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Ashoka/New Empires and Kingdoms

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is a Prashasti ?

a)

Prashastis were inscriptions issued by Indian rulers written in form of poetry, the prashastis were generally composed by the court poets.

b)

The Book of Divine Magic of the past

c)

Ashoka's writings on dhamma

d)

A story book in the medieval era of indian history

2.

What do we learn about Samudragupta from his prashasti?

a)

A flop king losing war after war, had no talent and was illiterate a disgust, he is known to have tortured his own people

b)

A Mistaken lad who fell into the hands of the evil kings, and was tortured day by day, having the ability to withstand pain and have steel like arms, saving his people from the king

c)

A great King winning war after war, had many talents and is literate, one of his known talents is music by his veena

d)

He's Intellegentelly turning himself into a fool

3.

Which title did Samudragupta held

a)

Maharaja- Adhraja

b)

Mahendra

c)

Maha rajas

d)

Genetic king

4.

What are Genealogies

a)

the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages.

b)

the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word pathology also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices.

c)

the study of the history of life on Earth as based on fossils. Fossils are the remains of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and single-celled living things that have been replaced by rock material or impressions of organisms preserved in rock.East

d)

The Study of basic needs to fulfill ancestral orders

5.

The capital of The Chalukyas was

a)

Tanjore

b)

Amravati

c)

Kanchipuram

d)

Aihole

6.

___________ wrote prashasti of Samudragupta.

a)

Ramagupta

b)

Vikrmaditya

c)

Harishena

d)

Kumaradevi

7.

Who wrote Harshavardhana's biography?

a)

Banabhatta

b)

Harshacharita

c)

Xuan Zang

d)

Ravikirti

8.

Capital of Pallavas

a)

Mumbai

b)

Chennai

c)

Magadha

d)

Kanchipuram

9.

Chandragupta II assumed the title of_____________.

a)

Maharajadhiraja

b)

Vikramaditya

c)

Bunyoro

d)

Kitara

10.

What was the name of the most famous play written by Kalidasa

a)

Rigveda

b)

Abhijnana Shakuntalam

c)

Vikram Samvat

d)

None of these

11.

Which Chinese pilgrim made a plan to differentiate the untouchables from the people ?

a)

Fa Xian

b)

Xuan Zang

c)

Kai Long

d)

Fa Xuan

12.

Who were the Actors in one of Kalidasa's plays

a)

shakatala and dushyanto

b)

Shakuntala and

Dushyanta

c)

Banabhatta and Aryabhatta

d)

Alibaba and Peter pan

13.

Which Village consists of leaders who are not Brahmins ?

a)

UR Village

b)

Kanchipuram

c)

Aihole

d)

Mumbai

14.

Who were the samantas ?

a)

Leaders of an army, not paid land revenue, and get the chance to become independent

b)

Soldiers in war not paid enough and were spies

c)

Rebel Soldiers

d)

Courtiers

15.

In which battle did Pulakeshin 2 die?

a)

The Battle of Vatapi

b)

The Battle of Aihole

c)

The Battle of the Freemen

d)

REBELLION

16.

The lions are carved from which material?

a)

Metal

b)

Mud

c)

Stone

17.

Who was Ashoka's grandfather?

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Akbar

c)

Tansen

d)

Krishnadevaraya

18.

A book of Governance written by Kautilya -

a)

Arthashastra

b)

Indika

19.

________ was the capital city of the Mauryas.

a)

Taxila

b)

Pataliputra

c)

Ujjain

d)

Kalinga

20.

The _________ War changed Ashoka into a peace lover.

a)

Kalinga

b)

Magadha

c)

Panipat

d)

Buxar

21.

Ashoka had appointed officials known as Dhamma _________________who went from place to place teaching people dhamma

a)

MINISTERS

b)

MAHAMATTA

c)

MANAGERS

d)

MUKHIYAS

22.

Ashokan Edicts are engraved in the ______________ script.

a)

Prakrit

b)

Sanskrit

c)

Aramaic

d)

Brahmi

23.

___________________was an ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta

a)

IBN BATUTA

b)

MEGASTHENES

c)

I QUING

d)

MARCO POLO

24.

What is a Tribute

a)

A treaty to other kings

b)

A tribute to the emperor by giving him a variety oof things for respect

c)

Collected when it was possible for people who gave a lot of things more or less willingly

d)

prize money

25.

what is dhamma

a)

the law of nature or the truth, and equality to others, and no animal sacrifices

b)

the law of justice of society

c)

the order to tax people by the minimum wages presented by them with low standard matearial

d)

the act to disintegrate the empire to dust and make their own empire following democracy