This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 229 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 229 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After the collapse of the Mauryan Empire the people who spread over northern India as far as the central Ganges Valley into modern day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia were the A) Car. B) The Guptas. C) Cushions. D) Persians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cushions. 2. How were the approaches of Chandragupta Maurya similar and different when ruling the Mauryan Empire? A) Both relied on military conquest, but Chandragupta Maurya focused more on diplomacy. B) Both relied on diplomacy, but Chandragupta Maurya focused more on military conquest. C) Both relied on religious tolerance, but Chandragupta Maurya focused more on cultural assimilation. D) Both relied on cultural assimilation, but Chandragupta Maurya focused more on religious tolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both relied on military conquest, but Chandragupta Maurya focused more on diplomacy. 3. What is the central concept of Buddhism? A) Four Noble Truths. B) Five Pillars of Islam. C) Seven Deadly Sins. D) Ten Commandments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four Noble Truths. 4. What religion is built on works and moral behavior and states that once a man has absolutely freed himself from his selfish cravings, he enter into "nirvana, " the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Confucianism. D) Tao Sim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 5. To ..... is to focus the mind inward in order to find spiritual awareness or relaxation A) Yoga. B) Sleep. C) Suffer. D) Mediate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediate. 6. 8 fold path and 4 noble truths A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both of these. D) Neither of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 7. They had running water, indoor plumbing, and a sewage system A) Aryan civilization. B) Harappan civilization. C) Mauryan Empire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappan civilization. 8. To which caste did warriors belong? A) Brahmins. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaisya:. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kshatriyas. 9. The main language of the Aryans A) Hinduism. B) Hieroglyphics. C) Sanskrit. D) Aryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 10. Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs A) Indigenous. B) Persecution. C) Convert. D) Citadel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persecution. 11. How many verses does the MAHABHARATA have? A) 88, 000. B) 5. C) 100, 000. D) 80, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 88, 000. 12. What is the name of the Buddhist temples that housed sacred items from the life of Buddha? A) Stupa. B) Ziggurat. C) Alloy. D) Shrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stupa. 13. Mountain range in north India A) Subcontinent. B) Himalayas. C) Monsoon. D) Planned city. E) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayas. 14. What do the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus rivers have in common? A) They all emptied in the Arabian Sea. B) They are located in Eastern India. C) They are located in southern India. D) They all begin in the Himalaya Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They all begin in the Himalaya Mountains. 15. The Indus Valley had a very large and dangerous army. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Animal used in war in Ancient India A) Donkeys. B) Lions. C) Elephants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elephants. 17. A member of the highest, priestly class in the traditional Indian caste system A) Gautama. B) SIddhartha. C) Brahmin. D) Caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmin. 18. Indian farmers who owned their own land had to pay taxes to the state and Indian farmers who rented land had to pay high rents to the landlords. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. According to the caste system which group includes warriors and rulers? A) Brahmins. B) Kshatriyas. C) Sudras. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kshatriyas. 20. Metallurgy means: A) A fortress that commands. B) The crafting of metal. C) A member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood. D) One of the people of the Hindhu Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The crafting of metal. ← 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