CBSE Class 6 Social Science History New Empires and Kingdoms MCQs

Question. Which was the lowest administrative unit?
(a) Province
(b) District
(c) Village
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. Which Chinese pilgrim visited India during Harsha's reign?
(a) Xuan Zang
(b) Fa Xian
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Which new Indian dynasty arose in Magadha in the fourth century A.D?
(a) Chalukya Dynasty
(b) Pandyas Dynasty
(c) Chola Dynasty
(d) Gupta Dynasty

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following is not the feature of the play written in the earliest times
(a) These plays provided occasional glimpse of the lives of ordinary people
(b) These plays provided occasional glimpse of the lives of animals
(c) The king and most Brahmins are shown as speaking Sanskrit
(d) Women and men other than the king and Brahmins use Prakrit

Answer : B

Question. Who was the famous ruler of a dynasty known as Guptas?
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Ashoka
(d) Sidhartha

Answer : B

Question. Who tried to become independent when rulers became weak?
(a) Samantas
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Ashoka
(d) Chandragupta

Answer : A

Question. Aryabhata was a famous astronomer in the court of
(a) Chandragupta-II
(b) Chandragupta-IV
(c) Chandragupta-I
(d) Chandragupta-III

Answer : A

Question. A sequence of powerful kings or leaders in the same family
(a) Rulers
(b) Kingdom
(c) Empire
(d) Dynasty

Answer : D

Question. Harshvardhana tried to cross the Narmada to march into the Deccan but stopped by:
(a) Pulakeshin-II
(b) Ravikirti
(c) Samudragupta
(d) None

Answer : A

Question. A famous poetry book Abhijnana Shakuntalam was written by:
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Harishena
(d) Ravikirti

Answer : B

Question. Who wrote Samudragupta’s prashasti?
(a) Harisena
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Tansen
(d) Vikramaditya

Answer : A

Question. What relation did Chandragupta II have with Samudragupta?
(a) Grandfather
(b) Father
(c) Son
(d) Brother

Answer : C

Question. Pulakeshin II stopped Harsha to cross the ______________ to march into the Deccan
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) Godavari
(d) Krishna

Answer : A

Question. ________ was an assembly of Brahmin land owners.
(a) Sera
(b) Samiti
(c) Sudha
(d) Sabha

Answer : D

Question. Chief craftsman were called
(a) Maha-danda Nayak
(b) Sandhi-vigrahika
(c) Prathama-kulika
(d) Sarthavaha

Answer : C

Question. Prashasti is a
(a) English word
(b) Urdu word
(c) Sanskrit word
(d) Pali word

Answer : C

Question. Samudragupta played
(a) Veena
(b) Chess
(c) Guitar
(d) Football

Answer : A

Question. From whom did Pulakeshin get the kingdom?
(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Grandfather
(d) Brother

Answer : A

Question. Banabhatta was in the court of:
(a) Harshavardhana
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Ashoka
(d) Samudragupta

Answer : A

Question. Harshavardhana first became king of:
(a) Mathura
(b) Nalanda
(c) Thanesar
(d) Kannauj

Answer : C

Question. Chandragupta II led his expedition to which part of India?
(a) Western
(b) Southern
(c) Northern
(d) Eastern

Answer : A

Question. Who was the first ruler of the Gupta dynasty?
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Varahamihira
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Chandragupta I

Answer : D

Question. The famous ruler of Gupta dynasty
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Harshagupta
(d) Ramagupta

Answer : A

Question. Who wrote the biography of Harshavardhana?
(a) Surender Sharma
(b) Amir Khusro
(c) Banbhatta
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Who was the best ruler of Chalukyas?
(a) Pulakeshin I
(b) Pulakeshin II
(c) Pulakeshin III
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Harshavardhana, was the king of
(a) Manesar
(b) Ujjain
(c) Taxila
(d) Thanesar

Answer : D

Question. Who was Pulakeshin II
(a) Ruler of Chola dynasty
(b) Ruler of Chalukya dynasty
(c) Ruler of Gupta dynasty
(d) Ruler of Pandyas dynasty

Answer : B

Question. Prashasti was composed for
(a) Rulers
(b) Farmers
(c) Animals
(d) Plants

Answer : A

Question. Xuanzang visited India in the reign of
(a) Ramagupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Harshavardhana
(d) Chandragupta II

Answer : B

Question. Name ruler of Chalukya dynasty who stopped Harsh
(a) Ravikirti
(b) Raja Raja Chola
(c) Pulakeshin II
(d) Satakarni

Answer : C

Question. Who found the precious ring which the king had given to Sakuntala?
(a) Fisherman
(b) Businessmen
(c) Brahmins
(d) All of these

Answer : A

Question. ____ the sacred book of Islam:
(a) Bible
(b) Geeta
(c) Ramayana
(d) Quran

Answer : D