This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 139 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 139 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Hinduism, the highest goal of the individual soul was: A) To achieve moksha (nirvana). B) To be with loved ones. C) To have good karma and dharma. D) To be reincarnated into the warrior caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To achieve moksha (nirvana). 2. Pick the key concept:The Gupta Empire traded all over the world through land and sea routes that connected Arabia, China, and Rome. A) Government and Leadership. B) Religion. C) Social Classes. D) Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economy. 3. The Four Noble Truths say life is ..... A) Happiness. B) Relaxation. C) Suffering. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffering. 4. What is the name of group of people below any Varna? A) Sudras. B) Untouchables. C) Scattered. D) Brahminous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untouchables. 5. Seasonal wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia A) Subcontinent. B) Monsoon. C) Raja. D) Language family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoon. 6. What did the budda say to give up get to nirvana? A) Life. B) Disneyland. C) PEANUT BUTTER. D) All desires. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All desires. 7. When the Aryans arrived writing changed from pictographs to what? A) Hieroglyphics. B) Cuneiform. C) English. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit. 8. Which of the following did the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro NOT have? A) Grid like streets. B) Connected sewer systems. C) Running water. D) Social systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social systems. 9. Historians describe a civilization's ..... by identifying its trade, production, goods, services, financial systems, consumption, networks of exchange, and taxes. A) Society. B) Technology. C) Nature. D) Economy. E) Ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economy. 10. In ancient India, you were born into your caste and stayed in it your entire life. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Before he was Buddha, what was Siddhartha Gautama? A) A teacher. B) A priest. C) A prince. D) A doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A prince. 12. An early civilization located in the area that is now Pakistan and north west India. It was one of the earliest civilizations to build major cities. A) Aryans. B) Harappan Civilization. C) Vedic Period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappan Civilization. 13. What geographical feature boarders India and China? A) The Sierra Nevada Mountains. B) The Rocky Mountains. C) The Himalaya Mountain Range. D) The Adirondack Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Himalaya Mountain Range. 14. What is the belief that your soul will be reborn into another form? A) Rebirth. B) Come again. C) Reincarnation. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reincarnation. 15. What is a caste system? A) A social class system that people are born into. B) Hospital system. C) Different cities. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A social class system that people are born into. 16. Which is NOT true about the caste system? A) Hindus in every caste have specific jobs. B) People must marry within their caste. C) Hindus remain in their castes for life. D) The system is supported by the Indian government today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The system is supported by the Indian government today. 17. Compare and Contrast the Ancient Indian Caste System with our current social hierarchy in the USA. Which statement is accurate? A) The withholding of social and economic opportunities because of skin tone occurred against many people under the caste system while the USA's social hierarchy is based mostly on income made from one's job. B) The caste system was based on income/taxes while the current system here is based on occupation. C) There are more people at the top of the social pyramid than at the bottom. D) Both systems allow for easy upward mobility (people can move up or down in class or caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The withholding of social and economic opportunities because of skin tone occurred against many people under the caste system while the USA's social hierarchy is based mostly on income made from one's job. 18. FIRST GUPTA EMPIRE RULER WHO UNIFIED INDIA AFTER 500 PEARS OF WARRING KINGDOMS A) CHANDRA GUPTA I. B) CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA. C) CAMBODIA. D) THAILAND. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CHANDRA GUPTA I. 19. What sea does the Indus River flow into? A) Bay of Bengal. B) Indian Ocean. C) Red Sea. D) Arabian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arabian Sea. 20. What are alloys? A) Mixtures of two or more metals. B) Mixture of steel. C) Mixture of soil and dirt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mixtures of two or more metals. ← 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