This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 126 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 126 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many gods/goddesses are in Hinduism? A) 330. B) 330 thousand. C) 330 billion. D) 330 Million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 330 Million. 2. The holy book of Hinduism is: A) Bible. B) Vedas. C) Book of the Dead. D) Old Testament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vedas. 3. How were Harappan and Mesopotamian civilizations similar? A) They both spoke the same languages. B) They both built pyramids in which to bury their dead. C) They both used the same system of weights and measures. D) They both created irrigation systems to supply water to their crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They both created irrigation systems to supply water to their crops. 4. Which monsoons brought heavy rains? A) Summer and winter. B) Summer only. C) Winter only. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer only. 5. Who were the Indus Valley people? A) Germans. B) Chinese. C) Persians. D) Dravidians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dravidians. 6. Which belief or practice is not shared by Buddhism? A) Reincarnation. B) Caste system. C) Cycle of life. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste system. 7. A broad flat area of high land A) Mountain. B) Savanna. C) Plain. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plateau. 8. What are the two civilizations of the Indus River Valley? A) Harappan and Aryan. B) Gupta and Gandhi. C) Hindu and Buddhist. D) Brahman and Atman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harappan and Aryan. 9. What river did the Harrappan civilization emerge around? A) Ganges. B) Brahmaputra. C) Nile. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus. 10. Explain what a process of which a person goes from one life to another. A) Aryans. B) Reincarnation. C) Bro. D) Harappans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 11. Approximately how many people lived in Mohenjo-Daro A) 10, 000. B) 40, 000. C) 100, 000. D) 400, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40, 000. 12. The term pre-columbian describes the history of America before the arrival of A) Straights. B) Human sacrifices. C) Writing. D) Europeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Europeans. 13. What mathematical concept did the Hindu civilization introduce to make writing numbers easier? A) Division. B) Pi. C) Square roots. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zero. 14. How did the Himalaya and Hindu Kush Mountains benefit India? A) They provide a natural barrier. B) They make trading easier. C) They are tall. D) They bring warm monsoon winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They provide a natural barrier. 15. The caste system was introduced by what group of people? A) Persians. B) Muslims. C) Aryans. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 16. In what ways did the Indus and the Aryan cultures influence one another? A) The Indus People learned better combat techniques from the Aryans. B) The Aryans' lifestyle became more settled as they began to raise crops. C) The Aryans brought new kinds of field crops to the Indus. D) The Aryans brought new kinds of field crops to the Indus Valley to feed their cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Aryans' lifestyle became more settled as they began to raise crops. 17. Lao-Tzu was the founder of A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Confucianism. D) T(D)aoism. E) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T(D)aoism. 18. The Pharaoh represented the gods on Earth as 'High Priest of Every Temple'. He built temples to honor the Gods and used taxes to pay for them. Egyptians believed that the gods spoke with the Pharaoh and gave him powers ..... 27.6.C&G.1.2 According to the passage above, what did Egyptians believe about the Pharaoh? A) Egyptian gods walked on earth. B) All Egyptians were created equal. C) The Pharaoh spoke with the gods. D) Anyone could become Pharaoh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Pharaoh spoke with the gods. 19. The first metal age of India is to use and copper implements were known as ..... A) Chalcolithic age. B) Mesolithic age. C) Paleolithic age. D) Neolithic age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chalcolithic age. 20. A major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas A) Islam. B) Christianity. C) Hinduism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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