This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 59 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What strategy did Chandragupta use to conquer Magadha? A) Cause so much destruction that people will be forced to flee. B) Seize the capital, and then the rest of the kingdom will fall. C) Follow Buddhism's teachings and Magadha will eventually surrender. D) Attack the borders first, then the capital city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attack the borders first, then the capital city. 2. Warriors, 2nd highest group A) Sudras. B) Vaisya:. C) Kshatriyas. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kshatriyas. 3. About 3000 B.C., the early people who lived in the Indus River valley were the A) It's also Joe. B) Harappans. C) Indians. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryans. 4. The largest part of the Caste System that includes unskilled workers. A) Sudras. B) Karma. C) Vaisya:. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudras. 5. A teacher of boys in wealthy Indian families A) Dharma. B) Brahmanism. C) Caste System. D) Hinduism. E) Guru. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Guru. 6. What natural event helped the Indus River Valley become ideal for farming? A) The snow melted in the Himalayas. B) Flood waters left behind silt. C) The monsoons made it muddy. D) The rain watered the crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flood waters left behind silt. 7. A large land mass like India that is separated from the rest of the continent by mountains like the Himalayas. A) Karma. B) Caste System. C) Hinduism. D) Subcontinent. E) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subcontinent. 8. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF INDIA A) HINDI. B) SPANISH. C) CREOLE. D) LATIN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HINDI. 9. The accumulation of all of your good and bad deeds is called ..... A) Shiva. B) Veda. C) Karma. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. 10. Buddhism was created after Hinduism, as such it borrows many ideas and beliefs from Hinduism. Which one of the below does it borrow? A) The idea of Castes. B) The idea of Brahman. C) The Belief in Reincarnation. D) The belief in Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Belief in Reincarnation. 11. The supreme god for Hindus is ..... A) Baal. B) Bubba Gump. C) Buddha. D) Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahman. 12. What does the word "Hinduism" mean? A) The religion of the people of China. B) The religion of the people of Buddhism. C) The religion of the people of India. D) The religion of the animals of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The religion of the people of India. 13. Which city in the Byzantine empire kept close cultural ties with the Russian empire? A) Rome. B) Constantinople. C) Antioch. D) Jerusalem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constantinople. 14. What is the name of the Hindu god of destruction? A) Vishnu. B) Varna. C) Brahma. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shiva. 15. A person's personal duty, based on the individual's caste. A) Nirvana. B) Caste. C) Dharma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharma. 16. ..... is a form of government in which a God or deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. A) Monarchy. B) Theocracy. C) Democracy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theocracy. 17. What are the effects of the Aryans migrating to India? A) Aryans imported religion to India. B) Aryans imported their social hierarcy, the caste system to India. C) Aryans brought their language, Sanskrit, to India. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. International Yoga day is celebrated on A) June 21st. B) July 21st. C) May 21st. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June 21st. 19. Define:inoculation A) Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease. B) Infecting a person with a virus to gain their life insurance. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease. 20. Which of these BEST answers the compelling question, "How can religion shape a civilization's interactions?" A) Religion has shaped India because it tells them what to believe and what their traditions are. B) Buddhism was spread throughout Asia on the Silk Road during Asoka's reign. C) Hindus worship the Ganges, but Buddhists do not. D) Both Hinduism and Buddhism share similar beliefs of Dharma, Karma, & Samsara. The caste system in Hinduism especially affects one's social status and occupation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Hinduism and Buddhism share similar beliefs of Dharma, Karma, & Samsara. The caste system in Hinduism especially affects one's social status and occupation. 21. The first civilization in India is called ..... A) The Indians. B) The Aryans. C) The Assyrians. D) The Indus Valley Civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Indus Valley Civilization. 22. A long story of heroes told in verse. A) Epic poem. B) Vedas. C) Tanyukh. D) Scriptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic poem. 23. What was one major city found in the Indus River Valley? A) It's also Joe. B) Athens. C) Cairo. D) Ur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's also Joe. 24. A SINGLE SPIRITUAL POWER THAT HINDUS BELIEVE LIVES IN EVERYTHING A) DHARMA. B) BRAHMAN. C) NIRVANA. D) BUDDHISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BRAHMAN. 25. How many people practice Hinduism today? A) Over 1 billion. B) 10 million. C) 1 trillion. D) A small number. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over 1 billion. 26. Economy:Choose the meaning of the word "fractured" in the following excerpt: "The country fractured into many small kingdoms with each one developing trade with Rome especially after Rome conquered Egypt, India's most respected trade partner until then." A) Studied. B) Gathered. C) Purchased. D) Broke apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broke apart. 27. Idea that when people pass away, they are reborn into a new life A) Reincarnation. B) Karma. C) Nirvana. D) Rebirth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation. 28. "The Enlightened One" Siddhartha Gautama A) Inoculation. B) Buddha. C) Alloys. D) Metallurgy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddha. 29. Which of the following describes cities of the Indus Valley? A) Cities were build without thinking, forming a jumble of streets. B) Cities were destroyed by invaders in horse-drawn chariots. C) Cities were constantly at war. D) Cities were planned and had their own plumbing and sewage systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cities were planned and had their own plumbing and sewage systems. 30. (20) How did caste system hurt India? A) It allowed everyone to choose what they wanted to do. B) It brought order and stability to India society. C) It made life equal for everyone in India. D) It limited people's individual freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It limited people's individual freedom. 31. The teachings of the Buddha to help achieve happiness. A) Enlightenment. B) Eightfold Path. C) Four Noble Truths. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eightfold Path. 32. Ancient Persia originated in the location of what present day country? A) Iran. B) Egypt. C) Iraq. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iran. 33. Which is NOT an example of a metallurgy advancement in technology during the Gupta Empire? A) Steel weapons. B) Stone tools. C) Gold coins. D) Mirrors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stone tools. 34. What was India's first major religion? A) Judaism. B) Christianity. C) Buddhism. D) Hinduism. E) Polytheism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 35. Which of the following is NOT true about the caste system? A) A class structure determined by birth. B) People can marry outside of their caste. C) People are labeled as a certain group based on parents' wealth. D) People can not move out of their caste/group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People can marry outside of their caste. 36. The written language of ancient India is called? A) Cursive. B) Sanskrit. C) ELA context clues. D) Scribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 37. What group had jobs that no one else is Indian Society wanted? A) Priests. B) Untouchables. C) Warriors. D) Farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untouchables. 38. Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well-planned cities. What inference (educated guess) can you make about the people who lived in the Indus Valley? A) They were nomads. B) They had difficulty completing tasks. C) They were intelligent and talented. D) They knew how to deal with wood burning stoves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were intelligent and talented. 39. What does "meditating" mean? A. to speak openly C. to speak openly B. to write poetry D. to sing loudly A) To think deeply. B) To write poetry. C) To sing loudly. D) To speak openly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To think deeply. 40. Who created the caste system? A) Harappans. B) Budha. C) Aryans. D) The Mauryan empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 41. This is the best known section of the Mahabharata, which includes the god Krishna advising a king to do his duty and fight. A) Brahmin. B) Vaisya:. C) Bhagavad Gita. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhagavad Gita. 42. Divided India's society into social groups? A) Brahmanism. B) Caste System. C) Hindu Class. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste System. 43. Which group suddenly disappeared from the Indus River Valley? A) Buddhism. B) Harappans. C) Aryans. D) Budha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappans. 44. Who almost conquered most of the Ancient World including Egypt, Greece, and part of India? A) Alexander the Great. B) Julius Caesar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander the Great. 45. What group of people did the jobs that no one else in Indian society wanted to do? A) Farmers. B) Artisans. C) Priests. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Untouchables. 46. The heavy rains that accompany the seasonal wind of South Asia that blows from the southwest in summer. A) Monsoons. B) Indus River. C) Indus River Valley Civilization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoons. 47. Name the location shown on the map. A) Brahmaputra River. B) Hindu Kush Mountains. C) Indus River. D) Ganges River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus River. 48. This group of people were probably most interested in converting from Hinduism to Buddhism. A) Wealthy. B) Untouchables. C) Brahmins. D) Priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untouchables. 49. Divided Indian society in to social groups A) Caste System. B) Princes. C) Reincarnation. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caste System. 50. Which Indian Emperor adopted Buddhism and made it the religion of his Empire? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Siddhartha Gyatam. C) Asoka. D) Chandra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asoka. 51. Which of the following are key ideas in Hinduism? A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) All of these answers are key ideas in Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are key ideas in Hinduism. 52. Which of these rights did an Indian woman have? A) Schooling. B) Divorce. C) Inheritance. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schooling. 53. Because of its geography, India was: A) Open to trade with only african people. B) A world trading power. C) Isolated and had limited contact with the rest of the world. D) Open to trade with pirates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isolated and had limited contact with the rest of the world. 54. Mountain range in northern India A) Deccan Plateau. B) Rocky Mountains. C) Himalaya Mountains. D) Arabian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalaya Mountains. 55. This statement belongs to which religion?" The Ganges River is holy/pure to this religion." A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 56. One idea that Buddha teaches is that "Life is full of suffering" . This is part of what philosophy? A) Ten Commandments. B) Four Noble Truths. C) Upanishads. D) Vedic teachings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four Noble Truths. 57. Who was the leader who united India and established the Mauryan Dynasty? A) Sea secret. B) Alexander the Great. C) Ashoka. D) Chandragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandragupta. 58. End goal is to break free from samsara A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 59. True or False:Harappans had a caste system A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 60. Which ancient Indian civilization started the Caste System? A) Gupta. B) The mother. C) Harappan. D) Aryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryan. ← 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