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Mauryan Empire

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Mahajanapada was the Most Powerful between 4th &6th century B.C.E?

(a)  

2.

What are the main sources of Maurya Empire

(a)  

3.

Who wrote Arthashastra?

(a)  

4.

Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

(a)  

5.

Chandragupta Maurya defeated whom?

a)

Megasthenes

b)

Chanakya

c)

Alexander the great's governor 'Seleucus Nicator'

6.

Who sent Megasthenes to the Mauryan Court?

a)

Chanakya

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Ashoka

d)

Napoleon

7.

Who was Ashoka's Father?

(a)  

8.

Which war changed Ashoka's way of living life?

(a)  

9.

Ashoka based his policy of _____on the right way of living life.

a)

Dhamma

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Jainism

10.

Ashoka called himself (a)   ?

11.

Mauryan empire's administration was efficient and _____?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Centralised

c)

Unitary

d)

Fedral

12.

Who was the last Mauryan King was______?

a)

Brihadratha

b)

Skandagupta

c)

Siddhartha

d)

Kumaragupta

13.

The great stupa made by Ashoka is at ?

a)

Sanchi

b)

Gautam nagar

c)

Bodi nagar

14.

Where is this Ashokan Pillar?

a)

Sarnath

b)

Taxila

c)

Patliputra

d)

Ujjain

15.

Which Dynasty succeeded the Mauryan Empire

a)

Sunga Dynasty

b)

Pushyabhuti Dynasty

c)

Chalukya Dynasty

16.

Was Mauryan empire Period the"Golden Age of India"?

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Was "Takshashila " a Province of the Mauryan Empire?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Don't know

18.

What was the main Occupation of Mauryan People?

(a)  

19.

What was the treasurer called as ?

a)

Samharta

b)

Sannidhata

20.

After the death of Ashok the Maurya Empire continued for about ?

a)

Half a century

b)

A century

c)

A millennium

d)

A decade

21.

The Mauryan empire was one of the important empires in Indian history?

a)

Yes

b)

No