This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Do historians believe Mohenjo-Daro had a strong government? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 2. The caste that was made up of non skilled workers A) Sudra. B) Brahmin. C) Kshatriya. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudra. 3. Which is true about Hinduism? A) They believe in reincarnation. B) They reject the caste system. C) They are monotheistic. D) They follow the Eightfold Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They believe in reincarnation. 4. Dharma is..... A) A person's personal duty depending on their place in society. B) A teacher or mentor in India. C) A prince in India. D) A force that decides the form that people will be reborn into in their next lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person's personal duty depending on their place in society. 5. Study of the stars A) Astronomy. B) Nirvana. C) Jati. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomy. 6. Indian society has organized its people into a ..... throughout most of its history, which classifies people based on their birth, wealth, and occupation. A) Subcontinent. B) Caste system. C) Monsoon. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste system. 7. A series of exercises intended to help a person achieve spiritual insight. A) The Vedas. B) Planned cities. C) Yoga. D) Mohandas Gandhi. E) Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yoga. 8. Which of the following is an achievement of Indian mathematicians? A) The accurate calculation of the length of the solar year. B) The assertion that Earth travels around the sun and the world is round. C) The creation of the decimal system and numerals. D) The use of inoculation to control diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The creation of the decimal system and numerals. 9. Fortress-like structures, at the center of the city A) Castles. B) Ziggurats. C) Bizarre. D) Citadels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Citadels. 10. In which place the Ahar or Banas culture was flourished? A) Banas river valley. B) Coastal region of Konkan. C) River bank of Sind. D) Maharashtra in Deccan Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banas river valley. 11. All of the following is included in the Indus Valley Civilization except ..... A) Egypt. B) Mayan. C) Mesopotamia. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mayan. 12. Why is Hinduism considered to be a polytheistic religion? A) It believes in many deities/gods/goddesses. B) It has no belief in god/deity. C) Its belief in Karma & Dharma. D) It believes there is only one god/deity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It believes in many deities/gods/goddesses. 13. Which of the follow is NOT part of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths? A) Suffering is caused by the desire to satisfy ourselves. B) Ordinary life is full of suffering. C) The way to end desire to to follow the Highest Path. D) The way to end suffering is to end desire for our selfish goals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The way to end desire to to follow the Highest Path. 14. The Buddhist belief in a state of complete enlightenment where a person has peace and freedom from desire. A) Aryans. B) Pantheism. C) Nirvana. D) Stupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. 15. Imagine you were born a Sudra and you lived a very bad life full of lies, stealing, and cheating. Which of the following could you be reborn as? A) Pariah. B) Kshatriya. C) Vaisya. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pariah. 16. A symbol that represents a number is called a A) Letter. B) Numeral. C) Decimal. D) Exponent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Numeral. 17. Which king was a great military leader until he embraced Buddhism and rejected violence? A) Alexander. B) Chandragupta. C) Ashoka. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 18. Who was the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty? A) Chanakya. B) Bindusara. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta Maurya. 19. Which religion:Followers attempt to follow the Eightfold Path A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 20. The Eightfold path are the steps you must take in order to reach what? A) Heaven. B) Suffering. C) Nirvana. D) Agitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. Next →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesAncient 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 8Ancient Indian History Quiz 9Ancient Indian History Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books