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The Mauryan Empire

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

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1.

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1) This is a timed Quiz, that is, you will get extra points based if your are fast.

2) You will be removed from the quiz if you don't enter your real name.

3) There is only one correct answer for the questions.

4) you will be taken to the next question once you attempt it.

5) you can see the leaderboard after each question.

If you have understood these instructions click ' Yes '.

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a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

Who sent the person who wrote the book " Indica "

a)

Kautilya

b)

Megasthenes

c)

Seleucus.

d)

Alexander the Great

3.

Who is Ashoka?

a)

Priyadarshi.

b)

Grandfather of Chandragupta

c)

Ruler who lost the Kalinga war

d)

Grandson of Bindusara

e)

None of these Answers

4.

Guess Who?

" He stopped hunting and eating meat and abandoned the life of luxury "

a)

Bindusara

b)

ChandraGupta Maurya

c)

Ashoka.

d)

Seleucus

e)

Alexander the Great

5.

What was the Capital of the Nanda Dynasty?

a)

Hastinapur

b)

Patliputra.

c)

Mysore

d)

Kabul

6.

What were the books written by:

1) Vishnugupta; 2) Megasthenes; 3) Chanakya ?

a)

1)Arthashastra

2)Indika.

3)Arthashastra

b)

1)Sanchi Stupa

2) Indika

3)Arthashastra

c)

1)Kautilya

2)Arthashastra

3)Indika

d)

1)Kautilya

2)Arthashastra

3)Kautilya

7.

Who was the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire?

a)

Bindusara

b)

Kautilya

c)

Ashoka

d)

Chandragupta Maurya.

e)

Vishnu Gupta

8.

Whose advice did Chandragupta depend on?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Seleucus

c)

Kautilya.

d)

No one

9.

Who laid down the foundation of Sanchi Stupa

a)

Ashoka.

b)

Sanchi

c)

Buddha

d)

Bindusara

10.

Fill in the blank: People of ____________ suffered the most after the Kalinga War

a)

Kalinga.

b)

Ashoka's Army

c)

Ashoka's enemy

d)

Ashoka

11.

True or False: The Kalinga war changed Ashoka's personality after he lost the war.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Who was the Prime Minister during the reign of the founder of the Mauryan Empire

a)

Ashoka

b)

Bindusara

c)

Seleucus

d)

Vishnugupta.

e)

Chandragupta

13.

What is contained in the Arthasastra?

a)

A Biography of Chandragupta

b)

Principles of Politics

c)

Art of administration

d)

Art of administration and Principles of Politics

14.

What was the two main divisions of the Mauryan Administration?

a)

Central Government and provincial government

b)

Military administration and Central government

c)

Civil Administration and Provincial administration

d)

Military administration and Civil Administration

15.

Fill in the Blanks:

Tosali is the capital of __________________.

a)

Patliputra

b)

Surat

c)

The Mauryan Empire

d)

Kalinga

e)

Avanti

16.

True or false:

The capital city was looked after a committee of 13 members

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Toll tax was used for destroying houses

a)

True

b)

False