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Era / Period before Satavahanas MCQs

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Question 01
Which one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas lay in the south, in the Deccan region of present-day Telangana?
1. Option A: Kamboja
2. Option B: Asmaka
3. Option C: Avanti
4. Option D: Chedi
Answer and explanation
Answer: B. Asmaka
**Why B is correct.** **Asmaka** is the Mahajanapada of the Godavari region and the only one in the **south**. **Why A is incorrect.** **Kamboja** lay in the **north-west**. **Why C is incorrect.** **Avanti** lay in the **Malwa** region of central-western India. **Why D is incorrect.** **Chedi** lay in the **Bundelkhand** region of northern India.
Question 02
The sixteen Mahajanapadas of the 6th century B.C. are listed in the Buddhist text:
1. Option A: Mahavamsa
2. Option B: Jataka Atthakatha
3. Option C: Dhammapada
4. Option D: Anguttara Nikaya
Answer and explanation
Answer: D. Anguttara Nikaya
**Why D is correct.** The **Anguttara Nikaya** lists the sixteen Mahajanapadas. **Why A is incorrect.** The **Mahavamsa** is a Sri Lankan chronicle. **Why B is incorrect.** The **Jataka Atthakatha** is a commentary on birth stories. **Why C is incorrect.** The **Dhammapada** is a collection of verses on conduct.
Question 03
Which of the following is a Neolithic ash-mound and cattle-pen site in Telangana?
1. Option A: Utnur
2. Option B: Mudumal
3. Option C: Bodhan
4. Option D: Kotilingala
Answer and explanation
Answer: A. Utnur
**Why A is correct.** **Utnur** has an ash mound with a cattle-pen enclosure. **Why B is incorrect.** **Mudumal** is known for megalithic menhirs. **Why C is incorrect.** **Bodhan** is identified with the Asmaka capital. **Why D is incorrect.** **Kotilingala** is an early historic site.
Question 04
The extensive burial grounds at Moula Ali in Hyderabad, from which clay bangles and golden beads were reported, belong to the:
1. Option A: Mauryan period
2. Option B: Mesolithic culture
3. Option C: Neolithic culture
4. Option D: Megalithic culture
Answer and explanation
Answer: D. Megalithic culture
**Why D is correct.** The **Moula Ali** burial sites are **Iron Age megalithic** burials, first excavated in **1935**. **Why A is incorrect.** The **Mauryan** period is historic and its remains are of a different kind. **Why B is incorrect.** The **Mesolithic** age has no such burials. **Why C is incorrect.** The **Neolithic** age pre-dates megalithic burials.
Question 05
According to P. Sri Rama Sharma, the word 'Telangana' came into usage between the periods of:
1. Option A: Sri Krishnadevaraya and Quli Qutb Shah
2. Option B: Amir Khusrau and Abul Fazl
3. Option C: Ptolemy and Megasthenes
4. Option D: Indravarman and Prataparudra Gajapati
Answer and explanation
Answer: B. Amir Khusrau and Abul Fazl
**Why B is correct.** He places it between **Amir Khusrau and Abul Fazl**, that is between the times of **Alauddin Khalji and Akbar**. **Why A is incorrect.** This span begins in the **16th century**, after the range he proposes. **Why C is incorrect.** **Ptolemy and Megasthenes** are ancient writers, long before the word Telangana. **Why D is incorrect.** This span runs from a **Ganga** king to a **Gajapati** king, which is not his range.

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