This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 137 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 137 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of the title Buddha? A) "Important One". B) "Fasting One". C) "Enlightened One". D) "Suffering One". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Enlightened One". 2. What goes around comes around is a way to express the idea of ..... A) Dharma. B) Veda. C) Karma. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. 3. Why did the Harapan civilization dissapear? A) Flooding. B) Famine. C) We don't know. D) Got taken over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We don't know. 4. Religion of the people of Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Animism. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animism. 5. Which Chinese philosophy is based on the teachings of Laozi? A) Confucianism. B) Daoism. C) Legalism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daoism. 6. (Buddhism) Suffering. A) Buddha. B) Dukkha. C) Dharma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dukkha. 7. Followers of Mahayana Buddhism believe that A) All enlightened people go to heaven. B) People will only get to heaven by first reaching nirvana. C) The Eightfold path is too difficult for most people to follow. D) The Buddha was a great teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Eightfold path is too difficult for most people to follow. 8. T/F In Hinduism, god comes in many forms. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Vocabulary:A division of people into groups based on birth, wealth, or occupation A) Caste system. B) Sutras. C) Rig Veda. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caste system. 10. The final goal of Buddhism is to reach a state of Nirvana. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Most Indus Valley people lived in A) Farming villages. B) Large cities. C) Small towns. D) Trading communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farming villages. 12. Which is true about Harappan writing A) Found on seals. B) Hieroglyphics. C) Cuneiform. D) Tells us about their religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found on seals. 13. Hindu god known as "the Destroyer" A) Krishna. B) Vishnu. C) Shiva. D) Horus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shiva. 14. What is defined as the correct actions for one's class? A) Karma. B) Moksha. C) Dharma. D) Sutra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharma. 15. What determines which caste a person is reborn into? A) Wealth. B) Karma. C) Language. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 16. Which is the correct order of the 4 varnas from MOST powerful to LEAST powerful? A) 1.Priests/Brahmins2.Rulers and Warriors3.Merchants/farmers/commoners4.Servants. B) 1.Servants2.Merchants/farmers/commoners3.Rulers and Warriors4. Priests/Brahmins. C) 1.Rulers and Warriors2.Priests/Brahmins3.Merchants/farmers/commoners 4.Servants. D) 1.Rulers and Warriors2.Priests/Brahmins3.Servants3.Merchants/farmers/commoners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.Priests/Brahmins2.Rulers and Warriors3.Merchants/farmers/commoners4.Servants. 17. In India and after the collapse of the Mauryan Empire it arose from a group of nomadic warriors, and then expanded to become a empire known for its trading on the Silk Road. A) Kushan Empire. B) Indus-River Valley Civilization. C) Germany. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kushan Empire. 18. Religion:What major religious belief kept ancient Indians marriages and work type within their designated social classes? A) Slaves and laborers were placed in their low status for wrongs of past lives. B) The religious text, The Vedas, demanded separation. C) A god dictated an eternal order to humans that forbade working and marrying outside of one's social class. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A god dictated an eternal order to humans that forbade working and marrying outside of one's social class. 19. Over the centuries Hindu beliefs were recorded into a number of sacred texts including the Vedas and the Upanishads. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Caste A) Social group that one is born into and cannot change. B) Line of rulers from one family. C) Strong wind that blows one way in winter and another way in summer. D) Smaller than a continent, follows same tectonic plate lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social group that one is born into and cannot change. ← 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