This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 135 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 135 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The oldest ancient Indian civilization is: A) The Gupta Empire. B) The Harappans. C) The Maurya Empire. D) The Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Harappans. 2. A social class based on jobs A) Hierarchy. B) Caste. C) Economy. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste. 3. Archaologists can tell the city of Mohenjo-Daro was a carefully planned because of its ..... A) Use of soil, which turned into desert plains. B) Use of a city wall, citadel, and streets which looked like city blocks. C) The city was built on flat land away from rivers. D) No-trade policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use of a city wall, citadel, and streets which looked like city blocks. 4. In Hinduism, a lifelong social group into which one is born A) Vedas. B) Caste. C) Karma. D) Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste. 5. What vocabulary word means:A good or bad force created by a person's actions and determined whether a person's soul would be reincarnated into a higher or lower form. A) Karma. B) Monsoon. C) Buddhism. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 6. Seasonal winds that bring dry air or rain depending on the season A) Raja. B) Himalaya. C) Monsoons. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoons. 7. Lowest group in the caste system A) Kshatriyas. B) Sudras. C) Untouchables. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Untouchables. 8. According to Buddhist tradition, what happened to make Prince Siddhartha Gautama walk away from the comforts of princely life? A) Siddhartha's father wanted him to be a great religious leader so he encouraged him to leave. B) Siddhartha left the palace and saw all the joy in the world. He wanted to be a part of it. C) His father kicked him out and said he no longer wanted Siddhartha to be king someday. D) At age 29, he saw the pain and suffering of the world and was shocked. He left his comfortable life in search of a greater truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At age 29, he saw the pain and suffering of the world and was shocked. He left his comfortable life in search of a greater truth. 9. A religion based on the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama A) Buddhism. B) Christinaity. C) Hinduism. D) Atheism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 10. Which of the following were important central beliefs to the two major religions that came out of Ancient India? A) Holy trinity/ heaven/ golden rule. B) Karma/ reincarnation/ meditation. C) 5 Ks/ Guru Nanak/ Selfless service. D) Mohammad/ 5 pillars/ Quran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma/ reincarnation/ meditation. 11. The belief that your soul is reborn again and again after death is called ..... A) Karma. B) Sin. C) Reincarnation. D) Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reincarnation. 12. Ancient city that means "mound of the dead" A) Himalayan mountains. B) Mt. Everest. C) Babylon. D) Mohenjodaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohenjodaro. 13. In Hinduism, Karma is your consequence or the effect of your actions in life. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Siddhartha chose ..... to be his wife. A) Yasodhara. B) Kamala. C) Demian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yasodhara. 15. Entering India from the north was difficult because of which mountain range? A) The Himalayas. B) The Andes. C) The Appalachian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Himalayas. 16. A monotheistic religion that developed in India in the 1400s A) Sikhism. B) Reincarnation. C) Subcontinent. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikhism. 17. The rebirth of the human soul A) Reincarnation. B) Enlightenment. C) Shiva. D) Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation. 18. Babylonian King who wrote 282 laws A) Sargon. B) Hammurabi. C) Ziggurat. D) Cuneiform. E) Nebuchadnezzar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hammurabi. 19. What was the capital city of both the Mauryan and Gupta Empire? A) New Delhi. B) Mumbai. C) Calcutta. D) Pataliputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pataliputra. 20. What is the term for the moral and ethical duties and responsibilities that each individual must follow in Hinduism? A) Nirvana. B) Dharma. C) Yoga. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharma. ← 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