This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > History > New Empires And Kingdoms > Class 6 History Chapter 11 New Empires And Kingdoms – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 11 New Empires And Kingdoms Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the two major rivers of Ancient India? A) Nile & Blue Nile. B) Tigris & Euphrates. C) Indus & Ganges. D) Huang He & Yangtze. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus & Ganges. 2. Haryana had an old name A) Samphalsar. B) Allahbad. C) Pataliputra. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samphalsar. 3. Chandragupta II ( samudraguptas son) led an expedition to ..... , where he overcame the last of the ..... fill in the blanks A) Southern India, Shakas. B) India, vaus. C) Pataliputra, Kushnas. D) Western India, Shakas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Western India, Shakas. 4. ..... Rot Samudragupta Prasasti:. A) Kumadevi. B) Vikramaditya. C) Ramgupta. D) Harishena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harishena. 5. Where is the famous Iron Pillar? A) Jaipur. B) DELHI. C) AGRA. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DELHI. 6. What was capital of pallavas? A) Kanchanpuram. B) Samphalsar. C) Varanasi. D) Kanchipuram. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanchipuram. 7. What is a prasasti? A) Prakrit word, meaning 'in praise of'. B) Hindi word, meaning 'in praise of'. C) Sanskrit word, meaning 'kavya'. D) Sanskrit word, meaning 'in praise of'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit word, meaning 'in praise of'. 8. The rulers of ..... are shaded in green on the map. A) Kushnas. B) Aryavarta. C) Takas. D) Dakshinapath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryavarta. 9. Which was the capital of Chalukyas? A) Magadha. B) Madurai. C) Kanchipuram. D) Ailehoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ailehoe. 10. Kumara Devi, the mother of Samudragupta belonged to the ..... gana A) Sakya. B) Buddhist. C) Janus. D) Face. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Face. 11. This was the capitl of the chalukyas A) Ailehoe. B) Guy delta. C) None. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ailehoe. 12. The poet Harisena also mentioned him as equal to ..... A) Aliens. B) Monsters. C) Gods. D) Emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gods. 13. ..... is an account of descent from ancestors. A) Phychology. B) Sociology. C) Genology. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genology. 14. What was the name of Harshavardhana's Biography? A) None of these. B) Harshvardhan Charita. C) Kharsncharit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kharsncharit. 15. Kalidasa's most famous play was A) A fisherman finds a ring. B) Hamlet. C) Abhijana shakuntalam. D) Shakuntala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abhijana shakuntalam. 16. Arabs soldiersconquered which place about 1300 years ago? A) Harappa. B) Are. C) Istanbul. D) Damascus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 17. ..... was frontier kingdom. A) Sri Lanka. B) Maharashtra. C) Nepal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra. 18. A fisherman found a precious ring, which the king had given to ..... A) Parvati. B) Shakuntala. C) Fax Ian. D) Aryavarta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shakuntala. 19. Who was court poet of Pulakeshin A) Kalidas. B) Harishena. C) Banabhatta. D) Casserole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Casserole. 20. King Pulakeshin the second belonged to which dynasty A) Chalukya. B) Pallava. C) Gupta. D) Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chalukya. 21. The era beginning in the 58 BCE is associated with which king? A) Gautamiputra Shri Satkarni. B) Chandragupta II. C) Kharsncharit. D) X uPress ZPress G. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta II. 22. Samudragupta was a ..... A) Emperor. B) King. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emperor. 23. Aihole was an important centre of trade. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Harishena describes four different kinds of rulers A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 25. Harshacharita was written by Banabhatta in A) SANSKRIT. B) TAMIL. C) TELUGU. D) BENGALI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SANSKRIT. 26. Rulers who rewarded or payed salaries through grants of land are known as? A) Samanthas. B) Brahmins. C) Maharaja-Adhiraja. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 27. Ruler of Kanuaj was killed by the ruler of ..... A) Magadha. B) Delhi. C) Kanchipuram. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bengal. 28. Which Village consists of leaders who are not Brahmins? A) UR Village. B) Kanchipuram. C) Ailehoe. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UR Village. 29. Harshavardhana's brother-in-law was the ruler of which place and was killed by? A) Haldwani, Humayun. B) Jaisalmer, Raja Man Singh II. C) Kalinga, Ruler of Magadha. D) Kanauj, Ruler of Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanauj, Ruler of Bengal. 30. What does the word Shikara mean? A) MOUND. B) TOWER. C) WALL. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TOWER. 31. Fa Xian writes about the plight of the ..... at the hands of rich and mighty. A) Upper caste people. B) Untouchables. C) Poor. D) Lower caste people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untouchables. 32. Pallavas spread from the region around their capital, ..... , to the Kaveri delta, while that of the Chalukyas was centred around the ..... , between the rivers ..... and Tungabhadra A) None of these. B) Aihole, Child Doab, Godavari. C) Kanchipuram, Raichur Doob, Krishna. D) Madras, Raipur Doab, Kaveri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanchipuram, Raichur Doob, Krishna. 33. The shore temple at Mahabalipuram was built by ..... A) Manglesh. B) Mahendravarmani. C) Narasimhaverman I. D) Pulkeshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narasimhaverman I. 34. Pallavas and ..... were the most important ruling dynasties in south India. A) Chalukyas. B) Chandragupta. C) One who increases Joy. D) Oceanagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chalukyas. 35. Prashastis were composed in A) Long Sentences. B) Short sentences. C) Paragraph form. D) One word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long Sentences. 36. What was the title was given to Chandragupta I A) Maharaj-Raja. B) Maharaja-Adhiraja. C) Chef. D) None of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharaja-Adhiraja. 37. What is the meaning of the word "NAGARA-SHERSHTHI" A) An Important Minster. B) A minster of war and peace. C) Chief banker or merchant of the city. D) None of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chief banker or merchant of the city. 38. In the play of Abhijnana Shakuntalam which was written by Kalidasa. Who found the ring? A) Dushyant. B) Fisherman. C) Chief Police Officer. D) Shakuntala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fisherman. 39. The capital cities of the Pallavas and Chalukyas were not very prosperous. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. How many rulers were there in Aryavarta A) Four. B) Twenty. C) Nine. D) Twelve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nine. 41. Pulakeshin II got the throne of the Chalukyas from his ..... A) Father. B) Elder Brother. C) Uncle. D) Grandfather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncle. 42. We can learn about $\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots$ A) Chalukyas. B) Rashtrakuta. C) Gupta. D) Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gupta. 43. Pulakeshin II was a Chalukya Rular- A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Harshavardhana was the king of ..... A) Maneswar. B) Taxile. C) Thaneshwar. D) Fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thaneshwar. 45. Samudagupta Defeated ..... Rulers is that Aryavarta. A) 7. B) 8. C) 9. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 46. Capital of the Chalukyas A) KANCHIPURAM. B) MADURAI. C) Ailehoe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ailehoe. 47. Chandragupta II who has a mark of victory over Shakas and assumed the title of ..... A) Commendation. B) Vikramaditya. C) Argument. D) Ancestors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vikramaditya. 48. In which battle did Pulakeshin 2 die? A) The Battle of Vatapi. B) REBELLION. C) The Battle of Aihole. D) The Battle of the Freemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Battle of Vatapi. 49. Beginning of Gupta Dynasty A) 1700 years ago. B) 1400 years ago. C) None of them. D) 1947 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1700 years ago. 50. Who was the first ruler of the Gupta dynasty to adopt the title of maharaja adhiraja? A) Chandragupta I. B) Chandragupta II. C) Oceanagupta. D) Sri Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta I. 51. Wht was the source through witch we got to know about samudragupta A) Commentary. B) Biography. C) Prayaga Prashasti and Biography. D) Prayaga prashasti and inscriptions and coins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prayaga prashasti and inscriptions and coins. 52. Soldiers got ..... instead of salary A) Land. B) Resources. C) Elephants. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land. 53. Who is revered figure in Indian history? A) One who increases Joy. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Ashoka the Great. D) Akbar the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One who increases Joy. 54. The capital of the Pallavas was ..... A) Red. B) Samphalsar. C) Ailehoe. D) Kanchipuram. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanchipuram. 55. Ravikirti was the court poet of which king? A) Pulakeshin. B) One who increases Joy. C) Bhanbhatta. D) Oceanagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulakeshin. 56. The ..... rulers of Dakshinapatha or south India were defeated by Samudragupta. A) 11. B) 10. C) 12. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 57. Chalukya dynasty ruled the northern plains of India. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prashastis were inscriptions issued by Indian rulers written in form of poetry, the prashastis were generally composed by the court poets. 59. ..... court poet, ..... , wrote his biography, the Harshacharita, in Sanskrit. A) Harshavardhana, colorist. B) Color-bodily, excitement. C) Harishena. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harshavardhana, colorist. 60. The Kalidasa is known for his plays depicting life in king's court. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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