ASHOKA

What was name of grandfather of Ashoka?

• Krishna

• Mahavira

• Sidhartha

• Chandragupta Maurya

In which book were Chanakya’s ideas written?

• Ramayana

• Mahabharata

• Arthashastra

• panchtantra

Who was supported by a wise man named Chanakya?

• Chandragupta

• samudragupta

• Bindusar

• Ashoka

Who was Bindusar’s son?(a)(b) (c)(d)

• Chandragupta

• Sidhartha

• Ashoka

• Ram Krishna Paramhans

From which area was Taxila and Ujjain ruled?

• Bihar

• Pataliputra

• Delhi

• Agra

The Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four Indian lions standing back to back, on an decorative base, and we can see it on Indian currency notes. It was originally placed atop the Ashoka pillar at an important Buddhist site. What is the name of that site?

• Sarnath

• Bodh Gaya

• Ajanta

• Ellora

Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty, and he ruled almost all of the Indian sub-continent. India has history of many such famous empires, such as those of the Mauryas, the Mughals, the Cholas, etc. If a kingdom is a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or a queen, what is an empire?

• a very small kingdom

• a very famous kingdom

• a very big kingdom

• a very educated kingdom

As per Megasthenes, how many gates were in the Pataliputra?

• 20

• 35

• 55

• 64

Name of the bird which was included in the tree that was carried with emperor at the time of appearance in public:

• Trained Crows

• Trained sparrows

• Trained parrots

• Trained ducks

When member of same family become rulers one after another the family is after called a —–

• Empire

• Local Government

• Government

• Dynasty