Class 6 Social Science History MCQ New Empires and Kingdoms

Question : Harshavardhana first became king of:

(a) Mathura
(b) Nalanda
(c) Thanesar
(d) Kannauj

Question : Son of the Samudragupta was

(a) Ramagupta II
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Ramagupta I
(d) Chandragupta I

Question : Who tried to become independent when rulers became weak?

(a) Samantas
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Ashoka
(d) Chandragupta

Question : Pulakeshin II stopped Harsha to cross the __ to march into the Deccan

(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) Godavari
(d) Krishna

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

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

Question : A sequence of powerful kings or leaders in the same family

(a) Rulers
(b) Kingdom
(c) Empire
(d) Dynasty

Question : From whom did Pulakeshin get the kingdom?

(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Grandfather
(d) Brother

Question : Samudragupta was the king of:

(a) Maurya Empire
(b) Gupta Regime
(c) Chalukya
(d) Cholas

Question : Banabhatta was in the court of:

(a) Harshavardhana
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Ashoka
(d) Samudragupta

Question : Who wrote the famous biography Harshacharita?

(a) Kalidasa
(b) Aryabhata
(c) Banabhatta
(d) Harisena

Question : Harshvardhana tried to cross the Narmada to march into the Deccan but stopped by:

(a) Pulakeshin-II
(b) Ravikirti
(c) Samudragupta
(d) None

Question : Meaning of Maha-danda-nayaka is:

(a) Minister of war and peace
(b) Chief judicial officer
(c) Chief Banker
(d) Scribes.

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

Question : Pulakeshin II stopped Harsha to cross the ______________ to march into the Deccan

(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) Godavari
(d) Krishna

Question : Chief craftsman were called

(a) Maha-danda Nayak
(b) Sandhi-vigrahika
(c) Prathama-kulika
(d) Sarthavaha

Question : Prashasti is a

(a) English word
(b) Urdu word
(c) Sanskrit word
(d) Pali word

Question : A famous poetry book Abhijnana Shakuntalam was written by:

(a) Banabhatta
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Harishena
(d) Ravikirti

Question : The language used by Brahmins was:

(a) Prakrit
(b) Hindi
(c) English
(d) Sanskrit

Question : Aryabhata was a famous:

(a) Poet
(b) Warrior
(c) Merchant
(d) Astronomer

Question : Harshavardhana first became king of:

(a) Mathura
(b) Nalanda
(c) Thanesar
(d) Kannauj

Question : Harshavardhana, was the king of

(a) Manesar
(b) Ujjain
(c) Taxila
(d) Thanesar

Question : Xuanzang visited India in the reign of

(a) Ramagupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Harshavardhana
(d) Chandragupta II

Question : ___________ the sacred book of Islam:

(a) Bible
(b) Geeta
(c) Ramayana
(d) Quran

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Question : Ashokan Pillar found at ……………………… has inscriptions about Samudragupta.

Question : The Pallavas ruling was upto the ……………………… delta.

Question : Pulakeshin-II got the kingdom from his ……………………… .

Question : Pulakeshin’s court poet was ……………………… .

Question : Samudragupta’s mother’s name was ……………………… .

Question : ……………………… were provided troops to the king as and when required.

Question : The Pallavas assemblies functioned through ……………………… .

Question : The leaders who provided the troop to the kings were called ……………………… .

Question : Other than the King and Brahmins, people used ……………………… language.

Question : Ruler of Kannauj was killed by the ruler of ……………………… .