This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 182 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 182 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was the leader of the Mauryan Empire? A) Chandragupta I. B) Chandragupta II. C) Ashoka. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 2. This statement belongs to which religion?"Leader left worldly possessions behind to find enlightenment." A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 3. A Hindu's religious and moral duties are called A) Whisper. B) Veda. C) Shakti. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharma. 4. A place where people worship A) Shrine. B) Pyramid. C) Empire. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shrine. 5. How did Indian doctors protect people from disease? A) They urged the importance of washing and hygene. B) They suggeted people live separately from their animals. C) They inoculated people with small doses of them. D) They created medicines from herbs and spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They inoculated people with small doses of them. 6. Who were the many deities that Hindus worshipped? A) God, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. B) Only one God. C) God and the creator, Brahma. D) They believed is so many God that we can't count them all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) God, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. 7. What strategy did Chandragupta use to conquer Magadha? A) Cause so much destruction that people will be forced to flee. B) Seize the capital, and then the rest of the kingdom will fall. C) Follow Buddhism's teachings and Magadha will eventually surrender. D) Attack the borders first, then the capital city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attack the borders first, then the capital city. 8. Warriors, 2nd highest group A) Sudras. B) Brahmins. C) Kshatriyas. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kshatriyas. 9. About 3000 B.C., the early people who lived in the Indus River valley were the A) It's also Joe. B) Indians. C) Harappans. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryans. 10. The largest part of the Caste System that includes unskilled workers. A) Sudras. B) Vaisya:. C) Brahmins. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudras. 11. A teacher of boys in wealthy Indian families A) Hinduism. B) Caste System. C) Guru. D) Brahmanism. E) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guru. 12. What natural event helped the Indus River Valley become ideal for farming? A) Flood waters left behind silt. B) The snow melted in the Himalayas. C) The monsoons made it muddy. D) The rain watered the crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood waters left behind silt. 13. A large land mass like India that is separated from the rest of the continent by mountains like the Himalayas. A) Caste System. B) Sanskrit. C) Subcontinent. D) Hinduism. E) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subcontinent. 14. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF INDIA A) CREOLE. B) HINDI. C) SPANISH. D) LATIN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HINDI. 15. The accumulation of all of your good and bad deeds is called ..... A) Reincarnation. B) Karma. C) Shiva. D) Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 16. Buddhism was created after Hinduism, as such it borrows many ideas and beliefs from Hinduism. Which one of the below does it borrow? A) The idea of Brahman. B) The belief in Karma. C) The Belief in Reincarnation. D) The idea of Castes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Belief in Reincarnation. 17. The supreme god for Hindus is ..... A) Buddha. B) Brahman. C) Bubba Gump. D) Baal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahman. 18. Indus River A) Is east of the Arabian Peninsula and is part of the larger Indian Ocean. B) The Sarasvati River is a mythological river that is very important in Hinduism. C) One of Earth's longest rivers. It flows for about 1, 800 miles from the Himalayas in Tibet to the Arabian Sea. D) Valley of this great river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One of Earth's longest rivers. It flows for about 1, 800 miles from the Himalayas in Tibet to the Arabian Sea. 19. What does the word "Hinduism" mean? A) The religion of the animals of India. B) The religion of the people of China. C) The religion of the people of Buddhism. D) The religion of the people of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The religion of the people of India. 20. Which city in the Byzantine empire kept close cultural ties with the Russian empire? A) Rome. B) Jerusalem. C) Antioch. D) Constantinople. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constantinople. ← 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