Ancient Indian History Quiz 189 (20 MCQs)

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1. Chieftains, of the warrior class, were also known as-

Correct Answer: A) Rajas.

2. Which Russian ruler finally drove the Mongols out of Russia?

Correct Answer: A) Ivan III.

3. What didn't the Harapan civilization create?

Correct Answer: C) Mathmatics.

4. What is the name of the seasonal wind that brings heavy rainfall to the Indian subcontinent?

Correct Answer: A) Monsoon.

5. According to Hinduism, what determines how a person is reborn?

Correct Answer: D) Karma.

6. Outcasts; rejected by others and excluded from normal life

Correct Answer: B) Untouchables.

7. A prince or ruler of India was called:

Correct Answer: B) Raja.

8. 6.G.1.1:What were the two major cities that developed in the Indus River Valley?

Correct Answer: B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

9. What is the life-force, creator and destroyer in Hinduism?

Correct Answer: A) Brahman.

10. There is no longer any prejudice in India based on the caste system.

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. Which animal do Hindus have a lot of respect for?

Correct Answer: B) The cow.

12. 6.C&G.1.4 In the Egyptian social order, which class was a part of the bureaucracy which helped the pharaoh run the government and temples?

Correct Answer: C) Government Officials.

13. The Caste to which someone belonged was determined by

Correct Answer: A) Your job, skin color, birth family, where you lived.

14. How did Hinduism originate?

Correct Answer: C) It developed from the Aryan's faith and became mixed with Indian beliefs.

15. Chandragupta's grandson was .....

Correct Answer: A) Asoka.

16. Who did the Shang Dynasty lose the Mandate of Heaven to?

Correct Answer: A) Zhou Dynasty.

17. Why did many people in early India accept the Buddha's message?

Correct Answer: A) Rejected the caste system.

18. What was the high fortified area of a city called?

Correct Answer: A) Citadel.

19. What were houses with flat roofs built with?

Correct Answer: B) Mud bricks.

20. Much of the water in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers comes from:

Correct Answer: B) Melting ice in the mountains.