This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 37 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do Hindus believe is the all-powerful spirit or force in the universe? A) Buddhism. B) Brahman. C) Broccoli. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahman. 2. The force created by a person's actions is called karma. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. Where in india did the original settlers live? A) Under a tree. B) By the indus river. C) In the south east. D) In the himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the indus river. 4. Finish this sentence. Siddhartha Gautama was a wealthy Indian Prince who rejected his life of wealth and good fortune. He retired to the forest and sat under a tree for 49 days until he found ..... A) Buddha. B) A state of enlightenment. C) His wife. D) Post Malone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A state of enlightenment. 5. Advances in what science allowed people in the Indus Valley to plan planting and harvesting around annual flooding? A) Metallurgy. B) Biology. C) Astronomy. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 6. A person who travels to holy sites A) Pharaoh. B) Priest. C) Prisoner. D) Pilgrim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pilgrim. 7. The Gupta Empire was considered the "golden age" because the economy was strong and there were great advancements in art, literature, math, medicine, metallurgy, and science. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which Disney movie has their setting in India? A) Brave. B) Aladdin. C) Tangled. D) Jungle Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jungle Book. 9. Who was the most famous Mauryan emperor known for spreading Buddhism? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Bindusara. C) Asoka. D) Harsha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asoka. 10. Who took over the Mauyran Empire after the leader died? A) Buddha. B) Jesus. C) Asoka. D) Mrs. Wilkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asoka. 11. Which of the following are architectural achievements of Ancient India? A) Great Wall and Grand Canal. B) Great Pyramid and Sphinx. C) Indoor plumbing and sewage systems. D) Ziggurat and Temple of Luxor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indoor plumbing and sewage systems. 12. What did siddhartha gautama do for the rest of his life? A) Meditate and relax. B) Watch tv and eat pizza. C) Talk long walks around a river. D) He did nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meditate and relax. 13. -Concept of zero-Advancements in textiles-Healing bones-Astronomy Which empire is responsible for creating the above advancements. A) Egyptian. B) Babylonian. C) Qin. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gupta. 14. What is the name of a Muslim holy war? A) How are you. B) Quran. C) Mecca. D) Jihad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jihad. 15. In Hinduism and Buddhism, your ..... determines what you will come back as in your next life. A) Caste. B) Job. C) Wealth. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 16. Which king eventually rejected violence and embraced Buddhism? A) Ashoka. B) Chandra Gupta Maurya. C) Krishna. D) Lakshmi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashoka. 17. What were the ancient cities discovered by archaeologists along the Indus River? A) Memphis and Thebes. B) Athens and Sparta. C) Rome and Florence. D) Momon Jodara plan d open field. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Momon Jodara plan d open field. 18. ..... is an exercise to relax your mind, soul and body. A) Enlightenment. B) Meditation. C) Nirvana. D) Stupas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meditation. 19. ....., the largest religion in India today, is a blending of many of the religious traditions of Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. A) Jainism. B) Sikhism. C) Hinduism. D) Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinduism. 20. The oldest religion in the world with roots dating back to 4000 BCE A) Hinduism. B) Indusism. C) The way of the Seal. D) Mohenjo-daro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 21. MAURYAN EMPIRE'S GOLDEN AGE BEGINS A) C. 15500 B.C. B) 1776. C) C. 265 B.C. D) C. 1000 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 265 B.C. 22. The Kushans adapted A) The Greek alphabet. B) A calendar based on the sun and the moon. C) Kalasindra's poem The Cloiud Messenger. D) The Arabic numerical system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A calendar based on the sun and the moon. 23. India's climate depends on what type of weather? A) Trade winds. B) Monsoons. C) Hurricanes. D) The boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 24. Which is a religion of tolerance (accepting of others)? A) Both. B) Neither. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both. 25. What is the word that means "a state of perfect peace" in Buddhism? A) Stupa. B) Nirvana. C) Karma. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nirvana. 26. How does Buddhism differ from Hinduism? A) Women were the equals of men. B) The material world held the key to happiness. C) Self denial is necessary to achieve an understanding of reality. D) Buddhists believe you are responsible for your own life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhists believe you are responsible for your own life. 27. Indian families often pooled their resources to invest in business ventures. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. Key term:the religious and moral duties of Hindus A) Reincarnation. B) Dharma. C) Nirvana. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharma. 29. Why are the summer monsoons so important? A) They bring cold, dry air. B) They bring the rainy season which allows crops to grow. C) They aren't important. D) They dry out the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They bring the rainy season which allows crops to grow. 30. The Aryans displayed knowledge of health and medicine by doing which of the following? A) Inoculations. B) Lobotomies. C) Dissecting DNA. D) Successful blood transfusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inoculations. 31. What evidence shows us how men in Mohenjodaro might have dressed? A) Pictographs. B) An ancient statue. C) A report by a visitor. D) Remains of an old robe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ancient statue. 32. The Harappans were a river valley civilization like Egypt and Mesopotamia A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Shiva was an important Hindu deity, or God, whose role was A) The creator. B) The preserver. C) The destroyer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The destroyer. 34. The third largest religion in the world. A) Islam. B) Hinduism. C) Christianity. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 35. (5) In terms of economy, how are the Indus River Valley and the river valleys of Mesopotamia and Egypt alike? A) They all have merchants who were also worshiped as gods. B) They all traded their surplus of goods. C) The Indus River valley was the only one that traded. D) Only Mesopotamia and India traded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They all traded their surplus of goods. 36. Who invented Buddhism in 600 B.C A) Brahma. B) Krishna. C) Hindus. D) Siddhartha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Siddhartha. 37. What is the term for the Hindu belief that each person has many lives? A) Veda. B) Meditation. C) Reincarnation. D) Yoga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reincarnation. 38. Which job do Kshatriya perform according to the caste system? A) Priests. B) Outcasts/pariah. C) Warrior and ruler. D) Skilled trader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warrior and ruler. 39. Hindus believe that souls are born and reborn many times. This process of rebirth is called ..... A) Karma. B) Reincarnation. C) Dharma. D) Whisper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 40. Buddhists believe that suffering is caused by ..... instead of needs. A) Academics. B) Work. C) Desires. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desires. 41. A division of Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation. A) Caste system. B) Division of labor. C) Social status. D) Social system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caste system. 42. What was the name of the written language of the Ancient Indian civilization? A) Sanskrit. B) Cuneiform. C) Hindi. D) Hieroglyphics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 43. Which of the following is NOT true about Ashoka? A) He ruled by Buddhist principles. B) He encouraged religious toleration. C) He spread his message by the "Rock Edicts.". D) He demanded all his people become buddhists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He demanded all his people become buddhists. 44. Why did the people in the Indus Valley move and resettle in northwestern India? A) They were forced to leave by invaders. B) They wanted to explore new lands. C) They were following their religious beliefs. D) The climate in the Indus Valley became unfavorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were following their religious beliefs. 45. This determines a person's job, social group, and marriage A) Dharma. B) Caste system. C) Karma. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste system. 46. There were many advancements in art during this period, most notably in ..... A) Pottery. B) Metalworking. C) Interpretive dance. D) Painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metalworking. 47. Hindus believe in one unifying spirit known as? A) Ares. B) Thor. C) Brahman. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahman. 48. Why is so little known about the Harappa? A) They did not have a writing system. B) They were a mythical civilization that never existed. C) They were only around for a few decades and disappeared. D) Their pictograms have not yet been deciphered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their pictograms have not yet been deciphered. 49. Which ancient Chinese philosophy believed strict laws and harsh punishments would lead to proper behavior? A) Daoism. B) Confucianism. C) Legalism. D) Shintoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legalism. 50. What is the oldest sacred text of the Hindu religion? A) Samsara. B) Vedas. C) Four Nobel Truths. D) Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vedas. 51. True or False:The Mauryan and Gupta Empire fell to invaders A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. Early Aryan religion A) Caste. B) Brahmanism. C) Hinduism. D) Karma. E) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahmanism. 53. Who am I? My name means "Enlightened One" . A) Chanakya. B) Rama. C) Buddha. D) The Huns. E) Asoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddha. 54. ..... is the consequence of how you live. A) Karma. B) Buddhism. C) Buddha. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 55. Early India relied on subsistence farming:what is subsistence farming? A) Growing enough food for my entire city. B) Large-scale commercial farming that employ's hundreds of workers. C) Growing enough food for just myself. D) Growing enough food to feed my family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growing enough food to feed my family. 56. Being free from prejudice A) Tolerance. B) Caste. C) Atman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tolerance. 57. Which belief system began in India and continues to dominate it today? A) Mormonism. B) Buddhism. C) Christianity. D) HInduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HInduism. 58. Which is an important river in India? A) Tigris. B) Ganges. C) Bengal. D) Euphrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganges. 59. ..... winds influence India's weather during the summer bringing as much as 200 inches of rain. A) Monsoon. B) Strong. C) Summer. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoon. 60. 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