ICSE ICSE Class 6 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Fill in blanks:

The local self-governing bodies which look after the needs of towns are ______.

Fill in the blank:
The last Mauryan king was killed by _____________.

Answer the following question in one or two words/ sentence:

What are municipalities?

Name the two literary sources of the Mauryan period. What do they tell us about the administration of the Mauryas?

Write a short note on Mauryan administration.

Fill in the blank.
The Mauryan empire was divided into __________ which were placed under the control of kumaras.

Fill in the blank.

The king had ________ power. He was advised by the _________.

Fill in the blank:

The provinces were divided into a number of ________ which were further subdivided into _________ and __________.

Fill in the blank.

The capital city of Pataliputra was looked after by ______ committees. Each committee consisted of ________ members.

Fill in the blank.

The lion capital was adopted as the _______ of India in the year ______.

Fill in the blank.
The chief occupation of the people during the Mauryan period was ______________.

Fill in the blanks.
Two Western European countries with whom the Mauryans had trade relation were __________ and __________.

Fill in the blanks.
The last Mauryan emperor was killed by ___________ the founder of the ___________ dynasty

Match the Following:

How many committees were set up for the administration of Pataliputra? Name any three departments that were looked after by these committees

Mention two important features of the following:
Stupas

Mention two important features of the following:
Monolithic pillars

Mention two important features of the following:

Lion capital

Mention three important occupations of the people during the Mauryan period.

State whether the following is true or false.

The Mauryan administration was based on the guidelines laid down in the Indika