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Mauryan Empire

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who sent Megasthenes sent as ambassador to reside in Pataliputra?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Chanakya

2.

Who wrote the Arthashastra?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Chanakya

3.

Which ones of the following are not the authors of Indica?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Chanakya

d)

Megasthenes

4.

Who is knows as the founder of the Mauryan empire?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Megasthenes

d)

Chanakya

5.

Who received 500 elephants in return for land in Afghanistan and his daughter in marriage?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Megasthenes

d)

Chanakya

6.

Some of the parts of the Mauryan society were:

a)

Warriors

b)

Spies

c)

Brahmans

d)

All of the above

7.

How did Chandragupta expand his kingdom:

a)

Trickery

b)

Diplomacy

c)

Marriage Alliances

d)

War and Conquests

8.

Who was Ashoka's Father?

a)

Chanakya

b)

Chandragupta

c)

Bimbisara

d)

Nanda

9.

Indian government has adopted the lion capital of Chandragupta to the be the National Emblem of India

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Chandragupta was influenced by Jainism and Ashoka was influenced by Budhism

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Chandragupta's Mauryan Empire was larger than that of Ashoka's

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Ashoka had a change of heart after which war?

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Kalinga

c)

Nanda

d)

Ujjain

13.

The capital of the Mauryan Empire was:

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Kalinga

c)

Nanda

d)

Ujjain

14.

The Ashoka chakra holds significance to the people of India because:

a)

it represents principles of Budhism

b)

it represents the many kingdoms Ashoka conquered

c)

it represents the number of ministers in his court

d)

it represents greatness of King Ashoka

15.

Which one of the following is NOT a primary source for studying the Mauryan Empire

a)

12th grade NCERT history textbook

b)

Indica

c)

Arthashastra

d)

Ashoka's edicts