This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Hinduism, the religious and moral duties of an individual are known as A) Karma. B) Salvation. C) Whisper. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharma. 2. What is the term that means "nonviolence towards all living things" ? A) Whisper. B) Nirvana. C) Salvation. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whisper. 3. The language of ancient India. A) Hieroglyphics. B) Aryans. C) Sanskrit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 4. A sacred text from Hinduism is: A) The Torah. B) The Giving Tree. C) The Vedas. D) The Old & New Testament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Vedas. 5. Sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests A) Yoga. B) The Vedas. C) Aryans. D) Ayurveda. E) Himalaya Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Vedas. 6. Which geographical feature forms a natural barrier between India and China? A) Himalayan Mountains. B) Indus River. C) Ganges River. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayan Mountains. 7. Both male and female deities are worshipped with equal reverence in Hinduism A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which group of people ranked highest on the caste system? A) Priests. B) Warrior. C) Farmers. D) Merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Priests. 9. The Gupta Empire in India is known as the Golden Age of India because of their contributions to math, science, art, and literature. We know this because ..... A) We have NOT deciphered their writing. B) We understand their written language. C) They were in the time of the Harappans. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We understand their written language. 10. The rebirth of the soul A) Guru. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reincarnation. 11. To which of the following groups do these statements apply?-spoke a language called Sanskrit-were nomadic warriors who conquered India-developed the Hindu religion and caste system A) The Huns. B) The Mongols. C) The Aryans. D) The Kush. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Aryans. 12. Determine whether the phrase below describes Hinduism, Buddhism, or both.the Vedas are a sacred text. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 13. What does "Mohenjo-daro" mean? A) Land Between Two Rivers. B) The Great Adventure. C) Mound of the Dead. D) The First City. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mound of the Dead. 14. The Mauryan ruler ..... built new roads and hospitals for people and animals A) Asoka. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Kalidasa. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asoka. 15. Which of the following was a Persian contribution to Indian civilization? A) Roads. B) Books. C) Maps. D) Songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roads. 16. Why did early Indian blacksmiths create alloys of two or more metals? A) Alloys were often stronger than one metal alone. B) Alloys were less expensive to produce than one metal. C) Alloys could be made into swords whereas one metal could not. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alloys were often stronger than one metal alone. 17. What geographical feature is located on the Eastern and Western coasts of India A) The Eastern & Western Ghat Mountains. B) The Indus River. C) The Himalaya Mountains. D) The Gange River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Eastern & Western Ghat Mountains. 18. A religion founded in India by Mahavira that promotes nonviolence A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Jainism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jainism. 19. If I were a servant, I would be part of the ..... class. A) Brahman. B) Sudras. C) Vaisya:. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sudras. 20. Second highest peak in the world. A) Mount Everest. B) Bald Hill. C) Vomiting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vomiting. 21. What are the earliest scriptures of the Hindus called? A) Hinduism. B) Meditation. C) Vedas. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedas. 22. Karma is the action, good or bad, that leads to rebirth in the next life. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Which is NOT a reason that people settle near rivers? A) Farming. B) Travel. C) Trade. D) To be safe from weather events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be safe from weather events. 24. Ancient Indians were masters of metallurgy and knew processes for mixing metals to create an ....., which is a mixture of two or more metals A) Inoculation. B) Astronomy. C) Alloy. D) Enlightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alloy. 25. The two main rivers in Ancient India ..... A) Indus and Euphrates. B) Euphrates & Tigris. C) Nile and Ganges. D) Indus & Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus & Ganges. 26. The Hindu Trinity includes Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. "Life is full of suffering" is one of the: A) Four Noble Truths. B) Ten Commandments. C) Upanishads. D) Vedic teachings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four Noble Truths. 28. Is the early religion of the Aryans named after their priest. A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Brahmanism. D) Caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmanism. 29. A landmass that is smaller than a continent is a? A) Valley. B) Mountain. C) Subcontinent. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subcontinent. 30. Religious and moral duties A) Dharma. B) Brahman. C) Nirvana. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 31. What were the reasons that the Indus Valley people abandoned the cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa? A) Volcanic eruption. B) Massive tidal waves. C) They got bored and left. D) Earthquakes, drought, Floods, and the changing direction of the Indus River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquakes, drought, Floods, and the changing direction of the Indus River. 32. Two contributions of Harappans related to Standardization were A) Weightsbricks with certain ratios. B) Bathstoilets. C) Roads laid-out in a gridplenty of wells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weightsbricks with certain ratios. 33. ..... used trade routes to travel to holy places. A) Pilgrims. B) Jainism. C) Hinduism. D) Siddhartha Gautama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrims. 34. "Souls have different journeys. The best thing to know is, not what everybody else does, but what you do. Self-discovery essentially is finding your own dharma, your own rhythm" .-Frederick LenzBased on this quote, dharma most likely means: A) Everything comes back to you. B) Reincarnation. C) Duty. D) Samsara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duty. 35. How was the Hindu belief about karma related to the caste system? A) People's caste determined which gods they worshipped. B) People are in a specific caste because of how they lived a past life. C) People can choose their own caste. D) People in low castes are always reincarnated into the same caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People are in a specific caste because of how they lived a past life. 36. Siddhartha Gautama's message about suffering and desire A) The Four Noble Truths. B) The Golden Road. C) The Three Ways. D) The Middle Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Four Noble Truths. 37. Why did Ashoka decide to change his course of destruction and embrace Buddhism? A) The suffering he witnessed after a battle caused him to change and embrace peace. B) His brother led him into a monastery where he learned of the benefits of prayer. C) He never changed and continued to ravage towns and cities that defied his rule. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The suffering he witnessed after a battle caused him to change and embrace peace. 38. Which is NOT a common industry in South Asia? A) Fishing. B) Farming. C) Clothing manufacturing. D) Logging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logging. 39. Which description best summarizes who Brahmins were? A) Warriors and Rulers. B) Farmers and Artists. C) Laborers and farmers. D) Priests and Teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Priests and Teachers. 40. Achieved when one is released from the cycle of rebirth A) Harappa. B) Salvation. C) Whisper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salvation. 41. Where does the word espresso come from? A) From its Latin root meaning "under pressure.". B) From the Greek Expreco, meaning "strong beverage.". C) From the first Italian machine called Espresso Machine. D) From a drink served in early Viennese coffeehouses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From its Latin root meaning "under pressure.". 42. What was another word for the caste group known as the Untouchables? A) Polluting Workers. B) Pariahs. C) Brahmans. D) Indus people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pariahs. 43. Blended metals are A) Inoculation. B) Alloys. C) Silver. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alloys. 44. Nirvana is ..... A) State of blissful peace in Buddhism. B) Study of the stars and planets. C) Effect that good or bad actions had a person's soul. D) Large landmass, separated from the rest of the continent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of blissful peace in Buddhism. 45. What was the only way that someone could gain entrance into a higher caste? A) Become a skilled warrior or buy land. B) Live a good life and be reincarnated after death into a higher caste. C) Marry someone in a higher caste. D) Provide money and sacrifices to the priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Live a good life and be reincarnated after death into a higher caste. 46. What was the largest occupation in ancients India? A) Soldiers. B) Merchants. C) Farmers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farmers. 47. Which is the BEST explanation for all of these ancient Indian cities and towns to be located along the Indus River? A) For better trade with the Chinese. B) For irrigation, transportation, and trade. C) For protection from their enemies. D) To limit contact and stay away from other countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For irrigation, transportation, and trade. 48. How did the Gupta Empire become wealthy? A) Salt. B) Trade. C) Gold. D) War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade. 49. The oldest University in India is A) Nagaland University. B) Narmada University. C) Nalanda University. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nalanda University. 50. Why were Dalits called "Untouchables" by other castes over the course of Indian history? A) The other castes believed Dalits were elites who were greedy and selfish people that hoarded all of the wealth for themselves. B) The other castes believed Dalits were medical professionals who worked with sick patients and were exposed to diseases. C) The other castes believed Dalits were outsiders who were dirty and impure because they sinned in their past lives. D) The other castes believed Dalits were warriors who were powerful and undefeated over several wars throughout history. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The other castes believed Dalits were outsiders who were dirty and impure because they sinned in their past lives. 51. Asoka was the first great ..... king, and he dedicated his life to peace and caring for others. A) Hindu. B) Muslim. C) Buddhist. D) Christian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhist. 52. If you were part of the Sudra caste, what professions were open to you? A) Laborer or Servant. B) Merchant, Doctor, or Teacher. C) Warrior, Ruler, and Administrator of a territory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laborer or Servant. 53. BC was the beginning of this civilization A) Aryan. B) Harappan. C) Mauryan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappan. 54. The "Awakened One." He renounced his worldly possessions and taught a way to overcome suffering. His name was Siddhartha Gautama. A) Buddha. B) Asoka. C) Chandragupta. D) Sadhu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddha. 55. Who was Shushruate? A) A famous ancient Indian politician. B) A doctor who used an early type of plastic surgery. C) The person who created numbers 0-9. D) A general for the Mauryan Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A doctor who used an early type of plastic surgery. 56. What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus Valley to begin to abandon their cities? A) Droughts and volcanic eruptions. B) Hurricanes and tsunamis. C) Floods and earthquakes. D) Wildfires and avalanches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floods and earthquakes. 57. Has multiple holy books including the Vedas A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 58. True or False. The Untouchables were part of the Upper Caste and made lots of money and decisions. A) True. B) False. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. What boundary was created during reign of Shi Huangdi of the Qin Dynasty to defend the empire from nomadic invaders living on the north? A) The Great Wall. B) The Forbidden City. C) The Hanging Gardens. D) The Enchanted Castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Wall. 60. Compare the Aryan system of government to the Harappan system. In what way did they differ? A) The Aryan system was based on a strong central government. B) The Aryan system did not allow leaders or kings. C) The Aryan system was based mostly on family connections. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Aryan system did not allow leaders or kings. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesAncient Indian History Quiz 1Ancient Indian History Quiz 2Ancient Indian History Quiz 3Ancient Indian History Quiz 4Ancient Indian History Quiz 5Ancient Indian History Quiz 6Ancient Indian History Quiz 7Ancient Indian History Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books