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Class 6- Ashoka Who gave up war

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many years ago was the Mauryan dynasty formed?

a)

2300 years ago

b)

1200 years ago

c)

2400 years ago

d)

2200 years ago

2.

Who was the founder of the Mauryan dynasty?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Bimbisara

c)

Bindusara

d)

Chandragupta Maurya

3.

Who was the man who helped Chandragupta Maurya to take over Magadha?

a)

Bimbisara

b)

Magesthenes

c)

Chanakya

d)

Merchants

4.

What was the name of the book Chanakya has written?

a)

Ramayanam

b)

Arthashastra

c)

Mahabharata

d)

Bhagavadgita

5.

Ujjain lay on the route from ________________ India.

a)

East-West

b)

North-South

c)

South-North

d)

West-East

6.

Which was the first capital of Magadha?

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Taxila

c)

Rajagriha

d)

Ujjain

7.

Who went to and fro?

a)

Messengers

b)

Spies

c)

Officials

d)

Ministers

8.

Who kept a look on the officials?

a)

Messengers

b)

Spies

c)

villagers

d)

Ministers

9.

Who was sent as Governors?

a)

Royal Princesses

b)

Ministers

c)

Royal Princes

d)

officials

10.

Who was Seleucus Nicator?

a)

Brazil ruler

b)

Europen ruler

c)

Indian ruler

d)

Greek ruler

11.

In which language were the inscriptions written?

a)

Brahmi

b)

Prakrit

c)

Hindi

d)

Sanskrit

12.

Prakrit was written in the ___________ script.

a)

Brahmi

b)

Devanagari

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Telugu

13.

Kalinga is the ancient name of coastal _____________.

a)

Bengal

b)

Chennai

c)

Madhya Pradesh

d)

Orissa

14.

Who was the only king in the history of the world who gave up conquest after winning the war?

a)

Bindusara

b)

Ashoka

c)

Bimbisara

d)

Chandragupta Maurya

15.

"___________ years after becoming king I conquered Kalinga". Said Ashoka in one of the inscriptions.

a)

40

b)

60

c)

80

d)

20

16.

Who were the officials who spread dhamma?

a)

Messengers

b)

Ministers

c)

Spies

d)

Dhamma Mahamatta

17.

Which language is this written in

a)

Hindi

b)

Tamil

c)

Brahmi

d)

Malayalam