This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 133 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 133 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. By following ..... a person can reach nirvana A) A path through the mountains. B) Inzusu Sato ver. C) The eightfold path. D) The endless wheel of reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The eightfold path. 2. Hindu's "destroyer god;" stresses self-control and knowledge. A) Brahman. B) Vishnu. C) Shiva. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shiva. 3. Ancient India's most important language. A) Cuneiform. B) Hieroglyphics. C) Sanskrit. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 4. This religion is a combination of Aryan and local beliefs. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Judaism. D) Confucianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 5. What group was part of the lower class? A) Brahmans. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaishyasya. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sudras. 6. What is the world's highest mountain system? A) Rockies. B) Smokies. C) Himalayas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayas. 7. Buddha said the goal was to reach ....., a state of wisdom. A) Meditation. B) Enlightenment. C) Nirvana. D) Stupas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. 8. The Harappan civilization emerged in which river valley? A) Ganges. B) Indus. C) Nile. D) Tigris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus. 9. People who want to spread their religious beliefs. A) Missionaries. B) Sanskrit. C) Fasting. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missionaries. 10. A new civilization developed by the Aryans in India during the ..... period. A) Vedic. B) Dunghill. C) Persian. D) Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedic. 11. What is the only way that a person in Ancient India could gain entrance into a higher caste? A) Become a land owner. B) Marry someone in the higher caste. C) Live a good life and be reincarnated into a higher caste. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Live a good life and be reincarnated into a higher caste. 12. Several regions controlled by one person A) Tokens. B) Empire. C) City-State. D) Papyrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Empire. 13. Which statement best explains why the time Gupta Empire was considered India's Golden Age? A) It was a time of peace and prosperity. B) It was the earliest known dynasty in India. C) People followed the values and beliefs of the Buddha. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was a time of peace and prosperity. 14. A strong wind that blows in one direction in the summer bringing rain and another direction in the winter bringing dry and cold weather. A) Sanskrit. B) It's also Joe. C) Monsoons. D) Caste System. E) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoons. 15. The Indus River Valley had a thriving ..... A) Economy. B) Party scene. C) Art scene. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economy. 16. Large land mass that's smaller than a continent A) Reincarnation. B) Dharma. C) Brahman. D) Subcontinent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subcontinent. 17. Opposed to the caste system A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 18. What did Siddhartha's dad do when he was 16 to try to keep him happy and headed towards being a great ruler? (dad did not want him to be a religious man) A) He had almost all the beautiful ladies in the kingdom brought to the palace to have Siddhartha choose a wife. B) He had him put in charge of the Kingdom's army. C) He had him made assistant to the ruler. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had almost all the beautiful ladies in the kingdom brought to the palace to have Siddhartha choose a wife. 19. Early farming villages first grew up around the ..... River. A) Ganges. B) Indus. C) Mississippi. D) Nile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus. 20. Ruler of the Mauryan Empire, he extended his control over most of India and spread Buddhism A) The Buddha. B) Asoka. C) Jainism. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asoka. ← 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