This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the name of the Aryan language? A) Vedic. B) Sanskrit. C) Nirvana. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 2. The winds that blow across East Asia at certain times of the year; in summer; they are very wet; in winter; they are generally dry unless they have crossed warm ocean currents. A) Monsoon. B) Migrate. C) Reincarnation. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoon. 3. The rejection of the use of physical violence in efforts to attain social, political, or economic change A) Fasting. B) Nonviolence. C) Meditation. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonviolence. 4. This determines the state of your reincarnation ..... What goes around, comes around! A) Vedas. B) Karma. C) Aryans. D) Upanishads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 5. Which group within the caste system has the most influence and power? A) Vaishya. B) Brahmins. C) Sudra. D) Kshatriya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahmins. 6. No god is worshiped A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 7. How did Asoka treat the people of Kalinga during his conquest? A) He treated them well, like the other people in the Mauryan Empire. B) His armies killed 100, 000 Kalingans in battle. Another 100, 000 died from disease and hunger during and after the invasion. And 150, 000 were forced to leave Kalinga after the invasion. C) While his army killed 200, 000 Kalingans in battle, he treated innocent civilians well and provided them with food and medicine. D) He killed them all in battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His armies killed 100, 000 Kalingans in battle. Another 100, 000 died from disease and hunger during and after the invasion. And 150, 000 were forced to leave Kalinga after the invasion. 8. He became known as Buddha. A) Siddhartha Gautama. B) Bhagavad Gita. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siddhartha Gautama. 9. What famous Indian poet earned the title of "the Indian Shakespeare" ? A) Asoka. B) Siddhartha Gautama. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalidasa. 10. Discovery of the streets arranged in a grid like pattern and underground pipes and plumbing for moving water and waste in Harappa & Mohenjo Doro suggest that these early Indian cities had ..... A) Organized government. B) Polytheistic beliefs. C) Strict social classes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organized government. 11. Because of it's large size and separation from the rest of Asia by mountains, India is known as a A) Continent. B) Subcontinent. C) Country. D) Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subcontinent. 12. What was the first civilization of India? A) Aryans. B) Buddhists. C) Hindus. D) Harappans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harappans. 13. Which term is defined as:Release of soul from the cycle of death and rebirth A) Salvation. B) Brahman. C) Atman. D) Vedas. E) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvation. 14. When was the "golden age" of ancient India when the economy was strong and the civilization made great advancements in art, literature, math, medicine, metallurgy, and science? A) Gupta Empire. B) Indus Valley Period. C) Mauryan Empire. D) Vedic Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gupta Empire. 15. Define migration. A) Movement of people to new surroundings. B) Movement of people through the Eightfold Path. C) Movement of people within the same surroundings. D) A bad headache. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement of people to new surroundings. 16. A subcontinent is a large landmass usually separated from the rest of the continent by geographical features. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Seasonal winds A) Tornado. B) Hurricane. C) Monsoon. D) Thunderstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoon. 18. Which is NOT a trade item for ancient India? A) Cotton. B) Precious stones. C) Jewelry. D) Olive oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olive oil. 19. Which ancient Indian physicians were known for performing cataract surgery? A) Sushruta. B) Hippocrates. C) Galileo. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sushruta. 20. Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns A) Daoism. B) Legalism. C) Filial piety. D) Zhou. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daoism. ← 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