This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 26 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first people believed to have arrived in the Indus River Valley were the A) Aryans. B) The Guptas. C) Mauryans. D) Hindus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryans. 2. In the caste system, who is at the very bottom of the pyramid? A) Priests. B) Merchants. C) Outcasts. D) Warriors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outcasts. 3. Is the modern name for the religion of India. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Reincarnation. D) Brahmanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 4. Read the phrase and determine which religion it is associated with:Split into two groups that had different beliefs about gods and worship. A) Buddhism. B) Jainism. C) Hinduism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 5. During the monsoon rains, winds blow from A) West to east. B) Land to sea. C) India in Mesopotamia. D) Southern India to the North. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West to east. 6. Farming settlements began in the Indus Valley during what year? A) 300 BCE. B) 3000 BCE. C) 30 BC. D) 300 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3000 BCE. 7. Who was Candra Gupta II? A) An Indian emperor whotook the throne in AD375; during his rule, Gupta society reachedits high point. B) A military leader whoseized control of Indiaand founded theMauryan Empire in the320s BC. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An Indian emperor whotook the throne in AD375; during his rule, Gupta society reachedits high point. 8. Vocabulary:Guides listing the rules of castes A) Sutras. B) Mahayana. C) Four Noble Truths. D) Crow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sutras. 9. Dome shaped Buddhist shrine A) Monsoon. B) Caste. C) Stupa. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stupa. 10. A fixed social class that a person is born into A) Casting. B) Caste. C) Royalty. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste. 11. A monsoon is seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry season A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. When did the Aryans migrate to India? A) 2 500CE. B) 3 500 BCE. C) 1 500BCE. D) 100 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 500BCE. 13. The Indus Valley people made their houses out of which material? A) Stone. B) Bricks. C) Wood. D) Mud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bricks. 14. Which of the following concerns was of great importance to Siddhartha Gautama? A) Helping people worship God daily. B) Mediating under a tree. C) Encouraging followers to give money. D) Finding ways to eliminate human suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finding ways to eliminate human suffering. 15. Siddhartha Guatama was a wealthy ..... A) Priest. B) Warrior. C) Prince. D) Farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prince. 16. A central virtue and spiritual practice of Jainisism is A) Loving your family. B) Non-violence. C) The annual pilgrimage to Amristar. D) The renunciation of worldly possessions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-violence. 17. Astronomy is ..... A) Written language of Ancient India. B) State of blissful and perfect peace in Buddhism. C) The study of the stars and planets. D) Belief that your soul is born and reborn many times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study of the stars and planets. 18. Religion during the Gupta Empire is considered revolutionary or progressive because ..... A) They were not polytheistic. B) They believed in reincarnation. C) They allowed people to practice different religions. D) They created a social pyramid based on religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They allowed people to practice different religions. 19. The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. A) Minerology. B) Archaeology. C) Astrology. D) Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaeology. 20. Which empire had a period known as "The Golden Age of India" ? A) Maurya Empire. B) Gupta Empire. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta Empire. 21. A member of the second caste in the traditional Indian caste system. Warriors, rulers, and politicians A) Kshatriya. B) Vedas. C) Chandragupta. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kshatriya. 22. The first civilizations in India developed around the ..... A) Indus River Valley. B) Ganges River Valley. C) Mississippi River Valley. D) Po River Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus River Valley. 23. Enlightenment in Buddhism means A) Height of understanding; an end to all suffering, pain, greed, and desire. B) Height of intelligence; an end to all ignorance. C) Height of awareness; an end to all confusion, ignorance, and close-mindedness. D) Height of fashion; an end to all ugly, unflattering, ill-fitting, and unstylish clothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Height of understanding; an end to all suffering, pain, greed, and desire. 24. Aryan society was divided into four social classes, or ..... A) Crow. B) Vedas. C) Castes. D) Vedic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crow. 25. Is more of a way of life than a religion A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 26. Religion based on Mahariva's teachings Principles:injure no life, tell the truth, do not steal, and own no landPracticed nonviolence A) Hinduism. B) Jainism. C) Buddhism. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jainism. 27. The Gupta Empire grew wealthy through ..... A) Robbing. B) Racing. C) Trade. D) War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade. 28. Select the choice that best represents the word, Sanskrit. A) A prince who ruled an Indo-Aryan state. B) The Indo-Aryan language. C) The period of India's history from 1, 500 to 1, 000 B.C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Indo-Aryan language. 29. Connect the following statement with the religion it describes:The Four Noble Truths: A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 30. The effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul. A) Dharma. B) Atman. C) Raja. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 31. What is a seasonal wind that usually carries heavy rainfall?(This happens during may in India) A) Tornado. B) Thunderstorm. C) Hurricane. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoon. 32. By which river did the Harrappan people live? A) Indus. B) Ganges. C) Himalayan. D) Sarasvati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus. 33. What is the lowest caste system of "Untouchables" called? A) The Guptas. B) Pharaohs. C) Dalits. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dalits. 34. Commoners including farmers, merchants, and artisans A) Brahmans. B) Pariahs. C) Vaisya:. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaisya:. 35. Who were the people who created the Caste system A) Asoka. B) Egyptians. C) Ayra. D) Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ayra. 36. A government run by religious leaders A) Monarchy. B) Democracy. C) Theocracy. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theocracy. 37. How was Indian society organized after the Aryans took over? A) The classes were arranged by birth right and there was no moving between them. B) The classes were all equal. C) The classes were based on your profession and economic status. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The classes were arranged by birth right and there was no moving between them. 38. Which is the highest in the caste system? A) Dalits. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaisya:. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmins. 39. The Harappan civilization is also known as the ..... civilization. A) Narmada. B) Indus. C) Bindu. D) Himalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus. 40. Which civilization do historians know the LEAST about? A) Indus River valley. B) Ancient Egypt. C) Ancient Mesopotamia. D) Ancient China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus River valley. 41. What body of water is located west of India? A) Indus River. B) Arabian Sea. C) The Ghats. D) Bay of Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arabian Sea. 42. The right way to live A) Dharma. B) Siva. C) Jati. D) Raja. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 43. Which of the following is an important text in Hinduism? A) The Vedas. B) The Collected Teachings of Siddhartha. C) The Old Testament. D) The Farmer's Almanac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Vedas. 44. In Buddhism Buddah is the god. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. What was the only way to improve your position in the caste system? A) To work hard and get promoted. B) To have good karma. C) To die and be reborn into another caste. D) There is no way to improve you position. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To die and be reborn into another caste. 46. The Thar Desert is located where within India? A) The South. B) The Northeast. C) The West. D) The Northwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Northwest. 47. Reincarnation is the Hindu A) Method of training that is supposed to lead to oneness with Brahman. B) Must worship the leader as a god. C) Belief that woman is superior. D) Belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form. 48. Which is the most likely explanation for the decline of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation? A) The Aryan Invasion. B) Diffusion when the cities became unliveable. C) Earthquake and flood. D) Epidemic (disease). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diffusion when the cities became unliveable. 49. The Arthasastra advises that, when there is a conflict between sacred law and rational law, A) Sacred law should be held authoritative. B) Rational law or reason should be held authoritative. C) Both sacred law and rational law must be considered equally. D) The Arthasastra did not address this issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rational law or reason should be held authoritative. 50. In what way did the Aryans NOT change after they moved? A) Believed cattle were sacred. B) Developed Sanskrit. C) Changed from nomads to farmers. D) Became Muslims. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Became Muslims. 51. Which of the following was a characteristic of Gupta rule? A) Unstable government. B) Extreme poverty. C) Constant warfare. D) Lasting prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lasting prosperity. 52. Which caste included the farmers and servants? A) Sudras. B) Kshatriyas. C) Brahmins. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudras. 53. The period from about ..... referred as the Golden age of India. A) 320 CE-550 CE. B) 320 BCE-550 CE. C) 550 BCE-320 BCE. D) 550 BCE-320 CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 320 CE-550 CE. 54. Siddhartha Gautama didn't travel outside his palace(s) until he was ..... A) 19 years old. B) 15 years old. C) 20 years old. D) 29 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 29 years old. 55. Indo-Europeans who invaded India in waves A) Aryans. B) Muslims. C) Chinese. D) Harappans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryans. 56. The rebirth of the soul is called A) Salvation. B) Reincarnation. C) Nirvana. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 57. What river is associated with Ancient China? A) Nile. B) Indus. C) Tigris. D) Huang he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Huang he. 58. Which plateau is located in the southern part of India? A) Deccan Plateau. B) Himalayan Plateau. C) Tibetan Plateau. D) Sahyadri Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deccan Plateau. 59. Which of the following is NOT an effect that agriculture had on the Indus River Valley civilization? A) The ability to grow different crops. B) Animals dying of diseases. C) The ability for people to focus on different jobs. D) The ability to train animals to work for them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals dying of diseases. 60. Social Class:India's caste system had which social classes? A) Brahmana (priests) and Shudra (laborers). B) Vaishya (farmers and merchants) and Shudra (laborers. C) Brahmana (priests), Vaishya (farmers and merchants) and Shudra (laborers). D) Brahmana (priests), Kshatriya (the warriors), Vaishya (farmers and merchants) and Shudra (laborers). 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