This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 273 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 273 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The teachings of Siddhartha Gautama are found inwhich of the following? A) The Vedas. B) The Bhagavad Gita. C) The Four Noble Truths. D) The Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Four Noble Truths. 2. A basic belief of Buddhists and Hindus is that how one behaves in this life affects what will happen in the next life. This is known as A) Karma. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) Samsara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karma. 3. What determined which category of the Caste System you belonged to? A) You are born into your Caste System category. B) You get to chose your category of the Caste System. C) You get to vote which category you belong to. D) You are randomly chosen into your category. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You are born into your Caste System category. 4. Army warriors and rulers A) Pariahs. B) Brahmans. C) Kshatriyas. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kshatriyas. 5. The leader during the Golden Age of the Gupta Empire: A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Chandra Gupta. C) Ashoka. D) Chandra Gupta I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandra Gupta. 6. The prince who traveled through India and questioned the meaning of life A) Siddhartha Gautama. B) Aladdin. C) Lao T group. D) Hammurabi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siddhartha Gautama. 7. Which one of the following did Buddhist Monks not do during the day? A) Exercise. B) Study. C) Meditate. D) Chant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exercise. 8. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha came up with these as a way to understand and over-come suffering. (You will need to know them for the test.) A) The Eightfold Path. B) Four Noble Truths. C) Vedas. D) Eight Parts of Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four Noble Truths. 9. Beginning with the earliest, what is the correct order of Indian emperors? A) Asoka, Chandra Gupta, Samudra Gupta, Chandra Gupta. B) Chandra Gupta, Chandra Gupta, Samudra Gupta, Asoka. C) Chandra Gupta, Samudra Gupta, Chandra Gupta, Asoka. D) Asoka, Chandra Gupta, Chandra Gupta, Samudra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asoka, Chandra Gupta, Samudra Gupta, Chandra Gupta. 10. According to Buddhist tradition, how did the Buddha reach enlightenment? A) He invented the lantern to improve lighting at night. B) He lived as an ascetic and fasted for long periods of time. C) He meditated under a fig tree for several weeks. D) He published a book about the meaning of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He meditated under a fig tree for several weeks. 11. Which word describes the totality of the Buddha's teachings, and is also known as divine law in Hinduism and Buddhism? A) Nirvana. B) Dharma. C) Enlightenment. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharma. 12. Buddha believed that people were A) Basically good. B) Equal. C) Lost. D) Evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equal. 13. The cities of the Indus River Valley civilization were built in what kind of pattern? A) Checkerboard. B) Circle. C) Oval. D) Grid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grid. 14. Beloved Hindu God with the head of an elephant A) Buddha. B) Dharma. C) Sundar. D) Ganesha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ganesha. 15. What is the most important text of Hinduism? A) The Bhagavad Gita. B) The Eightfold Path. C) The Mahabharata. D) The Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Bhagavad Gita. 16. What two rivers were the Indian civilizations settled on? A) Tigress and Euphrates. B) Indus and Ganges. C) Nile and Congo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus and Ganges. 17. Confucius is credited with stating the "Golden Rule" . What is that? A) What goes around comes around. B) Speak no evil. C) Honor your elders. D) Treat others as you would like to be treated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treat others as you would like to be treated. 18. What was Ancient India's economy based on? A) Toothpaste. B) Trade. C) Farming crops. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade. 19. A major river flowing out of the Himalayas A) Indus. B) Raja. C) Inoculation. D) Caste system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus. 20. After the Mauryan Empire collapsed, the Indian Subcontinent ..... A) Started to trade the Egyptians. B) Began subsistence farming. C) Worked together to build a complex system of well-designed roads. D) Divided into several smaller kingdoms. 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