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The First Empire

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda rulers with the help of

a)

Seleucus

b)

Chanakya

c)

Ashoka

2.

The small Kingdom that resisted ashoka's might long after the other Kingdom surrounded was

a)

Mysore

b)

Kalinga

c)

Kabul

3.

Ashoka's Dhamma was ____________________________

a)

a set of ideas of social behaviour

b)

a new religion

c)

art and craft of Mauryas

d)

Military order

4.

Both ________ and _______ tell us about Mauryan society.

a)

Megasthenes, Arthashastra

b)

Megasthenes, Kautilya

c)

Takshashila, Kautila

d)

Takshashila, Arthashastra

5.

What were special officers who were appointed to spread dhamma, called ?

a)

Dhammamahamattas

b)

Dhamamahatas

c)

Sangha

6.

_________________ by Kautilya describes the duties of a ruler .

a)

Arthashastra

b)

Jataka tales

c)

Both of them

d)

None of them

7.

Who is Chandragupta's son ?

a)

Bindusara

b)

Bimbisara

c)

Ashoka

d)

None of them

8.

Pushyagupta was responsible for building a dam across river

a)

Godavari

b)

Krishna

c)

Girnar

d)

Ganga

9.

_______ is the capital of Ashoka

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Kalinga

c)

Taxila

d)

Ujjain

10.

Megasthanese wrote ________

a)

Arthashastra

b)

Indica

c)

Harshacharita

d)

None of them