This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 82 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 82 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which fact about the Indus Valley Civilization is NOT correct? A) The civilization is well known for their drainage systems. B) The civilization is known for their advance town planning. C) The civilization is known for their military strength. D) E civilization is known for their sophisticated water storage systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The civilization is known for their military strength. 2. Who was the Leader of the Golden Age of India? A) Buddha. B) Gupta. C) Sargon. D) Asoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta. 3. How many Castes groups were there in Ancient India A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 4. Who are, followers often wearing turbans and support treating everyone equally? A) Sikhism. B) Modern Hinduism. C) Early Hinduism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikhism. 5. Ashoka's Edict XII said that by honoring the faiths of others, a person exalts his own faith. The meaning of Ashoka's can best be described as: A) By honoring the faith of others, a person can glorify their own religion. B) By honoring the faith of others, you can have faith within yourself. C) By honoring the faith of others, a person can exist within their own faith. D) By honoring the faith of others, a person would risk losing their life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By honoring the faith of others, a person can glorify their own religion. 6. How would you summarize the physical geography of ancient India? A) People settled along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers with high mountain borders to the east and west. B) People settled along the Nile River and irrigated crops to semi arid areas. C) Peopled settled along the Indus River and dealt with monsoon winds bringing wet and dry seasons. D) People settled along the Huang He River and used the ocean travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peopled settled along the Indus River and dealt with monsoon winds bringing wet and dry seasons. 7. This river is largely fed by the snows and glaciers of the Himalayas A) Mountain Ghats. B) Ganges River. C) Deccan Plateau. D) Indus River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus River. 8. Aryans means..... A) Noble or highborn. B) Rich person. C) Invaders. D) Slaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noble or highborn. 9. A source created by someone at the event A) Primary. B) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. 10. Sacred writings of India. A) Sanskrit. B) Vedas. C) Subcontinent. D) Stupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vedas. 11. What is the longest poem in any language in the world? A) MAHABHARATA. B) RAMA. C) RAMAYANA. D) KRISHNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MAHABHARATA. 12. What role do the Untouchables play in Indian society? A) They are the lowest social class. B) They are the political leaders. C) They are the religious leaders. D) They are the highest social class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are the lowest social class. 13. An important language of Ancient India A) Sanskrit. B) Aryan. C) Indian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 14. Which key concept is linked to 'cause'? A) Significance. B) Perspectives. C) Effect. D) Empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effect. 15. What is Buddhism? A) A religion based on the teachings of Guru Nanak. B) A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. C) A religion based on the teachings of Buddhism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. 16. Religion founded by Guru Narak A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Jainism. D) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sikhism. 17. Seasonal winds that influence India's climate A) Pilgrims. B) Karma. C) Monsoon. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoon. 18. The top varna (social class) made up of priests A) Sudras. B) Kshatriyas. C) Brahmans. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmans. 19. Ashoka was always a kind and nonviolent leader. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 20. Which of the following best describes the Silk Road? A) A route that connected western Europe to eastern Europe. B) A route that was used to bring silk from Rome to China. C) A single road that extended across Asia. D) A network of trade routes that extended across Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A network of trade routes that extended across Asia. 21. Not consumed with material things A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 22. In what system does an individual's social class dictate what work the person can do and who the person can marry? A) Merit system. B) Democratic system. C) Caste system. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caste system. 23. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa had ..... A) Paved streets. B) A sewage system. C) Trash collection. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. The seasonal wind patterns that bring wet and dry seasons A) Monsoon. B) Nor'easter. C) The boy. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoon. 25. Many hospitals were built by ..... A) Asoka. B) Buddha. C) Agni. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asoka. 26. Which Hindu god was called the Creator and is the most powerful of the three main gods? A) Brahma. B) Veda. C) Vishnu. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahma. 27. How did the Buddha gain support from the masses? A) Did not support the caste system. B) Stopped conquering neighbors. C) Supported the caste system. D) Promised everyone they could reach nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not support the caste system. 28. The cycle of death and rebirth is called what? A) Reincarnation. B) Karma. C) Life. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation. 29. According to Hindu belief, what is dharma? A) The belief that actions come back on people. B) Moral and religious law that defines the caste sysem. C) The belief that everyone lives many lives. D) Moral and religious law that governs behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral and religious law that governs behavior. 30. Large land area in southern India between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats A) Himalayan Mountains. B) Deccan Plateau. C) Ganges River. D) Indus River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deccan Plateau. 31. A Hindu/Buddhist belief that souls are born and reborn many times A) Karma. B) Sikhism. C) Meditation. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation. 32. Connect the following statement with the religion it describes:The Lotus flower is an important symbol: A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 33. Who were the Sudras in the caste system? A) Warriors. B) Priests. C) Rulers. D) Servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Servants. 34. How do the summer monsoons help India? A) They are a natural barrier. B) They help people trade. C) They bring colder weather. D) They bring rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They bring rain. 35. Which language formed the basis of many later Indian languages? A) Oriya. B) Sinhala. C) Sanskrit. D) Urdu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 36. Who started the Gupta Empire A) Gandhi. B) Chandra Gupta. C) Sea secret. D) Aryabhata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandra Gupta. 37. Fortune or misfortune given for doing good or bad deeds in life A) Dharma. B) Yours. C) Brahma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 38. India is sometimes called a subcontinent because India is ..... A) A large land mass that is separated from most of Asia by mountains. B) A large island similar to Australia's size. C) An area with its own culture separate from the rest of Asia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large land mass that is separated from most of Asia by mountains. 39. What large body of water did some Aryans settle by? A) Hindu Kush. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Indian Ocean. D) Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bay of Bengal. 40. What religion is a result of Aryan and Indian cultures blending? A) Islam. B) Judaism. C) Buddhism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 41. What kind of monsoons hit India in the winter? A) Wet ones. B) Dry ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dry ones. 42. Hindus claim that Buddha is an avatar of which god? A) Vishnu. B) Brahma. C) Shiva. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vishnu. 43. What was Buddha also known as? A) His Holiness. B) The clever one. C) The enlightened one. D) King of the Buddhists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The enlightened one. 44. India can get over 200 inches of rain A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 45. After the Harappans, the Aryans came to the Indian subcontinent. What did they bring with them? A) Glass art. B) The caste system. C) Buddhism. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The caste system. 46. Hindus believe that everything A) Is sacred. B) That is evil will be destroyed in the apocalypse. C) Should be protected from harm. D) Is one form of the same life force. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is one form of the same life force. 47. The people at the very bottom of India's social caste system: A) Untouchables. B) Warriors. C) Merchants. D) Rulers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untouchables. 48. Buddhists believe that a state of grace or nirvana may be reached by: A) Following the moral duties of one's caste. B) Changing one's karma. C) Being reincarnated as a brahman. D) Following the eightfold path. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Following the eightfold path. 49. Personal duty or obedience to the moral law of the universe is called A) Dharma. B) Nirvana. C) Varna. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 50. What is the mountain range called? A) The Himalaya's. B) The Brahmaputra's. C) It wasn't named at the time. D) The India mountain range. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Himalaya's. 51. How did the Civilization come to the end? A) They ran out of food. B) The river changed course. C) A destructive earthquake happened. D) No one is sure what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one is sure what happened. 52. A group of Buddhists who believe only monks and nuns who live the life of Buddha can reach Nirvana. A) Siddhartha Gautama. B) Mayhana is Buddhist. C) Theravada Buddhist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theravada Buddhist. 53. A period that began when the Aryan peoples migrated to the Indian subcontinent. The period is know for the Vedas, which were the religious text of the Aryan peoples. A) Aryans. B) Harappan Civilization. C) Vedic Period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedic Period. 54. Which caste is second A) Brahmin. B) Vaishya. C) Shudra. D) Kshatriya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kshatriya. 55. In the summer, big winds called ..... bring lots of rain and thunderstorms to India. A) Ice Ages. B) Monsoons. C) Floods. D) Nomads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 56. Buddhists believe that ..... A) All people are evil. B) Desire is the cause of human suffering. C) The cow is sacred. D) People should not help one another. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desire is the cause of human suffering. 57. The belief that a person's actions determine his/her future standing A) Samsara. B) Karma. C) Reincarnation. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 58. Buddha wanted to find the answer to ..... A) Death. B) Meditation. C) Human suffering. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human suffering. 59. The caste system was introduced by the Aryans and is a system for organising ..... A) The social class of people. B) Cows for milking. C) Priests and holy people. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The social class of people. 60. Which came second? A) Gupta Empire. B) Indus Valley Civilization. C) Mauryan Empire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mauryan Empire. ← 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