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Mauryan Dynasty

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The founder of Maurya dynasty was _____

a)

Ghananand

b)

Chandragupta

Maurya

c)

Samudra Gupta

d)

Kumara Gupta

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

Who was the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire?

a)

Bindusara

b)

Kautilya

c)

Ashoka

d)

Chandragupta Maurya.

e)

Vishnu Gupta

6.

Who laid down the foundation of Sanchi Stupa

a)

Ashoka.

b)

Sanchi

c)

Buddha

d)

Bindusara

7.

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

8.

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

a)

True

b)

False

9.

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

10.

True or false:

The capital city was looked after a committee of 13 members

a)

True

b)

False

11.

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

12.

Toll tax was used for destroying houses

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Who sent the person who wrote the book " Indica "

a)

Kautilya

b)

Megasthenes

c)

Seleucus.

d)

Alexander the Great

14.

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

15.

The three important rulers of Maurya dynasty are

a)

Chandra Gupta

b)

Ashoka

c)

bindusara

d)

Samudra Gupta