This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 248 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 248 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Silk Road was ..... A) The route that connected China to Greece and Rome, allowing goods and knowledge to spread. B) The path that the Great Wall eventually followed. C) An ancient religious song that was sung at the Great Wall. D) A 3, 000 mile-long waterway where many ancient Chinese built their homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The route that connected China to Greece and Rome, allowing goods and knowledge to spread. 2. Who initiated the International Yoga day? A) Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. B) Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. C) Die. Rahul Gandhi. D) Mr. Narendra Modi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Narendra Modi. 3. Two major branches of Buddhism were created over time. Which group tried to follow the Buddha's teaching exactly as stated? A) Theravada. B) Mahayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theravada. 4. A person who spoke these words most likely belonged to which social class? "I have been learning about battle. My father is showing me how to use different kinds of weapons so I will be a good warrior." A) Shudrasya. B) Vaishyasya. C) Brahmins. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kshatriyas. 5. What did the untouchables do? A) Teach. B) Skin animals, take out trash. C) Cook. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin animals, take out trash. 6. Buddhists follow the guidance of which set of rules? A) Four Noble truths and Book of the Dead. B) Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path. C) Torah and the Bible. D) Torah and the Four Noble truths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path. 7. Which geographic feature served as a barrier that protected ancient China and was used as an invasion route by the Aryans into ancient India? A) Deserts. B) Rivers. C) Mountains. D) Plateaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountains. 8. What was the main goal of people who followed Buddhism as the Buddha taught it? A) Missionary work. B) Reincarnation. C) Meditation. D) Reaching nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reaching nirvana. 9. Determine whether the phrase below describes Hinduism, Buddhism, or both.Tripitaka is a sacred text. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 10. A personal duty based on the individuals place in society. A) Sanskrit. B) Crow. C) Dharma. D) Job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharma. 11. In India, how did Hindus believe you can move up in caste? A) Reincarnation. B) Dharma. C) Karma. D) Rebirth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation. 12. What are the names of the two major cities of the Harappan civilization? A) Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. B) Harappa and Pakistan. C) Mohenjo Daro and Hindu Kush. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. 13. Indians lived primarily in nuclear families. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Long poems describing heroes and great events A) Vedas. B) Brahman. C) Epics. D) Monism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epics. 15. India is what kind of landmass? A) Island. B) Subcontinent. C) Peninsula. D) Continent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subcontinent. 16. They are the 4th Varna. Their jobs are laborers. A) Brahmins. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaisya:. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sudras. 17. What vocabulary word means:An ancient sacred book of writings. A) Karma. B) Monsoon. C) Vedas. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedas. 18. Indus Valley Civilization A) First civilization of ancient India. B) Most recent civilization in India. C) Civilizations around the Ganges River in India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First civilization of ancient India. 19. Who are at the top of the Ancient Indian Caste System A) Brahmin Priests & Academics. B) Kshatriyas (warriors & kings). C) Vaishyas (merchants & land owners). D) The Untouchables (outcasts of the caste system). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmin Priests & Academics. 20. -Block printing, gunpowder, and the abacus were developed.-Porcelain making and black-ink painting on silk paper were perfected.-The compass was discovered and used to improve the determination of direction when sailing. These advances are associated with the A) Tang and Sung dynasties of China. B) Gupta Empire in India. C) Ghana and Mali civilizations of Africa. D) Byzantine Empire in the Middle East. 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