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Ashoka

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _________ War changed Ashoka into a peace lover.

a)

Kalinga

b)

Magadha

c)

Panipat

d)

Buxar

2.

___________________was an ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta

a)

IBN BATUTA

b)

MEGASTHENES

c)

I QUING

d)

MARCO POLO

3.

Ashoka had appointed officials known as Dhamma _________________who went from place to place teaching people dhamma

a)

MINISTERS

b)

MAHAMATTA

c)

MANAGERS

d)

MUKHIYAS

4.

Ashoka sent messengers to spread his idea about dhamma to _________&,_______

a)

CHINA,MALAYSIA

b)

SYRIA,EGYPT

c)

RUSSIA,AMERICA

d)

PAKISTAN,AFGHANISTAN

5.

Ashokan Edicts are engraved in the ______________ script.

a)

Prakrit

b)

Sanskrit

c)

Aramaic

d)

Brahmi

6.
How did Asoka help spread Buddhism throughout India and the rest of the world?
a)
A. Asoka sent missionaries to spread the teachings of the Buddha to other kingdoms.
b)
B. Asoka conquered other kingdoms and forced them to follow Buddhism.
c)
C. Asoka forced his people to follow Buddhism or be executed.
d)
D. Asoka gave his people a tax break if they converted to Buddhism.
7.
What caused Asoka to change his way of life?
a)
A. The sufferings created by the war in Kalinga disturbed Asoka, so he converted to Buddhism.
b)
B.  The second Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, ruled for twenty-five years.
c)
C.  The armies of Buddha conquered his land and forced him to change.
d)
D.  His wife the queen asked him to change.
8.

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

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Chanakya

d)

Megasthenes

9.

Chandragupta was influenced by Jainism and Ashoka was influenced by Budhism

a)

True

b)

False

10.
Define edicts:
a)
degrees earned by people in authority
b)
decrees or commands given by people in positions of authority
c)
degrees on a thermometer
d)
decrees given by dogs and cats in animated movies
11.

Which of these is not a principle of Dhamma?

a)

Speak the truth

b)

Be kind to everyone, excluding servants and slaves

c)

Practice charity

d)

Follow the path of ahimsa

12.

How did Ashoka spread Dhamma?

a)

By setting up pillar and rock edicts

b)

By appointing dhamma mahamatras

c)

By setting up speakers throughout the empire

d)

By taking people's lives if they didn't follow dhamma

13.
What did Asoka do after the war in Kalinga was over?
a)
Asoka stopped wars of aggression and felt guilty about his actions.
b)
He continued wars of aggression in Southern India and conquered all of the forest tribes.
c)
Asoka allowed the Kalingans to rule over themselves as long as they paid taxes.
d)
Asoka forced the remaining Kalingans to be slaves in the Mauryan Empire.
14.

What is the meaning of Dhamma Vijaya?

a)

Conquest through peace and not wars

b)

Conquest through religious beliefs and not wars

c)

Conquest through friendship and not wars

d)

Conquest through politeness and not wars

15.
According to Buddhism, the end of suffering in life is called _______.
a)
The Noble Truth
b)
Nirvana
c)
Dharma
d)
Reincarnation
16.

The Lion Capital has ___________ lions carved on it.

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

17.

Ashoka's inscriptions were in _____ and in _____ script

a)

Sanskrit,brahmi

b)

Brahmi,Prakrit

c)

Sanskrit,prakrit

d)

Prakrit,Brahmi

18.

What are the two literary sources of the mauryan period?

a)

Arthimetica and neeti darpan

b)

Ethics of kautilya and euclid's elements

c)

Indica and arthashastra

d)

Even Wikipedia doesn't know!(#sometimes)

19.

What is the capital of the Mauryan empire?

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Ujjain

c)

Taxila

d)

Magadha

20.

Choose the correct order of the Mauryan Rulers.

a)

1) Ashoka 2) Bindusara 3) Chandragupta Maurya

b)

1) Chandragupta Maurya 2) Ashoka 3) Bindusara

c)

1) Bindusara 2) Ashoka 3) Chandragupta Maurya

d)

1) Chandragupta Maurya 2) Bindusara 3) Ashoka

21.

When members of the same family become rulers one after another, the family is often called -

a)

An empire

b)

A dynasty

c)

A kingdom

d)

Descendants

22.

____________ lay on the route from North to South India.

a)

Ujjain

b)

Taxila

c)

Pataliputra

d)

Kalinga

23.

___________ was the main source of revenue for the Mauryan Empire.

a)

Taxation

b)

Tributes

24.

Ashoka sent his daughter and son to propagate Buddhism in

a)

Greece

b)

Sri Lanka

c)

Malaysia

d)

Burma

25.

Ashoka Wanted Slaves To Be Treated Like Normal People.

a)

False

b)

True

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