MCQ Questions for Class 6 History: Ch 7 New Questions and Ideas
1. The basic teachings of Zoroaster are contained in the maxim ?Good _____ , Good ____ and Good ____
(a) Work, Words, Speech
(b) Thoughts, Words, Deeds
(c) Thoughts, Speech, Deeds
(d) Work, Words, Deeds
► (b) Thoughts, Words, Deeds
2. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Bimbisara
(c) Siddhartha Gautama
(d) Mahavira
► (c) Siddhartha Gautama
3. Buddha was born in ______
(a) 576
(b) 563
(c) 657
(d) 765
► (b) 563
4. _______was an association of those who left their homes
(a) Angha
(b) Sang
(c) Sangha
(d) Gana
► (c) Sangha
5. Who could join the Sangha
(a) Engineers
(b) Doctors
(c) Lawyers
(d) Merchants
► (d) Merchants
6. Zoroaster teaching are contained in the books called
(a) Geeta
(b) Bible
(c) Avesta
(d) Quran
► (c) Avesta
7. Where did Buddha teach for the first time
(a) Humrotia
(b) Both Gaya
(c) Sarnath
(d) Birdopur
► (c) Sarnath
8. Mahavira was ____ prince
(a) Shudras
(b) Vaishya
(c) Brahmins
(d) Kshtriyas
► (d) Kshtriyas
9. Jina meaning
(a) Conqueror
(b) Life
(c) Jokes
(d) To live
► (a) Conqueror
10. Which means approaching and sitting near
(a) Upanishads
(b) Bhuddhism
(c) Vedas
(d) Aryans
► (a) Upanishads
11. Buddha belonged to a small Gana known as the __________.
(a) Thirteen
(b) Sakya gana
(c) Eleven
(d) Fourteen
► (b) Sakya gana
12. How many ashrams were recognised
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 6
► (b) 4
13. How many paths have been suggested by Buddha
(a) Two fold path
(b) Eight fold path
(c) Four fold path
(d) Three fold path
► (b) Eight fold path
14. In which tree did Buddha gain enlightenment?
(a) Burgad tree
(b) Tulsi tree
(c) Peepal tree
(d) Neem tree
► (c) Peepal tree
15. Where is Kusinara at present
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Gujarat
(d) Andhra Pradesh
► (a) Uttar Pradesh
16. Gautam Buddha's father was the chief of ______ clan
(a) Jnatrika
(b) Kamboja
(c) Lichchhavi
(d) Shakya
► (d) Shakya
17. What did Buddha teach?
(a) Life is full of joys
(b) Life is full of suffering and Unhappiness
(c) Life is full of suffering and happiness
(d) None of them
► (b) Life is full of suffering and Unhappiness
18. Panini, who prepared a ____ for Sanskrit.
(a) Dialogues
(b) Novel
(c) Words
(d) Grammar
► (d) Grammar
19. Some Zoroastrians migrated from Iran and settled down in the coastal towns
(a) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(b) of Gujarat and Maharashtra
(c) Rajasthan and Maharashtra
(d) Punjab and Gujarat
► (b) of Gujarat and Maharashtra
20. The language of the Avesta, and the practices described in it are very similar to thos of the
(a) Mahabharata
(b) Quran
(c) Bible
(d) Vedas
► (d) Vedas
21. The word Jaina comes from the term
(a) Jana
(b) Jinaya
(c) Jina
(d) Jain
► (c) Jina