This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 175 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 175 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What were the temple walls covered with? A) Gold & silver. B) Red paint. C) Carvings & images. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carvings & images. 2. After meditation for 7 weeks, Gautama came up with an answer to what causes human suffering & began to teach his ideas, which became known as ..... A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Sikhism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 3. A seasonal wind that blows across South Asia bringing dry weather in the winter and heavy rains in the summer. A) Storm. B) Cyclone. C) Hail. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoon. 4. The Shang and Zhou kings used the Mandate of ..... to prove that God had chosen them to rule. A) Gods. B) Heaven. C) Kings. D) Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heaven. 5. India is located in which continent? A) Asia. B) Europe. C) South America. D) North America . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 6. What caused conflicts between the Aryans? A) Water and Food. B) Weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water and Food. 7. What Is The Currency? A) Dollars. B) Euro. C) Yen. D) It's hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's hot. 8. What is the Religious texts of Hinduism? A) Laws of Mrs. Robinson. B) Karma. C) Vedas. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedas. 9. Goods and services produced in one country and purchased by another. A) Imports. B) Exports. C) Cheeseburgers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exports. 10. Settled Indus Valley around 1900 B.C. before settling and farming were nomads. A) Indus Valley. B) Monsoons. C) Aryans. D) Sanskrit. E) Nomads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 11. What two possible futures did the Hindu priests predict for Prince Siddhartha? A) A powerful warrior or brilliant poet. B) A poor man or religious follower. C) A religious king or truthful leader. D) A great ruler or enlightened being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A great ruler or enlightened being. 12. The fixed social class into which a person is born is called ..... A) Vedas. B) Caste. C) Dharma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste. 13. What is the official language of India today? A) Sanskrit. B) Indian. C) Bengali. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hindi. 14. What term below defines a line of rulers from the same family A) Legalism. B) Democracy. C) Dictatorship. D) Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynasty. 15. What caused the fall of the Mauryan empire? A) Chandragupta's death. B) Extreme floods. C) A category 5 hurricane. D) Asoka's death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asoka's death. 16. Which event happened third? 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: D) Aryans begin to collect and record the Vedas. 17. The rebirth of the soul into the body of another living thing is called A) Missionary. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reincarnation. 18. Who is allowed to participate in Hinduism? A) People in every caste. B) Only the highly educated. C) Only priests. D) People who have become enlightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People in every caste. 19. Buddhist teaching of practices (right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration) leading to happiness and freedom A) Eightfold Path. B) Untouchables. C) Monastery. D) Mahayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eightfold Path. 20. Life is suffering and there is a reason for it A) Nirvana. B) Buddha. C) 4 Noble Truths. D) Dharma. E) 8 fold path. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 Noble Truths. ← 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