Class 6 Social Science History MCQ Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic

Question : Who could not participate in the assemblies?

(a) Women
(b) Dasas
(c) Kammakaras
(d) All of these

Question : Who worked as a farmers in the agriculture field

(a) Dass, Landless people, Women
(b) King, Purohit, Women
(c) Dass, Shudras, Vaishyas
(d) Dass, Brahmins, Kshatriyas

Question : Who worked as a farmers in the agriculture field

(a) Dass, Landless people, Women
(b) King, Purohit, Women
(c) Dass, Shudras, Vaishyas
(d) Dass, Brahmins, Kshatriyas

Question : Amatya means

(a) Purohits
(b) Kings
(c) Ministers
(d) Farmers

Question : Who brought gifts for rulers?

(a) Vaishyas
(b) Shudras
(c) Brahmins
(d) None of these

Question : About 2,500 years ago what turned into Mahajanapadas?

(a) Ordinary janapadas
(b) Important janapadas
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Question : Small states ruled by the tribals were called

(a) Village
(b) Mahajanapadas
(c) Maharuler
(d) Janapadas

Question : Vajji had its capital city at

(a) Raj agriha
(b) Vaishali
(c) Patna
(d) Magadha

Question : Classification of society into four groups on the basis of their occupation is called

(a) Vajja
(b) Vista
(c) Varna
(d) Vedas

Question : Which animal was let loose in Ashvamedha?

(a) Cow
(b) Horse
(c) Elephant
(d) Buffalo

Question : Who was a central figure in the rituals?

(a) Brahmins
(b) Women
(c) Janas
(d) King

Question : Magadha and _________ are examples of monarchical mahajanapadas

(a) Shakyas
(b) Lichchhavis
(c) Vajji
(d) Vatsa

Question : ____________ had a large deposits of iron-ore

(a) Malla
(b) Vajji
(c) Magadha
(d) Ujjayini

Question : Which among the following is not capital of big cities of that period

(a) Pawa
(b) Champa
(c) Rajgriha
(d) Anga

Question : Who was the central figure in the Ashvamedha sacrifice

(a) Ministers
(b) Purohit
(c) King
(d) Soldiers

Question : Who were poor?

(a) Brahmins
(b) King
(c) Farmers
(d) Traders

Question : Who guarded the horse?

(a) Janas
(b) Raja’s men
(c) Ordinary people
(d) All of these

Question : In what mode were the payments made?

(a) Punch marked coins
(b) Paper notes
(c) Gold coins
(d) Silver coins

Question : Who was the king of Magadha who ruled between 547 to 495 B.C

(a) Bimbisara
(b) Ajatshatru
(c) Nanda
(d) Ahsoka

Question : The ‘ashvamedha’ was the sacrifice of

(a) horse
(b) cow
(c) bull
(d) goat

Question : Who were considered as untouchable in Varna system’?

(a) Brahmins
(b) King
(c) Shudras
(d) Women

Question : Who were the people who studies the Vedas, performed sacrifices and received gifts?

(a) Brahmins
(b) King
(c) Janas
(d) Merchant

Question : Which sentence is not true in respect of forts?

(a) Forts were built because people were afraid of attacks from other kings
(b) People were also controlled easily by kings by fortification.
(c) Some kings also wanted to show how rich and powerful they were by building really large, tall and impressive walls around their cities?
(d) All are true.

Question : Which sentence is not true in respect of the later Vedic books?

(a) In north India, many books were composed in the area drained by the Ganga and the Yamuna.
(b) These were composed before the Rigveda.
(c) These books described how rituals were to be performed and rules about society.
(d) These books were composed by priests.

Question : Which sentence is not true in respect of Pottery found in Mahajanapadas?

(a) These made earthen pots.
(b) Some of them were grey in colour, other were red.
(c) One special type of pottery found at these sites is known a Painted Grey Ware.
(d) These grey pots had painted designs, usually simple lines in geometric patterns.
(e) All are true.

Question : Classification of society into four groups on the basis of their occupation is called

(a) Vajja
(b) Vista
(c) Varna
(d) Vedas

Question : _________________ means unquestioned control over an area in which the royal horse move uninterrupted

(a) Shermedha
(b) Ashvamedha
(c) Singhmedha
(d) Shatriyas

Question : Who was the founder of Nanda Dynasty

(a) Mahanara Nanda
(b) Mahapadma Nanda
(c) Maha Nanda
(d) Padma Nanda

Question : The farmers gave one-sixth of their produce to the king which was called

(a) Bhaga
(b) Part
(c) Hissa
(d) Bhora

Question : Who worked as a farmers in the agriculture field

(a) Dass, Landless people, Women
(b) King, Purohit, Women
(c) Dass, Shudras, Vaishyas
(d) Dass, Brahmins, Kshatriyas