This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 153 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 153 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where are the world's tallest mountains? A) Himalayas. B) Hindu Kush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayas. 2. India's complex social classes developed because of their growing ..... A) Population of slaves. B) Economy. C) Need for written language. D) Laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economy. 3. Who was the greatest ruler of early Russia? A) Ivan the Great. B) Yaroslav the Wise. C) Peter the Great. D) Catherine the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yaroslav the Wise. 4. What was an amazing part about the bricks used to build these early cities? A) Different-sized bricks. B) Same-sized bricks. C) Bricks made of marshmallows. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Same-sized bricks. 5. In Indian social class, the top class (the Brahmins) were: A) Warriors. B) Merchants and Farmers. C) Priests. D) Servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priests. 6. Which is Not an accomplishment of the ancient Indians A) Our numbers. B) Zero. C) Sewers. D) Wheel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wheel. 7. A time of peace for any civilization with advancements in science and art A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Emperor Ashoka. C) Maurya Empire. D) Golden Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golden Age. 8. What do you call a landmass, such as India, that is of great size but smaller than a continent? A) Citadel. B) Caste/varna. C) Province. D) Subcontinent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subcontinent. 9. When Caste ended, all Indians were to be treated ..... regardless of class. A) Equally. B) Unequally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equally. 10. What was the occupation of the Aryans who moved into the Indus Valley A) Warrior farmers. B) Warrior herders. C) Merchant farmers. D) Merchant priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warrior herders. 11. What mountain range is home to the largest mountains in the world? A) Aims. B) Hindu Kush. C) Harappan. D) Handaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aims. 12. Name the people who came from the North through the Khyber Pass in to the Northern part of India in c.1500 BCE. A) Aryans. B) Persians. C) Iranians farmers. D) Egyptians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryans. 13. Which event happened fourth? A) Hindi is widely spoken throughout India. B) The Sanskrit language is developed. C) The Harappan civilization begins in the Indus Valley. D) Aryans begin to collect and record the Vedas. E) Aryans begin to settle the area around the Ganges River Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Harappan civilization begins in the Indus Valley. 14. What statement BEST shows that Hinduism is Polytheistic? A) From Brahman came all the other gods. B) Hinduism was a combination of Aryan ideas. C) The universal spirit is Brahman. D) In moksha, the soul reunites with Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From Brahman came all the other gods. 15. At the age of 42, Chandragupta Maurya gave his throne to A) His nephew. B) His cousin. C) Alexander the Great. D) His son. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His son. 16. Who took up to 24 years to travel The Silk Road? A) Ferdinand Von Richthofen. B) Wright Brothers. C) Mona Lisa. D) Marco Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marco Polo. 17. Who was a Chinese traveled by foot from China to visit Buddhist sites? A) Fa Hien. B) Sung Yan. C) I Tsing. D) Hsuan Tsang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fa Hien. 18. The belief that after a person dies, he comes back in another form. A) Outcaste. B) Stupa. C) Pictograph. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation. 19. This caste was the lowest of the Indian caste system. They were farmers and laborers A) Brahmin. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaishyasya. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sudras. 20. The outcasts; rejected by others and excluded from normal life: A) Untouchables. B) Deterred. C) United. D) Lepers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untouchables. ← 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