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The Mauryan Empire

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the Arthashastra?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Chanakya

2.

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

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Chanakya

d)

Megasthenes

3.

Who is knows as the founder of the Mauryan empire?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Megasthenes

d)

Chanakya

4.

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

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Megasthenes

d)

Chanakya

5.

Who was Ashoka's Father?

a)

Chanakya

b)

Chandragupta

c)

Bimbisara

d)

Nanda

6.

Ashoka had a change of heart after which war?

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Kalinga

c)

Nanda

d)

Ujjain

7.

The capital of the Mauryan Empire was:

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Kalinga

c)

Nanda

d)

Ujjain

8.
The four classes (varnas) in the caste system are: 
a)
Pharaoh, priests, artisans, slaves
b)
Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras
c)
King, queen, princes, lords
d)
Shogun, samurai, governors, artisans
9.

What are the two books written by megasthenes and kautilya

a)

the Mauryan empire, and Ashoka's journey.

b)

Indika, Ashoka's dharma

c)

Indika, Arthashathra

10.

In which language did Ashoka wrote in the inscription

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Prakrit

c)

Tamil