This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 100 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 100 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the major beliefs of Buddhism known as? A) Polytheistic. B) The Bible. C) Reincarnation. D) 4 Noble Truths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 Noble Truths. 2. What major religion teaches both reincarnation and the conformity to a caste system? A) Buddhism. B) Zoroastrianism. C) Judaism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 3. Which group migrated into India after the decline of the Indus Valley civilization? A) Greeks. B) Mauryans. C) Brahmans. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryans. 4. The people found in the Vaishya caste are A) Merchants and landowners. B) Merchants and farmers. C) Farmers and warriors. D) Untouchables and the sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchants and landowners. 5. Today, most Hindus live in A) India. B) Bangladesh. C) Japan. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 6. The main religion of India, based on Aryan beliefs. A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Judaism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 7. The leader of a village held the title of? A) Raja. B) Patriarch. C) Baron. D) Mayor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raja. 8. About how many years ago was Hinduism invented? A) 3, 500 years ago. B) 500 years ago. C) 100 years ago. D) 1, 000, 000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3, 500 years ago. 9. Born Siddhartha Gautama A) Dalai Lama. B) The Buddha. C) Brahman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Buddha. 10. Which description below best summarizes India's monsoons? A) In Winter, warm air from the Indian Ocean brings moisture to many parts of the coast. B) In summer, air from the mountains to the north of India brings moisture to the north country. C) In winter, warm air from the mountains brings moisture to the interior of India. D) In summer, warm air from the Indian Ocean brings moisture to many parts of the coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In summer, warm air from the Indian Ocean brings moisture to many parts of the coast. 11. What was the main goal of buddhism? A) Birth. B) Reincarnation. C) Nirvana. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. 12. King Ashoka believed in which of the following? A) Freedom of Press. B) The right to a speedy trial. C) Freedom of Religion. D) The right to vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom of Religion. 13. What book contains the writings of Hinduism? A) The "Vedas". B) The "Virtues". C) The "Sanskrit". D) The "Bible". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The "Vedas". 14. What is a planned city? A) Highest in an ancient city. B) A city where people move place to place. C) A Greek city-state. D) City built with specific layout in mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) City built with specific layout in mind. 15. Which of the following is true about the summer monsoon? A) The summer monsoon is the beginning of hurricane season on the Deccan Plateau. B) It brings much needed rain. C) The winds blow from the north during this monsoon. D) The winds blow across the Bay of Bengal before reaching India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It brings much needed rain. 16. Who was one of the first mathematicians to use algebra? A) Aryabhata. B) Chandra Gupta. C) Pataliputra. D) Rama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryabhata. 17. Could people in India marry outside their caste or varna? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 18. Universal spirit A) Brahman. B) Brahma. C) Dharma. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahman. 19. India, being a large landmass set apart from the rest of Asia, is known as a A) Blob. B) Mini-continent. C) Sub continent. D) Super continent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sub continent. 20. How was Mohenjo Daro different from most other cities of the time? A) It had a drainage system to carry waste from homes. B) Its people worshiped only one god. C) It was built along the Yangtze River. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It had a drainage system to carry waste from homes. 21. About a dozen Indus Valley seals have been found in Iran and Iraq. This suggests there was ..... A) Love. B) Copying. C) Magic. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade. 22. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro? A) Each stood near a towering fortress. B) They are both located on the Indus River. C) Their streets were lined with storehouses, workshops, and market stalls. D) There was no source of water near them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There was no source of water near them. 23. What did the Harappans grow? A) Rice, corn, beets, cotten, tomatos. B) Winter squash, pumpkins, lettuce, peas, sweet potatoes. C) Rice, wheat, barley, beans, cotten. D) Sugar cane, nether wart, turnips, radishes beans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rice, wheat, barley, beans, cotten. 24. Which Indian empire is said to have ruled during a Golden Age? A) Mauryan Empire. B) Asoka. C) Gupta Empire. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gupta Empire. 25. Which was the smallest group in the caste system? A) Vaisya:. B) SUDRAS. C) BRAHMANS. D) KSHATRIYAS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BRAHMANS. 26. Leader who used military power to unite India A) Chandragupta. B) Ashoka. C) Chandra Gupta I. D) Samudra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta. 27. How does Siddhartha convince his father to allow him to leave? A) He starves himself. B) He waits in his office all night. C) He persuades his mom first. D) He uses Govinda's influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He waits in his office all night. 28. Why were Brahmins so powerful in early Indian society? A) They were the only ones who could go on pilgrimages to holy places. B) They were the only ones who could bathe in the Ganges River. C) They weren't powerful because they were only priests. D) They were the only ones who could perform rituals to the gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were the only ones who could perform rituals to the gods. 29. What religion was practiced in Ancient India? A) Buddhism. B) Christianity. C) Judaism. D) Catholicism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 30. Although Hindu gods are referred to as different aspects of a single deity, Hinduism is still considered the last of the ..... beliefs. A) Biotheistic. B) Theistic. C) Polytheistic. D) Monotheistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polytheistic. 31. India's climate is heavily influenced by seasonal wind patterns that make it hot and humid called A) Arid. B) Climate change. C) Deserts. D) Monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoons. 32. Before settling in farming communities, many early people ..... That is, to move from place to place. A) Evaporated. B) Migrated. C) Guru. D) Elaborated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Migrated. 33. Since Siddhartha Gautama was originally a Hindu and a prince, which Varna of the caste system did he belong to? A) He was a Vaisya. B) He was a part of the Kshatriyas. C) He belonged to the Sudra caste. D) He belonged to the Brahmin caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was a part of the Kshatriyas. 34. Hinduism is based on what? A) The Qu'ran. B) The Torah. C) The Vedas. D) The Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Vedas. 35. What was the writing system used in Ancient India? A) Cuneiform. B) Sanskrit. C) Hieroglyphics. D) Alphabet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 36. ..... contains the famous Gayatri mantra. A) Yajur Farewell. B) Atharva Veda. C) Rig Veda. D) Sama Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rig Veda. 37. Which Indian leader started the Mauryan Empire? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Asoka. C) Chandragupta. D) Pataliputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya. 38. What is a conclusion based on evidence? A) Inference. B) Exchange. C) Translation. D) Interpretation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 39. One of the longest lasting Chinese dynasties that developed paper, iron casting, and the watermill. A) Han Dynasty. B) Shang Dynasty. C) Qin Dynasty. D) Zhou Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Han Dynasty. 40. Reincarnation can be best describe as ..... A) The process of recycling. B) The process of farming. C) The process of rebirth. D) The process of decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process of rebirth. 41. Which word describes a human soul lives on after death and is involved in a cycle of rebirth? A) Karma. B) Epic poems. C) Reincarnation. D) Yoga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reincarnation. 42. India is considered a sub continent because of the Himalayan mountains. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. What is the belief that a perosn is reborn into another body after death called? A) Dharna. B) Purgatory. C) Nirvana. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation. 44. What is the term for a large landmass that is smaller than a continent and often separated from the mainland mass by physical barriers such as mountains? A) Country. B) Subcontinent. C) Nation state. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subcontinent. 45. What is one of the holy texts of Hinduism? A) Upanishads. B) Sutras. C) Qur'an. D) Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upanishads. 46. What are the holy books of Hinduism? A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) The Three Baskets of Wisdom. D) The Rig Vedas and Upanishads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Rig Vedas and Upanishads. 47. The creation of the Hindu-Arabic numerals affected India and modern societies by making modern ..... possible. A) Science. B) Math. C) History. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Math. 48. The Indus River is in what modern day country? A) Sri Lanka. B) Pakistan. C) India. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pakistan. 49. Job of Kshatriya A) Priests and teachers. B) Inferior jobs. C) Warriors and rulers. D) Farmers and merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warriors and rulers. 50. The worship of one universal spirit made up of thousands of deities is known as ..... A) Brahmanism. B) Reincarnation. C) Buddha. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmanism. 51. Who was Candragupta Maurya? A) A military leader whoseized control of Indiaand founded theMauryan Empire in the320s BC. B) A military leader who protected India from invaders. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A military leader who protected India from invaders. 52. Who believes in equality and not the caste system? A) Hindus. B) Buddhists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhists. 53. Which peaceful people was already living in India when the Aryan nomads arrived? A) Sumerians. B) Egyptians. C) Europeans. D) Dravidians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dravidians. 54. What river flows through Pakistan and empties into the Arabian Sea? A) Ganges River. B) Indus River. C) Bay of Bengal. D) Arabian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus River. 55. Rebirth of the soul in another living thing A) Brahman. B) Dharma. C) Whisper. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation. 56. Which of the following is NOT an example of Indian literature? A) Ramayana. B) Torah. C) Upanishads. D) Mahabharata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Torah. 57. The stone seals of the Harappan are covered with A) Maps of Harappan cities. B) A coating of wax. C) Pictures of the Himalayas. D) A mysterious form of writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mysterious form of writing. 58. The tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river during flooding is called: A) Debris. B) Rocks. C) Silt. D) Dirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silt. 59. Hindu god who is believed to have created the universes; the universal spirit/deity. A) Brahman. B) Karma. C) Krishna. D) Dalai Lama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahman. 60. Why did Asoka convert to Buddhism? A) He wanted to gain political power. B) He was forced to convert by his advisors. C) He believed Buddhism offered a path to enlightenment. D) He was deeply affected by the violence and bloodshed of the Kalinga War and wanted to promote peace and non-violence. . 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