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Questions : The capital of Magadha was shifted from Rajgriha to

(a) Ujjaini

(b) Varanasi

(c) Kannauj

(d) Patliputra

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

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Question : 1

Chandra Gupta Maura was the follower of?

a) Hinduism

b) Aynika

c) Jainism

d) Buddhism

Answer: (c)

Question : 2

List-I (King) List-II (Kingdom)
A. Pradyota 1. Magadha
B. Udayana 2. Vatsa
C. Prasenjit 3. Avanti
D. Ajatshatru 4. Kosala
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 2 4 1

b) 2 3 1 4

c) 4 1 3 2

d) 1 4 2 3

Answer: (a)

Correctly matched pairs are:

  1. Pradyot — Avanti
  2. Udayana — Vatsa
  3. Prasenjit — Kosala
  4. Ajatshatru — Magadha

Question : 3

By whom, the first republic of the world was established in Vaishali?

a) Nand

b) Maurya

c) Licchhavi

d) Gupta

Answer: (c)

Licchhavis established the first republic of the world in Vajji Mahajanapada of ancient India. They were the most famous clan amongst the ruling confederate clans of the Vajji. Vaishali was the capital of the Lichhavis,

Question : 4

Arrange the following Mahajanpadas moving from west to east in the correct order:

  1. Avanti
  2. Magadha
  3. Matsya
  4. Kosala
Codes:

a) 1 3 4 2

b) 1 2 3 4

c) 1 3 2 4

d) 1 4 3 2

Answer: (a)

Mahajanapadas west to east are Avanti, Matsya, Kosala and Magadha. There were many states of the Aryans in North India, around the 6th century BC. These states were called the ‘Mahajanapadas’.

There were sixteen of such Mahajanapadas:

  1. Kasi,
  2. Kosala,
  3. Anga,
  4. Magadha,
  5. Vajji,
  6. Malla,
  7. Chedi,
  8. Vatsa,
  9. Kuru,
  10. Panchala,
  11. Machcha,
  12. Surasena,
  13. Assaka,
  14. Avanti,
  15. Gandhara and
  16. Kamboja.

Literally, Mahajanapadas means ‘Great Kingdoms’.

Question : 5

Which one of the following Janapadas was republican state in sixth century BC?

a) Anga

b) Mayadha

c) Vajji

d) Kosala

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in

a) Chhandogya Upanishad

b) Samyukta Nikaya

c) Anguttara Nikaya

d) Mahabharata

Answer: (c)

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