Ancient Indian History Quiz 241 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the language of India?

Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit.

2. Which was NOT a Hindu God?

Correct Answer: A) Buddha.

3. Religion that believes in an universal spirit called Brahman.

Correct Answer: D) Hinduism.

4. The idea of passing through many lives to reach the Brahman.

Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation.

5. A group of people that moved into India about 1500 B.C.

Correct Answer: E) Aryans.

6. New Dehli is North of what city?

Correct Answer: D) Bangalore.

7. What do Winter Monsoons bring?

Correct Answer: A) Drought.

8. What jobs did Vaishyas have?

Correct Answer: C) Merchants, traders and farmers.

9. Goods moving from one civilization to another is an example of

Correct Answer: A) Trade.

10. The focus is on enlightenment, or finding truth

Correct Answer: B) Buddhism.

11. The belief that people pass through many lives is called what?

Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation.

12. Seasonal winds that bring moisture and heavy rains in the summer and cool and dry in the winter.

Correct Answer: D) Monsoons.

13. What is the most accurate meaning of the the title of "Buddha" ?

Correct Answer: C) The Enlightened One.

14. Personal duty to follow the laws of your caste

Correct Answer: C) Dharma.

15. Siva, the Destroyer; Vishnu, the Preserver; and Brahma, the Creator are all forms of

Correct Answer: A) Brahman.

16. Which dynasty created Chinese written language?

Correct Answer: A) Shang.

17. The ..... were a group of people from Central Asia who established Vedic society after they moved to India.

Correct Answer: B) Aryans.

18. Ashoka's beliefs in Hinduism shaped the way he ruled.

Correct Answer: B) False.

19. The Jainism teaching to never harm any living thing, not even insects and worms.

Correct Answer: D) Whisper.

20. Which major religion spread far beyond it's country of origin (India)?

Correct Answer: D) Buddhism.