This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The priestly class of Ancient Indian society were A) The Vaisyas. B) The Sudras. C) The Brahmins. D) The Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Brahmins. 2. Ethan, Samuel, and Benjamin are having a heated discussion about the Bhagavad Gita. Can you help them figure out its core message? A) The importance of duty and righteousness. B) The pursuit of material wealth. C) The rejection of all desires. D) The worship of multiple gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The importance of duty and righteousness. 3. Name this famous Mathematician A) Brahmagupta. B) Aryabhata. C) Bhaskar. D) Srinivas Ramanujan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryabhata. 4. Which country found plastic surgery? A) US. B) INDIA. C) CHINA. D) JAPAN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INDIA. 5. Who was Aryabhata? A) Mathematician. B) Philosopher. C) Historian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mathematician. 6. Asoka was a prince True or False? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. How is the Hindu belief in Karma related to the caste system? A) People are in a caste because of how they lived a past life. B) People are in a caste because of how much money they make. C) People born in a low caste can rise to a higher one. D) People born into a low caste can't improve thei karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People are in a caste because of how they lived a past life. 8. This religion started in India and spread to China and beyond A) Judaism. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 9. Which ruler believed in absolute power, commanded a huge army, became very paranoid, and then starved himself to death? A) Chandragupta. B) Asoka. C) Maurya. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta. 10. Who was thought as the greatest Mauryan ruler? A) Chadragupta I. B) Chandragupta e. C) Ashoka. D) Devvarman . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 11. Prince Gautama became known as the ....., which means "Enlightened One." A) Asoka. B) Mahavira. C) Buddha. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddha. 12. In what year was construction of the Taj Mahal completed (when was it finished)? A) 1638. B) 1632. C) 1648. D) 1642. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1648. 13. The first truly centralized dynasty in China that was rather short-lived and developed the terracotta soldiers and started the Great Wall. A) Ming Dynasty. B) Shang Dynasty. C) Zhou Dynasty. D) Qin Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Qin Dynasty. 14. Historians describe a civilization's ..... by identifying its government styles, laws, military courts, foreign policies, wars, voting, and rights. A) Politics. B) Technology. C) Nature. D) Culture. E) Ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Politics. 15. The belief that spirits return to earth many times in different forms, attempting to become one with Brahman, is known as? A) Dharma. B) Reincarnation. C) Caste System. D) Sudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 16. How did Gupta Emperors rule India? A) By promoting peace and expanding learning and trade. B) By warfare and conquest. C) By combining Buddhist discipline into the Hindu caste system. D) By choosing their leaders based on merit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By promoting peace and expanding learning and trade. 17. What language was the Vedas written in? A) Hieroglyphics. B) Sanskrit. C) Cuneiform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 18. The belief that is you do bad things in life you will suffer in the next life. A) Dharma. B) Pharma. C) Karma. D) Parma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. 19. Siddhartha Gautama is known as the first ..... A) Emperor. B) Buddha. C) Thinker. D) Philosopher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddha. 20. Vocabulary:The religion of most Gupta leaders A) Sikhism. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. ← 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