Practice Mahajanapadas and the Rise of Magadha – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Match List-I (Mahajanapada) with List-II (Capital).

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements about taxes in the mahajanapadas:

1. The tax on crops, called bhaga, was usually one-sixth of the produce.

2. Herders paid their tax in the form of labour.

3. Hunters and gatherers paid their tax in forest produce.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Gupta rulers conquer the last of the ganas

2. Ajatasattu rules Magadha

3. Mahapadma Nanda extends Magadha's control to the north-west

4. Bimbisara rules Magadha

Select the correct chronological order.

Consider the following statements about the Vajji gana or sangha:

1. Dasas and kammakaras could take part in its assemblies.

2. Its rajas met in assemblies and decided matters through discussion and debate.

3. Both the Buddha and Mahavira belonged to ganas or sanghas.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about changes in farming in the age of the mahajanapadas:

1. Iron ploughshares could turn over heavy, clayey soil better than wooden ploughs.

2. In transplanting paddy, seeds were scattered directly over the fields instead of being grown first as saplings.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the mahajanapadas:

1. A brick fortification wall has been found at Kaushambi, near Allahabad.

2. Soldiers in the new armies were paid regular salaries throughout the year.

3. Punch-marked coins of silver and copper, among the earliest coins, are found from about the sixth century BCE.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Match List-I with List-II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Alexander reaches the banks of the Beas

2. Janapadas take shape

3. The last ganas are conquered by Gupta rulers

4. Some janapadas grow into mahajanapadas

Select the correct chronological order.

Consider the following statements about Alexander's campaign:

1. Before reaching the Indian subcontinent, he had conquered Egypt and some parts of West Asia.

2. His soldiers refused to go further east because they had heard that Indian rulers had large armies of foot soldiers, chariots and elephants.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?