Kingdoms , kings and early republic quiz

Why did the rulers collect regular taxes?

• For building huge forts

• For maintaining big armies

• Both (a) and (b)

• None of these

How did herders pay taxes?

• Forest products

• Animals and animal products

• By labouring

• None of these

One-sixth of the produce was taken as tax from

• farmers

• herders

• hunter gathers

• crafts-persons

The taxes on crops were called ………………

Herders were supposed to pay taxes in the form of…………………….

State true or false

The rulers of ‘mahajanapadas’ depended on occasional gifts brought by people -

• true

• false

Why were taxes collected by the rulers of the mahajanapadas?

• for fun

• to make more fort

• to maintain the armies and big forts etc

• none of above

who gave taxes on goods

• farmers

• craftpersons

• traders

• herders