This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 134 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 134 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which empire took over after the Mauyran? A) Gupta. B) Harappan. C) Mahenj rates. D) Huns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gupta. 2. In the center of Mohenjo-Daro was a great ....., or fortress A) Monsoon. B) Citadel. C) Caste. D) Subcontinent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Citadel. 3. Trading this made Harappans very wealthy A) Lapis lazuli. B) Standardization. C) Citadel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lapis lazuli. 4. What does polytheism mean? Belief in ..... A) One God. B) Many gods. C) No Gods. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many gods. 5. Siddartha Gautama was the founder of which religion? A) Jainism. B) Buddhism. C) Hinduism. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 6. Ashoka expanded the Mauryan Empire until he A) Moved to China. B) Gave up violence. C) Reached the mountains. D) Surrendered to other rulers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gave up violence. 7. In which continent is India? A) Africa. B) America. C) Asia. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asia. 8. During his time as ruler, Ashoka became more violent and warlike. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. The Indus River civilization and the Harappan civilization are the same. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Buddhists believed being released from the cycle of reincarnation was called what? A) Salvation. B) Salvation. C) Nirvana. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. 11. Only ..... could be priests A) Brahmins. B) Dalits. C) Kshatriyas. D) Vaishyasya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins. 12. Nomads from Central Asia. 2. Not a tribe, but spoke similar languages. 3. Good warriors-expert horse riders and hunter. 4. Arrived in Indus River Valley around 1500 BCE. A) The Muslims. B) The Pakistanians. C) The Egyptians. D) The Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Aryans. 13. The ..... tells the story in which the good king Rama kills the evil king Ravana A) Veda. B) Ramayana. C) Bible. D) Torah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ramayana. 14. Series of weak leaders, civil wars, and invasions by other people groups led to the collapse of which two empires? A) Mesopotamia and Egypt. B) Maurya and Gupta. C) Gupta and Indus. D) Indus and Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maurya and Gupta. 15. Untouchables are at the top of Indian society doing work admired by everyone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. What are Himalayas? A) The Indian name for the castes within the system of the Indian social structure set at birth for life. B) A string of high mountains separating India from Western Asia and most of Eastern Asia. C) 28 mile-long gap between the Hindu Kush mountains that connects central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. D) A member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A string of high mountains separating India from Western Asia and most of Eastern Asia. 17. Number the events in chronological order. Oldest at the top, and newest at the bottom. A) The Harappan civilization settles in the Indus River Valley. Aryans migrate from Central Asia to the Indus River Valley. Aryans begin to settle the area around the Ganges River Valley. The Sanskrit language is developed. Aryan priests begin to collect and record the Vedas. Hindi is widely spoken throughout India. B) Hindi is widely spoken throughout India.Aryan priests begin to collect and record the Vedas. Aryans begin to settle the area around the Ganges River ValleyThe Harappan civilization settles in the Indus River ValleyThe Sanskrit language is developed. Aryans migrate from Central Asia to the Indus River Valley. C) The Harappan civilization settles in the Indus River ValleyThe Sanskrit language is developed.Hindi is widely spoken throughout India.Aryans migrate from Central Asia to the Indus River Valley.Aryans begin to settle the area around the Ganges River ValleyAryan priests begin to collect and record the Vedas. D) Aryan priests begin to collect and record the Vedas.Aryans migrate from Central Asia to the Indus River Valley. Aryans begin to settle the area around the Ganges River Valley.Hindi is widely spoken throughout India.The Sanskrit language is developed.The Harappan civilization settles in the Indus River Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Harappan civilization settles in the Indus River Valley. Aryans migrate from Central Asia to the Indus River Valley. Aryans begin to settle the area around the Ganges River Valley. The Sanskrit language is developed. Aryan priests begin to collect and record the Vedas. Hindi is widely spoken throughout India. 18. Hinduism began in Harappa. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which powerful king of chola kingdom conquered Pandayas and Pallavas. A) King Rajaraja I. B) King Rajendra I. C) King Vijayalaya. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Rajaraja I. 20. The Mauryan dynasty set up a ..... government, which was controlled by the capital city A) City-state. B) Well-organized. C) Theocratic. D) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well-organized. ← 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