This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > History > Social Science > Class 6 History Chapter 6 Kingdoms, Kings And An Early Republic – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 6 Kingdoms, Kings And An Early Republic Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In ancient times, some men were recognized as ..... by performing big sacrifices. A) Presidents. B) Rajas. C) Ordinary men. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajas. 2. The special type of pottery is known as A) Painted Brown Ware. B) Painted Black Ware. C) Painted Red Ware. D) Painted Grey Ware. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Painted Grey Ware. 3. Which of these groups of people were not allowed to take part in the rituals after the 'ashvamedha'? A) Poison and Vaishya. B) Women. C) Priests. D) Shudrasya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shudrasya. 4. Capital of vajji A) Vaishali. B) Fingers. C) Delhi. D) Hastinapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaishali. 5. 'Ashwamedha' was a ritual used to recognise someone as a 'raja'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The horse which was let out to wander by the king were/was guarded by whom? A) The King. B) The ministers. C) The raja's men. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The raja's men. 7. Who was the minister of Ajatasattu? A) Single-line. B) Vashara. C) Chanakya. D) Birbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vashara. 8. Who was the central figure in the Ashvamedha sacrifice A) Minister. B) King. C) Soldiers. D) Priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King. 9. The sprinkling of sacred water on the king was done by the 'shudras'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. A ruler called ..... extended the control of Magadha up to the northwest part of thesubcontinent. A) Mahapadma Nanda. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Vikramaditya. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahapadma Nanda. 11. ..... became the most important Mahajanapada in about Two Hundred years A) Hastinapur. B) Macedonia in Europe. C) Magadha. D) Vajji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magadha. 12. Dasas, Dasis, Kammakaras and Women were not allowed to: A) Study. B) Play. C) Attend the assemblies of the Ganas. D) Sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attend the assemblies of the Ganas. 13. Bimbisara and Ajatasattu were powerful A) Mahajanapadas. B) District. C) Rulers of ridicule. D) Weapons used in Magadha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rulers of ridicule. 14. Who brought gifts for rulers? A) Vaishya. B) Shudrasya. C) Brahmins. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaishya. 15. The two words that constitute the word "Janapada" means A) Women and foot. B) Men and foot. C) People and foot. D) Raja and priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People and foot. 16. Hastinapur Near Mirut Vashan Important A) Village. B) Folklore. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folklore. 17. The 'ashvamedha' was the sacrifice of A) Bull. B) Horse. C) Cow. D) Goat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horse. 18. 'Kammakara' was a word used for ..... A) Slaves. B) Landless agricultural labourers. C) Outcastes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landless agricultural labourers. 19. The taxes on crops were called ..... A) Van. B) Dreaded. C) Reason. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dreaded. 20. Archaeologists have discovered that people in 'janapadas' lived in ..... A) Huts. B) Brick houses. C) Wood houses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Huts. 21. What is the capital of Vajji? A) Arunachal Pradesh. B) Vaishali. C) Assam. D) Allahabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaishali. 22. One-sixth of the produce was taken as tax from ..... A) Crafts-persons. B) Farmers. C) Hunter-gatherers. D) Traders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farmers. 23. Painted Grey Ware is a type of ..... A) Painting technique. B) Earthenware. C) Jewellery using beads. D) Pottery. E) Terracotta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pottery. 24. Which of these was usually fortified? A) All cities in 'mahajanapadas'. B) All cities in 'janapadas'. C) Capital cities of 'mahajanapadas'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capital cities of 'mahajanapadas'. 25. Rivers such as Mahanadi and Godavari flowed through Magadha.TRUE or FALSE? A) It's True!. B) It's False!. C) None of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's False!. 26. The priest divided the society into groups called varnas A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 27. Who were not allowed to perform the rituals? A) Vaishyasya. B) Shudrasya. C) Brahmins. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shudrasya. 28. Which of the following is not among the four varnas? A) Shakti. B) Brahmins. C) Kshatriyas. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shakti. 29. Who were expected to study the Vedas? A) Raja. B) Ordinary men. C) Brahmins. D) Charioteers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmins. 30. Later the capital of magadha shifted to- ..... A) Vaishali. B) Rajgriha. C) Vajji. D) Pataliputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pataliputra. 31. Who should not participate in assembly of the ganas or sanghas? A) Women. B) Dusk. C) Kammakaras. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 32. This was a form of government where people were not ruled by a single ruler but by many. A) Mahajanapada. B) Gana or a sangha. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gana or a sangha. 33. ..... year ago Janapadas became important. A) 250. B) 1600. C) 1500. D) 2500. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2500. 34. He sat on a special seat or even a tiger skin. he was the A) Priest. B) Raja. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja. 35. Who could not participate in the assemblies? A) Women. B) Dasas. C) Kammakaras. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 36. HOW DO WE CHOOSE OUR LEADERS? A) Based on the highest social media following. B) Through random selection of citizens. C) Through democratic elections and public support. D) By appointment from a ruling monarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through democratic elections and public support. 37. What is Patalipur in the present-day known as ATANP. A) BIHAR. B) PATNA. C) Atna. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PATNA. 38. In what mode were the payments made? A) Punch marked coins. B) Gold coins. C) Silver coins. D) Paper notes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punch marked coins. 39. A ruler named Alexander who lived in ..... in Europe, wanted to conquer the world. A) Macedonia. B) Vatican city. C) Madrid. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macedonia. 40. Who was the companion of Raja in Battlefield? A) Jana. B) Raja. C) Charioteer. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charioteer. 41. Where is Purana Qila situated? A) Delhi. B) Agra. C) Kolka. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delhi. 42. About 2, 500 years ago where was Kaushambi situated? A) Kurukshetra in Haryana. B) Allahabad in UP. C) Chandigarh in Punjab. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allahabad in UP. 43. Which of these groups of people were not allowed to take part in the rituals after the'ashvamedha'? A) Vaishyasya. B) Shudrasya. C) Women. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shudrasya. 44. Priests divided the people into four groups. A) Varna. B) Crow. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crow. 45. Where is Hastinapur located? A) Near Pataliputra. B) Near Meerut. C) Near Noida. D) Near Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near Meerut. 46. Vajji was under a different form of government, known as ..... or ..... A) Republic, sangha. B) Democracy, gana. C) Sangha, monarchy. D) Gan, Sangh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gan, Sangh. 47. Hunters and Gathers had to provide ..... to the Raja A) Water. B) Trees. C) Seeds. D) Forest produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forest produce. 48. The word 'janapada' means the land where the 'jana' has set its foot. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. How much of the produce was collected as tax? A) One-sixth. B) One-third. C) Half part. D) One-fifth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One-sixth. 50. Forts were probably built because A) People wereafraid of attacks from other kings. B) Some rulers wantedto show how rich and powerful they were. C) People could be controlled more easily. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 51. Purana Qila was a settlement in a 'janapada' and is now located in ..... A) Broken. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Near Meerut. D) Amritsar. E) New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) New Delhi. 52. Ashvamedha is also known as the: A) Horse sacrifice. B) Cow sacrifice. C) Horse riding. D) Dog sacrifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horse sacrifice. 53. The rulers of 'mahajanapadas' depended on occasional gifts brought by people. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. Who were excluded from attending these rituals? A) Vaishyasya. B) Shudrasya. C) Soldiers. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shudrasya. 55. The first varna was that of the ..... who were excepted to study (and teach) the Vedas. A) Brahmins. B) Crow. C) Rigveda. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins. 56. The books which were composed in north India in the areas drained by the Ganga and Yamuna in this period. What is this? A) Atharavaveda. B) Vedic. C) Samaveda. D) Vedas. E) Crow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vedas. 57. Mahapadma Nanda was another important ruler. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. WHO CHANTED THE TALES OF GLORY OF THE KING? A) CHARIOTEER. B) Scribes. C) Knights. D) Merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CHARIOTEER. 59. In this sacrifice a horse was let loose to wander freely and it was guarded by the king's men. A) Ashwamdha. B) Pilgrimage. C) Aashvabhringa. D) Unarmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashwamdha. 60. From whom the revenue was also collected? A) Merchants. B) Peasants. C) Artisans. D) Traders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traders. 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