This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 251 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 251 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of a building or shrine that houses relics of the Buddha? A) Temple. B) Shrine. C) Stupa. D) Metallurgy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stupa. 2. Leader left worldly possessions behind to find enlightenment A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 3. Children in the Indus Valley went to school every day. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Why are the Indus Valley people still such a mystery to archaeologists and historians? A) It was discovered relatively recently and its writing is still undeciphered. B) The people never kept a written record of their daily lives. C) It never existed long enough for historians and archaeologists to seriously study it. D) Their cities were washed away in a cataclysmic flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was discovered relatively recently and its writing is still undeciphered. 5. A type of special exercise in devotion, self less deeds, physical activity, or knowledge, practiced by Hindus is called; A) Karma. B) Brahman. C) Yoga. D) Meditation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yoga. 6. The people at the very top of India's social caste system: A) Untouchables. B) Priests. C) Warriors. D) Farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Priests. 7. Which word describes a large landmass that is part of a continent? A) Subcontinent. B) Plateau. C) Monsoon. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subcontinent. 8. First written language of India A) Sanskrit. B) Heiroglyphics. C) Cuneiform. D) Caligrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 9. When Buddha became enlightened, he realized that ..... way is the best way to live. A) The poverty. B) The extreme wealth. C) The middle. D) The high. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The middle. 10. What group of people belong to the highest class in the caste system? A) Priests. B) Farmers. C) Warriors. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Priests. 11. Fill in the blank:Historians need to ..... their evidence, or say where it's from. A) Find. B) Cite. C) Move. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cite. 12. Historians describe a civilization's ..... by identifying its tools, weapons, inventions, methods, and scientific discoveries. A) Society. B) Technology. C) Politics. D) Nature. E) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Technology. 13. The ancient Indians were the first people to create the mathematical concept of zero. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. True or False:In the 320s a military leader named Candragupta Maurya seized control of the entire southern part of India. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Mountain range that is home to the highest mountains in the world A) Caste. B) Raja. C) Himalaya. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalaya. 16. They are the top Varna. Their jobs are priests. A) Brahmins. B) Kshatriya. C) Vaisya. D) Sudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins. 17. Native Americans who built a society in the southeastern United States are known as ..... because of the earthen mounds they built as places of burial or worship. A) Anasazi. B) Nomads. C) Tribes. D) Mound Builders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mound Builders. 18. Who is considered the supreme deity in Hinduism, the creator and preserver of the universe? A) Vishnu. B) Shiva. C) Brahma. D) Devi (Goddess). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahma. 19. What is the name of the social structure of Ancient India that was brought to the Indus River Valley by the Aryans? A) 8 Fold Pathway. B) Feudal System. C) Caste System. D) 4 Noble Truths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caste System. 20. After being initiated into the sacred thread, young men began Vedic studies with a A) Yogi. B) Brahmin. C) Guru. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guru. ← 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