This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 91 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 91 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the Caste System, the ..... were the warrior class near the top. A) Sudras. B) Vaishya. C) Kshatriya. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kshatriya. 2. A source of historical information that was recorded years after a historical event. A) Tertiary. B) Primary. C) Pterodactyl. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary. 3. The monsoon season of India is a time when the ..... change and bring ..... A) Seasons; wind. B) Seasons; sun. C) Rain; winds. D) Winds; rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winds; rain. 4. Two contributions of Harappans related to city planning A) Weightsbricks with certain ratios. B) Bathstoilets. C) Roads laid-out in a gridplenty of wells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roads laid-out in a gridplenty of wells. 5. What was the name of the first dynasty of India? A) Asoka. B) Mauryan. C) Gupta. D) Chandragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mauryan. 6. This religion started as a result of a mixing of Brahmanism and other cultural ideas. A) Buddhism. B) Witczaism. C) Hinduism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinduism. 7. Which of the following is a similarity between the Ancient River Valley Civilizations? A) Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Indian civilizations developed social classes based on occupation. B) Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India used agriculture to spread their economic influence to other nations. C) Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India had female rulers that were determined to conquer the world. D) Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India created a system of trade that religious figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Indian civilizations developed social classes based on occupation. 8. Hinduism is the largest/most practiced religion in India today A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. Two ancient cities found in the Indus River Valley. A) Uruk and Ur. B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. C) Summeria and Babylon. D) Gupta and Mauryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. 10. The first civilization that developed in the Indus River valley was called the: A) Mauryan Empire. B) The Gupta Empire. C) Harappan. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappan. 11. What is the name of writing from ancient India? A) Cuneiform. B) Greek. C) Hieroglyphics. D) Indus script. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus script. 12. Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him build up defenses A) Meditation. B) Monsoons. C) Caste System. D) Metallurgy. E) Inoculation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Inoculation. 13. Grace, Abigail, and Sophia are discussing the belief of reincarnation in ancient Indian society during their history class. What is the belief they are discussing? A) Actions you do in your life create energy that comes back to you in the future. B) Every person has a moral duty or responsibility to fulfill in their life. C) After you die, your soul is reborn into a new body and you start a new life. D) The experiences and actions in your previous lives influence your current life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After you die, your soul is reborn into a new body and you start a new life. 14. What were the Mahabharata and Ramayana? A) Religious Epics. B) Indian Empires. C) Aryan Generals. D) Hindu Temples. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religious Epics. 15. Monotheistic religion founded in India in the 1400s. A) Hinduism. B) Sikhism. C) Buddhism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sikhism. 16. An Ancient Indian Prince is known as a ..... Which also happens to be the name of Princess Jasmine's pet in Disney's Aladdin. A) Vedas. B) Abu. C) Dharma. D) Raja. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raja. 17. Indus valley civilization had 3 structures in Upper town and they were? A) Great bath, granary, assembly hall. B) Grat bath, granary, assembly hall. C) Great bath, granari, assembly hall. D) Great bath, granary, assembly hale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great bath, granary, assembly hall. 18. Where did the Incas build their civilization? A) In the middle of Lake Texcoco. B) On top of the Sierra Madre mountains. C) On top of the Andes mountains. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On top of the Andes mountains. 19. What religion did Siddhartha Gautama found? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Christianity. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 20. Which of the following correctly describes the role of women in Indian society? A) They were legally considered minors. B) Men could take a second wife if their first wife was barren. C) Daughters were seen as an economic liability to their parents. D) All of the responses are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the responses are correct. 21. ORIGINALLY, A TITLE MEANING 'UNIVERSAL PRIEST' THAT THE MONGOL KHANS INVENTED AND BESTOWED ON A TIBETAN LAMA(PRIEST) IN THE LATE 1500S TO LEGITIMATE THEIR POWER IN TIBET A) THE PRINCESS. B) THE DALAI LAMA. C) YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS. D) THE SHEPHERD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THE DALAI LAMA. 22. What effect did wars and invasions have on the development of India's trade? A) Disunity had little effect, as India did not have many products to trad. B) Trade was stifled and India was cut off from the world. C) Trade flourished despite the invasions and wars. D) Indian merchants only traded within the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade flourished despite the invasions and wars. 23. Which cast was the lowest in the social pyramid? A) Dalits. B) Priests. C) Warriors. D) Merchants/Farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dalits. 24. Missionaries are people who spread their religious beliefs to others. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What animal did the Aryans consider as sacred? A) Cows. B) Horses. C) Frogs. D) Sloths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cows. 26. What is Mohenjo-Daro? A) Ancient Persian spiritual leader. B) Ancient Aryan game. C) Ancient Indian warrior. D) An Indus River Valley ancient city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An Indus River Valley ancient city. 27. The early Indus civilization ended suddenly, and it was at this time (1500 BC) that a warlike people called the migrated into the Indus Valley. Who were these invaders? A) Aryans. B) Greeks. C) Mongols. D) Huns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryans. 28. The Mauryan Empire was followed by what other powerful empire in India? A) Vishnu. B) Gupta. C) Kshatriya. D) Varna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta. 29. What was the name of the system that organized India's classes of people? A) The Caste System. B) The Untouchables. C) The Social Hierarchy. D) Low, Middle and Upper Classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Caste System. 30. Which event happened first? A) Hindi is widely spoken throughout India. B) The Sanskrit language is developed. C) The Harappan civilization begins in the Indus Valley. D) Aryans begin to collect and record the Vedas. E) Aryans begin to settle the area around the Ganges River Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sanskrit language is developed. 31. Son of Chandra Gupta I who was a great warrior and conqueror who made India a mighty empire A) Chandragupta. B) Ashoka. C) Chandra Gupta I. D) Samudra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samudra Gupta. 32. What innovation did the Indus Valley civilization develop? A) The practice of medicine. B) New techniques for building and constructing. C) Paper making. D) In-depth mathematical knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In-depth mathematical knowledge. 33. Which group in the caste system did most people belong to? A) BRAHMANS. B) KSHATRIYAS. C) Vaisya:. D) SUDRAS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SUDRAS. 34. The trade of the Harappan civilization was carried along the ..... A) Arabian Sea. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Indian Ocean. D) East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arabian Sea. 35. ..... was developed by the religious leader named Mahavir. A) Jainism. B) Buddhism. C) Islam. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jainism. 36. The Yin and Yang which symbolizes light and dark to represent the importance of balance in life is a tenet of which philosophy? A) Feudalism. B) Legalism. C) Confucianism. D) Taoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taoism. 37. This baseball team was recently involved in a scandal where they were caught cheating A) New York Mets. B) Philadelphia Phillies. C) Boston Red Sox. D) Houston Astros. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Houston Astros. 38. What does "the Buddha" mean? A) "Important One". B) "Enlightened One". C) "Suffering One". D) "Fasting One". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Enlightened One". 39. What could a boy from a leading Indian family do that a girl could not? A) Study with a guru. B) Be part of the varna system. C) Enter an arranged marriage. D) Live with parents and grandparents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study with a guru. 40. Which of the following was the Indian caste system not based on? A) Gender. B) Occupation. C) Wealth. D) Birth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gender. 41. Seeking such a change for himself, Sajan became a religious traveler and visited many of the ..... Ashoka had set up. A) Pilgrims. B) Karma. C) Stupas. D) Buddhists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stupas. 42. Which period happened first in India's history? A) Indus River Valley Civilization. B) Vedic Period. C) Maurya Empire. D) Gupta Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus River Valley Civilization. 43. Who posted Edicts on pillars? A) Ms. Southwell. B) Brahmin. C) Asoka. D) Siddhartha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asoka. 44. Which of the following is NOT a belief of Hinduism? A) Reincarnation. B) 8 fold path. C) Dharma. D) Holy cows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8 fold path. 45. Which of the following is NOT an advancement made by the Gupta and Indian scholars? A) They could perform surgery. B) They developed the Hindu-Arabic numerals. C) They created the zero. D) They thought the earth was flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They thought the earth was flat. 46. The Ancient Indian civilization developed along this river. (The ..... Valley Civilization) A) Bengal. B) Tamil. C) Indus. D) Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus. 47. The mountain range, which settlers or invaders came through by way of the Khyber Pass is called ..... A) Hindu-Kush Mountain Range. B) Himalaya Mountain Range. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindu-Kush Mountain Range. 48. Language of the Vedas A) Caste. B) Hindi. C) Sanskrit. D) Caste system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 49. Which of the following religions believe in reincarnation and is found predominately in India? A) Islam. B) Confucianism. C) Hinduism. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinduism. 50. Where is Mohenjodaro located? A) On the bank of the river Indus. B) Banks of the river Rupar. C) Located in Gujrat. D) Located in the Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the bank of the river Indus. 51. Buddhism teaches its followers to seek spiritual truth through the Four Noble Truths. Which of these is NOT one of the the Four Noble Truths? A) The way to stop desiring things is to stop watching television so much. B) The way to end suffering is to stop desiring these things. C) Life is full of suffering. D) People suffer because they desire worldly things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way to stop desiring things is to stop watching television so much. 52. Which of the instruments listed did the Early Indians not play A) Lutes. B) Drums. C) Flutes. D) Harps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harps. 53. How did a person become a member of a caste? A) They were born into it. B) They got to choose their caste. C) The Brahmins selected it for you. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were born into it. 54. Which of the following is NOT a present-day country in the Indian subcontinent? A) India. B) Pakistan. C) Nepal. D) Bangladesh. E) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Afghanistan. 55. Which of the following groups would have been at the top of society in India? A) B. Warriors. B) C. Priests. C) D. Merchants. D) Laborers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. Priests. 56. Why did climbers of Mount Everest need to bring oxygen with them? A) Because the air at the summit (top) is so thin. B) Because the climbers become too scared of the height to breathe normally. C) In order to prevent avalanches. D) Because the air at the summit (top) is rich in carbon dioxide and other harmful compounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the air at the summit (top) is so thin. 57. Who was in the highest level of authority. A) Kshatriyas. B) Brahmins. C) Sudras. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahmins. 58. True or False:Harappan writing has been translated. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. Which of the following were Aryan priests? A) Brahmans. B) Sudras. C) Vaisya:. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmans. 60. Hinduism:Holy Book A) Vedas. B) Bible. C) Old Testament. D) None of above. 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