This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > History > Social Science > Class 6 History Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Great Wall was built by the ..... A) Greek. B) Persians. C) Chinese. D) Mongols. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chinese. 2. What type of tribute people needed to give? A) Gold and Silver. B) Food. C) Precious Stones. D) None of The Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of The Above. 3. What is present-day Taxila? A) India. B) Afghanistan. C) Pakistan. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pakistan. 4. Why did Ashoka gave up the war? A) He was horrified to see the blod-shed and violence. B) He was bored. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was horrified to see the blod-shed and violence. 5. Edits are royal proclamations or commands which were written in Sanskrit language. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Which war horrified Ashoka so much that he gave up war? A) Delhi. B) Kalinga. C) Fingers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kalinga. 7. Whom do you think lived in Ujjain and Taxila? A) Merchants, Officials and Craft Persons. B) Scribes, rulers, farmers. C) Writers, Merchants, Bank Managers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchants, Officials and Craft Persons. 8. What was the name of the ambassador who was sent by the greek? A) Seleucus Nicator. B) Megasthenes. C) Alexander. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Megasthenes. 9. Who was Bindusar's son? A) Chandragupta. B) Siddharth. C) Ashoka. D) Ram Krishna Paramhans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 10. Prakrit word for Dharma A) Dhamma. B) Dump. C) Dhamara. D) Dhamera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dhamma. 11. Ashoka's inscriptions were in ..... and in ..... script A) Sanskrit, Brahmi. B) Prakrit, Brahmi. C) Sanskrit, Prakrit. D) Brahmi, Prakrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prakrit, Brahmi. 12. Chanakya was also known as: A) Cautilla. B) King of King i. C) Pulakeshin. D) Vikramaditya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cautilla. 13. The Mauryas tried to control ..... and ..... A) Lakes and Rivers. B) Roads and lakes. C) Roads and oceans. D) Roads and rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roads and rivers. 14. ..... is the ancient name of Coastal Orissa. A) Rajputana. B) Kalinga. C) Magadha. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kalinga. 15. Which city was the capital of the Mauryan Empire? A) Fingers. B) Pataliputra. C) Saranath. D) Taxile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pataliputra. 16. When member of same family become rulers one after another the family is after called a ..... A) Local Government. B) Government. C) Empire. D) Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynasty. 17. Nicator gave his daughter ..... in marriage to Chandragupta. A) Helena. B) Ringtone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helena. 18. Ashokas inscription were in ..... & were written in the ..... script. A) Prakrit, Brahmi. B) Sanskrit, Sanskrit. C) Sanskrit, Brahmi. D) Prakrit, Pali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prakrit, Brahmi. 19. Ujjain was a gateway to ..... and ..... regions A) North and south regions. B) East and west regions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North and south regions. 20. Spies kept a watch on ..... A) Farmers. B) Servants. C) Officials. D) Emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Officials. 21. The bull capital was found in- A) Sanchi. B) Saranath. C) Pataliputra. D) Rampurva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rampurva. 22. Item famous in the North-west A) Cotton. B) Blanket. C) Pepper. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blanket. 23. Ashoka's inscriptions were mostly in ..... A) Prakrit. B) Greek. C) Hindi. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prakrit. 24. Greek king of west Asia A) Selected nice. B) Seleucus Nicator. C) Seleucus Nicolas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seleucus Nicator. 25. Why did Ashoka decide not to fight any more wars? A) Because he thought he had conquered enough land. B) Because he was so horrified when he saw the violence and bloodshed of the war. C) Because he was afraid of other nations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he was so horrified when he saw the violence and bloodshed of the war. 26. The lions which we see on our notes are carved in stone in- A) Taxile. B) Fingers. C) Pataliputra. D) Saranath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saranath. 27. Ujjain was the gateway to the north-west. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. Dhamma is a Prakrit word for the Sanskrit term ..... A) Shakti. B) Inherit. C) Dharma. D) Bhakti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharma. 29. Many of Chanakyas ideas were written in book called ..... A) Commentary. B) Indicate. C) Economics. D) VEDAS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economics. 30. ..... (a) ..... was an Ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta Maurya by a Greek Ruler called ..... (b) ..... ( Hint:look carefully at the order) A) Chanakya, (b) Alexander the Great. B) Vardhman, (B) Drako. C) Seleucus Nicator, (b) Megasthenes. D) Megasthenes, (b) Seleucus Nicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Megasthenes, (b) Seleucus Nicator. 31. What is the ancient name of Coastal Orissa? A) Taxile. B) Fingers. C) Pataliputra. D) Kalinga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalinga. 32. At which year of his life, Chandragupta Maurya became an ascetic? A) 42. B) 40. C) 41. D) 43. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 42. 33. Royal princes were sent as governors to provinces. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. The Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four Indian lions standing back to back, on an decorative base, and we can see it on Indian currency notes. It was originally placed atop the Ashoka pillar at an important Buddhist site. What is the name of that site? A) Ajanta. B) Ellora. C) Saranath. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saranath. 35. Arthashastra tells us that north west was important for what? A) Blankets. B) Silver. C) Magnesia. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blankets. 36. Bindusara believed in- A) Indian philosophy. B) Livelihood philosophy. C) Jain philosophy. D) Mauryan philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Livelihood philosophy. 37. Which religion did ashoka take up after giving up war A) Buddhism. B) Christianity. C) Muslim. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 38. Taxila was a gateway to the- A) Western India. B) Southern India. C) Eastern India. D) Northern India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern India. 39. Ashoka sent his daughter and son to propagate Buddhism in A) Greece. B) Malaysia. C) Sri Lanka. D) Burma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sri Lanka. 40. Who was Ashoka'a grand father A) Bindusara. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) None of the Above. D) Megasthenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya. 41. Long before hindi was called as A) Devanbat. B) Maggie. C) Devanagiri. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Devanagiri. 42. How many rocke edicts have been found A) 16. B) 15. C) 13. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14. 43. It was important to control roads and rivers. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. ..... was an ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta by the Greek ruler of ..... named ..... A) Megasthenes, East Asia, Nicatour. B) MegaShenes, West Asia, Seleucus Nicator. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MegaShenes, West Asia, Seleucus Nicator. 45. Pataliputra was under the direct control of ..... A) Army. B) Governor. C) Officials. D) Emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emperor. 46. Were the languages, food and clothes same in all kinds of places? A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 47. Who were sent to spy on officials? A) Spies. B) Tom Cruise. C) Emperors. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spies. 48. Megasthenes was- A) Chandragupta Maurya's ambassador. B) Seleucuscator's ambassador. C) Seleucus Nicator's ambassador. D) Ashoka's ambassador. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seleucus Nicator's ambassador. 49. Pataliputra had ..... towers and ..... gates. A) 357, 74. B) 570, 64. C) 857, 74. D) 470, 68. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 570, 64. 50. Ashoka is considered a unique ruler because A) He gave up fighting after winning a war. B) He read out to his people with edicts on Dhamma. C) He criticized rituals and sacrifices. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 51. Mauryan empire began more than ..... years ago. A) 1400. B) 2500. C) 2300. D) 5000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2500. 52. The gateway to N-W and Central Asia A) Pataliputra. B) Saranath. C) Taxile. D) Fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxile. 53. Chanankya trained ..... to overthrow the Nanda King. A) Sakatla. B) Chandragupta. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta. 54. ..... was the greatest of the Mauryan kings A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Bindusara. C) Ashoka. D) Cautilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 55. Who was the son of Bindusara? A) Ashoka. B) Chandragupta. C) None of the above. D) Megastheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashoka. 56. Megasthenes was an ambassador sent by a French ruler names Seleucus Nicator. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. How many towers supported the massive wall of Pataliputra? A) 870. B) 670. C) 470. D) 570. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 570. 58. Name of the bird which was included in the tree that was carried with emperor at the time of appearance in public: A) Trained ducks. B) Trained Crows. C) Trained parrots. D) Trained sparrows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trained parrots. 59. ..... was the main source of revenue for the Mauryan Empire. A) Taxation. B) Tributes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxation. 60. How many people were killed in the war of Kalinga? A) More than 20, 000. B) More than 60, 000. C) More than 40, 000. D) More than one Lakh. 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