This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 180 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 180 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What religion originated in the Indus Valley around 1400 BCE? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Islam. D) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 2. How does Hinduism differ from Buddhism? A) Hinduism has multiple gods. B) Buddhism has multiple gods. C) Hinduism does not have multiple gods. D) Buddhism has only 1 god. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism has multiple gods. 3. Who believes in the Eightfold Path? A) Hindus. B) Buddhists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhists. 4. When a person reaches the Brahmin caste and does the duties of his caste, when he dies he will experience A) Samsara. B) Nirvana. C) Salvation. D) Dalits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salvation. 5. They had a centralized government and thousands of stupas A) Aryan civilization. B) Harappan civilization. C) Mauryan Empire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mauryan Empire. 6. According to the Hindu religion, a person's devotion to a personal god brings the soul closer to. A) Yoga. B) Brahman. C) Rebirth. D) The Upanishads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahman. 7. What is The Buddha's Eightfold Path? A) Eight steps to become a god. B) Eight steps to eliminate suffering. C) Eight steps to be reincarnated. D) Eight steps to become one with the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eight steps to eliminate suffering. 8. Where did the Indus River Valley people store their excess grain A) In warehouses. B) The kings palace. C) Underground. D) In granaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In granaries. 9. The Great Bath was probably used for A) A place to take a bath. B) A place to gather and talk about politics. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 10. Which goal did Buddhism teach people to move toward? A) Converting everybody. B) Making elaborate sacrifices. C) Reaching enlightenment. D) Completing a big pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reaching enlightenment. 11. In Hinduism, people are reborn into new physical forms. The form one is reborn into is dependent on what? A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) Meditation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 12. Of the three gods in the Hindu Trimurti, which is the god responsible for CREATION? A) Brahmin. B) Brahma. C) Vishnu. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahma. 13. Ashoka created the Rock Edicts. What are Rock Edicts? A) Rules for how to build a house with rock. B) Laws written in local languages. C) Rules for how to load a cannon with rocks. D) Militia whos job it was to enforce laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laws written in local languages. 14. Which of the following are characteristics of both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro A) Designed on a rectangular grid. B) Sewage system. C) Houses varied in size. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 15. This city in the Indus civilization flourished around 2600-1700 BC in the western part of south Asia. The name of this city is often used to describe the culture associated with the earliest Indus valley settlers A) It's also Joe. B) Harappa. C) Pakistan. D) New Deli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappa. 16. ..... is the state of perfect happiness and peace, no form of suffering. A) Enlightenment. B) Caste. C) Nirvana. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. 17. During Ashoka's reign, what religion spread throughout India and other parts of Asia? A) Hinduism. B) Christianity. C) Buddhism. D) Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 18. An ancient India city in the Indus River Valley A) Catch. B) Himalayas. C) Babylon. D) Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catch. 19. In India's varna system, the Kshatriyas class included ..... A) Teachers. B) Priests. C) Warriors and rulers. D) Merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warriors and rulers. 20. Which of these is one of the main Hindu Gods? A) All of these. B) Brahma. C) VIshnu. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of these. ← 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