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Ashoka the emperor who gave up wars

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the founder of the Mauryan dynasty?

a)

Bindusara

b)

Chandragupta Maurya

c)

Chanakya

d)

Ashoka

2.

When members of a family rule after one another, the family is often known as (a)  

3.

Where is the Rampurwa bull located?

a)

Karnataka, Bangalore

b)

Rampurwa, Bihar

c)

Uttar Pradesh, Agra

4.

Identify

the following personality

a)

Bindusara

b)

Chanakya

c)

Chandragupta Maurya

d)

Ashoka

5.

Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?

a)

Aryabhata

b)

Chandra Gupta Maurya

c)

Kalidasa

d)

Ashoka

6.

What caused Ashoka to change his way of life?

a)

The sufferings created by the war in Kalinga disturbed Ashoka, so he converted to Buddhism

b)

The second Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, ruled for twenty-five years.

c)

The armies of Buddha conquered his land and forced him to change.

d)

His wife the queen asked him to change.

7.

Chandragupta was influenced by Jainism and Ashoka was influenced by Buddhism

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Ujjain was the gateway to the northwest.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is the meaning of the word Dhamma?

a)

Environment

b)

Dharma

c)

Temple

d)

None of these

10.

Many of Chanakya's ideas were written down in a book called______.

a)

Panchatantra

b)

Vidura Niti

c)

Chanakya Niti

d)

Arthashastra

11.

Identify the following picture

a)

The national emblem of India

b)

The lion capital

c)

A lion statue

12.

Unlike taxes which were collected on a regular basis_______________was collected as and when it was possible from people who gave a variety of things willingly

a)

Rupees

b)

Permits

c)

Revenue

d)

Tribute

13.

The script in which Ashoka wrote his inscriptions

a)

Brahmi

b)

Prakrit

c)

Devanagari

d)

Moḍī

14.

Ashoka gave up wars after losing in Kalinga

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The lion capital was placed on top of a massive pillar at

a)

Sarnath

b)

Mumbai

c)

Chennai

d)

Rashtrapati Bhavan