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Ashoka and The Mauryan Empire

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the main principles of DHAMMA were

a)

● Live in war

●Do discrimination

●Be violent

● Sacrifice Animals

b)

○Live in peace and harmony

○Show tolerance

○ Shun violence in any form

○ Avoid animal sacrifices

c)

None of the abovè

2.

The first and the most powerful empire of India was

a)

I don't know?

b)

The indus valley

c)

Mauryas

d)

The Mauryan Empire

3.

How many years did Chandragupta Maurya rule?

a)

2,00,000

b)

300

c)

32,000

d)

2,300

4.

What is the captial of Mauryan Empire

a)

Taxila

b)

Ujjain

c)

Pataliputra

d)

Delhi

5.

Who did ashoka fought his last war with?

(a)  

6.

Who wrote the Arthashastra?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Seleucus Nicator

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Chanakya

7.

Which was the first Indian state to use elephants for wars?

(Note that this is a out of the box question)

a)

Magadha

b)

Mumbai

c)

Revenue Department

d)

None of these

8.

How founded the mauryan empire and when

a)

ashoka +2000 years ago

b)

ashoka -2000 years ago

c)

chandraguptha maurya -2000 years ago

d)

chandragupta maurya +2000 years ago

9.

ashoka was called as

a)

ashoka the dummy

b)

ashoka the great

c)

ashoka the hero

10.

the most famous mauryan ruler

a)

bindusara

b)

akbar

c)

chandragupta maurya

d)

ashoka

11.

ashoka found pease in which religion

a)

buddism

b)

islam

c)

jainism

12.

chandraguptha maurya son is

a)

ashoka

b)

bindusara