WorksheetsAshoka the emperor who gave up wars
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
Who is the founder of the Mauryan dynasty?
Bindusara
Chandragupta Maurya
Chanakya
Ashoka
When members of a family rule after one another, the family is often known as (a)
Where is the Rampurwa bull located?
Karnataka, Bangalore
Rampurwa, Bihar
Uttar Pradesh, Agra
Identify
the following personality
Bindusara
Chanakya
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?
Aryabhata
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Kalidasa
Ashoka
What caused Ashoka to change his way of life?
The sufferings created by the war in Kalinga disturbed Ashoka, so he converted to Buddhism
The second Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, ruled for twenty-five years.
The armies of Buddha conquered his land and forced him to change.
His wife the queen asked him to change.
Chandragupta was influenced by Jainism and Ashoka was influenced by Buddhism
True
False
Ujjain was the gateway to the northwest.
True
False
What is the meaning of the word Dhamma?
Environment
Dharma
Temple
None of these
Many of Chanakya's ideas were written down in a book called______.
Panchatantra
Vidura Niti
Chanakya Niti
Arthashastra
Identify the following picture
The national emblem of India
The lion capital
A lion statue
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
Rupees
Permits
Revenue
Tribute
The script in which Ashoka wrote his inscriptions
Brahmi
Prakrit
Devanagari
Moḍī
Ashoka gave up wars after losing in Kalinga
True
False
The lion capital was placed on top of a massive pillar at
Sarnath
Mumbai
Chennai
Rashtrapati Bhavan
