MCQ Questions for Class 6 History: Ch 11 New Empires and Kingdoms
1. ____ the sacred book of Islam:
(a) Bible
(b) Geeta
(c) Ramayana
(d) Quran
► (d) Quran
2. Someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
(a) Shudra
(b) Vaishyas
(c) Brahmins
(d) Warrior
► (d) Warrior
3. Xuanzang visited India in the reign of
(a) Ramagupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Harshavardhana
(d) Chandragupta II
► (b) Samudragupta
4. Aryabhata was a famous astronomer in the court of
(a) Chandragupta-II
(b) Chandragupta-IV
(c) Chandragupta-I
(d) Chandragupta-III
► (a) Chandragupta-II
5. Who was the father of Samudragupta
(a) Hareshena
(b) Banabhatta
(c) Ramagupta
(d) Chandragupta
► (d) Chandragupta
6. ____ was the capital of the Chalukyas, was an important trading centre
(a) Vajji
(b) Aihole
(c) Chera
(d) Chola
► (b) Aihole
7. ________ was an assembly of Brahmin land owners.
(a) Sera
(b) Samiti
(c) Sudha
(d) Sabha
► (d) Sabha
8. Who wrote the biography Harshacharita
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Harshena
(c) Harshavardhana
(d) Samudragupta
► (a) Banabhatta
9. Prashasti is a
(a) English word
(b) Urdu word
(c) Sanskrit word
(d) Pali word
► (c) Sanskrit word
10. Chief craftsman were called
(a) Maha-danda Nayak
(b) Sandhi-vigrahika
(c) Prathama-kulika
(d) Sarthavaha
► (c) Prathama-kulika
11. Harsha belonged to the _____ dynasty.
(a) Chola
(b) Vardhan
(c) Pallavas
(d) Gupta
► (b) Vardhan
12. The best known Chalukya ruler was
(a) Pulakeshin I
(b) Pulakeshin II
(c) Pulakeshin III
(d) Pulakeshin IV
► (b) Pulakeshin II
13. Harshavardhana, was the king of
(a) Manesar
(b) Ujjain
(c) Taxila
(d) Thanesar
► (d) Thanesar
14. Son of the Samudragupta was
(a) Ramagupta II
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Ramagupta I
(d) Chandragupta I
► (b) Chandragupta II
15. Pulakeshin II stopped Harsha to cross the ______ to march into the Deccan
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) Godavari
(d) Krishna
► (a) Narmada
16. Who was Pulakeshin II
(a) Ruler of Chola dynasty
(b) Ruler of Chalukya dynasty
(c) Ruler of Gupta dynasty
(d) Ruler of Pandyas dynasty
► (b) Ruler of Chalukya dynasty
17. 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
► (d) Gupta Dynasty
18. 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
► (b) These plays provided occasional glimpse of the lives of animals
19. Who was the poet in the Samudragupta court
(a) Harshsena
(b) Banbhatt
(c) Harishena
(d) Harshagupta
► (c) Harishena
20. A sequence of powerful kings or leaders in the same family
(a) Rulers
(b) Kingdom
(c) Empire
(d) Dynasty
► (d) Dynasty