This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 264 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 264 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One way that Hinduism differs from Buddhism is that A) Hinduism has not attracted as many followers. B) Hinduism has developed fairly recently. C) Believers of Hinduism rely on a single sacred book. D) Hinduism has no single founder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism has no single founder. 2. The most important language of ancient India, bases for most modern Asian languages A) Arabic. B) Persian. C) English. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit. 3. Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, the ..... dynasty created an empire that reunited much of northern India A) Kalidasa. B) Asoka. C) Gupta. D) Hindu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gupta. 4. A person who is impure and tainted by their birth A) Sudra. B) Vaishya. C) Brahmin. D) Untouchable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Untouchable. 5. Which religion does NOT have a founder? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 6. Mohenjo-Daro showed an advanced civilization. Which is NOT an example A) Government designed perpendicular city streets. B) Writing and art on business stamp seals. C) Stored grain. D) Writing in multiple languages for easy translation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writing in multiple languages for easy translation. 7. Why do scholars still have many questions about the Indus Valley Civilization? A) Scholars have no yet discovered how to read the writing of the Indus Valley Civilization. B) Indus rulers were buried in massive tombs within pyramids. C) Clay seals have been found and scholars have decoded the text to show a civilization far more advanced than possible. D) Trade routes indicate that early Indus Valley people could only access areas in Southern Asia, making cultural diffusion impossible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scholars have no yet discovered how to read the writing of the Indus Valley Civilization. 8. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism called? A) Vedas. B) Bible. C) Torah. D) Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedas. 9. The Dalits were also known as A) The commoner. B) The untouchable. C) The middle class . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The untouchable. 10. Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals? A) Aryabhata. B) Ashoka. C) Chandra Gupta Maurya. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashoka. 11. What is the main focus of Mahayana Buddhists? A) Buddha's good deeds. B) Buddha's commitment to a life of poverty. C) Buddha's compassion. D) Buddha's writings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddha's compassion. 12. Who is Buddha? A) Prince Siddhartha Gautama. B) Prince Ganesha. C) Prince Ashoka. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Siddhartha Gautama. 13. Hinduism and Buddhism are two religions that began in India. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The believe in many gods, all considered a part of one main god is ..... A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 15. Edible cutleries have a self life of A) Four years. B) Three and half years. C) Three years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three years. 16. ..... determines what you will come back as in your next life. A) Your wealth. B) Your caste. C) Your karma. D) Your dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your karma. 17. What did the ascetics give up and do? A) Their freedoms. B) Their fasting. C) Their meditation and fasting, no shelter, mediation. D) Their sleep, shelter, food, holding their breath, and mediating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their sleep, shelter, food, holding their breath, and mediating. 18. How much of India's water supply is provided by the monsoons? A) 60%. B) 70%. C) 80%. D) 90%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 90%. 19. What led to the decline of the Gupta Empire? A) Invasion by the Huns. B) Civil war. C) Corruption. D) Peasant uprisings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invasion by the Huns. 20. What types of jobs did Aryans adopt after settling in India? A) Pastoral nomads and farmers. B) Cooking, singing, and dancing. C) Mining, construction, and painting. D) Weaving, trading, and shipbuilding. E) Fishing, hunting, and pottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pastoral nomads and farmers. ← 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