511BPSC2015HistoryEnglish
Who was the author of ‘Indica’?
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Correct option: B — Megasthenes
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- 512UPPSC1996HistoryEnglish
‘Bhaga’ and ‘Bali’ were
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Correct option: B — Sources of Revenue
- 513RPSC2010HistoryEnglish
Land revenue, which was the chief source of income during the Mauryan period, was collected by which officer?
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Correct option: C — Sitadhyaksha
- 514UPPSC2013HistoryEnglish
‘Sita’ in Maurya period means
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Correct option: C — Revenue from Crown land
- 515UPPSC2008HistoryEnglish
Who of the following was associated with the collection of revenue in Mauryan Mantriparishad?
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Correct option: A — Samaharta
- 516UPPSC2012HistoryEnglish
Which of the following Mauryan officers was incharge of weights and measures?
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Correct option: A — Pautavadhyaksha
- 517RPSC2013HistoryEnglish
‘Pankodakasannirodhe’ was the Penalty in Mauryan administration, charged for
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Correct option: B — Slushing the road
- 518UKPSC2010HistoryEnglish
The most famous centre of learning during Maurya period was
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Correct option: C — Taxila
- 519RPSC1992HistoryEnglish
Which aspect of municipal administration of today is continuing since the period of Mauryans?
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Correct option: C — Registration of birth and death certificate
- 520UPSC2016HistoryEnglish
With reference to the cultural history of India, the memorising of Chronicles, dynastic histories, and epic tales was the profession of who of the following?
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Correct option: D — Magadha
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