This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 117 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 117 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mahavira grew up in a ..... family, but gave up wealth and property after his parents died. A) Wealthy, royal. B) Poor. C) Loving. D) Middle class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wealthy, royal. 2. Which mountain range isolates and protects the Indian subcontinent? A) Himalayas. B) Rockies. C) Pyrenees. D) Urals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayas. 3. Which Indian invention affected the study of mathematics and science? A) Algebra. B) Algorithms. C) Geometry. D) The symbol zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The symbol zero. 4. Which group of people migrated to India and mixed with the Indus Valley people? A) Babylonians. B) Israelites. C) Egyptians. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryans. 5. Buddhism was founded by ..... around 600B.C. A) Dalai Lama. B) Saraswati. C) Lakshmi. D) Siddhartha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Siddhartha. 6. Religion in India was very different from the ideas of other cultures. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which group was traditionally did the work no one else wanted to do? A) Brahmin. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaishyasya. D) Shudrasya. E) Dalits. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Dalits. 8. Which pair of countries is most affected by monsoons? A) Ghana and Argentina. B) Algeria and Turkey. C) India and China. D) Cuba and Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India and China. 9. The belief that ones actions impacts future events is called A) Fate. B) Predestination. C) Karma. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. 10. China is in which direction from India? A) North West. B) South. C) West. D) North East. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North East. 11. A simile for hypothesis is ..... A) Guess. B) Evidence. C) Lie. D) Educated theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Educated theory. 12. The soul or spirit of a person beginning life in a new body after death. This is a central tenant in Hinduism and also a feature of Buddhism known as rebirth. A) Reincarnation. B) Karma. C) Dharma. D) Taoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation. 13. In Buddhism, a way of clearing the mind A) Hinduism. B) Sudra. C) Reincarnation. D) Meditation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meditation. 14. What river did India's civilization start near? A) Ganges River. B) Indus River. C) Ravi River. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus River. 15. The guiding principles at the center of Buddhism are called ..... A) The Rules of Living. B) The Four Noble Truths. C) The Ramayana. D) The Enlightened Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Four Noble Truths. 16. Which tells us that the Indus River valley civilization had a strong central government A) Two identical cities 400 miles apart. B) Planned cities in grid pattern built around sewers. C) Both of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 17. Believe that the Vedas and Vedic texts are sacred. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 18. Identify the religion based on the descriptor:founded in India A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Both Buddhism and Hinduism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Buddhism and Hinduism. 19. The religion based on the teachings of the Buddha A) Meditation. B) Karma. C) Missionaries. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 20. What is the name of the old language created by the Aryans? A) Sanskrit. B) Indian. C) English. D) French. 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