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 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was the Greek ruler of West Asia? A) Bindusara. B) Megasthenes. C) Ashoka. D) Seleucus Nicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seleucus Nicator. 2. Kalinga was an ancient name of Bengal A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. He had arranged medical treatments for ..... and ..... ? A) Idly and Dosa. B) Humans and Samosa. C) None of the above. D) Humans and Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humans and Animals. 4. Select the correct order (From eldest to youngest) of the dynasty that ruled the Mauryan empire- A) Chandragupta Ashikabindusara. B) Chandragupta. C) Ashocabindusarachandragupta. D) Bindusarachandragupta Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta. 5. Chanakya's ideas are written in a book called? A) None of the option. B) Chandragupta. C) The story of my life. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economics. 6. Chandragupta Maurya became an ascetic under the jain saint? A) Poor Babuji. B) Achara Bhadrabahu. C) Acharya Bhadrabahu. D) Acharya Bhadraba. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acharya Bhadrabahu. 7. What was the north west region important for? A) Silver. B) Metal. C) Blankets. D) Balnkets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blankets. 8. Ashoka decided never to take up arms after the ..... war A) Kashmir. B) KALINGA. C) KAVERI. D) KANISHKA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) KALINGA. 9. Mauryan Empire was not a dynasty. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Ashoka s inscriptions were in ..... and were written in the brahmi script A) Tamil. B) Bengali. C) Hindi. D) Prakrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prakrit. 11. What is the Sanskrit term of the Prakrit word DHAMMA A) Dharma. B) Dham. C) Dhamma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 12. What is the Capital of Mauryan empire? A) Taxile. B) Fingers. C) Mohanjadharo. D) Pataliputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pataliputra. 13. Ashoka was the only king in history who gave up conquest after winning a war. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The Mauryan rulers tried to control ..... and ..... which were important for transport. A) Roads and rivers. B) Roads and oceans. C) Cities and kingdoms. D) Trade routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roads and rivers. 15. Who collected taxes? A) Farmers. B) Trades man. C) Officials. D) Herders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Officials. 16. The national emblem of India has been taken from the pillar at Sarnath which had A) Bull. B) Lion. C) Tiger. D) Snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lion. 17. Chandragupta's ideas were written down in the Arthashastra A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Is 'Dharma' a Prakrit or Sanskrit word? A) Sanskrit. B) Prakrit. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 19. What was famous for its gold and Precious stones? A) East India. B) South India. C) North India. D) West India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South India. 20. The lion statue is placed on a massive ..... pillar in Sarnath. A) Iron. B) Stone. C) Gold. D) Nickel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stone. 21. The mauryan empire collapsed about 1200 years ago. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Tributes were collected from people as and when the king wanted to. And the people had to pay them, whether they wanted to or not. Tribals living in the forests were more independent, but they were also expected to pay something to the emperor's officials. What were the forest people expected to pay the tribute with? A) Lions, furniture, and fine fabrics. B) Crocodiles, chickens, and eggs. C) Silver, gold, and diamonds. D) Elephants, timber, honey, and wax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elephants, timber, honey, and wax. 23. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Ashoka? A) Seleucus Nicator. B) Megasthenes. C) Alexander. D) Hercules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Megasthenes. 24. The gateway to the Northwest was- A) Taxile. B) Pataliputra. C) Fingers. D) Kalinga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxile. 25. The capital of the Mauryan empire was ..... A) Pataliputra. B) Taxile. C) Rajgriha. D) Fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pataliputra. 26. THE FOUNDER OF MAURYA EMPIRE WAS? A) Ashoka. B) CHANDRAGUPTA. C) Bimbisara. D) CHANAKYA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CHANDRAGUPTA. 27. The ..... Empire was founded by Chandragupta A) CHOLA. B) MAURYAN. C) MARATHA. D) Mughal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MAURYAN. 28. What did officials do? A) They moved to and fro in order to send messages. B) They collected Taxes and tributes from the people. C) They ruled over all the provinces. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They collected Taxes and tributes from the people. 29. Ashoka's inscriptions were written in- A) Sanskrit. B) English. C) Prakrit. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prakrit. 30. Mauryans tried to control the roads and the rivers brcause: A) Important for transport. B) To collect resources. C) Both of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above. 31. Royal princes often went to the provinces as A) King. B) Governors. C) Administrators. D) Ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governors. 32. ..... was a gateway to the Northwest including Central Asia A) Pataliputra. B) Fingers. C) Taxile. D) Lumbini. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxile. 33. Kautilya was Chandragupta's minister A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Every Indian rupee note had the smiling face of Gandhi ji on the ..... and tiny set of lions on the ..... respectively. A) Left, Right. B) Right, Left. C) There is no smiling face on a note. D) There is no set of lions on a note. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right, Left. 35. Who was the ruler that made roads and hospitals? A) Chandragupta. B) Ashoka. C) Chanakya. D) Megastheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashoka. 36. Ujjain lay on the route from ..... India. A) North-West. B) North-South. C) South-East. D) South-North. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North-South. 37. The ..... war changed ashoka's life completely. A) Nanda. B) Mauryan. C) Kalinga. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalinga. 38. Write an important historical event which took place more than 2300 years ago A) There were wars 2300 years ago. B) Mauryan empire began more than 2301 years ago. C) Mauryan empire began more than 2300 years ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mauryan empire began more than 2300 years ago. 39. The great wall of China is about ..... KM long. A) 10, 000. B) 6400. C) 2000. D) 7000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6400. 40. Who wrote the Arthashashtra? A) Banabhatta. B) Chanakya. C) Kalidasa. D) X uPress ZPress G. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chanakya. 41. What was the gateway to the north-west, including Centeral Asia A) Taxile. B) Harrapa. C) Pataliputra. D) Fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxile. 42. Chandragupta was influenced by Jainism and Ashoka was influenced by Buddhism A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. Who is Chandragupta son A) Cautilla. B) Ashoka. C) Bindusara. D) Chanakya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bindusara. 44. Who were gudhapurushas A) Field. B) Cosmopolitan. C) Detectives. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detectives. 45. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote:His ..... still speak to us in a language we can understand and we can still learn much from them. A) Ways. B) Dhamma. C) Edicts. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edicts. 46. Who was the ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta By the Greek ruler Of West Asia named Seleucus Nicator. A) Ashoka. B) Kautilya. C) Megasthenes. D) Chanakya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Megasthenes. 47. ..... went to fro, and spies kept a watch them all, ..... supervised them all. A) Merchant and hunters. B) Emperor and farmers. C) Messenger and emperor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Messenger and emperor. 48. Which of these is not a principle of Dhamma? A) Speak the truth. B) Be kind to everyone, excluding servants and slaves. C) Practice charity. D) Follow the path of ahimsa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be kind to everyone, excluding servants and slaves. 49. The script used for inscription was ..... A) Tamil. B) Prakrit. C) Roman. D) Brahmi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmi. 50. South India was important for ..... A) Woollen clothers. B) Rice and jaggery. C) Gold and precious stones. D) Diamonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gold and precious stones. 51. People perform a variety of rituals when they are happy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. According to the Arthashastra, blankets of ..... India were famous. A) South. B) North-east. C) North-west. D) North. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North-west. 53. Ashoka was inspired by the teachings of A) BUDDHA. B) CHANAKYA. C) MAHAVIRA. D) PANINI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BUDDHA. 54. What did Ashoka's dhamma not include? A) Worship of god. B) Instructing subjects. C) Sacrifice. D) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and C. 55. Who was the first king to unify India A) Chandra Gupta Maurya. B) Bindusara. C) Ashoka. D) Alexander. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 56. As per Megasthenes, how many gates were in the Pataliputra? A) 35. B) 20. C) 64. D) 55. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 64. 57. Where is the great wall located? A) China. B) Japan. C) Sri Lanka. D) Bangladesh. E) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 58. Name the founder of the Mauryan Empire. A) Chandragupta. B) Chanakya. C) Bindusara. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta. 59. Ashoka's messages were inscribed on: A) ROOFS. B) WALLS. C) PILLARS. D) TEMPLES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WALLS. 60. The Mauryan Empire was found in which year? A) 2100 years ago. B) 2800 years ago. C) 3200 years ago. D) 2300 years ago. 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