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A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. There are ____________ important mahajanapadas.
(a) sixteen (b) twenty (c) eighty
2. In a republic, a raja is chosen by ____________ .

(a) his father (b) people (c) ministers
3. The term jati means ____________ .
(a) tribes (b) shrenis (c) castes
4. A large number of people joined the ____________ .
(a) air force (b) policeforce (c) army
5. The purohita was the ____________ .
(a) minister (b) chief priest (c) treasurer
6. ____________ was a confederacy of 8 republics.
(a) Koshala (b) Vatsa (c) Vajji
7. Bimbisara was a powerful ruler of ____________ .
(a) Avanti (b) Magadha (c) Vatsa
8. The chief source of information for the 600-400 BC period is ____________ literature.
(a) Buddhist–Jain (b) Vedic (c) Secular

B. Name any two :
1. sources of information for the period 600-400 BC : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
2. of the sixteen mahajanapadas : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
3. of the four most powerful mahajanapadas : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
4. types of government in 600-400 BC : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
5. languages spoken by the people : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
6. rulers of Magadha : (a) ____________ (b) ____________

C. Match the following :
1. Mahajanapada u u The village headman.
2. Oligarchy u u A caste based on occupation.
3. Republic u u A large and powerful kingdom.
4. Monarchy u u A form of government run by a small group of people.
5. Jati u u A kingdom in which the ruler was elected by the people.
6. Gramika u u A kingdom in which the ruler was herediary.
D. Fill in the blanks with help from the box :
Pali, Sanskrit, Prakrit, hereditary, mahanagara, Buddha, occupations, Rajgriha
1. The post of the king became ____________ with the passage of time.
2. A contingent of army was stationed in each ____________ .
3. New jatis were rooted in ____________ .
4. The Brahmins spoke ___________ while the common people spoke ___________ or ___________ .
5. Bimbisara was a contemporary of the ____________ .
6. The capital of Magadha in the beginning was ____________ .
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