This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 103 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 103 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Untouchables/Dalits have been discriminated against in India for hundreds of years, but do Dalits have social mobility in modern India? A) No. Never have, never will. B) By law they do, but it is difficult for them to achieve. C) Yes. They can marry up and become the higher caste. D) Yes, but they have to leave the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By law they do, but it is difficult for them to achieve. 2. Two major religions that developed in India are A) Buddhism and Hinduism. B) Hinduism and Judaism. C) Judaism and Polytheism. D) Monotheism and Polytheism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism and Hinduism. 3. Under which ruler did India's "golden age" of great accomplishments take place? A) Mohandas Ghandi. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Chandra Gupta. D) Siddhartha Gautama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandra Gupta. 4. The guiding principles of Buddhism are called ..... ? A) The Eightfold path. B) The 10 commandments. C) The Four Noble Truths. D) The Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Four Noble Truths. 5. The holy writings of Ancient India are known as the ..... A) Epic of Gilgamesh. B) Torah. C) New Testament. D) Upanishads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Upanishads. 6. A member of an indo-european people who crossed into India around 1500 B.C. A) Aryan. B) Dharma. C) Whisper. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryan. 7. What do Hinduism and Buddhism have in common? A) Belief in many gods. B) Belief in rituals. C) Belief in many lifetimes. D) Complicated writings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belief in many lifetimes. 8. Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus. A) Inoculation. B) Sanskrit. C) Astronomy. D) Verdic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inoculation. 9. Focus on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path to achieve enlightenment. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 10. At the top of the Aryan society was the class of ..... A) Rajas. B) Gurus. C) Brahmins. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmins. 11. Where did the Aryan invaders of Ancient India come from? A) Eastern Asia. B) Southern Asia. C) Western Europe. D) Eastern Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eastern Europe. 12. The most powerful caste. They were priests who performed religious ceremonies. A) Brahmins (priests). B) Kshatriyas (government leaders and military). C) Vaisyas (business owners). D) Lynyrd Skynyrd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins (priests). 13. Which one of these is NOT a written epic of the Mauryan and Gupta period? A) Mahabharata. B) Bhagavad Gita. C) Ramayana. D) Sushruta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sushruta. 14. Current name for leader/head of Buddhist religion A) Lama. B) Dalai Lama. C) Buddha. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dalai Lama. 15. 6.C&G.1.2 Who held totalitarian control over all of Egypt? A) The Pharaohs. B) Priests. C) Government workers. D) Scribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pharaohs. 16. AN INDO-EUROPEAN, INDIC LANGUAGE IN USE SINCE C.1200 B.C. AS THE RELIGIOUS AND CLASSICAL LITERARY LANGUAGE OF INDIA A) HINDI. B) FRENCH. C) SANSKRIT. D) SPANISH. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SANSKRIT. 17. First written language of India. Provided people with a way to record sales, trade, and land ownership A) Buddhism. B) Whisper. C) Aryans. D) Sanskrit. E) Chandra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit. 18. Siddhartha Gautama A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Sikhism. D) Confucianism. E) T(D)aoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 19. Which river supported early civilization in India A) Euphrates. B) Indus. C) Yellow. D) Tigris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus. 20. What language did the Aryan's speak? A) Sanskrit. B) Arabic. C) Indian. D) Chinese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History 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 8Ancient Indian History Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books