This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 81 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the ultimate god in hinduism? A) Ashoka. B) Buddha. C) Brahma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahma. 2. Practicing non-violence toward all living things (in Jainism) A) Salvation. B) Karma. C) Dharma. D) Whisper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whisper. 3. The major river that flows through the Indus Valley is named the ..... River. A) Himalayan. B) Ganges. C) Ashoka. D) Chandragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganges. 4. Texts from ancient India that are part of a collection of the oldest surviving Hindu scriptures. They provide details about the religious practices and culture of ancient Indian civilization. A) Vedas. B) Brahmanism. C) Caste System. D) Crow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedas. 5. These people moved often and came to the Indus Valley at 1500. A) Sudras. B) Rajas. C) Aryans. D) Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 6. This statement belongs to which religion?"Belief in the Eightfold Path." A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 7. Evidence from Mohenjo-Daro suggests that people liked playing games, including ..... A) Chess. B) Fortnite. C) Checkers. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chess. 8. Brahman creates the universe, Vishnu protects the universe, and Shiva ..... the universe. A) Fixes. B) Destroys. C) Makes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destroys. 9. In India, a GURU is a ..... A) Priest. B) Teacher. C) Doctor. D) Pet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher. 10. Is the end of suffering which breaks the cycle of reincarnation. A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nirvana. 11. What is the name of the river system where the first settlements of Ancient India appeared? A) Euphrates River. B) Huang He River. C) Indus River. D) Ganges River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus River. 12. What river served as the same purpose as the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates for the ancient Mesopotamians? A) Yangtze River. B) Nile River. C) Indus River. D) Ganges River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus River. 13. Which is the following is a major achievement of India? A) Pyramids. B) Swahili. C) Ziggurats. D) Algebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Algebra. 14. The belief that the atman is released from the body at death and later reborn in another body is a process called A) Karma. B) Salvation. C) Nirvana. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation. 15. What are the ancient texts called from India? A) Hieroglyphs. B) Scrolls. C) Vedas. D) Cuneiform Tablets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedas. 16. What is the term that means "people that deny themselves physical comforts to seek a spiritual goal" ? A) Bodhisattva. B) Nirvana. C) Ascetic. D) Stupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ascetic. 17. How tall is Mt. Everest? A) 29, 280'. B) 30, 280'. C) 29, 028'. D) 20, 028'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 29, 028'. 18. In Buddhism, there is no afterlife A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Sudras are considered to be ..... A) Common people. B) Unskilled laborers, servants. C) Untouchable. D) Warriors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unskilled laborers, servants. 20. What do Hinduism and Buddhism share? A) They both follow a strict religious set of rules. B) They both follow the teachings of the Buddah. C) They are both polytheistic. D) They both believe in reaching Nirvana to escape the cycle of reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They both believe in reaching Nirvana to escape the cycle of reincarnation. 21. How long has Ancient India been around? A) 1700 BC. B) 1600 BC. C) 1550 BC. D) 1500 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1500 BC. 22. What year was buddhism invented? A) In 400 BCE. B) 100 BCE. C) In 500 BCE. D) 600 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In 500 BCE. 23. What are the rigid social divisions of India called? A) Aristocracy. B) Caste system. C) Feudal system. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste system. 24. Which of the following would you find in an Indus Valley House? A) Refrigerator. B) Television. C) Computer. D) Toilet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toilet. 25. What is one common belief between Islam and Christianity? A) Belief in one God. B) Belief in the Trinity. C) Baptism. D) Belief that Jesus is the Son of God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belief in one God. 26. What number system did the Indian mathematicians invent? A) Multiplication. B) Decimals. C) Division. D) Fractions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decimals. 27. Which body of water is located directly to the east of India? A) Indian Ocean. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Pacific Ocean. D) Arabian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bay of Bengal. 28. Who were the people that migrated to India through the Khyber Pass? A) Guptans. B) Harappans. C) Aryans. D) Mauryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 29. The Panchatantra is a piece of literature that A) Tells stories with moral lessons. B) Explains Buddha. C) Has recipes, like a cookbook. D) Details the history of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tells stories with moral lessons. 30. The two major rivers of India are the ..... ? A) Tigris and Euphrates. B) Indus and Ganges. C) Nile and Amazon. D) GU Anghe and Chang Jiang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus and Ganges. 31. What was the Buddhist path that they believed would lead to Nirvana? A) Reincarnation. B) Four Noble Truths. C) Nirvana. D) Eightfold Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eightfold Path. 32. A river that cuts through mountains and flows across the plains of northern India A) What is a monsoon?. B) Himalaya mountains. C) Indus River Valley. D) Ganges River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ganges River. 33. What religion did the Gupta Empire follow? A) Christianity. B) Islam. C) Buddhism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 34. The "duty one has to perform" or "the law of one's being" is known in the Caste System as ..... A) Aryan. B) Hinduism. C) Karma. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharma. 35. The first chola king. A) King Rajaraja I. B) King Rajendra I. C) King Vijayalaya. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Vijayalaya. 36. Hindu god known as "the Creator" A) Vishnu. B) Indra. C) Shiva. D) Brahma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahma. 37. How do Hindus view Brahman? A) As one of the multiple lesser gods. B) As a type of cattle. C) As the source of all food. D) As the source of all things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As the source of all things. 38. Class made up of commoners, artisans, and laborers A) Kshatriya. B) Sudra. C) Vaishya. D) Untouchable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sudra. 39. The first major city in ancient India was A) It's also a strange place. B) Constantinople. C) Harappa. D) Indus Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappa. 40. Why is India considered a subcontinent? A) The Andes Mountains block off India from the rest of Asia. B) There is an ocean between India and the rest of Asia. C) There is a river between India and the rest of Asia. D) The Himalaya Mountains block off India from the rest of Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Himalaya Mountains block off India from the rest of Asia. 41. What are the two basic social groups in India? A) The untouchables and the caste. B) The family and the caste. C) The family and the untouchables. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The family and the caste. 42. How many planets did the Ancient Indians identify within the solar system? A) 4. B) All 9. C) 7. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 43. Abigail, Henry, and Daniel are studying ancient Indian texts for their history project. They come across the Vedas and Upanishads. What is the significance of these texts in shaping Indian religious thought? A) They are ancient Indian texts that contain hymns, prayers, and rituals. B) They are ancient Indian texts that explain the concepts of karma, dharma, and reincarnation. C) They are ancient Indian texts that describe the social and political structures of ancient India. D) They are ancient Indian texts that provide guidelines for economic and technological development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are ancient Indian texts that explain the concepts of karma, dharma, and reincarnation. 44. Ashoka decided not to fight anymore wars because he saw- A) Violence and blood shed. B) Power. C) Force. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Violence and blood shed. 45. Archaeologists know the people of Indus Valley traded with neighboring civilizations because: A) They have found cars from India. B) They have found items in India that came from other parts of the world. C) Archaeologists can look at photos of the trade ships. D) The Sultan spoke to archaeologists and told them they traded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have found items in India that came from other parts of the world. 46. He hoped that visiting these religious shrines would create good ..... A) Pilgrimage. B) Nirvana. C) Dharma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 47. Confucius and Laozi are examples of Chinese ..... A) Emperors. B) Prophets. C) Gods. D) Philosophers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philosophers. 48. What religion came from the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama? A) Christianity. B) Judaism. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 49. In the Hindu religion, what is the creator of the universe called? A) Brahman. B) Reincarnation. C) Dharma. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahman. 50. The Ramayana is a Hindu creation story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Aryans lived a nomadic life before they settled to farm and herd animals in Ancient India. Nomadic means they ..... A) Were very warlike. B) Had great riches. C) Moved from place to place. D) Settled on rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moved from place to place. 52. This mountain range borders India to the north and includes the highest mountain in the world ..... Mt. Everest A) Eastern Ghats. B) Western Ghats. C) Himalaya. D) Hindu Kush. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalaya. 53. Indian classes (varna) were a set of rigid social classifications that determined not only one's occupation but also one's status in society and one's hope for ultimate salvation. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. What does EGALITARIAN mean? A) Everyone is basically equal. B) Another name for dictatorship. C) A king that is charge of a city. D) Form of religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everyone is basically equal. 55. Polytheism means that a person or religion ..... A) Has the divine right to rule over a people. B) Believes in many gods. C) Has no gods or goddesses. D) Believes in only one god. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believes in many gods. 56. To give or donate A) Expend. B) Receive. C) Contribute. D) Revenue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contribute. 57. Religion:Choose the meaning of the word "musings" in the following sentence: "Jainism stemmed from the musings of Vardhamana who taught not only reincarnation (souls coming back to life as something else) ..... " A) Thoughts. B) Beatings. C) Scrolls. D) Demands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoughts. 58. Based on this the king was chosen by heavenly order because of his talent and virtue; he would rule the people with goodness and wisdom A) Legalism. B) Daoism. C) Confucianism. D) Mandate of Heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandate of Heaven. 59. Which religion does this belong to? Meditation A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 60. Streets in Harappa were in what pattern? A) Grid. B) Circular. C) Maze. D) Triangular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grid. ← 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