This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 110 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 110 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The highest level of society in the caste system were the A) Kshatryiahs. B) Untouchables. C) Sudras. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmins. 2. Ancient India had flushing toilets and a sewer system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. When member of same family become rulers one after another the family is after called a ..... A) Empire. B) Local Government. C) Government. D) Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynasty. 4. The people of India depend on the summer monsoon season to ..... A) Carry snails and melting snow to the dry lands. B) Create a natural passage through the Himalaya Mountians. C) Bring cold air to the subcontinent. D) Provide rain for farmlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provide rain for farmlands. 5. What vocabulary word means:An idea that the soul is reborn into many different lives. A) Karma. B) Reincarnation. C) Vedas. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 6. Hindus believe that faithful followers of the religion A) Will be rewarded in their next life. B) Will be reborn as the god Shiva. C) Cannot escape from the cycle of life and death. D) Will be reborn as a pig. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be rewarded in their next life. 7. People who work to spread their religious beliefs sent by Asoka? A) Priests. B) Monks. C) Missionaries. D) Troops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missionaries. 8. The Indian caste system was started by the ..... A) Aryans. B) Egyptians. C) Greeks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryans. 9. The most important language of ancient India is Sanskrit? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. According to Hindu belief, how is Brahman related to the other deities? A) Brahman is the humblest deity who serves all of the others. B) The other deities in Hinduism are various forms of Brahman. C) Brahman represents the human soul and is weaker than all other deities. D) The other deities in Hinduism are equal in power to Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The other deities in Hinduism are various forms of Brahman. 11. A religion that believes in many gods is ..... A) Monotheistic. B) Atheistic. C) Mythological. D) Polytheistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polytheistic. 12. According to the Buddha's Four Noble Truths, why do people suffer? A) They desire Nirvana. B) Because Brahman causes suffering. C) They desire worldly things. D) Because they eat sacred cows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They desire worldly things. 13. In order to end the cycle of rebirth, one must reach ..... A) Salvation. B) Karma. C) Whisper. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvation. 14. Iron ore was discovered by the Aryans around this time. This meant people could now smelt the iron ore to extract the iron and create tools to clear dense forests in the Ganges Valley. A) 1200BCE. B) 3500BCE. C) 700CE. D) 700BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1200BCE. 15. The Hindu prince who left his life of luxury to find the meaning of life became the ..... A) Rig Veda. B) Upanishads. C) Buddha. D) Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddha. 16. What is the third largest religion in the world today? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Christianity. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 17. ..... do not believe in a god. A) Buddhists. B) Hindus. C) Muslims. D) Canaanites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhists. 18. What two cities were at the center of the Indus Valley civilization? A) Babylon and Assyria. B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. C) Beijing and Khanbaliq. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. 19. What do you call the imaginary line the divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemisphere? A) Latitude. B) Prime Meridian. C) Equator. D) Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prime Meridian. 20. The Indian Subcontinent is separated from the rest of Asia by the Hindu Kush and the A) Rocky Mountains. B) Mount Fuji. C) Himalayas. D) Ganges River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayas. ← 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