This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 179 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 179 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to the Four Noble Truths, The Buddha teaches that to end suffering one must follow the: A) Vedas. B) Eightfold Path. C) Theraveda. D) Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eightfold Path. 2. Hindus believe in many gods (devas). A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What is one thing that Asoka did to improve his country after the war? A) He gave everyone food. B) He collected taxis. C) He gave everybody money. D) He planted trees down trade routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He planted trees down trade routes. 4. Historians describe a civilization's ..... by identifying its family structures, gender roles, class systems and hierarchies, education, health, and communication networks A) Economy. B) Society. C) Politics. D) Culture. E) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Society. 5. What is the name of one of the first civilizations in Ancient India? A) Aryan. B) Indian. C) Harappan. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappan. 6. What kinds of weather did Indian civilizations experience? A) Blizzards. B) Monsoons. C) New moons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 7. Which of the following castes in the caste system included kings and warriors? A) Brahmins. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaishyasya. D) Shudrasya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kshatriyas. 8. Great Wall began during which dynasty? A) Shang. B) Qin. C) He. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qin. 9. What direction did Ancient Indian magnetic compasses point when sailing the Indian Ocean? A) South. B) East. C) North. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North. 10. Which religion:Major Religion throughout Asia A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 11. Trading center of the Indus Valley Civilization? A) Harappa. B) It's also a strange place. C) Mumbai. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's also a strange place. 12. What was Harappan civilization the first to development in India? A) A writing system. B) Use of the wheel. C) Different steel items. D) Organized religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A writing system. 13. The divine law, or the way of righteous conduct, practiced in Hinduism and Buddhism was called A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharma. 14. What happens in India if the monsoons come early or late, or if there is too much or too little? A) Improved water availability, increased risk of droughts, reduced risk of crop failures, improved infrastructure. B) Decreased tourism, economic decline, reduced agricultural productivity, increased risk of floods. C) Crops could become ruined, and many people starve as a result. D) Increased tourism, economic growth, improved agricultural productivity, reduced risk of floods. E) Reduced water availability, increased risk of droughts, increased risk of crop failures, damaged infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crops could become ruined, and many people starve as a result. 15. What group of people crossed the Hindu Kush and brought Hinduism and the Caste System to India? A) The Indians. B) The Aryans. C) The Chinese. D) The Mesopotamians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Aryans. 16. After the Maurya empire fell apart the ..... came into existence. A) Indus River Valley Civilization. B) Vedic Period. C) Gupta empire. D) Great Awakening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gupta empire. 17. Much of Harappan history remains a mystery primarily because A) Constant political turmoil in the Indus region has prevented substantial excavation of Harappan sites. B) The written language of the Harappan people has yet to be translated. C) Their capital city, and most Harappan written records, were destroyed during Alexander's invasion. D) The Aryans undertook a systematic destruction of Harappan written records upon their arrival in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The written language of the Harappan people has yet to be translated. 18. Who developed the current form of Jainism? A) Ashoka. B) The Buddha. C) Siddhartha Gautama. D) Mahavira. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahavira. 19. Hinduism became the predominant religion under this empire? A) Gupta. B) It's also Joe. C) Harappa. D) Mauryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gupta. 20. What group did not belong to any caste? A) Farmers. B) Soldiers. C) Untouchables. D) Brahmin. 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