This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 9:The twin cities of the Indus Valley Civilization were Mahenjo-Daro and A) Maurya. B) Gupta. C) The catch. D) Alexandria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The catch. 2. What form of literature is the Bhagavad Gita? A) Poetry. B) Novel. C) Drama. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 3. The source of the Indus River is ..... A) Rocky Mtns. B) Apalachians. C) Alps. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Himalayas. 4. What is the name of the dynasty that reunited India and revived Hindu traditions? A) Mauryan. B) Asoka. C) Buddha. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gupta. 5. The GOd known as the "Remover of Obstacles" is: A) Brahma. B) Vishnu. C) Ganesha. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganesha. 6. Mountain range the separates the subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau A) Tibetan Plateau. B) Himalaya. C) Monsoons. D) Pataliputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalaya. 7. The longest epic poem A) Mahabharata. B) Brahma. C) Indus. D) Varus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahabharata. 8. Considering the time, the field of ..... in ancient India was very advanced compared to other ancient civilizations. A) Communication. B) Medicine. C) Cosmetology. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medicine. 9. What is the epic poem that tells the story of Rama who fights the demon Ravana who has kidnapped his wife Sita? A) Krishna. B) THE RAMAYANA. C) MAHABHARATA. D) The Bhagavad Gita. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THE RAMAYANA. 10. Mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia A) Raja. B) Sanskrit. C) Jati. D) Himalaya. E) Monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Himalaya. 11. Which of the following is a basic Buddhist belief? A) Teaching simple principles. B) Embracing people from any level of society. C) Reaching enlightenment. D) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options. 12. What was the name of the Persian governor of each province? A) Satrap. B) King. C) Governor. D) Lord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satrap. 13. What did the spinning wheel eventually become a symbol of? A) Indian religion. B) Indian fashion. C) Indian cuisine. D) Indian independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian independence. 14. The Indian subcontinent is surrounded on three sides by? A) Desert. B) Mountains. C) Land. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 15. How many herbal treatments has Ancient China developed? A) About 1 million. B) About 150. C) About 2000. D) About 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About 200. 16. Which version of Buddhism tried to follow Buddha's teachings exactly how he originally shared them? A) Mahayana. B) Theravada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theravada. 17. Which of the following was an important Gupta contribution in mathematics? A) Shaping iron pillars. B) Counting to nine. C) Subtracting numbers. D) Developing the decimal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Developing the decimal system. 18. According to Hinduism, this was the first of all sounds that created the universe. A) Yikes. B) Puja. C) Aum or Om. D) Ganesha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aum or Om. 19. What religion developed by the Aryans would combine with several other beliefs to create Hinduism? A) Buddhism. B) Jainism. C) Brahmanism. D) Atmanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmanism. 20. Untouchables are separate groups seen as impure A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. This is the caste that is the most respected of all the castes A) Brahmins (priests). B) Kshatriyas (leaders and military). C) Vaisyas (business owners). D) Sudras (servants). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins (priests). 22. Which Mauyran ruler built hospitals and sent teachers to spread Buddhism? A) Chandra Gupta. B) Chandra Gupta Maurya. C) Ashoka. D) Siddhartha Gautama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 23. Mountains on India's east and west coast A) Ghats. B) Aims. C) Alps. D) Rockies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghats. 24. In Hinduism the rebirth of the soul is known as A) Nirvana. B) Reincarnation. C) Sutra. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 25. Which religions believe in reincarnation A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 26. To the Jains all ..... is sacred A) Life. B) Money. C) Land. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 27. Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty reunited much of northern India? A) Kalidasa. B) Gupta. C) Hindu. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta. 28. What is the Eightfold Path? A) A set of guidelines to help people live a more balanced and peaceful life. B) A set of guidelines to help people fulfill all desires and attachments. C) A set of guidelines to help people become monks. D) A set of guidelines to help people find happiness through material possessions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A set of guidelines to help people live a more balanced and peaceful life. 29. Where was the first Jain council held? A) Pavapuri. B) Jimbhikgrama. C) Pataliputra. D) Vaishali. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pataliputra. 30. What is one fact about monsoon winds? A) They sometimes blow only in the spring. B) They happen every year. C) They have no effect on daily life in India. D) They always bring disaster to farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They sometimes blow only in the spring. 31. A famous Gupta mathematician and astronomer named Aryabhata discovered ..... A) That zero was a number and without its use, most mathematical calculations are impossible. B) There were other planets besides earth. C) A pillar should be 25 feet tall to hold about 13, 000 pounds. D) A year was 365.258 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A year was 365.258 days. 32. Siddhartha Gautama found enlightenment by ..... A) Seeking advice from gurus. B) Meditating. C) Traveling. D) Practicing yoga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meditating. 33. The way to end human suffering according to Buddha was the; A) The three jewels of Buddhism. B) Charity. C) The dharma. D) Middle Way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Middle Way. 34. Belief that a person lives many lives A) Whisper. B) Samsara. C) Dharma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samsara. 35. The first ruler of the Maurya Empire was ..... A) Siddhartha Gautama. B) Bhagavad Gita. C) Chandragupta. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta. 36. How is Buddhism a rejection of Hinduism? A) Buddhism does not practice rituals and ceremonies like Hinduism. B) Buddhism denies the existence of gods in Hinduism. C) Buddhism rejects the authority of the Vedas and the caste system in Hinduism. D) Buddhism does not believe in karma and reincarnation like Hinduism. . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism rejects the authority of the Vedas and the caste system in Hinduism. 37. Gods and Goddesses for Hinduism A) Brahmin, Vishnu, Shiva. B) Allah. C) God. D) Osiris and Isis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmin, Vishnu, Shiva. 38. Which empire was created a time of peace and prosperity for its people? A) Maurya Empire. B) Gupta Empire. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta Empire. 39. India's plains owe their rich soil to: A) A lot of sunlight. B) Rivers. C) American donations. D) Lightning, which promotes nitrogen in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers. 40. What was the caste system? A) A system that divided Indian society into groups based on a persons birth, wealth or occupation. B) A system that divided Mesopotamian society into groups based on a persons birth, wealth or occupation. C) A system that divided Egyptian society into groups based on a persons birth, wealth or occupation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A system that divided Indian society into groups based on a persons birth, wealth or occupation. 41. Place the classes of the Indian caste system in order from highest to lowest. A) Dalits, Brahmin, Vaisyas, Kshatriyas, Sudras. B) Brahmin, Vaisyas, Kshatriyas, Dalits, Sudras. C) Kshatriyas, Brahmins, Sudras, Vaisyas, Dalits. D) Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Dalits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Dalits. 42. Which word best describes a large land mass that juts out of a continent? A) Country. B) Region. C) Subcontinent. D) State. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subcontinent. 43. These mountains separate India and China A) The Appalachians. B) The Hindu Kush. C) The Rocky Mountains. D) The Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Himalayas. 44. Ancient Chinese history is usually divided by ..... A) Periods of flood and drought. B) Dynasties. C) Mongol invasions. D) The periods before and after the Great Wall was built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynasties. 45. Hindus believe that all their gods are part of a universal spirit called? A) Brahman. B) Gupta. C) Siva. D) Vishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahman. 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) A) Binary Number System. B) Roman Numeral System. C) Base 60 Number System. D) A Hindu-Arabic Number System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Hindu-Arabic Number System. 47. Farmers, unskilled workers, servants A) Untouchables. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaisya:. D) Sudra. E) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sudra. 48. Cities built with the same layout and the same features. A) Planned cities. B) Yoga. C) Ganges River. D) Epic poem. E) Ayurveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planned cities. 49. An edict is ..... A) An official proclamation of information. B) An order of how someone must behave. C) A stone pillar. D) A law which must be obeyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An official proclamation of information. 50. There is one spiritual force known as Brahman and all gods are a form of Brahman A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 51. What is the term for the moral duties and responsibilities in Hinduism? A) Karma. B) Varna. C) Jati. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharma. 52. Which of the following is not a basic principle of Jainsim? A) Injure no one unless it is for food. B) Own no property. C) Do not steal. D) Tell the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Injure no one unless it is for food. 53. Includes rulers and warriors A) Sudras. B) Vaishyasya. C) Kshatriyas. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kshatriyas. 54. The main goal of life in Buddhism is to ..... A) The stay in the cycle of death and rebirth. B) Reach nirvana and an end to suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reach nirvana and an end to suffering. 55. What religion blended with the ideas of other people of India to form Hinduism? A) Vedas. B) Islam. C) Whisper. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedas. 56. The main leaders from the Mauryan Empire were Ashoka and ..... A) Chandragupta II. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Samudragupta. D) Mahavira. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya. 57. What is the Hindu definition of the term Yoga? A) Prosperity. B) Exercise. C) Union. D) Fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Union. 58. Define the word polytheism: A) Belief the king is a god. B) Belief in many gods. C) Belief in no gods. D) Belief in one god. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belief in many gods. 59. The Indus Valley makes up modern day ..... and ..... A) India and Peru. B) India and Pakistan. C) Pakistan and Iran. D) India and IRan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India and Pakistan. 60. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. ← 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 8Ancient Indian History Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books