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WorksheetsMauryan and Gupta Empires
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?
a)
Aryabhata
b)
Ashoka
c)
Chandra Gupta Maurya
d)
Kalidassa
2.
Five hundred years after the Mauryan DYnasty failed, which dynasty created an empire that reunited much of Northern India?
a)
Ashoka
b)
Gupta
c)
Hindu
d)
Kalidasa
3.
Which is an epic poem that is about a ruler who rescues his captured wife that grew to about 25,000 verses?
a)
Bhagavad Gita
b)
Panchantrantra
c)
Ramayana
d)
Theravada
4.
Which was an Indian invention that had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science?
a)
algebra
b)
algorithms
c)
geometry
d)
the symbol zero
5.
Buddhist shrines shaped liked a dome or burial mound.
a)
pilgrim
b)
stupa
c)
Ashoka
d)
Chandra Gupta
6.
the best known section of the ancient religious epic, the Mahabharata.
a)
pilgrim
b)
Bhagavad Gita
c)
Ashoka
d)
Chandra Gupta
7.
The Mauryan Empire reached its height under his rule.
a)
pilgrim
b)
Bhagavad Gita
c)
Ashoka
d)
Chandra Gupta
8.
founded India's first empire
a)
pilgrim
b)
Bhagavad Gita
c)
Ashoka
d)
Chandra Gupta Maurya
9.
Which religion was most popular in the Gupta Empire?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Jainism
10.
Which religion did Asoka convert to?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Judaism
11.
The Gupta Dynasty saw development in
a)
Religion
b)
Education
c)
Literature
d)
All of these
12.
In India, for which achievement is the Gupta Golden Age best known?
a)
adoption of the printing press
b)
invention of the iron foot stirrup
c)
use of gunpowder
d)
development of the concept of zero
13.
What religion did Ashoka turn to that changed the way he ruled the Maurya Empire?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hindusim
14.
Which of the following is a great work of literature, written in Sanskrit, during the Gupta dynasty?
a)
Mahabharata
b)
Rig Veda
c)
I don't have a clue
d)
The Torah
15.
Ashoka improved communication throughout the empire by...
a)
Constructing roads and rest houses
b)
Inventing the first telephone
c)
Morse code
d)
New smoke signal technique
16.
India was the home of which empires?
a)
Tang and Song
b)
Mauryan and Gupta
c)
Roman and Byzantine
d)
Mongol and Russian
17.
Which of the following is NOT a contribution of the Gupta Empire?
a)
Veterinary clinics
b)
Concept of round Earth
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