Ashoka

Q. Who fought the Kalinga war?

1. Ashoka and Raja Anantha Padmanabha
2. Ashoka and Chandragupta Maurya
3. Ashoka and Bindusara
4. Bindusara and Raja Anantha Padmanaba

Q.

How did the battle of Kalinga affect Ashoka

Q. Who were the Dhamma Mahamatta?

1. Officers of law to punish those who do not practice Dhamma
2. Officers of court to judge people based on the laws of Dhamma
3. Officers appointed by Ashoka to preach Dhamma
4. Officers of law who upheld the traditional values and monitored the amount spent on rituals

Q. What scripts were used in Ashoka's Prakrit inscriptions?

1. Gupta script
2. Brahmi script
3. Grantha script
4. Vattezhuthu script

Q. Why did Ashoka give up war and violence?

1. It cost the government too much money.
2. His army grew weak and inefficient.
3. Ashoka felt that the destruction was his doing and had a change of heart.
4. Ashoka adopted Jainism which forbade him from killing others.

Q. What is Dhamma?

1. Dhamma is the Prakrit word for dharma
2. Dhamma is Prakrit word for "happiness".
3. Dhamma is the Sanskrit word that meant "breath".
4. Dhamma is the Sanskrit word that meant "calmness".

Q. Which language were the inscriptions that contained Ashoka's messages written in?

1. Brahmi
2. Sanskrit
3. Prakrit
4. Greek

Q. Why did Ashoka send messengers to Greece, Syria, Egypt and Sri Lanka?

1. The messengers were on reconnaissance missions.
2. The messengers were sent to spread the idea of Dhamma.
3. The messengers took greetings of the emperor to establish trade relations.
4. The messengers wanted to explore new places.

Q. What is the estimated death toll of the Kalinga war?

1. 50, 000
2. 1, 00, 000
3. 10, 000
4. 20, 000

Q. Why did the early man start domesticating animals like dogs?

Q. When did Ashoka invade Kalinga?

1. 241 BCE
2. 241 CE
3. 261 CE
4. 261 BCE

Q.

How many people were killed in the Kalinga war?

1. Thousands

2. A lakh and a half

3. More than a lakh

4. Less than a lakh

Q. Even though Ashoka fought many wars before invading Kalinga, what do you think changed him after the war of Kalinga?

1. The number of lives lost in the Kalinga war was huge and Ashoka was devastated after seeing this.
2. Ashoka was of the view that he had grown old enough to give up violence.
3. Ashoka liked the people of Kalinga who died in the war.
4. Ashoka wanted to capture the people of Kalinga alive.

Q. Which of the following is not true about Ashoka?

1. He started feeling guilty about the destruction and gave up war.
2. He was a staunch supporter of Buddhism.
3. He was against animal sacrifices.
4. He imposed Buddhism on his people.

Q. Who evolved the Wardha Scheme?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Abdul Kalam
4. Maulana Azad

Q. The opponent of Ashoka in the Kalinga war was .

1. Kautilya
2. Megasthenes
3. Anantha Padmanabha
4. Anantha Gupta

Q. Why did Ashoka decide to conquer Kalinga?

1. Personal vendetta
2. Prosperity of Kalinga
3. Religious reasons
4. Clashes in the past

Q. Kalinga had trade relations with countries in _______.

1. Central Asia
2. Latin America
3. South East Asia
4. Manchuria

Q. In regard to Ashoka’s dhamma, answer the following questions:

1. What were the problems that troubled Ashoka, and how did his Dhamma solve them?
2. What steps did Ashoka take to spread the message of dhamma?

Q. In which year were Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev martyred?

1. 1930
2. 1931
3. 1932
4. 1933

Q. Ashoka's inscriptions were written in ______.

1. Urdu
2. Awadhi
3. Persian
4. Prakrit

Q. How was Ashoka affected by the Kalinga war?

1. His aspirations for wealth increased.
2. He gave up violence and stopped fighting wars.
3. He became more fierce towards war.
4. His aspirations for power increased.

Q. Which of the following are not true about Dhamma?

1. Dhamma encouraged respect towards elders.
2. Dhamma encouraged rituals practices.
3. Dhamma encouraged animal sacrifice.
4. Dhamma encouraged respect towards teachers.

Q.

In recent years, the major cause of distress among farmers is

1. Suicide

2. Murder

3. All of these

4. Theft

Q. Which among the following statements may explain the reason for Ashoka's decision to conquer Kalinga?

1. The Kalinga kingdom was an enemy of the Mauryan empire.
2. The people of Kalinga wanted Emperor Ashoka to be their king.
3. The Kalinga kingdom had flourishing trade relations with South East Asia because of the numerous ports in the region. The trade would be a good source of revenue for Ashoka, once Kalinga was conquered.
4. The king of Kalinga challenged Ashoka.

Q. Which of the following reforms was not done by Ashoka?

1. Built roads
2. Built canals
3. Built hospitals
4. Built mammoth statues

Q. The new set of priciples followed and preached by Ashoka after the war of Kalinga was known as .

1. kanun
2. dhamma
3. dharma
4. karma

Q. Why Romans imposed trade restrictions with India after third century A.D?

1. Because they found Indian goods to be of bad quality.
   
2. Because the trade was in favour of Romans.
   
3. Because India was unable to deliver goods on time.
   
4. Because Romans were losing a huge amount of their wealth to India in the form of gold coins.
   

Q. What is the name of the kingdom that existed in the eastern coast of the present day Odisha and to the north of Andhra Pradesh?

1. Pallava
2. Kalinga
3. Chera
4. Mahajanapada

Q. Which of the following statements were not a part of Ashoka's message to the people?

1. More respect towards elders.
2. More ritual practices.
3. More animal sacrifices.
4. More respect towards teachers.