This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 111 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 111 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of monsoons hit India in the summer? A) Dry ones. B) Wet ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wet ones. 2. Which caste or social class is the lowest in Indian society? A) Brahmin. B) Untouchable. C) Vaishya. D) Sudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untouchable. 3. This religion started in Ancient India. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 4. What group had a founder? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Aryans. D) Siddhartha Gautama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 5. The ..... system was a strict division of social classes. A) Monsoon. B) Citadel. C) Caste. D) Migrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caste. 6. Belief that the help of priests is necessary to achieve enlightenment A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 7. How far south did the Aryans migrate? A) To the Hindu Kush. B) To the Deccan Plateau. C) To the Bay of Bengal. D) To Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the Deccan Plateau. 8. Which of the following religions is monotheistic? A) Buddhism. B) Jainism. C) Hinduism. D) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sikhism. 9. The Caste System in India is known as the A) Crow. B) Vedas. C) Shivas. D) Brahmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crow. 10. Buddah's teachings became popular because the ..... class people had hope that they were given attention and recognized A) Lower. B) Middle. C) Upper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower. 11. Read the passage and answer the question that follows:From October to May, the winter monsoon blows from the northeast, spreading dry air across the country. Then in the middle of June, the wind blows in from the Indian Ocean. This summer monsoon picks up moisture from the ocean. It carries rains that drench the plains and river valleys daily. If the monsoon is late or weak, crops die, causing famine. If it brings too much rain, overflowing rivers may cause deadly floods. Which topic sentence is missing from this paragraph? A) The people of India depend on summer monsoons to provide life giving rain. B) India's climate is dominated by the monsoons. C) Geography limited the contact the people of the Indian subcontinent had with the rest of the world. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India's climate is dominated by the monsoons. 12. Large fort A) Indigenous. B) Persecution. C) Convert. D) Citadel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Citadel. 13. The two major civilizations in the Indus River Valley were A) Gupta and Bangladesh. B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. C) Gupta and Maurya. D) India and Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. 14. Dynasty covering most of northern India and ruled by the Gupta family. A) Gupta Empire. B) Mauryan Empire. C) Ashoka. D) Eightfold Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gupta Empire. 15. A group of nations or peoples under one ruler or government. In other words, one country (usually by force) takes over a lot of other countries. A) Aryans. B) Karma. C) Dynasty. D) Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Empire. 16. The Olmecs shared their ideas with other cultures or ....., such as the Maya. A) Classes. B) Pueblos. C) Agriculture. D) Tribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tribes. 17. Nonviolence is ..... A) The avoidance of violent actions. B) The disturbance of violent actions. C) The appearance of bad karma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The avoidance of violent actions. 18. The Hinduism belief in the freedom from the cycle of life, death, and rebirth is ..... A) Salvation. B) Vedas. C) Ramayana. D) Think. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvation. 19. Siddhartha Gautama founded which major religion? A) A Hinduism. B) B Buddhism. C) C Confucianism. D) D Zoroastrianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B Buddhism. 20. After viewing the horrors of war, Ashoka began to practice which religion? A) Christianity. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. ← 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