Class 06 SST History New Empires And Kingdoms CBSE Questions & Answers

Class 6 · SST History New Empires And Kingdoms

This is Social Science class 06 SST history New Empires and Kingdoms CBSE Questions & Answers. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
Which of the following is not the evidences/sources of history of the Gupta dynasty
  • A
    Coins
  • B
    Inscriptions
  • C
    Travellers? account
  • D
    Vinaya Patika
    Correct
2
__________ , which was written by ____________ , was the biography of king Harshavardhana.
  • A
    Harshavardhan, Harishena
  • B
    Harshacharita, Banabhatta
    Correct
  • C
    Harshacharita, Harshavardhan
  • D
    Harshacharita, Harishena
3
Harshavardhana was the king of ____________ and _____________.
  • A
    Bengal, Ujjain
  • B
    Bengal, Thanesar
  • C
    Kanauj, Taxila
  • D
    Kanauj, Thanesar
    Correct
4
Match some important administrative posts that became hereditary in the Gupta period. a. Maha-danda Nayak b. Kumar-amatya c. Sandhi-vigrahika I. Minister of war and peace II. important minister III. Chief Judicial officerOptions are as follows
  • A
    a(I),b(III),c(II)
  • B
    a(I),b(II),c(III)
  • C
    a(III),b(I),c(II)
  • D
    a(III),b(II),c(I)
    Correct
5
Nagar-shresthi was the
  • A
    important minister
  • B
    Chief Judicial officer
  • C
    Chief banker/chief merchant of the city
    Correct
  • D
    Minister of war and peace
6
Scribes
  • A
    Sandhi-vigrahika
  • B
    Kayasthas
    Correct
  • C
    Sarthavaha
  • D
    Maha-danda Nayak
7
Match the following name of some assemblies during this period. a. Sabha b. Ur c. Nagaram I. assembly of the non-brahmins II. assembly of the Brahmin land owners III. was an organization of the merchantsOptions are as follows:
  • A
    a(II),b(I),c(III)
    Correct
  • B
    a(II),b(I),c(III)
  • C
    a(II),b(I),c(III)
  • D
    a(II),b(I),c(III)
8
Kings and the Brahmins spoke in ____________ language, while the others spoke __________
  • A
    Pali , Prakrit
  • B
    Hindi , Pali
  • C
    Sanskrit , Prakrit
    Correct
  • D
    Urdu , Pali
9
Kalidasa wrote the famous play ________________
  • A
    Arthashastra
  • B
    Abhikuntalam
  • C
    Abhijnana Shakuntalam
    Correct
  • D
    Harshachritra
10
Abhijana Shakuntalam was the story between _________ and __________
  • A
    Dushyantala , Abhijana
  • B
    Dushyanta , Shakuntala
    Correct
  • C
    Abhijana , Shakuntala
  • D
    Dushyantala , Shakun
11
The Chinese traveller who visited the kingdom of the Harshavardhana was
  • A
    I-Quan
  • B
    Xuan Zang
    Correct
  • C
    Fi-Zang
  • D
    Yen-Chan
12
Another Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the Guptas was
  • A
    I-Quan
  • B
    Fi-Zang
  • C
    Fa Xian
    Correct
  • D
    Yen-Chan
13
Though Harshavardhan was not the eldest son of his father yet he became the king of Thanesar
  • A
    After the death of his father he renounced the kingdom
  • B
    He defeated his father became the king
  • C
    He was liked by the people
  • D
    Because both his father and elder brother died
    Correct
14
The Chalukya kingdom was centred around the Raichur Doab, between the rivers Krishna and
  • A
    Narmada
  • B
    Kaveri
  • C
    Godavari
  • D
    Tungabhadra
    Correct
15
The earliest Chalukya dynasty ruled from the middle of the 6th century from their capital
  • A
    Vesara
  • B
    Rashtrakuta
  • C
    Badami
    Correct
  • D
    Vajii