Chapter Test: Political Developments - CTET & State TET MCQ

Ajatashatru was a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India. He was the son of King Bimbisara and was a contemporary of both Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. He forcefully took over the kingdom of Magadha from his father and imprisoned him. 

Manual workers who served the first three classes and mainly did physical labour were called the shudras. They were not allowed to take part in any religious events like the horse sacrifice, etc.

Ajatshatru was the son of Bimbisara, the king of Magadha. Bimbisara was a prominent ruler, and Ajatshatru succeeded him after a period of conflict.

Magadha had a large deposits of an iron ore and copper.
1. It contributes in making effective weapon and agricultural tools.
2. It helps them to become a powerful kingdom.

In American English, the definition of a republic can also refer specifically to a government in which elected individuals represent the citizen body, known elsewhere as a representative democracy (a democratic republic) and exercise power according to the rule of law (a constitutional republic).

The correct option is A.
Many Janapadas by 600 BCE further developed into bigger political bodies. These kingdoms came to be known as Mahajanapadas in the Buddhist traditions. Sixteen great kingdoms as they are referrd to by buddhist and other texts.

The raja was a central figure in these rituals. He often had a special seat, a throne or a tiger skin.

Mahapadma Nanda, according to the Puranas, was the first Emperor of the Nanda Empire of ancient India. The Puranas describe him as a son of the last Shaishunaga king Mahanandin and a Shudra woman, and credit him with extensive conquests.

The classification of society into four groups based on occupation is called Varna in Hindu society. The four varnas are Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.

"Shakti" is not one of the four varnas. The four varnas are Brahmin (priests and scholars), Kshatriya (warriors and rulers), Vaishya (merchants and farmers), and Shudra (laborers and service providers).