This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 208 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 208 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Buddhism, what is the way to salvation? A) Reincarnation. B) Through Buddha. C) To have selfish desires. D) To give up all selfish desires. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To give up all selfish desires. 2. To become smaller or weaker A) Decline. B) Expand. C) Diminish. D) Diminutive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decline. 3. What were some of the mathematical advancements of the Indian Empires? A) Created algebra. B) Created the number 0, infinity. C) Created geometry. D) Created the modern addition system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Created the number 0, infinity. 4. Siddhartha ..... not the Buddha came up with these while he was getting enlightened.*life is suffering and unhappiness*people cause their own suffering by wanting things*you can overcome your desires and reach nirvana*if you follow the 8-fold path, you can reach nirvana.What are these called? A) The 4 Noble Truths. B) The Loyal Way. C) The Righteous Path. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The 4 Noble Truths. 5. Rebirth of the soul in different forms A) Nirvana. B) Reincarnation. C) Monsoon. D) Stupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 6. In Hinduism, a series of "proper behaviors" that guide the ways that people are supposed to live A) Yoga. B) Karma. C) Dharma. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharma. 7. What country used a caste system? A) China. B) Rome. C) India. D) Americas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 8. Which river in India is a sacred river to Hindus? A) Indus River. B) Brahmaputra River. C) Ganges River. D) Nile River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganges River. 9. The belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death is ..... A) Caste/varna. B) Nirvana. C) Reincarnation. D) Samsara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reincarnation. 10. To come into being or become known A) Emerge. B) Retract. C) Hide. D) Expose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emerge. 11. Jewelry made of lapis lazuli was found in Afghanistan. What does this teach us? A) Farmers harvested crops and put aside a surplus of grain. B) Cities were carefully planned and built. C) A system of marking belongings was used. D) Harappans traded with their neighbors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harappans traded with their neighbors. 12. What river in western India is sacred to the Hindus? A) Saraswati River. B) Indus River. C) Ganges River. D) Brahmaputra River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganges River. 13. A power or energy a person accumulates during their life based on their actions is called? A) Caste. B) Sanskrit. C) Dharma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 14. What is the social class of India? A) Pyramid. B) Social. C) Caste. D) Popularity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caste. 15. In which language did the people of the Indus River Valley write? A) Varna. B) Vedic. C) Sanskrit. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 16. True or False:Harappan cities were considered very advanced. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. How did the Caste System shape Indian society? A) It made everyone become Buddhist. B) It encouraged vegetarianism. C) It created a strict guide for social classes. D) It promoted the Sanskrit script. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It created a strict guide for social classes. 18. Identifying seven of the planets in our solar system is one accomplishment early Indians made in the field of ....., which is the study of stars and planets. A) Metallurgy. B) Inoculation. C) Astronomy. D) Hindu-Arabic numerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 19. Years after the Mauryan Empire failed what dynasty reunited northern India? A) Mughal Dynasty. B) Chola Dynasty. C) Vijayanagara Empire. D) Gupta Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gupta Dynasty. 20. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Aryans? A) Aryans lived in small communities, based on family ties. B) Aryan villages were governed by rajas. C) Aryans were not farmers. D) Each group had its own leader, often a skilled warrior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans were not farmers. ← 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