CBSE Class 8 English - MCQ and Online Tests- It So Happened - Unit 11 - Ancient Education System of India

CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – It So Happened – Unit 11 – Ancient Education System of India

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CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – It So Happened – Unit 11 – Ancient Education System of India

Question 1.
“_____ were the residential places of learning”
(a) Temples
(b) Gurukul
(c) Tols
(d) Viharas

Answer

Answer: (b) Gurukul

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Question 2.
The education system emphasised on ______.
(a) Healthy mind
(b) Healthy body
(c) Both a and c
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (c) Both a and c

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Question 3.
Besides their teachers, who helped the younger students?
(a) Advanced students
(b) Parents
(c) Society
(d) King

Answer

Answer: (a) Advanced students

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Question 4.
What did teachers have autonomy for?
(a) Selecting students
(b) Designing their syllabi
(c) Concluding the course
(d) All of the Above

Answer

Answer: (d) All of the Above

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Question 5.
What is the other name of Chanakya?
(a) Panini
(b) Magadh
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Kautilya

Answer

Answer: (d) Kautilya

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Question 6.
Takshashila included religious teachings of___________.
(a) Hinduism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Christianity
(d) Islam

Answer

Answer: (b) Buddhism

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Question 7.
Where did monks and nuns learn?
(a) Temples
(b) Viharas
(c) Gurukuls
(d) Tols

Answer

Answer: (b) Viharas

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Question 8.
How long did children stay away for their homes?
(a) For each standard
(b) For a year
(c) For a decade
(d) Till they achieved their goals

Answer

Answer: (d) Till they achieved their goals

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Question 9.
Maitreyi, Viswambhara, Apala, Gargi and Lopamudra have been called _____.
(a) Queens
(b) Woman scholars
(c) Teachers
(d) Sisters of scholars

Answer

Answer: (b) Woman scholars

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Question 10.
How did students memorise what was taught in class?
(a) By writing
(b) By meditating
(c) By revising
(d) By playing

Answer

Answer: (b) By meditating

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Question 11.
What was considered as the highest form of donation back then?
(a) Contribution towards food
(b) Contribution towards education
(c) Contribution towards children
(d) All of the Above

Answer

Answer: (b) Contribution towards education

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Question 12.
When did I-Qing and Xuan Zang visit Nalanda?
(a) 5 Century CE
(b) 12 Century CE
(c) 7 Century CE
(d) None of the Above

Answer

Answer: (a) 5 Century CE

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Question 13.
Which balance were students taught to appreciate?
(a) Balance between animals and plants
(b) Balance between universe and the world
(c) Balance between education and personal life
(d) Balance between nature and human beings

Answer

Answer: (d) Balance between nature and human beings

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Question 14.
“To them, India was a land of _____”
(a) Wealth
(b) Abundance
(c) Greenery
(d) Wonder

Answer

Answer: (d) Wonder

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Question 15.
What was taught in the name of Physical education?
(a) Krida
(b) Vyayamaprakara
(c) Yogasadhana
(d) All of the Above

Answer

Answer: (d) All of the Above

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