This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 186 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 186 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. People could easily move between social classes in the ancient Indian caste system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Based on the teaching of a man named Mahavira A) Caste System. B) Reincarnation. C) Jainism. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jainism. 3. Read the phrase and determine which religion it is associated with:Believe in ahimsa, which means that a person should not harm any living creature. A) Buddhism. B) Jainism. C) Hinduism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jainism. 4. Monsoons are seasonal in India, so that means monsoons occur how? A) In a regular pattern. B) Rarely to never. C) All day, every day. D) Sometimes they happen, sometimes they don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a regular pattern. 5. A guru is a..... A) Holy Man. B) Warrior. C) Teacher. D) World Leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher. 6. The subcontinent affected civilization in ancient India because ..... A) It was next to the Indian Ocean and provided a freshwater source. B) It led to overcrowding in early cities. C) It provided natural barriers. D) It resulted in freezing cold temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It provided natural barriers. 7. The Aryan class system defined people by occupation and status. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. A subcontinent is a large piece of land that is smaller than a continent A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. The movement of a group of Indo-European peoples in about 1500 B.C.E. to the area now known as India. A) Aryan Migration. B) Indian Subcontinent. C) It's also a strange place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryan Migration. 10. What is a stupa? A) A Buddhist shrine in the shape of a dome or mound. B) An empire. C) A leader that holds high power. D) A type of postal system that people used to communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Buddhist shrine in the shape of a dome or mound. 11. What are Hindu-Arabic numerals? A) The Hindu-Arabic numeral system or Indo-Arabic numeral system is a positional decimal numeral system, and is the most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world. B) Hindu-Arabic numerals are an alphabet created in Ancient India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hindu-Arabic numeral system or Indo-Arabic numeral system is a positional decimal numeral system, and is the most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world. 12. Outside of the system A) Sudras. B) Vaisya:. C) Kshatriyas. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Untouchables. 13. Which of the following is a Hindu belief A) Life is Suffering. B) One must live in absolute poverty to reach nirvana. C) Everyone shares a part of a universal spirit known as Brahman. D) Anyone can reach Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everyone shares a part of a universal spirit known as Brahman. 14. What is the name of people who migrated to the Northern part of India in 1500 B.C. A) Aryans. B) Persians. C) Babylonians. D) Egyptians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryans. 15. A force that decides the forms that people will be born into in their next life is called A) Dharma. B) Karma. C) Varna. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 16. We can infer that the terra-cotta army was built to ..... A) Show how powerful the emperor was. B) To protect his privacy. C) To use up all the terra-cotta resources. D) To guard his body during the afterlife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To guard his body during the afterlife. 17. Vocabulary:People who tried to follow the Buddha's teachings exactly as they had been stated A) Mahayana. B) Theravada. C) Ramayana. D) Bhagavad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theravada. 18. Teacher A) Raja. B) Guru. C) Caste. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru. 19. Which of the following emperors was promoted Hinduism by building temples? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Asoka. C) Chandra Gupta. D) Chandra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandra Gupta. 20. Used to support the caste system A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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