This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 184 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 184 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was India's first major religion? A) Buddhism. B) Polytheism. C) Judaism. D) Hinduism. E) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 2. Which of the following is NOT true about the caste system? A) A class structure determined by birth. B) People are labeled as a certain group based on parents' wealth. C) People can not move out of their caste/group. D) People can marry outside of their caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People can marry outside of their caste. 3. The written language of ancient India is called? A) Cursive. B) Sanskrit. C) ELA context clues. D) Scribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 4. What group had jobs that no one else is Indian Society wanted? A) Priests. B) Farmers. C) Warriors. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Untouchables. 5. Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well-planned cities. What inference (educated guess) can you make about the people who lived in the Indus Valley? A) They were nomads. B) They had difficulty completing tasks. C) They were intelligent and talented. D) They knew how to deal with wood burning stoves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were intelligent and talented. 6. What does "meditating" mean? A. to speak openly C. to speak openly B. to write poetry D. to sing loudly A) To sing loudly. B) To write poetry. C) To speak openly. D) To think deeply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To think deeply. 7. Who created the caste system? A) The Mauryan empire. B) Budha. C) Harappans. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryans. 8. This is the best known section of the Mahabharata, which includes the god Krishna advising a king to do his duty and fight. A) Bhagavad Gita. B) Vaisya:. C) Brahmin. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhagavad Gita. 9. What are seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons in India? A) Hurricanes. B) Tornadoes. C) Blizzards. D) Monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoons. 10. Divided India's society into social groups? A) Hindu Class. B) Caste System. C) Brahmanism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste System. 11. Which group suddenly disappeared from the Indus River Valley? A) Budha. B) Aryans. C) Harappans. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappans. 12. Who almost conquered most of the Ancient World including Egypt, Greece, and part of India? A) Alexander the Great. B) Julius Caesar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander the Great. 13. Job of Brahmin A) Priests and teachers. B) Inferior jobs. C) Warriors and rulers. D) Farmers and merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Priests and teachers. 14. What group of people did the jobs that no one else in Indian society wanted to do? A) Priests. B) Farmers. C) Artisans. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Untouchables. 15. The heavy rains that accompany the seasonal wind of South Asia that blows from the southwest in summer. A) Monsoons. B) Indus River. C) Indus River Valley Civilization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoons. 16. Name the location shown on the map. A) Brahmaputra River. B) Ganges River. C) Indus River. D) Hindu Kush Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus River. 17. This group of people were probably most interested in converting from Hinduism to Buddhism. A) Brahmins. B) Untouchables. C) Priests. D) Wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untouchables. 18. Divided Indian society in to social groups A) Buddhism. B) Princes. C) Reincarnation. D) Caste System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caste System. 19. Which Indian Emperor adopted Buddhism and made it the religion of his Empire? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Siddhartha Gyatam. C) Asoka. D) Chandra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asoka. 20. Which of the following are key ideas in Hinduism? A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) All of these answers are key ideas in Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are key ideas in Hinduism. ← 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