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HISTORY,RISE OF MAGADH

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ACCORDING TO WHAT BRIHADRATHA WAS THE FIRST RULER OF MAGADH?

NAME THE TERM: THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSEMBLY.

a)

MAHABHARAT, RAJA

b)

RAMAYAN, GOD

c)

THE BIBLE,RANI

d)

THE TORAH,SARPANCH

2.

HOW MUCH DID THE FARMERS PAID OF THEIR TOTAL PRODUCE AS TAXES? HOW WAS THE TAXES WERE COLLECTED IN?

a)

1/6, CASH OR KIND

b)

2/9, KIND OR CASH

c)

ONE - SIXTH,CASH OR KIND

d)

1/2,COINS OR CASH

3.

BIMBISAR MARRIED THE SISTER OF_____,_____

a)

KOSALA KING,PRASEANJIT

b)

AVANTI KING, ASHOKA

c)

MAURYAN KING, ASHOKA

4.

THE MAHAJANAPADAS WERE EITHER _____ CALLED ______ OR ______

4 lines
5.

WHERE WAS CHANDRAGUPTA BORN?

HOW MANY HILLS SURROUNDED MAGADH?

a)

IN A RICH FAMILY,4

b)

IN A POOR FAMILY,5

c)

IN A FARMER FAMILY,6

6.

AT WHICH PLACES THEY REVEAL US INFORMATION FROM THE BUDDHIST AND JAIN LITERATURE? OF WHICH TIME?

a)

KASHI AND PATALIPUTRA, 900 AND 870 BCE

b)

KASHI AND KOLKATA, 5000 AND 1200 BCE

c)

KASHI AND PATALIPUTRA, 600 AND 400 BCE

d)

PATALIPUTRA AND CHOTA NAGPUR , 600 AND 300 BCE

7.

BIMBISAR USE TO CONQUER THE LESS POWERFUL NEIGHBORING STATES SUCH AS

a)

ANGA

b)

PATALIPUTRA

c)

AVANTI

8.

WHEN DID BIMBISAR REIGNED?

a)

554-403 BCE

b)

543-491 BCE

c)

492-488 BCE

9.

WHO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE?

a)

AJATSATRU

b)

DHANANANDA

c)

ALEXANDER

d)

BIMBISAR

10.

THE CAPITAL WAS ____ WHEN BIMBISAR REIGNED

a)

Rajgriha

b)

Pataliputra

c)

Champa

d)

Kashi

11.

NAME THE TERM: MONEY THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM TAXES.

a)

REVENUE

b)

TOLL

c)

DAKSINA

d)

TRIBUTE

12.

THE SOLDERS WERE GIVEN REGULAR SALARIES IN THE FORM OF_____. MAGADH HAD A LARGE ____ AND WAS THE FIRST TO USE _____ IN LARGE SCALES.

a)

PUNCH MARKED COINS, STANDING ARMY, WAR ELEPHNATS

b)

GOLD PIECE,FOOT SOILDERS, NAVY

c)

FOODS, NAVY, CHARIOTS

d)

CLOTHS,MILITARY, NAVY

13.

THE SMALLER TRIBE _____ OF THE VEDIC PERIOD TRANSFORMES INTO LARGER _____

a)

Jana,janapada

b)

Sabha,samiti

c)

Panchayat samiti, block samiti

14.

THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE LAST NANDA KING GAVE _____ THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH _____ EMPIRE

a)

MAHAPADMA NANDA, NANDA.

b)

BRIHADRATHA, MAURYAN

c)

AJATSATRU,GUPTA

d)

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA, MAURYAN

15.

BIMBISAR WAS MURDERED BY THIS SON , AJATSATRU AND IS SAID TO HAVE CALLED THE FIRST BUDDHIST COUNCIL AT RAJGRIHA IN 487 BCE

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

NAME THE KING WHO ESTABLISHED FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH AVANTI .

a)

BIMBISAR

b)

AJATSATRU

c)

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA

d)

DHANA NANDA

17.

NAME THE BRAHMAN POLITICIAN WHO GUIDED CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA.

BOTH BUDDHA AND MAHAVIRA WERE CONTEMPORARIES OF_____ AND PREACHED THEIR RELIGION IN MAGADH

a)

KAUTILYA, BIMBISAR

b)

ARYABHATTA , AJATSATRU

c)

CHARAKA, BIMBISAR

18.

HOW MANY MAHAJANAPADAS WERE SITUATED IN THE NORTH OF VINDHAYAS ?

NAME THE PICTURE.

a)

16, PUNCH MARKED COIN

b)

12, PAISA

c)

15, MONEY

d)

19, TAKA

19.

NAME THE MAHAJANAPADAS. _____WAS THE SEAT OF A UNITED REPUBLIC.

a)

MALLA,ASMAKA, KAMBOJA; VAJJI

b)

VAJJI,DELHI, KOLKTA; GANDHARA

c)

KURU,VARANASI, KAMARUP;KOSALA

d)

INDRAPRASTHA, NEPAL;VATSA

20.

WHAT ARE THE SOURCES THAT GIVES US INFORMATION ABOUT THE RULERS OF MAGADH?

a)

ARYANAKAS AND BRAHMANAS

b)

PURANAS,THE BUDDHIST PALI CANNON, JAIN TEXT

c)

ARTHASHASTRA, INDIKA