This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 173 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 173 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Harrapa and Mohenjo Daro developed in what river valley? A) The Ganges. B) The Tigris. C) The Nile. D) The Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Indus. 2. How many castes (social class) existed in Ancient India? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. E) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 3. Which Indian mathematician provided categorical definitions of sine, cosine, versine, and inverse sine, along with complete sine and versine tables? A) Aryabhata. B) Bhaskar's. C) In Sangamgra of Madhava. D) Brahmagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryabhata. 4. Which of these ideas controls all aspects of life? A) Dharma. B) Karma. C) Reincarnation. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 5. Your actions have consequences A) Boba. B) Reincarnation. C) Rebirth. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 6. The untouchables were at the top of the caste system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What does "Aryan" mean? A) Noble ones. B) Migrants. C) Conquerors. D) Leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noble ones. 8. What is the atman? A) The part of Brahman that forms a person's soul. B) Another god or goddess. C) A person's heart created by Brahman. D) The world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The part of Brahman that forms a person's soul. 9. Who was the first emperor of the Maurya empire in Ancient India? A) Water it. B) Maurya Aires. C) Siddhartha Gautama. D) Chandrapata Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandrapata Maurya. 10. In Jainism teachings, people need to stop wanting ..... and practice strict ..... A) More wealth; prayer. B) Worldly things; prayer. C) Worldly things; poverty. D) Wealth; vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worldly things; poverty. 11. Most people worked the land. They grew wheat, barley, rice, and ..... A) Grain. B) Vegetables. C) Corn. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cotton. 12. Which is an example of a trade barrier in India? A) Indus River. B) Zagros Mountains. C) Himalaya Mountains. D) Euphrates River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalaya Mountains. 13. Early farmers in the Indus Valley produced A) Food from poor soil. B) A surplus of food. C) The citadel. D) Only rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A surplus of food. 14. Which group of Buddhists believe that Buddha was a god? A) Theravada. B) Mahayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahayana. 15. The Indus and the Ganges are ..... A) The highest castes. B) Rivers that flow into India and bring water to the country. C) Ancient cities that were very similar despite being 300 miles apart. D) Groups of invaders who failed to conquer ancient India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers that flow into India and bring water to the country. 16. What is the meaning of the caste system? A) A caste is a social group that a person is born into and CAN change. B) A caste is a system that changes each year. C) A caste system changes on a daily basis. D) A caste is a social group that a person is born into and CANNOT change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A caste is a social group that a person is born into and CANNOT change. 17. The ruler Qin Shi Huang-di began construction of the- A) Great Wall. B) Pyramid of Giza. C) Ziggurat Temple. D) Fleet of Zheng he. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great Wall. 18. Where is the island of Shri Lanka located? A) Northwest. B) Southwest. C) South. D) North. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South. 19. Why did Siddhartha Gautama leave home at age 30? A) To find answers to his questions about human life. B) To establish a religion that was better than Hinduism. C) O help those who felt pain and suffering in life. D) To spread his new religious ideas to other people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To find answers to his questions about human life. 20. "A large area of high and fairly flat land" A) Plateau. B) Subcontinent. C) Monsoon. D) Migrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plateau. ← 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