This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 225 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 225 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Hinduism, people so low they had no caste. A) Untouchables. B) Brahman. C) Vedas. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untouchables. 2. Why was Ancient India likely a peaceful civilization? A) Monsoon season helped create very fertile soil and they didn't need anything from other communities. B) They had a lot of natural resources. C) They were isolated from most enemies by natural barriers. D) They didn't have the natural resources to make weapons, so they avoided conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were isolated from most enemies by natural barriers. 3. What are the two major rivers of Ancient India? (a) A) A Indus & Ganges. B) Tigris & Euphrates. C) Nile and Blue Nile. D) Huang he & Yangtze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Indus & Ganges. 4. The Kind whose name means "without snow" is who? A) Asoka. B) Buddha. C) Tut. D) Alexander the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asoka. 5. He is the one who first uses the zero as a number. He gives rules to compute with zero. A) Bhaskara. B) Brahmagupta. C) Yajnavalkya. D) Aryabhat E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahmagupta. 6. What is Mohenjo-Daro and how do archeologists know that it was carefully planned? A) A city in the Eastern Ghats of India, and it had electricity. B) A farming village, and it was settled by Egyptians. C) A city in the Indus River Valley, and it had planned plumbing. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A city in the Indus River Valley, and it had planned plumbing. 7. Which of the following castes in the caste system included priests and educated people? A) Brahmins. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaishyasya. D) Shudrasya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins. 8. Monsoons provided a source for Indian farmers to irrigate their crops. What does irrigate mean? A) To flood a young crop. B) To supply water to farmland and crops. C) To control floodwaters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To supply water to farmland and crops. 9. Why did Qin Shi Huangdi build the Great Wall of China? A) For shelter. B) For protection from invaders from the north. C) For decoration. D) For fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For protection from invaders from the north. 10. Who converted to Buddhism after conquering nearly all of India? A) Emperor Ashoka. B) Buddha. C) Siddhartha Guantama. D) Hammurabi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emperor Ashoka. 11. True or False:The Aryans and the Mesopotamians are similar because they both had military skills, used horses, and built chariots. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Who was the "creator god" in Jainism? A) Mohammed. B) God. C) Mahavira. D) There was no creator god. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There was no creator god. 13. A person's duty or what is right A) Dharma. B) Karma. C) Salvation. D) Meditate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 14. Who built the famous temple called Vijayalaya Choleswaram? A) King Rajaraja I. B) King Rajendra I. C) King Vijayalaya. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Vijayalaya. 15. What Empire is considered by historians as the golden age of India? A) The Ottoman Empire. B) The Hun Empire. C) The Brahman Empire. D) The Gupta Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Gupta Empire. 16. What is puja A) Worship. B) Food. C) God. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worship. 17. What factors attracted people to Buddhism? A) The emphasis on personal enlightenment and liberation from suffering. B) The rigid caste system of Hinduism. C) The belief in multiple gods. D) The strict rituals and ceremonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The emphasis on personal enlightenment and liberation from suffering. 18. The Indus Valley civilization did not have a writing system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Life in ancient India centered on the family, the most basic unit in society. At the same time, the social structure of India came to reflect Aryan ideas of the ideal society. A set of social institutions and divisions emerged that has lasted in India, with some changes, down to the present day.What was life in India centered around? A) Jupiter. B) House of Toretto. C) Family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family. 20. What do Hindus believe influences your next life? A) Salvation. B) Karma. C) Nirvana. D) Jati. 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