Question

Read the following two statements, identify whether each of them is true or false and select the correct option.

Statement I: When members of the same family become rulers one after the other, the political system is called a democracy.

Statement II: The Mauryan dynasty comprised of three important rulers.

• A. Both the statements are true.
• B. Both the statements are false.
• C. Statement I is true, Statement II is false.
• D. Statement I is false, Statement II is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Statement I is false, Statement II is true.

When members of the same family become rulers one after the other, the family is called a dynasty. The Mauryan dynasty consisted of three important rulers - Chandragupta, his son Bindusara, and Bindusara’s son Ashoka. The Mauryan Empire was formed around 321 B.C.E. and ended in 185 B.C.E.