Ancient Indian History Quiz 19 (20 MCQs)

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1. What land mass separates India from modern day China?

Correct Answer: B) Himalayan Mountains.

2. Many Indian marriages even today are

Correct Answer: A) Arranged.

3. A religion of ancient India that does not believe in a supreme being. It emphasizes none violence and respect for all living things

Correct Answer: A) Jainism.

4. What could of been one of the reasons the Harrapan Civilization declined and disappear?

Correct Answer: C) Earthquake.

5. The belief that actions have consequences (good and bad) is known as what?

Correct Answer: A) Karma.

6. Which is a wind pattern that brings in different weather patterns at different times of the year?

Correct Answer: A) Monsoon.

7. The word ..... is applied to the ancient Hindu scriptures.

Correct Answer: B) Veda.

8. Two large cities formed along this?

Correct Answer: C) Indus River.

9. The largest group in the Indian caste system was the .....

Correct Answer: D) Sudras.

10. What is heavy rain?

Correct Answer: A) Monsoon.

11. Merchants, craftsmen, landowners, and skilled workers

Correct Answer: C) Vaisya:.

12. Which of the following is the lowest in the caste system?

Correct Answer: C) Sudras.

13. Which religion(s) started in India

Correct Answer: C) Both of these.

14. 9:The twin cities of the Indus Valley Civilization were Mahenjo-Daro and

Correct Answer: C) The catch.

15. What form of literature is the Bhagavad Gita?

Correct Answer: A) Poetry.

16. The source of the Indus River is .....

Correct Answer: B) Himalayas.

17. What is the name of the dynasty that reunited India and revived Hindu traditions?

Correct Answer: A) Gupta.

18. The GOd known as the "Remover of Obstacles" is:

Correct Answer: D) Ganesha.

19. Mountain range the separates the subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau

Correct Answer: D) Himalaya.

20. The longest epic poem

Correct Answer: D) Mahabharata.