This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 257 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 257 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who were the Sudras in the caste system? A) Rulers. B) Warriors. C) Priests. D) Servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Servants. 2. How do the summer monsoons help India? A) They bring colder weather. B) They bring rain. C) They help people trade. D) They are a natural barrier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They bring rain. 3. Which language formed the basis of many later Indian languages? A) Urdu. B) Oriya. C) Sanskrit. D) Sinhala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 4. Who started the Gupta Empire A) Gandhi. B) Chandra Gupta. C) Sea secret. D) Aryabhata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandra Gupta. 5. Fortune or misfortune given for doing good or bad deeds in life A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Brahma. D) Yours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 6. India is sometimes called a subcontinent because India is ..... A) A large land mass that is separated from most of Asia by mountains. B) A large island similar to Australia's size. C) An area with its own culture separate from the rest of Asia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large land mass that is separated from most of Asia by mountains. 7. What large body of water did some Aryans settle by? A) Pacific Ocean. B) Indian Ocean. C) Bay of Bengal. D) Hindu Kush. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bay of Bengal. 8. What religion is a result of Aryan and Indian cultures blending? A) Judaism. B) Buddhism. C) Islam. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 9. What kind of monsoons hit India in the winter? A) Dry ones. B) Wet ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry ones. 10. Hindus claim that Buddha is an avatar of which god? A) Shiva. B) Brahma. C) Krishna. D) Vishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vishnu. 11. What was Buddha also known as? A) The clever one. B) The enlightened one. C) King of the Buddhists. D) His Holiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The enlightened one. 12. India can get over 200 inches of rain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. After the Harappans, the Aryans came to the Indian subcontinent. What did they bring with them? A) Gold. B) Glass art. C) The caste system. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The caste system. 14. Hindus believe that everything A) Is sacred. B) Should be protected from harm. C) Is one form of the same life force. D) That is evil will be destroyed in the apocalypse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is one form of the same life force. 15. The people at the very bottom of India's social caste system: A) Untouchables. B) Warriors. C) Rulers. D) Merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untouchables. 16. Buddhists believe that a state of grace or nirvana may be reached by: A) Changing one's karma. B) Following the moral duties of one's caste. C) Being reincarnated as a brahman. D) Following the eightfold path. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Following the eightfold path. 17. Personal duty or obedience to the moral law of the universe is called A) Karma. B) Varna. C) Dharma. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharma. 18. What is the mountain range called? A) The Brahmaputra's. B) The Himalaya's. C) It wasn't named at the time. D) The India mountain range. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Himalaya's. 19. How did the Civilization come to the end? A) A destructive earthquake happened. B) No one is sure what happened. C) They ran out of food. D) The river changed course. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No one is sure what happened. 20. A group of Buddhists who believe only monks and nuns who live the life of Buddha can reach Nirvana. A) Siddhartha Gautama. B) Mayhana is Buddhist. C) Theravada Buddhist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theravada Buddhist. ← 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