This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 6 > Class 6 History Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ashoka appointed ..... to spread 'dhamma'. A) Militar soldiers. B) Ministers. C) Officials. D) Governors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Officials. 2. How long is the watch tower there? A) 500-600 m. B) 700-800 m. C) 200-300 m. D) 100-200 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100-200 m. 3. The 'dhamma' also reached other countries. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. ASHOKA BECAME A ..... AFTER THE KALINGA BATTLE A) HINDU. B) JAIN. C) BUDDHIST. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BUDDHIST. 5. The Ambassador sent by Selecus Nicator was A) Megasthenes. B) Fa hien. C) Alexander. D) Christian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Megasthenes. 6. Q9 ..... is the ancient name of coastal orrisa. A) Magadha. B) Kalinga. C) Vajji. D) Burzahoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kalinga. 7. Who was the head of the Mauryan Empire? A) Commander. B) Field. C) Sink. D) Sanopatii. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Field. 8. At present, the Rampurwa bull has been placed at Rastrapati bhavan A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 9. In which book were Chanakya's ideas written? A) Ramayana. B) Mahabharat. C) Economics. D) Panchatantra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economics. 10. What is the meaning of the word Dhamma? A) Environment. B) Dharma. C) Temple. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharma. 11. Ashoka's inscriptions were mostly in which language? A) Sanskrit. B) Hindi. C) Prakrit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prakrit. 12. Where were the ideas of Kautilya written? A) Indica. B) Sindhu. C) Maghdasatra. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economics. 13. Which of these is not a Mauryan ruler? A) Bindusara. B) Ashoka. C) Oceanagupta. D) Chandragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceanagupta. 14. Chose the correct genealogy of Ashoka: A) Chandragupta-Bindusara-Samudragupta. B) Samudragupta-Pulkeshin. C) Chandragupta-Bindusara-Ashoka. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta-Bindusara-Ashoka. 15. The city of Mauryan empire were surrounded by ..... towers A) 560. B) 570. C) 500. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 570. 16. Name the main capital and the two provincial capitals of the Mauryan Empire A) I Capital-Pataliputrinasal Capitals-Taxila & Ujjain. B) Main Capital-AgraProvincial Capitals-Patna and telangana. C) Main Capital-MehragarhProvincial Capitals-Harappa and Dholavira. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I Capital-Pataliputrinasal Capitals-Taxila & Ujjain. 17. Megasthenes was an ambassadorwho was sent to the court of Chandragupta by- A) Bindusara. B) Cautilla. C) Alexander. D) Seleucus nicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seleucus nicator. 18. Chanakya was also called- A) Catalia. B) Cauaterya. C) Cotle. D) Kaulitya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotle. 19. 'Dhamma' is the Prakrit word for the Sanskrit word ..... A) Tyaga. B) Dharma. C) Karma. D) Moksha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharma. 20. Chandragupta was supported by the wise man named ..... A) Ashoka. B) Buddha. C) Chanakya. D) Seleucus Nicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chanakya. 21. Ashoka also sent messengers to spread ideas about dhamma to other lands, such as ..... , ..... , ..... and ..... A) Syria, Egypt, greece and Goa. B) Pakistan, Afghanistan, goa and Greece. C) Pakistan, Syria, goa and Sri Lanka. D) Egypt, greece, Sri Lanka and Syria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt, greece, Sri Lanka and Syria. 22. Who send Megasthenes? A) Shah of Afghan. B) Seleucus Nicator. C) Ashoka. D) Alexander The Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seleucus Nicator. 23. What tells us that the north west was important for blankets? A) Sarnath pillar. B) Dhamma. C) Inscriptions. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 24. What was the name of the grandfather of Ashoka? A) Krishna. B) Mahavira. C) Siddhartha. D) Chandragupta Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandragupta Maurya. 25. Q1O. Ashoka gave up war after the battle of A) Taxile. B) Selling proposal. C) Kalinga. D) Pataliputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalinga. 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