This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 118 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 118 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Indus valley inhabitants were the first people in Asia to do what? A) Use irrigation. B) Grow cotton for fabric. C) Herd. D) Grow wheat for bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grow cotton for fabric. 2. What name was given to the rulers of separate Aryan villages? A) Bapu. B) Rajas. C) Sardar. D) Friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajas. 3. 2 reasons the Harappan civilization might have declined: A) River dried-updecline of crops. B) Decline of tradeinvasion. C) All of these are possible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these are possible. 4. High snowy plateau on the other side of the Himalayas from India. Where many Buddhists monks live to be one with nature? A) Tibet. B) Gobi Desert. C) Deccan. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibet. 5. There is a founder of Hinduism A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Which of the following was the caste that included merchants? A) Kshatriyas. B) Dalits. C) Brahmin. D) Sudras. E) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Vaisya:. 7. The ancient Indians were masters of ....., the science of working with metals. A) Metallurgy. B) Mosaics. C) Dharma. D) Alloy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metallurgy. 8. The Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad-Gita are examples of ..... A) Architecture. B) Literature. C) Medicine. D) Yoga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literature. 9. One's duty, or ....., is based on a person's place in society. A) Nirvana. B) Karma. C) Dharma. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharma. 10. Buddha' teaching is known as the ..... (also known as the divine law) A) Reincarnation. B) Caste system. C) Monsoons. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharma. 11. Which of the following was the caste that included rulers? A) Kshatriyas. B) Dalits. C) Brahmin. D) Sudras. E) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kshatriyas. 12. What was probably the reason that the Aryans were able to conquer the Indus Valley civilization? A) They were accomplished diplomats. B) They had horse-drawn chariots. C) They cut off the food supply. D) They destroyed the canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had horse-drawn chariots. 13. What is the first of the Four Nobel Truths? A) Life is full of suffering. B) Give up all desires. C) Meditation. D) Follow the Eightfold Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life is full of suffering. 14. Stories written in Sanskrit long ago are still popular today. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What does it mean to lead a Golden Age? A) They produced lots of gold and grew wealthy. B) They painted gold on all structures and architecture. C) Arts, learning, and culture flourished and prospered. D) They won a gold Oscar Award for being the best civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arts, learning, and culture flourished and prospered. 16. How does karma relate to reincarnation? A) According to karma, what a person does in each life determines who they will be in the next life. B) According to karma, only people who live very good lives will be reincarnated the others just die. C) According to karma, only people who make offerings to the gods will be reincarnated. D) According to karma, the job that a person has in each life determines their job in the next life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) According to karma, what a person does in each life determines who they will be in the next life. 17. A person's personal duty, based on the individual's place in society A) Dharma. B) Nirvana. C) Monsoon. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 18. It took about 1, 500 years for these people to migrate into India. A) Babylonians. B) Aryans. C) Harappans. D) Nubians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryans. 19. What was the sacred text of Buddhism? A) Tripitaka. B) Veda. C) Edda. D) Torah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tripitaka. 20. What did Harappa have in common with other ancient civilizations? A) Grid-patterned cities. B) God-kings. C) Built near a river. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Built near a river. ← 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