This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 267 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 267 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sanskrit word that means "a person who is awake." A) Nirvana. B) Buddha. C) Karma. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddha. 2. Which of the following persons belonged to the lowest social class of the caste system of ancient India? A) Trader. B) Merchant. C) Laborer. D) Warrior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laborer. 3. What was the fourth group in the caste system? A) Priests. B) Warriors. C) Merchants. D) Servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Servants. 4. Harappan civilizations were very advanced and included bathrooms with indoor plumbing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Seasonal winds, known as ....., help make India dry or wet, depending on the time of year. A) Citadels. B) Tornadoes. C) Monsoons. D) Granaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoons. 6. Called "seasonal winds" these weather events bring strong winds + summer rains and winter dryness to India A) A typhoon. B) A blizzard. C) A tidal wave. D) A monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A monsoon. 7. Seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons A) Hurricanes. B) Monsoons. C) Tsunami. D) Sandstorms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 8. What is the name of the language that was developed by the Aryan civilization? A) Ramayana. B) English. C) Sanskrit. D) Pakistani. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 9. Hindu teachings were originally spread ..... A) Through rituals. B) By its founder. C) Through writings. D) Orally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orally. 10. Ashoka improved communication throughout the empire by ..... A) Constructing roads and rest houses. B) Inventing the first telephone. C) Morse code. D) New smoke signal technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constructing roads and rest houses. 11. How long did Siddhartha meditate before finding enlightenment? A) 48 days. B) 40 days. C) 7 days. D) 49 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 49 days. 12. What two modern countries border the Indus River Valley? A) Egypt and Ethiopia. B) Persia and China. C) Pakistan and India. D) Ethiopia and China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pakistan and India. 13. Which person takes over the Maurya Empire and starts making it better for his people? A) Kautilya. B) Siddhartha Gautama. C) Asoka. D) Chandragupta Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asoka. 14. What is India's social class (now illegal) called? A) Fedual System. B) India Class. C) Social Class System. D) Caste System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caste System. 15. Which is the correct order of the caste system, from most powerful to least? A) Sudras, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Brahmins. B) Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Brahmins. C) Vaisyas, Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Sudras. D) Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras. 16. A large landmass that is set apart from a larger continent by land or water A) Plateau. B) Valley. C) Subcontinent. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subcontinent. 17. Which of the following is a false statement about the Indian caste system? A) It is the name of the Indian social structure. B) It is held together by their religious beliefs of one's self-reliance for salvation. C) The belief in reincarnation and karma made society conform to its boundaries. D) Members were able to move up in rank and socialize with others from different backgrounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Members were able to move up in rank and socialize with others from different backgrounds. 18. Buddha gave up being a prince so he could ..... A) Help others. B) Get famous. C) Go to war. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help others. 19. In the Indian Caste System your karma was mostly decided by? A) Whether you were reincarnated. B) Whether you learned the Four Nobles Truths. C) Whether you followed your dharma. D) When you followed the Eightfold Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether you followed your dharma. 20. The Indus Valley may have been the first place farmers grew ..... A) Peppers. B) Onions. C) Cotton. D) Oranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton. ← 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