This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 124 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mt. Everest is found in the country of ..... A) Bhutan. B) Nepal. C) China. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nepal. 2. The belief that your past actions determine what happens to you in this life is known as ..... A) Vegetarianism. B) Karma. C) Whisper. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 3. A state of blissful peace without desire or suffering (Buddhist's afterlife). A) Nirvana. B) Salvation. C) Land of Two Fields. D) WPMS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nirvana. 4. The Indian subcontinent bordered which two bodies of water? A) Ganges and Indus River. B) Tigres & Euphrates Rivers. C) Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. 5. What are the two rivers of northern India? A) Tigris & Euphrates. B) Indus & Ganges. C) Harappan & Hindu Kush. D) Mohenjodora & Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus & Ganges. 6. Many scholars think that this is the world's oldest religion A) Judaism. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 7. How did Siddhartha Gautama become the Buddha? A) Through deep meditation and enlightenment. B) Through studying the Vedas. C) Through performing miracles. D) Through conquering other kingdoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through deep meditation and enlightenment. 8. Hindu's preserver god; "god of love." A) Brahman. B) Vishnu. C) Shiva. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vishnu. 9. On what do Jains base the importance of living things? A) How large they are. B) The foods they eat. C) The age they live to. D) Their number of senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their number of senses. 10. More popular in India today A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 11. How did India's caste system impact their society? A) Developed political instability & social order. B) Developed political stability & social order. C) A social hierarchy was never created & its civilization remained instable. D) A social hierarchy was created, but its civilization still remained instable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed political stability & social order. 12. For a Hindu, uniting their soul to Brahman is called A) Nirvana. B) Salvation. C) Dharma. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salvation. 13. A force that decides the forms that people will be reborn as in their next lives A) Nirvana. B) Buddha. C) Karma. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. 14. Lower social classes supported Buddha because he opposed ..... A) The Caste System. B) Karma. C) Dharma. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Caste System. 15. The idea of passing through many lives to be united with Brahman A) Karma. B) Reincarnation. C) Nirvana. D) Theocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 16. What type of math did the ancient Indians invent? A) Statistics. B) Algebra. C) Geometry. D) Calculus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algebra. 17. Suffering is a part of life One must learn to stop desire You have to follow the Eightfold Path What religion is the box above referring to? A) Hinduism. B) Zoroastrianism. C) Buddhism. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 18. What is significant about the caste system? A) You can skip a social class. B) You can be reincarnated into a different class. C) There is only one social class. D) Kshatriyas is the highest social class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You can be reincarnated into a different class. 19. What is the term meaning "the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul?" A) Reincarnation. B) Karma. C) Whisper. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 20. A theory or set of values by which on lives is known as ..... A) Philosophy. B) Province. C) Ascetic. D) Edict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philosophy. ← 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