This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > History > Social Science > Class 6 History Chapter 12 Buildings, Paintings And Books – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 12 Buildings, Paintings And Books Quiz 2 (36 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The colours, which Are vivid even after ..... years, were made of plants and animals A) 3000. B) 1500. C) 1300. D) 1000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1500. 2. Name two famous sanskrit epics? A) Mahabaratha. B) Ramayana. C) Both A & B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A & B. 3. Epics are grand, long compositions, about heroic men and women, but does not include gods A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Kannagi, the wife of Kovalan, mentioned in the Silappadikara, destroyed the city of Madurai. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Hu Vas Aryabhata? A) Mathematician. B) Archaeologist. C) Writer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mathematician. 6. Another famous Tamil epic, the manimekalai was composed by sattnar around ..... years ago. A) 1200. B) 1400. C) 2000. D) 1800. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1400. 7. The small box placed at the centre or heart of the stupa is known as a A) Relic casket. B) Sacred box. C) Trunk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relic casket. 8. Name of famous historical tower in Bhitargaon? A) Stomach. B) Stupa. C) Pillar. D) Peak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peak. 9. Who wrote Mahabharata? A) Adi Shankar. B) Ved Vyas. C) Shantanu. D) Vasistha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ved Vyas. 10. ..... probably recited in temples by priests. A) Puranas. B) Poems. C) Silpaddikaram. D) Aryabhatis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puranas. 11. The Mahabharata is about a war fought between A) Rama and Ravan. B) Kauravas and Pandavas. C) Krishna and kansa. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kauravas and Pandavas. 12. Durga temple was built about ..... years ago. A) 7000. B) 1400. C) 1200. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1400. 13. Aryabhata is this ..... and ..... A) Astronomer. B) English teacher. C) Engineer and Social Studies Teacher. D) Mathematician and Astronomer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mathematician and Astronomer. 14. Most Temples also had a space which is a kind of a hall where people could assemble which is known as ..... A) Monoliths. B) Mandapa. C) Ailehoe. D) Palanquin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandapa. 15. The place where several caves were hollowed out of the hills over centuries was A) Fingers. B) Mirror. C) Ajanta. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ajanta. 16. Who wrote Silappadikaram? A) Flow. B) Chandra Gupta. C) Liango. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flow. 17. The writer of the famous epic The Silappadikaram was A) Covalan. B) Sattner. C) Kalidasa. D) Flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flow. 18. Who Built the Iron Pillar? A) Chandragupta 2. B) Ashoka. C) Alexander the Great. D) Adolf Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta 2. 19. Who wrote Ramayna? A) Tulsidas. B) Soordas. C) Valmiki. D) Kalidas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valmiki. 20. Who built the iron pillar in Mehrauli, Delhi? A) Akbar. B) Chandra. C) Ashoka. D) Babar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandra. 21. What does puranas contain? A) Stories about heroic men and women. B) Stories about gods and godesses. C) Stories about kings. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stories about gods and godesses. 22. A famous Tamil epic, The ..... was composed by a poet named ..... A) Silappadikaram, Ilango. B) Manimekalai, Aryabhata. C) Silappadicam, Puhar. D) Manimegale, Kannaki. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silappadikaram, Ilango. 23. There are several kinds of stupas: A) Round and Tall, Big and small. B) Oval. C) Rectangular and tiny, Square and circular. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round and Tall, Big and small. 24. Devotees walked around the stupa, in an anticlockwise direction, as a mark of devotion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. India produced highly advanced types of iron which are ..... A) Forged Iron. B) Wrought iron. C) Cast iron. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 26. How many years ago durga temple was built? A) 1, 400. B) 1, 300. C) 2, 600. D) 1, 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 400. 27. Stupa means a ..... A) Ashram. B) Temple. C) Mound. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mound. 28. Most temples of this period had a hall like structure known as the mandapa. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Name the wife of Kovalan in Silappadikaram epic. A) Madhavi. B) Rupa. C) None of these. D) Mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mirror. 30. The ..... used a system of counting without using 0 A) Indian. B) Africans. C) Romans. D) Arabians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romans. 31. Where is durga temple located? A) Innergon, Uttar Pradesh. B) Ailehoe. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ailehoe. 32. The Tamil epic the Silappadikaram was composed by a poet named Ilango. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. The small box placed at the centre or heart of the stupa is also known as a ..... A) Relic casket. B) Scared box. C) Trunk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relic casket. 34. Paper was invented in China about A) 1800 years ago. B) 2000 years ago. C) 1900 years ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1900 years ago. 35. What is the weight and height of Iron Pillar A) 7.2 m high and weigh over 3 tonne. B) 6.5 m high and weigh over 4 tonne. C) 8.2 m high and weigh over 3 tonne. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7.2 m high and weigh over 3 tonne. 36. The center of Stupa is also known as ..... A) It's lungs. B) It's mind. C) It's heart. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's heart. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 6 QuizzesClass 6 History Chapter 12 Buildings, Paintings And Books Quiz 1Class 6 History Chapter 1 What, Where, How And When QuizClass 6 History Chapter 10 Traders, Kings And Pilgrims QuizClass 6 History Chapter 6 Kingdoms, Kings And An Early Republic QuizClass 6 History Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War QuizClass 6 History Chapter 9 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books