MAGADHA EMPIRE QUIZ

Nalanda Mahavira site is in

Bihar

Gujrat

Assam

Rajasthan

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Which of the following ruler was responsible for the rise of Magadha?

Bindusara

Ajatshatru

Bimbisara

Vasudeva

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Name of Republic which was a confederacy to tribes in the 6th century B.C

Avanti

Vajji

Koushal

Gandhara

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Whose army did Alexander the Greek ruler confront on the banks of the river Jhelum?

Ambi

Chandragupta Maurya

Porus

Ohanananda

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Name the kingdom which first used elephants in wars

Avanti

Champa

Kosala

Magadha

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During Kanishka's reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to

Delhi

Purushapura (Peshawar)

Kannauj

Ayodhya

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The 'Ajivikas' were

Sect founded by Charvaka

Breakaway branch of the Buddhists

Sect founded by Shankaracharya

Sect contemporary to the Buddha

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Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times?

Avadh

Bundelkhand

Malwa

Ruhelkhand

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Which ruler murdered his father, Bimbisara to ascend the throne?

Ashoka

Simukha

Ajatshatru

Kanishka

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The last Nanda ruler of Magadha who was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya was

Mahapadmananda

Dhanananda

Navananda

Not known

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