This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 144 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 144 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus River Valley civilization all traded with each other A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Strong winds that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in the summer. A) Thunderstorm. B) Tornado. C) Hurricane. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoon. 3. Empire of India's Golden Age was? A) Nebuchadnezzar. B) Gupta. C) Ashoka. D) Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta. 4. The idea that your actions in this life can affect your next life is called what? A) Reincarnation. B) Karma. C) Dharma. D) Whisper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 5. What is the Eighfold Path? A) The path to nirvana; Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. B) The path to Siddhartha. C) The path to reach reincarnation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The path to nirvana; Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. 6. Major river that helped shape early civilization in India. A) Nile. B) Indus. C) Amazon. D) Tiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus. 7. The state of neither suffering or desire A) Nirvana. B) Buddhism. C) Hinduism. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nirvana. 8. What is one way that Hinduism differs from all other major world religions? A) Believers rely on only one sacred text. B) It has developed fairly recently. C) It has two co-founders. D) It has no single founder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It has no single founder. 9. Which of the following is NOT a contribution made during the Gupta Empire? A) Concept of zero. B) Spread of Buddhism. C) Medical advances such as bone setting. D) Concept of round earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spread of Buddhism. 10. What is the release from pain and achieving ultimate enlightenment called in Hinduism? A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Samsara. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salvation. 11. Hindi, the official language of India, is derived from ....., the language of Ancient India. A) Vedas. B) Hinduism. C) Meditation. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit. 12. Many ancient civilizations, such as India and China, began around A) Already built cities. B) Mountain passes. C) River valleys. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) River valleys. 13. Chandra Gupta I A) Founded the Maurya empire. B) Conquered all of India. C) Was the father of Asoka. D) Founded the Gupta empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Founded the Gupta empire. 14. Why did India not trade as much as other places? A) Were to lazy. B) Were isolated. C) Didnt' have the supplies. D) Couldn't get there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were isolated. 15. Which two rivers flow through India? A) Indus & Euphrates. B) Euphrates & Tigris. C) Nile and Ganges. D) Indus & Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus & Ganges. 16. How did early Aryans pass down their stories before they had a written language? A) By word of mouth. B) By drawing on cave walls. C) Hieroglyphics. D) Coded messages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By word of mouth. 17. What are the names of the three ancient Indian Religions we have been learning about? A) Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism. B) Jainism, Hinduism, Christianity. C) Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam. D) Buddhism, Islam, Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism. 18. The Hindus believe that the ..... River is Holy and can wash away their sins. A) Amazon. B) Ganges. C) Yangtze. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganges. 19. The concept of one's actions in the present life affecting their rebirth in the next life is A) Dharma. B) Reincarnation. C) Karma. D) Bodhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. 20. How has the location of the Himalaya Mountains benefited India? A) Roads for trade routes. B) Consistent water supply. C) Protection from enemies. D) Prevention of earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection from enemies. ← 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