Ancient Indian History Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. 9:The twin cities of the Indus Valley Civilization were Mahenjo-Daro and
2. What form of literature is the Bhagavad Gita?
3. The source of the Indus River is .....
4. What is the name of the dynasty that reunited India and revived Hindu traditions?
5. The GOd known as the "Remover of Obstacles" is:
6. Mountain range the separates the subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau
7. The longest epic poem
8. Considering the time, the field of ..... in ancient India was very advanced compared to other ancient civilizations.
9. What is the epic poem that tells the story of Rama who fights the demon Ravana who has kidnapped his wife Sita?
10. Mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia
11. Which of the following is a basic Buddhist belief?
12. What was the name of the Persian governor of each province?
13. What did the spinning wheel eventually become a symbol of?
14. The Indian subcontinent is surrounded on three sides by?
15. How many herbal treatments has Ancient China developed?
16. Which version of Buddhism tried to follow Buddha's teachings exactly how he originally shared them?
17. Which of the following was an important Gupta contribution in mathematics?
18. According to Hinduism, this was the first of all sounds that created the universe.
19. What religion developed by the Aryans would combine with several other beliefs to create Hinduism?
20. Untouchables are separate groups seen as impure
21. This is the caste that is the most respected of all the castes
22. Which Mauyran ruler built hospitals and sent teachers to spread Buddhism?
23. Mountains on India's east and west coast
24. In Hinduism the rebirth of the soul is known as
25. Which religions believe in reincarnation
26. To the Jains all ..... is sacred
27. Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty reunited much of northern India?
28. What is the Eightfold Path?
29. Where was the first Jain council held?
30. What is one fact about monsoon winds?
31. A famous Gupta mathematician and astronomer named Aryabhata discovered .....
32. Siddhartha Gautama found enlightenment by .....
33. The way to end human suffering according to Buddha was the;
34. Belief that a person lives many lives
35. The first ruler of the Maurya Empire was .....
36. How is Buddhism a rejection of Hinduism?
37. Gods and Goddesses for Hinduism
38. Which empire was created a time of peace and prosperity for its people?
39. India's plains owe their rich soil to:
40. What was the caste system?
41. Place the classes of the Indian caste system in order from highest to lowest.
42. Which word best describes a large land mass that juts out of a continent?
43. These mountains separate India and China
44. Ancient Chinese history is usually divided by .....
45. Hindus believe that all their gods are part of a universal spirit called?
46. The numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 come from a system of numbers created in India and spread along trade routes by traders. They are the (a)
47. Farmers, unskilled workers, servants
48. Cities built with the same layout and the same features.
49. An edict is .....
50. There is one spiritual force known as Brahman and all gods are a form of Brahman
51. What is the term for the moral duties and responsibilities in Hinduism?
52. Which of the following is not a basic principle of Jainsim?
53. Includes rulers and warriors
54. The main goal of life in Buddhism is to .....
55. What religion blended with the ideas of other people of India to form Hinduism?
56. The main leaders from the Mauryan Empire were Ashoka and .....
57. What is the Hindu definition of the term Yoga?
58. Define the word polytheism:
59. The Indus Valley makes up modern day ..... and .....
60. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama