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Mauryan Empire

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

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 was Ashoka's Father?

a)

Chanakya

b)

Chandragupta

c)

Bindusar

d)

Nanda

5.

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

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Ashoka had a change of heart after which war?

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Kalinga

c)

Nanda

d)

Ujjain

7.
Chandragupta's grandson who succeeded him to the throne was named...
a)
Ashoka
b)
Chandragupta 2
c)
Nanda
d)
Kautilya
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.

Write an important historical event which took place more than 2300 years ago.

a)

Mauryan empire began more than 2400 years ago.

b)

There were war's 2300 years ago

c)

Mauryan empire began more than 2300 years ago.

10.

Chandragupta defeated the Greek governor and ended the Greek rule in ____.

a)

Punjab

b)

Pakistan

c)

Kerela

11.

Selecus nicator crossed the river indus in ___ BC.

a)

500 AD

b)

305 BC

c)

305 AD

12.

Who was the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire?

a)

Chanakya

b)

Kautilya

c)

Ashoka

d)

Chandragupta Maurya

13.

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

14.

Which of these is accurate about 'Indika'

a)

Tells us about the political administration of the Mauryan Empire

b)

Is written by Chanakya

c)

Written by Megasthenes

d)

Tells us about the religious life of the Mauryas

15.
Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?
a)
Aryabhata
b)
Ashoka
c)
Chandra Gupta Maurya
d)
Kalidassa
16.
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.
17.
TRUE or FALSE: Asoka planted medicinal herbs, roots, and fruit in places there wasn’t any.  He also built wells and planted trees along roads to provide rest areas for travelers.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
18.
What did Asoka do for his people once he converted to Buddhism?
a)
He forced his the people of Mauryan Empire to convert to Buddhism.
b)
He began to punish anyone in his empire that practiced Hinduism.
c)
He rejected violence, gave rich gifts to the poor, and consulted local communities about proper governance and good conduct.
d)
He divided up all of the land in his empire and gave each family an equal portion of land
19.
18. 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.
20.
The Mauryan Dynasty set up which type of government?
a)
city-state
b)
democratic
c)
theocratic
d)
well-run
21.
Five hundred years after the Mauryan DYnasty failed, which dynasty created an empire that reunited much of Northern India?
a)
Ashoka
b)
Gupta
c)
Hindu
d)
Kalidasa
22.
Which is an epic poem that is about a ruler who rescues his captured wife that grew to about 25,000 verses? 
a)
Bhagavad Gita
b)
Panchantrantra
c)
Ramayana
d)
Theravada
23.
Which was an Indian invention that had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science?
a)
algebra
b)
algorithms
c)
geometry
d)
the symbol zero
24.

The first ruler of the Maurya dynasty was.

a)

Ashoka

b)

Bindusara

c)

Chandragupta

d)

Samudra Gupta

25.

Most of the edicts were inscribed on:

a)

Stone and rocks

b)

Metal

c)

Brick

d)

Wood

26.

Name of Chandragupta chief advisor was:

a)

Kautilya

b)

Vishnu Gupta

c)

Chanakya

d)

All of these

27.

What was the ruling period of Bindusara?

a)

297 - 273 BC

b)

321 - 297 BC

c)

273 - 297 AD

d)

272 - 232 BC

28.
How did Asoka treat the people of Kalinga during his conquest?
a)
He treated them well, like the other people in the Mauryan Empire.
b)
His armies killed 100,000 Kalingans in battle.  Another 100,000 died from disease and hunger during and after the invasion.  And 150,000 were forced to leave Kalinga after the invasion.
c)
While his army killed 200,000 Kalingans in battle, he treated innocent civilians well and provided them with food and medicine.
d)
He killed them all in battle.
29.
TRUE or FALSE: Asoka still had the death penalty for some prisoners even after he converted to Buddhism.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
30.

What were the other names of Chanakya?

a)

Kautilya

b)

Nanda

c)

Sunga

d)

Arthshastra

31.

Who was the father of Ashoka?

a)

Dhanananda

b)

Chandragupta

c)

Bindusara

d)

Seleucus

32.

Who is knows as the founder of the Mauryan empire?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Megasthenes

d)

Chanakya

33.

who was the founder of the mauryan empire ?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Chandragupta Maurya

c)

Dhana nanda

d)

kalidasa

34.

the arthashastra was written by......

a)

chanakya

b)

Ashoka

c)

megesthenes

d)

samudra gupta

35.

who did chanakya swear revenge on ?

a)

dhana nanda

b)

Adolf hitler

c)

nanda

d)

Dhana krishna

36.

Ashoka invaded Kalinga in ___________

a)

261 BC

b)

265 BC

c)

270 BC

37.

The first historical empire in India was established by ______________

a)

Ashoka

b)

Bindusara

c)

Chandragupta

38.

The Greek General whom Chandragupta defeated was

___________

a)

Megasthenes

b)

Seleucas

c)

Alexander

39.
The first emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty was...
a)
Chandragupta
b)
Ashoka
c)
Siddhartha Gautama
d)
Aryan
40.

In 298 B.C.E., Chandragupta Maurya abdicated the throne in favour of his son

a)

Bindusara

b)

Ashoka

c)

Chanakya

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