UGC NET History Practice Question

Which Mauryan official was in charge of weights and measures according to Kautilya's Arthashastra?

Pautavadhyaksha ✓

Sitadhyaksha

Panyadhyaksha

Navadhyaksha

The Pautavadhyaksha was the Superintendent of Weights and Measures in Kautilya's administrative scheme, responsible for standardizing and regulating commercial measures — distinct from the Sitadhyaksha (agriculture) and Panyadhyaksha (trade/commerce).

The famous iron pillar at Mehrauli records achievements attributed to King Chandra, associated with defeating which enemy confederacy across the seven mouths of the Indus?

Hunas

Vahlikas ✓

Shakas

Yavanas

The Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription credits "Chandra" with crossing the seven mouths of the Indus in battle and defeating the Vahlikas (a northwestern people) — used alongside other evidence to support his identification with Chandragupta II.

Under the Guptas, what was the administrative unit immediately below the Bhukti (province) called?

Vishaya ✓

Grama

Vithi

Desha

The Gupta administrative hierarchy ran Bhukti (province) > Vishaya (district) > Vithi (sub-division) > Grama (village) — the Vishaya, headed by a Vishayapati, was the key district-level unit immediately below the province.

The Junagadh Inscription records that during the reign of Skandagupta, the embankment of Sudarshana Lake was repaired by his local governor named:

Parnadatta and his son Chakrapalita ✓

Harisena

Virasena

Amrakardava

Skandagupta's Junagadh inscription records that his governor Parnadatta, and Parnadatta's son Chakrapalita, oversaw the repair of the Sudarshana Lake dam after it was breached — the same lake repaired earlier by Ashoka and Rudradaman I, showing its long administrative importance.

Which Kushana king issued gold coins featuring the image of the Buddha along with the Greek legend BODDO?

Kujula Kadphises

Vima Kadphises

Kanishka I ✓

Huvishka

Kanishka I issued gold coins depicting the Buddha with the Greek-script legend "BODDO" — important numismatic evidence of his patronage of Buddhism and of the diverse religious iconography (Greek, Iranian, Indian) on Kushana coinage.

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