This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 136 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 136 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When your soul is one with Brahman and you are free from pain or fear A) Nirvana. B) Salvation. C) Vedas. D) Bliss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salvation. 2. Where did the Aryans first settled A) Beside the sea. B) Beside a mountain. C) In the Nile River. D) In the Indus Valley River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the Indus Valley River. 3. The three main types of structures, all serving religious purposes, were the pillar, the stupa, and the rock chamber. During Asoka's reign, many stone pillars were erected along roads to mark sites of events in the Buddha's life. The polished sandstone pillars weighed up to 50 tons (45.4t) each and rose as high as 50 feet (15 m). Each was topped with a carved lion, uttering the Buddha's message.What was each pillar topped with? A) A carved lion, uttering the Buddha's message. B) A cow, screaming for help. C) A god/goddess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A carved lion, uttering the Buddha's message. 4. Who was the founder of Hinduism? A) Abraham. B) Jesus. C) Siddhartha. D) No real founder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No real founder. 5. In Buddhism and Hinduism the effects that are good and bad on a person's soul A) Karma. B) Caramel. C) Chocolate. D) Personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 6. Who founded the Mauryan Empire? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Siddhartha Gautama. C) Bindusara. D) Asoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya. 7. Who wrote Sushruta-Samhita? A) Sushruta. B) Kautilya. C) Aryabhata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sushruta. 8. What vocabulary word means:The first written language of India. A) Sanskrit. B) Subcontinent. C) Monsoon. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 9. What two rivers were a major part of the agricultural geography of ancient India A) Ganges & Indus Rivers. B) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea. C) Bay of Bengal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganges & Indus Rivers. 10. Tools, and methods, to make tasks easier A) Circa. B) Technology. C) Shrine. D) Scribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Technology. 11. Which statement is true of the Hindu caste system: A) Castes are allowed to marry into other castes. B) Caste members may only work in certain occupations. C) The caste classes don't have to be followed and you can pick which one you want to be in. D) The lower the caste, the closer to Brahman they are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste members may only work in certain occupations. 12. What years was Ancient India a successful civilization? A) 3300 BCE-600BCE. B) 7000BCE-320BCE. C) 2800BCE-530BCE. D) 5500BCE-320BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3300 BCE-600BCE. 13. What other city formed on the same river as the Harappan? A) It's also Joe. B) Harappa. C) Delhi. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's also Joe. 14. (Hinduism) A person's essential self, the life force found within all living beings A) Atman. B) Vedas. C) Ramayana. D) Bhagavad Gita. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atman. 15. Better roads, more security and coins helped trade to grow in India. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. 6.H.2.1:How did the invasion of the Aryans change the Indus River Valley A) Equality spread in society. B) People started to marry outside of their caste. C) The caste system was formed. D) Trading with other civilizations began. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The caste system was formed. 17. Belief system that started in India in the 500s BCE in which believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering. A) Buddhism. B) Daoism. C) Confucianism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 18. According to Hinduism, people are reborn into new physical forms. The form one is born into depends on one's A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Salvation. D) Sutra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 19. True or False:You are born into your caste. A) True:but only if you're a Bhramin. B) True:for all caste levels. C) False:only Sudras are born into their caste. D) False:No one is born into a caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True:for all caste levels. 20. Brahma was an important Hindu deity, or God, whose role was A) The creator. B) The preserver. C) The destroyer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The creator. ← 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