This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 27 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the name of the book that records the beliefs of the Aryans? A) Vedas. B) Quran. C) Torah. D) Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedas. 2. A group from Central Asia who moved into India and established Vedic society A) Nirvana. B) Vedas. C) Aryans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 3. The lowest caste of the caste system was the A) Brahmins. B) Sudras. C) Untouchables. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sudras. 4. A newspaper article about the life of the Buddha. A) Primary Source. B) Secondary Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary Source. 5. What did Hinduism teach about karma and the caste system? A) Hinduism does not believe in the caste system. B) Hinduism taught that if you had good karma, you would be born into a higher caste system. It also taught that if you had bad karma you would be born into a lower caste system. (after reincarnation). C) It taught that you will always be in one caste system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism taught that if you had good karma, you would be born into a higher caste system. It also taught that if you had bad karma you would be born into a lower caste system. (after reincarnation). 6. Who was the great King of Maurya Empire A) King Tut. B) King Ramses. C) King Asoka. D) King Hammurabi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Asoka. 7. Which of these is NOT an Indian invention? A) Wheel. B) Wootz steel. C) Seamless metal globe. D) Cast iron rocket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheel. 8. What MOST likely happened in the Great Bath? A) Religious cleansing. B) Swimming. C) Going to the bathroom. D) Bathing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religious cleansing. 9. According to the Hindu belief of reincarnation, those that follow Hinduism correctly: A) Cannot escape from the cycle of death and rebirth. B) Will be born to a higher position. C) Will not be rewarded in the next life. D) Will be reborn as animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be born to a higher position. 10. Hindu Religious Practice involving physical and mental discipline to harmonize the body with the soul A) Veda. B) Nirvana. C) Epic. D) Yoga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yoga. 11. Harappan Civilization was known for which of the following advancements? A) Advanced drainage system. B) Early transportation systems. C) Weather balloon tracking. D) Strictly monotheistic religions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advanced drainage system. 12. What was a benefit of the summer monsoons that produced a lot of rain? A) Good for crops. B) Good for socialization. C) Good for boating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good for crops. 13. The name Siddhartha Gautama was called after his enlightenment. A) Bupta. B) Buddha. C) Gupta. D) Suddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddha. 14. A social group that one is born into and cannot change A) Caste. B) Sanskrit. C) Raja. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caste. 15. Rigid social structur determining a person's position in society. A) Nobility. B) Caste System. C) Ranking. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste System. 16. Section of a religious epic poem A) Himalayas. B) Sanskrit. C) Chandra Gupta. D) Bhagavad Gita. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bhagavad Gita. 17. Originally when the Aryans migrated, how many social classes did they have? A) 2. B) 3. C) 5. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 18. What was the main religious text for Hinduism? A) Sanskrit. B) The old testament. C) Tripitaka. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vedas. 19. When was the Mauryan Empire created? A) 321 BC. B) 320 AD. C) 501 AD. D) 500 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 321 BC. 20. Which numerals/numbers from Indian scholars do we use today? A) Roman numerals. B) Hindu-Arabic numerals. C) Binary numerals. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindu-Arabic numerals. 21. Scholars do not know why Harappan civilization ended. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. The mountains of northern India are called the A) Indus. B) Aryans. C) Khybers. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Himalayas. 23. What animal is most sacred to a Hindu? A) Sheep. B) Pig. C) Horse. D) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cow. 24. What natural barrier is on the northern border of India? A) Himalaya Mountains. B) The Nile Delta. C) Cataracts. D) Deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalaya Mountains. 25. State of eternal peace and happiness A) Nirvana. B) 4 Noble Truths. C) Dharma. D) Buddha. E) 8 fold path. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nirvana. 26. What is one of the mountain ranges along the northern border of India? A) Appalachian. B) Alps. C) Himalayans. D) Andes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayans. 27. Whats the most popular religion in India A) Christianity. B) Atheism. C) Buddhism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 28. Which of these is an ancient Indian language? A) Nomadic. B) Aryan. C) Sanskrit. D) Persian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 29. Why do scholars believe that the Indus Valley had a highly developed civilization? A) It left behind many written records. B) Its cities show a high level of planning. C) Its royal tombs hold many artifacts. D) It had a highly organized religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its cities show a high level of planning. 30. Which is an Indian social class whose members are restricted in their jobs and interaction with people of other social classes? A) Veda. B) Caste. C) Guru. D) Pilgrim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste. 31. After the horse, Kanthaka, reincarnated to become a Brahmin, he saw the Buddha. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. Which one best describes the untouchables? A) Well respected. B) Lowest on the Caste System. C) Second from the top, underneath Gods. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lowest on the Caste System. 33. Collections of hymns, poems, and rituals honoring ancient Aryan gods A) Ratha. B) Crow. C) Vedas. D) Mahabharata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedas. 34. What is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides? A) Subcontinent. B) Bay. C) Island. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peninsula. 35. The division of Indian society into groups. A) Caste system. B) Karma. C) Jainism. D) Raja. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caste system. 36. Which part of the caste system preformed "unclean" jobs? A) Sudra. B) Vaishya. C) Brahmin. D) Dalit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dalit. 37. Indian classes reflected an informal division of labor. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. Determine whether the phrase below describes Hinduism, Buddhism, or both.Ultimate goal is moksha. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 39. Which ruler created the first Indian Empire and what was it called? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Asoka. C) Chandra Gupta I. D) Chandra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya. 40. Siddhartha meditated about the way to reach true happiness and peace, also called A) Alms. B) The Four Noble Truths. C) Buddhism. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nirvana. 41. The ..... were a group of nomadic people that came from the area of southern Russia and northern Iran. A) Mesopotamians. B) Romans. C) Aryans. D) Huns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 42. The desert in India that provided protection from invasions A) Sonoran Desert. B) Sahara Desert. C) Thar Desert. D) Gobi Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thar Desert. 43. Who was Cyrus II? A) The founder of Hindu. B) The founder of the Gupta Empire. C) The founder of Buddhism. D) The founder of the Persian Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The founder of the Persian Empire. 44. What mountain range did the Aryan Migration travel over? A) The Sierra Nevada. B) The Alps. C) The Hindu Kush. D) The Himalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Hindu Kush. 45. According to the map on p. 210, the Mauryan's capital city of Pataliputra was located in the ..... A) West. B) North. C) South. D) East. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) East. 46. The twin capital cities of the ancient Indus River Valley Civilization were: A) Mohenjo-Daro and Mesopotamia. B) Mohenjo-Daro and Raja. C) Raja and Harappa. D) Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. 47. Vocabulary:A mixture of metals A) Inoculation. B) Meditation. C) Nirvana. D) Sutras. E) Alloy. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Alloy. 48. A social class system places people into a pyramid to show A) Their status in life. B) Their years on the job. C) The neighborhood they live in. D) Their wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their status in life. 49. These people did not belong to a caste. They did jobs considered 'dirty' and lived a hard life. A) Aryans. B) Brahmans. C) Untouchables. D) Mauryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Untouchables. 50. Which religion is more widely practiced in other parts of Asia than in India? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 51. Indian mathematicians figured out something that modern technology could not do without. What was it? A) Pi. B) Numeral. C) Infinity. D) A symbol for zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A symbol for zero. 52. The language of the Gupta Empire was A) Latin. B) Sanskrit. C) Greek. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 53. .... developed out of Brahmanism and influences from other cultures, and became the most widespread religion in India today. A) Sikhism. B) Sudra. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinduism. 54. Which of the following most accurately explains why the Aryans chose to establish the caste system in ancient India? A) The Aryans wanted to create a government system in which every member of society-including the conquered-were given equal power and equal access. B) They created the caste system to ensure that major engineering projects-needed to ensure the success of the civilization could be completed in a timely manner. C) They established the caste system-an agricultural policy that ensured crops lands were not harvested too frequently-so that the population had a plentiful supply of food. D) The Aryans wanted to create a system to control the conquered populations of India, maintain order and keep them at the top of the social hierarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Aryans wanted to create a system to control the conquered populations of India, maintain order and keep them at the top of the social hierarchy. 55. Confucius a very famous ....., in Ancient China A) Philosopher. B) Army leader. C) God. D) Emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philosopher. 56. The ..... were thought to be impure. A) Kshatriyas. B) Vaisya:. C) Untouchables. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Untouchables. 57. What is at the bottom of India's Caste system because they are considered "vile" due to their religious customs? A) Jainism. B) Sudras. C) Untouchables. D) Servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Untouchables. 58. India is considered a subcontinent because it is a large landmass separated from Asia by ..... A) Mountains. B) Seas. C) Plateaus. D) Deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains. 59. Seasonal winds called ..... influence India's climate. A) Foobaloobas. B) Soonatas. C) Monsoons. D) Notsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoons. 60. Which of these events happened earliest in Indian history? A) A major natural disaster may have suddenly wiped out the civilization of the Indus River Valley. B) The Harappan culture thrived and spread throughout the Indus River Valley. C) Armies sent by Persian kings moved into the Indus River Valley. D) The Aryans crossed the Hindu Kush and entered the Indus River Valley. 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