of Ashoka was the ruler of 
(a) Egypt
(b) Corinth
(c) Macedonia
(d) Syria
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