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New Empires and Kingdoms Quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Samudragupta's court poet?

a)

Kali das

b)

Harishena

c)

Chandragupta

d)

Shakespeare

2.

Whom did Samudragupta allow to rule again?

a)

Dakshinapatha

b)

Aryavarta

c)

Kushanas

d)

Guptas

3.

The prashatis were written by-

a)

The rulers

b)

The butchers

c)

The poets

d)

The writers

4.

Who was the astronomer in Chandragupta 2's court?

a)

Bhaskara

b)

Megasthenes

c)

Kali Das

d)

Aryabhatta

5.

Harshavardhana ruled about these years back-

a)

1400

b)

2300

c)

1650

d)

900

6.

Who wrote Harshavardhana's biography?

a)

Banabhatta

b)

Harshacharita

c)

Xuan Zang

d)

Marco Polo

7.

Harshavardhana was the ruler of?

(a)  

8.

Harshavardhana's brother-in-law was the ruler of which place and was killed by?

a)

Kanauj, Ruler of Bengal

b)

Kalinga, Ruler of Magadha

c)

Haldwani, Humayun

d)

Jaisalmer, Raja Man Singh II

9.

Who stopped Harshavardhana to enter Deccan?

a)

Peshwa Bajirao

b)

Tanhaji Malusare

c)

Udayban Rathod

d)

Pulakeshin II

10.

The Pallavas spread their kingdom from Kanchipuram to?

a)

Ujjain

b)

Kaveri delta

c)

Pune

d)

Deccan plateau

11.

Raichur Doab was between?

a)

Krishna and Tungabhadra

b)

Ravi and Satlaj

c)

Godavari and Mahanadi

d)

Jhelum and Chenab

12.

Pulakeshin II was a Chalukya ruler-

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Some of the people received what thing as their salary?

a)

Elephant

b)

Gold

c)

Grants of land

d)

Slaves

14.

What was the organisation of merchants?

(a)  

15.

The ordinary people spoke this language-

a)

Telugu

b)

Malayalam

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Prakrit

16.

What is the story

of the love between a king named Dushyanta and

a young woman named Shakuntala?

(a)  

17.

The Chinese pilgrim Fa Xian noticed the plight

of those who were treated as untouchables by

the high and mighty.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

African merchants and

sailors played an important role in the sea trade between India and

Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Arabs soldiers

conquered which place about 1300 years ago?

a)

Damascus

b)

Istanbul

c)

Sind

d)

Harappa

20.

Who was the court poet of Chandragupta 2's?

a)

Harisena

b)

Kalidas

c)

Kumari Devi

d)

Banabhatta

21.

Which Chinese traveller came to Harshavardhana's court?

(a)  

22.

Tick the stereotypes which were there in Harsha's kingdom.

a)

Untouchability

b)

Sati

c)

Parda system

d)

Caste system

23.

Whi was given the title of Vikramaditya?

(a)