This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 190 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 190 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Indus river begins in the ..... and empties into the ..... A) Himalayan Mountains, Arabian Sea. B) Arabian Sea, Himalayan Mountains. C) Indian Highlands, Gulf of Oman. D) Gulf of Oman, Indian Highlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayan Mountains, Arabian Sea. 2. A large landmass that sticks out from a continent A) Subcontinent. B) Dharma. C) Migrate. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subcontinent. 3. The fourth varna made up of unskilled laborers and servants A) Sudras. B) Brahmans. C) Vaisya:. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudras. 4. What was a mathmatical contribuation the Indian's made during the Gupta empire? A) Figuring out muliplication. B) Explaining the idea of infinity. C) Creating fractions. D) Inventing money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explaining the idea of infinity. 5. Leader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who conquered most of India but eventually gave up violence and converted to Buddhism. A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Krishna. C) Ashoka. D) Vishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 6. An ancient language of India. Language used in Hinduism. A) Kush. B) Sanskrit. C) Hebrew. D) Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 7. Eightfold Path A) Duty to your Varna. If you followed, you would get good karma. B) Result of how you live. C) Perfect peace when you stop desiring things. D) Never harm a living being even insects or worms!. E) Buddhist rules to reach enlightenment and Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Buddhist rules to reach enlightenment and Nirvana. 8. The people group that inhabited the Indus Valley AFTER the Harappans A) Harappans. B) Aryans. C) Untouchables. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryans. 9. What are Buddhists in search of? A) Truth. B) Nirvana. C) Heaven. D) Paradise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nirvana. 10. What is the "rebirth of a soul in a new body after death" called? A) Karma. B) Reincarnation. C) Hinduism. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 11. What is a similarity between Hinduism and Buddhism A) Nirvana. B) Eightfold path. C) Karma. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation. 12. What determines a person's caste? A) Occupation. B) Death. C) Birth. D) Gender. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birth. 13. Where was the Indus Valley Civilization? A) South Africa. B) Pakistan and India. C) Iraq and China. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pakistan and India. 14. Arjuna's dilemma in the Bhagavad Gita is A) He wants to kill his family members in battle. B) He does not want to kill his family members in battle. C) He does not believe in the Hindu gods. D) He is converting to Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He does not want to kill his family members in battle. 15. Wonder of the ancient world from Mesopotamia A) Pyramids. B) Hanging Gardens. C) Zeus' temple. D) Ligthouse of Alexandria, Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hanging Gardens. 16. The name of early Aryan religion. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Brahmanism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmanism. 17. Civilization that developed the written language of sanskrit. A) Maurya Empire. B) Gupta Empire. C) Aryan Civilization. D) Indus Valley Civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryan Civilization. 18. True or False:India's monsoons provide rain for India's crops but can also cause severe flooding. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. In Hinduism, the religious and moral duties of each person. A) Whisper. B) Meditate. C) People. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharma. 20. Where did the Harappans store food for the entire city? A) Granaries. B) In their homes. C) At a grocery store. D) In a basement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Granaries. ← 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