This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 106 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 106 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:Hindus are very tolerant of other beliefs A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Cycle of life, death, and rebirth in Hinduism and Buddhism A) Sanskrit. B) Kshatriya. C) Samsara. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Samsara. 3. A state of pure goodness A) Wealth. B) Caste. C) Veda. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enlightenment. 4. Before becoming the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama grew up as a ..... A) Street beggar. B) Untouchable. C) Poor farmer. D) Rich prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rich prince. 5. Which Asiaan nation did Buddhism reach by 300 AD? A) China and Indonesia. B) Burma and Thailand. C) Japan and Korea. D) Vietnam and Laos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan and Korea. 6. Religion started by Siddhartha Guatama in which he taught that to achieve nirvana, one must follow the Eight Fold Path to enlightenment. A) Siddhartha Gautama. B) Dharma. C) Buddhism. D) Epic poem. E) The Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 7. The strict social class system of India A) Upanishads. B) Dharma. C) Karma. D) Caste system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caste system. 8. The holy texts of the Hindus are known as: A) Whisper. B) Karma. C) The Four Noble Truths. D) The Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Vedas. 9. Buddhism did not support the caste system A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which ruler was this? Converted to Buddhism, rejected violence, and resolved to rule by moral example. Spread Buddhism. Religious Tolerance. Peace, Prosperity, and Unity to Empire. Built hospitals and Buddhist shrines. Built roads and resting places for travelers A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Asoka. C) Samudragupta. D) Chandragupta II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asoka. 11. What is called as Numismatics? A) Study of coins. B) Study of seals. C) Study of Monuments. D) Study of inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study of coins. 12. "The Buddha" means:The ..... A) Peaceful One. B) Enlightened One. C) Sacred One. D) Brilliant One. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enlightened One. 13. 6.H.2.3 What did Egyptians use hieroglyphics for? A) Written language. B) Art. C) Decoration. D) Wallpaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written language. 14. Both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were well-planned cities. What inference can you make about the people who lived in the Indus Valley? A) They all wanted the cities to be identical. B) They had difficulity completing tasks. C) They were intelligent and talented architects. D) They knew how to deal with monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were intelligent and talented architects. 15. The flooding of the Indus River was predictable. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 16. What caused the ancient Indus civilization to disappear? A) Foreign invasion. B) Droughts. C) Heavy flooding. D) Nobody knows for sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nobody knows for sure. 17. What two mountain ranges separate India from Central Asia? A) Rockies and Andes. B) Apennines and Alps. C) Himalayas and Hindu Kush. D) Thar and Ghants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayas and Hindu Kush. 18. What is it called where the rivers join the Indus in the northern part? A) Indus plain. B) Indus desert. C) Ganges River. D) Arabian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus plain. 19. What is the best known section in the Mahabharata A) Bhagavad Gita. B) There isn't one. C) Ramayana. D) Mahabharata,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhagavad Gita. 20. Which of the following would best summarize the 4 Noble Truths? A) The reason humans suffer is because of wealth, we must get rid of it. B) The reason humans have happiness is because of coffee. C) The reason humans suffer is because of envy, we must stop. D) The reason humans suffer is because we desire, we must stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The reason humans suffer is because we desire, we must stop. ← 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