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Name: ________________________________ Date: ________

Grade: VI Subject: Social Studies Topic: Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War

Work
Q1. Assertion: The emperor never sleeps in the same bedroom for two nights.
Reason: The emperor was afraid of being killed.
(i) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion.
(ii) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(iii) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(iv) Assertion is false but reason is true.

Q2. Assertion: There were a number of problems during Ashoka’s reign that
led to conflicts.
Reason: As slaves and servants were ill-treated.
(i) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.
(ii) Both assertion and reason true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(iii) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(iv) Assertion is false but reason is true.
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Q3. In which book were Chanakya’s ideas written?

(i) Ramayana (ii) Mahabharata
(iii) Indika (iv) Arthashastra
Q4. How many people were killed in the war of Kalinga?
(i) More than twenty thousand.
(ii) More than forty thousand.
(iii) More than sixty thousand.
(iv) More than one lakh.
Q5. State True/False:
Ashoka had observed dhamma before war.
Ans: False
Q6. The area around ____________ was under the direct control of the
emperor.
Ans: Pataliputra
Q5. Answer the following questions:
(i) Where has the Rampurwa Bull been placed now?
Ans: The Rampurwa Bull is now in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
(ii) Write a short note to describe the Mauryan people.
Ans: The Mauryan cities had mainly merchants, officials and crafts persons. In
village farmers and herders lived. In forested areas, people gathered forest
produce and hunted animals for food. People in different parts of the empire
used various different languages. They also probably ate diverse kinds of food
and same can be said about the clothes they wore.