This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Chandragupta – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chandragupta Quiz 1 (16 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of Nandas at A) Ujjain. B) Sravana Belgola. C) Taxila. D) Magadha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magadha. 2. Who among the following classical writers said that Chandragupta Maurya overran the whole of India with an army of six lac soldiers? A) Herodotus. B) Ptolemy. C) Plutarch. D) Pliny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plutarch. 3. Which of the following text refers Chandragupta Maurya as 'Vrishal'? A) Mudrarakshasa. B) Mahavai. C) Arthashastra. D) Indica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mudrarakshasa. 4. Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north -west upto A) Hindukush. B) Indus. C) Ravi. D) Sutlej. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindukush. 5. The official credited with the construction of the Sudarshana lake in Saurashtra during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya was A) Yavanaraga Tusaspha. B) Parnadatta. C) Pallava suviakha. D) Vaisya Pushya Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaisya Pushya Gupta. 6. At which among the following places, Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days? A) Ujjain. B) Nalanda. C) Kashi. D) Shravana Belgola. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nalanda. 7. The governor under Chandragupta Maurya who constructed the Sudarshana Lake is? A) Parnadatta. B) Tusaspa. C) Pushagupta. D) Chakrapalita. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pushagupta. 8. Chandragupta II fought war with the A) Parthians. B) Sakas. C) Kushans. D) Huns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sakas. 9. Which of the following is regarded to be a controversial part of the treaty of 303 (BC) between Chandragupta and Seleucus? A) A Greek envoy (Megasthenes) was accredited to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra. B) Seleucus surrendered his large territories to Chandragupta. C) Chandragupta made a gift of 500 elephants to Seleucus. D) Seleucus gave his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seleucus gave his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta. 10. Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at A) Ujjain. B) Nalanda. C) Sravanabelagola. D) Patna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sravanabelagola. 11. Who identified 'Sandra Kottus' of the Greco-Roman literature with Chandragupta Maurya? A) William Jones. B) Alexander Cunningham. C) R. P. Chanda. D) D. R. Bhandarkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Jones. 12. 'Indica'a reliable source for the history of Chandragupta Maurya was written by. A) Seleucus. B) Shylak. C) Plutarch. D) Megasthanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Megasthanes. 13. Which one of the statements is controversial in the context of the treaty of 303 B.C. between Chandragupta and Seleucus? A) Seleucus surrendered his large territories to Chandragupta. B) Seleucus gave his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta. C) Megasthenes was sent as a Greek envoy to the court of Chandragupta. D) Chandragupta made a gift of 500 elephants to Seleucus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seleucus gave his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta. 14. Which one of the following statements about Chandragupta II is not correct? A) Kalidas and Amarsingh were famous scholars in his court. B) He expanded his empire both through matrimonial alliances and conquests. C) He married a Naga princess, named Kubera Naga. D) He married his daughter Prabhawati to an Ahom prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He expanded his empire both through matrimonial alliances and conquests. 15. Chandragupta figures prominently in a work of A) Visakhadatta. B) Bhasa. C) Asvaghosa. D) Bhavabhuti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visakhadatta. 16. Which Gupta ruler repaired the Sudarshana lake constructed by Chandragupta Maurya? A) Kumaragupta I. B) Samudragupta. C) Bhangupta. D) Sakandagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sakandagupta. Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesAncient India QuizAncient Indian History QuizBuddhism QuizGupta Period QuizHarrapan Civilization QuizIndus QuizJainism QuizRig Vedic Period Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books