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Kingdoms, King and Early Republic

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name

Class

Date

The books which were composed in north India in the areas drained by the Ganga and Yamuna in this period. What is this ?

Varnas

Vedas

Samaveda

Atharavaveda

Vedic

(a) sprinkled water on the rajas.

What is a janapada ?

4 lines

Name 2 important mahajanapadas

Gandhara

Taxila

Magadha

Vajji

Describe taxes on farmers

4 lines

(a) year ago janapadas became important.

Who was the companion of Raja in Battlefield?

Jana

Charioteer

Raja

Brahmin

Who were expected to study the Vedas?

Ordinary men

Charioteers

Shudra

Brahmins

He sat on a special seat or even a tiger skin. he was the

priest

raja

10.

The ordinary people who brought gifts were the

shudra

vish or vaishya

11.

Hastinapur near Meerut was an important

village

janapada

12.

He was the ruler of Macedonia and he conquered large parts of Egypt and West Asia.

Alexander

Ashoka

13.

This was a form of government where people were not ruled by a single ruler but by many.

mahajanapada

gana or a sangha

14.

In this sacrifice a horse was let loose to wander freely and it was guarded by the king's men.

Ashvamedha

Ashvattama

15.

identify this piece of pottery

Painted Grey ware

Painted Black ware

Painted Red ware

None of the above

16.

Most mahajanapadas were fortified. This means that the cities had

walls around them

the people like forts

both (a) and (b)

none of the above

17.

Who were not allowed to perform the rituals?

Brahmins

Kshatriyas

Vaishyas

Shudras

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Kingdoms, King and Early Republic

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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