This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 113 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 113 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties is called ..... A) Caste/varna. B) Dharma. C) Karma. D) Samsara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharma. 2. Buddhism spread to places such as Ceylon and Central Asia by ..... A) Merchants and Buddhist nuns and monks. B) Its founder. C) Indians from lower classes. D) The Dalai Lama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchants and Buddhist nuns and monks. 3. What mountains are in Northern India? A) Himalayas. B) Hindu Kush. C) Rocky Mountains. D) Appalachian Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayas. 4. A religion founded in Ancient India by the religious teacher the Buddha A) Buddhism. B) Daoism. C) Taoism. D) Shinobi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 5. What do Hindus believe is the all-powerful spirit or force in the universe? A) Buddhism. B) Brahman. C) Broccoli. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahman. 6. The force created by a person's actions is called karma. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Where in india did the original settlers live? A) By the indus river. B) Under a tree. C) In the south east. D) In the himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the indus river. 8. Finish this sentence. Siddhartha Gautama was a wealthy Indian Prince who rejected his life of wealth and good fortune. He retired to the forest and sat under a tree for 49 days until he found ..... A) Buddha. B) Post Malone. C) His wife. D) A state of enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A state of enlightenment. 9. Advances in what science allowed people in the Indus Valley to plan planting and harvesting around annual flooding? A) Metallurgy. B) Biology. C) Astronomy. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 10. A person who travels to holy sites A) Priest. B) Pharaoh. C) Pilgrim. D) Prisoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pilgrim. 11. Which of the following statements would the Buddha likely disagree? A) Suffering comes from not having what one wants. B) Contentment (happiness) springs from gaining what one wants. C) Unhappiness is caused by wanting to keep what one likes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contentment (happiness) springs from gaining what one wants. 12. The Gupta Empire was considered the "golden age" because the economy was strong and there were great advancements in art, literature, math, medicine, metallurgy, and science. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which Disney movie has their setting in India? A) Aladdin. B) Jungle Book. C) Tangled. D) Brave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jungle Book. 14. Who was the most famous Mauryan emperor known for spreading Buddhism? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Bindusara. C) Asoka. D) Harsha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asoka. 15. Who took over the Mauyran Empire after the leader died? A) Asoka. B) Buddha. C) Jesus. D) Mrs. Wilkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asoka. 16. Which of the following are architectural achievements of Ancient India? A) Great Wall and Grand Canal. B) Great Pyramid and Sphinx. C) Indoor plumbing and sewage systems. D) Ziggurat and Temple of Luxor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indoor plumbing and sewage systems. 17. What did siddhartha gautama do for the rest of his life? A) Meditate and relax. B) Watch tv and eat pizza. C) Talk long walks around a river. D) He did nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meditate and relax. 18. -Concept of zero-Advancements in textiles-Healing bones-Astronomy Which empire is responsible for creating the above advancements. A) Babylonian. B) Egyptian. C) Gupta. D) Qin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gupta. 19. What is the name of a Muslim holy war? A) Jihad. B) How are you. C) Quran. D) Mecca. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jihad. 20. In Hinduism and Buddhism, your ..... determines what you will come back as in your next life. A) Caste. B) Job. C) Karma. D) Wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. ← 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