This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 213 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 213 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Hinduism, Moksha is your duty or responsibility to do what is right. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Which invented symbol had a great impact on modern technology such as computers? A) Sanskrit. B) Zero. C) Science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zero. 3. Which is the BEST explanation for the geographic location of these ancient Indian cities and towns? A) They were all located along the Indus River for better trade with the Chinese. B) They were all located along the Indus River for protection from their enemies. C) They were all located along the Indus River for irrigation, transportation, and trade. D) They were all located along the Indus River to limit contact and stay away from other countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were all located along the Indus River for irrigation, transportation, and trade. 4. Who wrote the Vedas in Sanskrit? A) The Aryans. B) The Nepalese. C) The Bhutans. D) The Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Aryans. 5. Big change in how people got food:Farming started so you could settle in 1 place A) Paleolithic Revolution. B) Neolithic Revolution. C) Beringia. D) Monotheisitc Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neolithic Revolution. 6. Who were the FIRST people to live in the Indus River Valley A) Harappans. B) Aryans. C) Indians. D) Himalayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryans. 7. Which desert provides a natural border between India and modern day Pakistan A) Thar. B) Saharan. C) East. D) Gobi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thar. 8. Creator of buddhism A) Siddhartha Gautama. B) Woodyard. C) Asoka. D) Tutankhamen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siddhartha Gautama. 9. Who were the untouchables? A) Brahmans. B) Dalits. C) Sudras. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dalits. 10. What is the name of the main river in India? A) Indian River. B) Nile River. C) Ganges River. D) Harappa River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganges River. 11. Where did "Russia" get its name? A) From a river it was originally built around. B) From the Slavic word "rus" for seafarer. C) From an ancient god. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From the Slavic word "rus" for seafarer. 12. WHAT WAS THE RELIGION OF THE ARYANS? A) HINDUISM. B) BUDDHISM. C) CHRISTIANITY. D) RA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HINDUISM. 13. A person's good and bad deeds build up ..... That is, a force which determines what their soul will be reborn as in the next life. A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 14. Personal duty one must follow to have good karma A) Dharma. B) Nirvana. C) Caste. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 15. Rainy season in India; lasts four months A) Aryan. B) Monsoon Season. C) Vedas. D) Vaishya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoon Season. 16. What laungue was the vedas written in? A) Sanskrit. B) Cuneiform. C) Hieroglyphs. D) Harappan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 17. This group was at the bottom of the Caste System. Their jobs were to work in the graveyards, hunters, butchers and cleaning waste. A) Untouchables. B) Merchants (Vaishyas). C) Warriors (Kshatriya). D) Priests (Brahmin). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untouchables. 18. What were two major cities of the Indus Valley? A) Brahmaputra and Cairo. B) Open field plan d is also a joke. C) Pakistan and India. D) Hinduism and Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open field plan d is also a joke. 19. The Indus River Civilization flourished in India thousands of years ago. What were its major city-centers called? A) Harappa. B) It's also Joe. C) Cairo. D) Both A & B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A & B. 20. Which of the following was NOT a religion promoted by the Gupta Empire? A) Hinduism. B) Islam. C) Jainism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Islam. ← 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