Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Which are the animals shown in our national Emblem?
(a) Goats
(b) Lions
(c) Bulls
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Lions
Question 2.
How many lions are shown in our national Emblem?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
Answer
Answer: (c) Four
Question 3.
What was name of grandfather of Ashoka?
(a) Krishna
(b) Mahavira
(c) Sidhartha
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer
Answer: (d) Chandragupta Maurya
Question 4.
In which book were Chanakya’s ideas written?
(a) Ramayana
(b) Mahabharata
(c) Arthashastra
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Arthashastra
Question 5.
Who was supported by a wise man named Chanakya?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Bindusar
(c) Chandragupta
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Chandragupta
Question 6.
Who was Bindusar’s son?
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Sidhartha
(c) Ashoka
(d) Ram Krishna Paramhans
Answer
Answer: (c) Ashoka
Question 7.
From which area was Taxila and Ujjain ruled?
(a) Pataliputra
(b) Bihar
(c) Delhi
(d) Agra
Answer
Answer: Pataliputra
Question 8.
In which language were the Ashoka’s inscriptions written?
(a) Dev Nagari
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Tamil
(d) Brahmi Script
Answer
Answer: (d) Brahmi Script
Question 9.
What is the meaning of word Dhamma?
(a) Environment
(b) Dharma
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
Question 10.
How many towers supported the massive wall of Pataliputra?
(a) 670
(b) 870
(c) 570
(d) 470
Answer
Answer: (c) 570
Question 11.
How many people were killed in the war of Kalinga?
(a) More than 20,000
(b) More than 40,000
(c) More than 60,000
(d) More than one Lakh
Answer
Answer: (d) More than one Lakh
Question 12.
Which is the other animal on Mauryan Pillar?
(a) Lion
(b) Cat
(c) Dog
(d) Bull
Answer
Answer: (d) Bull
Question 13.
How can ‘a’ be written in Bengali?
(a) अ
(b) त्र
(c) ञ
(d) भ
Answer
Answer: (c) ञ