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WorksheetsKings Farmers and Towns
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The early Tamil Sangam literature mentions slaves known as
a)
adimai.
b)
pannai.
c)
vellalar.
d)
uzhavar.
2.
The Prakrit name for present-day Rajgir in Bihar was
a)
Rajagaha.
b)
Rajagraha.
c)
Ramgaha.
d)
Ramgraha.
3.
Alexander Cunningham published a set of Asokan inscriptions in
a)
1874
b)
1875
c)
1876
d)
1877
4.
The Arthashastra was composed by
a)
Banabhatta.
b)
Kautilya.
c)
Ravikirti.
d)
Ashvaghosha.
5.
The first ever ruler to propagate the principles of Dhamma was
a)
Bimbisara.
b)
Chandragupta II.
c)
Chandragupta Maurya.
d)
Ashoka.
6.
The first issue of Epigraphia Indica was published in
a)
1885
b)
1886
c)
1887
d)
1888
7.
According to a rock inscription in Sanskrit, composed around second century CE, the Sudarshana lake was repaired by a king of the
a)
Indo-Greeks.
b)
Kushanas.
c)
Satavahanas.
d)
Rudradaman I
8.
The Prayaga Prashasti was composed in
a)
Sanskrit.
b)
Pali.
c)
Prakrit.
d)
Brahmi.
9.
The term 'Sovanika' was used in ancient India as reference to
a)
carpenter.
b)
goldsmith.
c)
potter.
d)
sculptor.
10.
Megasthenes mentions a committee with six subcommittees of military, of which the fifth looked after
a)
chariots.
b)
foot-soldiers.
c)
horses.
d)
transport.
11.
_______ were elaborate stone structures in central and south India in first millennium BCE.
a)
Pannai.
b)
Megaliths.
c)
Dhamma.
d)
None of the above.
12.
Who were a clan of nomadic people living in China?
a)
Greeks.
b)
Kushanas.
c)
Aztecs.
d)
Maya.
13.
______ was the owner, master or head of a household.
a)
Pannai.
b)
Mahamatta.
c)
Dhamma.
d)
Gahapati.
14.
Which one of the following is the author of Arthashastra?
a)
Kalhana.
b)
Kalidasa.
c)
Kautilya.
d)
Bāṇabhaṭṭa.
15.
Who deciphered Brahmi and Kharoshtl scripts?
a)
James Princep
b)
Cunningham
c)
Wheelar
d)
John Marshall
16.
How many Mahajanapadas were there?
a)
17
b)
14
c)
18
d)
16
17.
Which of these was the moSt powerful Mahajanapada from 6th to 4th century BCE?
a)
Kuru
b)
Magadha
c)
PanehaLa
d)
Ciandhara
18.
Who appointed Dhamma Mahamatras?
a)
Bimbisara
b)
Samudraupta
c)
(e) Ashoka
d)
Pandya
19.
Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
a)
Ashoka
b)
Chandragupta Maurys
c)
Bindusara
d)
Ajatashatru
20.
Sangam is a literature of _________ language.
a)
Tamil
b)
Malsyam
c)
Sanskrit
d)
Marathi
21.
Harishena was the court poet of ________
a)
Samudragupta
b)
Chandragupta II
c)
Ashoka
d)
Chandragupta Maurya
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