Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 4 — Chapter 4: The Mauryan Empire
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Who founded the Mauryan Empire? [1]
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Ashoka
(C) Chanakya
(D) Akbar
2. Who advised Chandragupta? [1]
(A) Chanakya
(B) Ashoka
(C) Akbar
(D) Birbal
3. What administration did the empire have? [1]
(A) A centralised bureaucracy
(B) No administration
(C) Only local rule
(D) Foreign administration
4. What helped maintain control and information? [1]
(A) A network of spies
(B) Only military force
(C) Only trade
(D) Nothing specific
5. Who was Ashoka? [1]
(A) Chandragupta's grandson
(B) Chandragupta's father
(C) A foreign invader
(D) An unrelated ruler
6. What transformed Ashoka's rule? [1]
(A) The Kalinga War
(B) A trade dispute
(C) A family conflict
(D) A natural disaster
7. What did Ashoka embrace after this transformation? [1]
(A) Buddhism and non-violence
(B) More warfare
(C) A new empire
(D) Nothing changed
8. What are Ashoka's edicts? [1]
(A) Inscriptions spreading morality messages
(B) Trade agreements
(C) Military strategies
(D) Foreign treaties
9. Who founded the Mauryan Empire? [1]
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Ashoka
(C) Chanakya
(D) Akbar
10. Who advised Chandragupta? [1]
(A) Chanakya
(B) Ashoka
(C) Akbar
(D) Birbal
11. What administration did the empire have? [1]
(A) A centralised bureaucracy
(B) No administration
(C) Only local rule
(D) Foreign administration
12. What helped maintain control and information? [1]
(A) A network of spies
(B) Only military force
(C) Only trade
(D) Nothing specific
13. Who was Ashoka? [1]
(A) Chandragupta's grandson
(B) Chandragupta's father
(C) A foreign invader
(D) An unrelated ruler
14. What transformed Ashoka's rule? [1]
(A) The Kalinga War
(B) A trade dispute
(C) A family conflict
(D) A natural disaster
15. What did Ashoka embrace after this transformation? [1]
(A) Buddhism and non-violence
(B) More warfare
(C) A new empire
(D) Nothing changed
16. What are Ashoka's edicts? [1]
(A) Inscriptions spreading morality messages
(B) Trade agreements
(C) Military strategies
(D) Foreign treaties