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New Empires and Kingdoms

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Samudragupta was interested in __________and__________.

a)

Art

b)

Sports

c)

Music (instruments like veena and tabla)

d)

Music ( instruments like guitar and piano)

2.

The chalukyas and pallavas ruled over the ________________parts of India.

a)

North Indian

b)

South Indian

c)

West India

d)

East India

3.

The Chalukyas extended their empire from the South of Vindhyas till the ______________.

a)

Godavari river

b)

Cauvery or Kaveri River

c)

Krishna river

d)

Narmada River

4.

The Gupta Period is also known as ______________.

a)

Brass age

b)

Bronze age

c)

Iron age

d)

Golden age

5.

The capital of The Chalukyas was _______.

a)

Tanjore

b)

Amravati

c)

Sopara

d)

Aihole

6.

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

a)

Tigris & Euphrates

b)

Nile & Blue Nile

c)

Indus & Ganges

d)

Huang He & Yangtze

7.

Chandragupta II assumed the title of_____________.

a)

Maharajadhiraja

b)

Vikramaditya

c)

Bunyoro

d)

Kitara

8.

Chandragupta I adopted the title of _____________.

a)

Maharajadhiraja

b)

Vikramaditya

c)

Bunyoro

d)

Kitara

9.

___________ wrote Samudragupta Prashastis.

a)

Ramagupta

b)

Vikrmaditya

c)

Harishena

d)

Kumaradevi

10.

The Chalukyas and Pallavas ruled over _____________ India.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

11.

Who wrote Harshavardhana's biography?

a)

Banabhatta

b)

Harshacharita

c)

Xuan Zang

d)

Ravikirti

12.

Who stopped Harshavardhana to enter Deccan?

a)

Krishna Devaraya

b)

Tanhaji Malusare

c)

Chandragupta Maurya

d)

Pulakeshin II

13.

Raichur Doab was between?

a)

Krishna and Tungabhadra

b)

Ravi and Satlaj

c)

Godavari and Mahanadi

d)

Jhelum and Chenab

14.

Where is the Ashokan pillar on which it has been inscribed about Samudragupta?

a)

Bangalore

b)

Ahemdabad

c)

Allahabad

d)

Hyderabad

15.

What was the name of the most famous play written by Kalidasa?

a)

Rigveda

b)

Abhijnana Shakuntalam

c)

Vikram Samvat

d)

None of these

16.

Samudragupta was a legendary king of which dynasty?

a)

Gupta Dynasty

b)

Sharma Dynasty

c)

Mishra Dynasty

d)

Mehra Dynasty

17.

How do we know about Samdragupta?

a)

From

the inscriptions on the Ashokan pillar in Allahabad.

b)

From

the manuscripts on the Ashokan pillar in Allahabad.

c)

From

the inscriptions on the Chandragupta pillar in Allahabad.

d)

From

the inscriptions on the Ashokan pillar in Agra.

18.

Inscriptions that praise kings and tell us about their lives are known as prashastis.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Harsha tried to cross which river after conquering most of the east ?

a)

Bramaputra

b)

Ganga

c)

Nile

d)

Narmada