This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 237 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 237 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After siddartha saw the old, sick, and dead men, this made him understand human ..... A) Suffering. B) Laziness. C) Unwillingness. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffering. 2. What does the word indigenous mean? A) Original or native. B) Independent. C) Indian. D) Digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Original or native. 3. Mohenjo-Daro can be translated to mean A) Mound of the Dead. B) Mound of the Living. C) Mound of the Ill. D) Mound of the Weeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mound of the Dead. 4. Mandate of Heaven, production of silk, and reverence for ancestors are all characteristics associated with civilizations in A) India. B) China. C) Greece. D) West Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 5. What is the earliest known period in India when mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, squares, cubes, and roots were documented? A) 5th Century CE. B) 3rd Century CE. C) 8th Century BCE. D) 2nd Millennium BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2nd Millennium BCE. 6. Muller believed that because people spoke different languages that were invaded A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. A religion based on the teachings of Buddha that developed in India in the 500s BCE A) Confucianism. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 8. Also known as The Middle Way, the rules that Buddhists follow to achieve nirvana A) Whisper. B) Brahman. C) The Eight Fold Path. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Eight Fold Path. 9. Which empire is called the "Golden Age?" A) Mauryan. B) Gupta. C) Arabian. D) Buddhist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta. 10. Buddhists believe that salvation is earned through A) Giving up selfish desires. B) Devoting your life to Jesus. C) Following your dharma. D) Following the Ten Commandments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giving up selfish desires. 11. Which religion used Ancient India's caste system? A) Polytheism. B) Buddhism. C) Brahmanism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 12. Many marriages in ancient India were ..... A) For love. B) Chosen by the people getting married. C) To move up in social class. D) Arranged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arranged. 13. The universal spirit in Hinduism is known as what? A) Brahman. B) Shiva. C) Buddha. D) Samskara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahman. 14. Followers of this religion believe in the cycle of reincarnation A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 15. This Chinese practice stated that the ruling leader/dynasty would stay in power, as long as they had the blessings of the gods. This was called the ..... A) Mandate of Heaven. B) Permission of Heaven. C) Trials of Heaven. D) Heavenly Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandate of Heaven. 16. What is Mahayana Buddhism? A) Mahayana Buddhists believe that you can interpret Buddhas teachings in your own way. B) Mahayana Buddhists believe that you must follow Buddhas teachings exactly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahayana Buddhists believe that you can interpret Buddhas teachings in your own way. 17. ..... was India's first civilization, and it was located along the Indus River. A) Ashoka. B) Harappa. C) Nirvana. D) Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappa. 18. The enlightened one A) Vishnu. B) Buddha. C) Nirvana. D) Isis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddha. 19. Which is an epic poem about a ruler who rescues his captured wife and that grew to about 25, 000 versus A) A. Bhagavad Gita. B) B. Vishnu. C) S. Ramayana. D) D. Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S. Ramayana. 20. Which of the following are two successful early cities of the Indus River Valley? A) Ur and Cairo. B) Rome and Carthage. C) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. D) Sumer and Punt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. ← 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