Ancient Indian History Quiz 187 (20 MCQs)

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1. What makes the hierarchy of India so unique?

Correct Answer: C) Whatever level you are born in cannot ever change until death.

2. What are Vedas? How many are there?

Correct Answer: A) The oldest texts of Hinduism; 4.

3. Seasonal winds from the Indian Ocean and Himalayas that influences India's climate.

Correct Answer: D) Monsoon winds.

4. Dharma is the Sanskrit term meaning 'law' or 'teaching'.

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. Which religion believes in a universal spirit called Brahman?

Correct Answer: A) Hinduism.

6. The rebirth of a soul in a different body

Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation.

7. The Indus and Ganges Rivers are the two most important rivers in India.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. The "Jain Hand" is an iconic description of which mudra?

Correct Answer: B) Abhaya Mudra.

9. What Chinese Dynasty created the Mandate of Heaven?

Correct Answer: C) Zhou Dynasty.

10. The first Indian empire in South Asia

Correct Answer: A) Mauryan Empire.

11. The subcontinent of India is part of this continent.

Correct Answer: A) Asia.

12. The process of life, death, and rebirth

Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation.

13. What continent is India located in?

Correct Answer: D) Asia.

14. How did the Gupta Empire end?

Correct Answer: A) Hun armies invaded the country.

15. Buddhists believe that the cause of human suffering is .....

Correct Answer: A) Selfish desires.

16. A fortified part of Mohenjo-Daro where people would go in case of an attack

Correct Answer: D) The citadel.

17. The land surrounding the Indus River in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: C) Indus River valley.

18. What is the percentage of Indians that are Hindu in India?

Correct Answer: C) 80%.

19. People of the Indus river valley

Correct Answer: B) Harappans.

20. Ancient Hindu scriptures written in Sanskrit

Correct Answer: C) Vedas.