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Class 12 History Chapter 2 – MCQs

Class 12 History Chapter 2 – MCQs

  1. Who deciphered the Brahmi script in 1838?
    a) Max Muller
    b) James Prinsep ✅
    c) Cunningham
    d) Kautilya

  2. What does the term 'Janapada' mean?
    a) Capital
    b) Land of a tribe ✅
    c) Kingdom
    d) Palace

  3. Which king is referred to as 'Piyadassi' in inscriptions?
    a) Harshavardhana
    b) Samudragupta
    c) Asoka ✅
    d) Chandragupta Maurya

  4. What is 'Epigraphy'?
    a) Study of coins
    b) Study of bones
    c) Study of inscriptions ✅
    d) Study of temples

  5. Which of the following Mahajanapadas was not among the 16?
    a) Kuru
    b) Vaishali
    c) Magadha
    d) Delhi ✅

  6. Who was the Greek ambassador at the Mauryan court?
    a) Fa-Hien
    b) Xuan Zang
    c) Megasthenes ✅
    d) Pliny

  7. Which king shifted the capital from Rajagaha to Pataliputra?
    a) Bimbisara
    b) Ashoka
    c) Chandragupta Maurya ✅
    d) Mahapadma Nanda

  8. What form of government did the 'gana-sanghas' have?
    a) Monarchy
    b) Republic
    c) Oligarchy ✅
    d) Democracy

  9. What was Asoka’s Dhamma mainly about?
    a) Worship of gods
    b) Military expansion
    c) Moral values and tolerance ✅
    d) Economic reforms

  10. Which title did Kushana rulers use to claim divine status?
    a) Samrat
    b) Devaputra ✅
    c) Chakravarti
    d) Maharajadhiraja

  11. Which ruler issued the largest number of gold coins in ancient India?
    a) Mauryas
    b) Guptas ✅
    c) Satavahanas
    d) Kushanas

  12. What does the term 'Gahapati' refer to?
    a) Slave
    b) Farmer
    c) Head of a household ✅
    d) King

  13. Who composed the Prayaga Prashasti?
    a) Banabhatta
    b) Harishena ✅
    c) Kalidasa
    d) Megasthenes

  14. What was the capital of Magadha under Bimbisara?
    a) Ujjayini
    b) Rajagaha ✅
    c) Vaishali
    d) Mathura

  15. Which dynasty's inscriptions were also in Aramaic and Greek?
    a) Mauryas
    b) Kushanas ✅
    c) Guptas
    d) Cholas

  16. What was Kodumanal in Tamil Nadu famous for?
    a) Temple architecture
    b) Bead-making industry ✅
    c) Iron smelting
    d) Salt production

  17. What are Shrenis?
    a) Land grants
    b) Artisan families
    c) Guilds of merchants/craftsmen ✅
    d) Vedic schools

  18. Which legal text discusses boundaries and land disputes?
    a) Arthashastra
    b) Manusmriti ✅
    c) Mahabharata
    d) Dharmashastra

  19. What is the meaning of ‘agrahara’?
    a) Land tax
    b) Temple donation
    c) Land grant to Brahmanas ✅
    d) Treasury

  20. Which Prakrit text contains stories of common people and kingship?
    a) Ramayana
    b) Mahabharata
    c) Jataka ✅
    d) Silappadikaram



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