This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 246 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 246 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who are missionaries? A) People who work to spread religious beliefs. B) People who work to spread a virus. C) People who go on missions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who work to spread religious beliefs. 2. During the summer months India has this kind of climate A) Dry and cool. B) Wet and cool. C) Cold and snowy. D) Rainy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rainy. 3. The winds that blow across East Asia at certain times of the year A) Monsoon. B) Migrate. C) Whisper. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoon. 4. Along which river did the Indus Civilization begin? A) Indus. B) Ganges. C) Sarasvati. D) Brahmaputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus. 5. What makes India and Pakistan a subcontinent? A) They are beneath sea level. B) They are two countries and not one. C) They have a border. D) They are cut off from the rest of Asia by natural features. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are cut off from the rest of Asia by natural features. 6. Which of the following acts would help a person have right mindfulness? A) Giving food to the poor. B) Speaking a compliment to a friend. C) Putting 100% effort in studying. D) Meditation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meditation. 7. What river is holy to the Hindu people? A) Indus River. B) Ganges River. C) Brahmaputra River. D) Nile River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganges River. 8. India is known as a subcontinent, which is a large landmass separated from the rest of the continent. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. In ancient India, members of different castes often socialized and even married. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. The shared attitudes, behaviors, and history of a group of people. A) Artifact. B) Culture. C) Geography. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Culture. 11. Move from 1 place to another permanently A) Migration. B) Specialization. C) Nomadic. D) Polythesistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Migration. 12. The ruling or militarily elite A) Brahmin. B) Sudra. C) Vaishya. D) Kshatriya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kshatriya. 13. Monsoons are important to India because they carry A) Snow to the dry lands. B) Rains that enable farmers to grow crops. C) Dry air to farming regions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rains that enable farmers to grow crops. 14. True or False or NG:Trading was underdeveloped during the Aryan's rule. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which vocabulary term refers to the period where flooding could have caused the disappearance of Harappa civilization? A) Tornado season. B) Hurricane season. C) Typhoon season. D) Monsoon season. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoon season. 16. Hinduism believes in many Gods, so therefore it is a ..... religion. A) Monotheistic. B) Polytheistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polytheistic. 17. Which religion did Asoka convert to? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Judaism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 18. ..... are late Vedic Sanskrit texts of religious teachings and ideas. A) Arthashastra. B) Vedas. C) The Upanishads. D) The Geeta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Upanishads. 19. The Aryans created the blank? A) Iron Sword. B) Iron plow. C) Iron Arrow. D) Iron Shovel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron plow. 20. What is the name of the group of people who brought Sanskrit and Hinduism to the Indus Valley? A) Hindus. B) Buddhists. C) Aryans. D) Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. ← 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