This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 277 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 277 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During winter, monsoon winds blow (a) from the Himalaya east to west across India. A) A cold, dry air. B) Warm, wet air. C) Cold, wet air. D) Warm, dry air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cold, dry air. 2. How do Archaeologists think that the Harappans vanished from the Indus River Valley? A) Monsoon, flood, and earthquake. B) Rain. C) Hail. D) Invasion of another group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoon, flood, and earthquake. 3. With over 1500 sites this ancient river civilizations is the largest o the group? A) Egypt. B) Mesopotamia. C) China. D) Indus Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus Valley. 4. What originated in India? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Both Buddhism and Hinduism. D) Neither Buddhism or Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Buddhism and Hinduism. 5. Select one reason why the Aryans are so important to India's history. A) They destroyed the Harappan culture. B) The leader united all of India under a set of laws. C) Their social structure developed into the Caste System, and their religion developed into Hinduism. D) They were the first to farm and bring trade to India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their social structure developed into the Caste System, and their religion developed into Hinduism. 6. When a society is divided into groups and people born into the group is assigned a job, that is known as the ..... A) Ramayana. B) Caste System. C) Vedas. D) Hindu law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste System. 7. The capital of chola empire. A) Vijay Nagaram. B) Madras. C) Tirupati. D) Thanjavur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thanjavur. 8. What was the main focus of the Vedic peoples? A) Refining construction quality. B) Trade networks with Mesopotamia. C) Storytelling and the Vedas. D) Building cities and infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storytelling and the Vedas. 9. What is the set of rules and duties that each caste must follow? A) Reincarnation. B) Nirvana. C) Karma. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharma. 10. What three major bodies of water surround India? A) The Arabian Sea, The Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean. B) The Atlantic Ocean, The Bay of Bengal, and the Red Sea. C) The Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf. D) The Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Caspian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Arabian Sea, The Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean. 11. Who excavated Kalibangan in 1960s? A) S.R. Rao. B) Thapar. C) Masson. D) Cunningham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thapar. 12. The ..... empire unified India into one people and the ..... empire led India through its Golden Age A) Gupta, Mauryan. B) Mauryan, Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mauryan, Gupta. 13. What is the Hindu name for release from the pain and suffering of rebirth and becoming one with the universal spirit? A) Dharma. B) Karma. C) Sutra. D) Salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salvation. 14. Which ancient Indian religion started shifting into a structure that more closely resembles Hinduism around the 5th century BCE? A) Vedic religion. B) Buddhism. C) Jainism. D) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedic religion. 15. A collection of hymns in Hinduism. A) Vedas. B) Torah. C) Bible. D) Vedic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedas. 16. According to Hindu belief, a person's soul is called ..... A) Atman. B) Brahma. C) Whisper. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atman. 17. When and where did Sikhism begin? A) 15th century in India. B) 6th century in China. C) 3rd century in Europe. D) 12th century in Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15th century in India. 18. True or False:In Ancient India, people can live, work and marry someone from a different caste. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture? A) They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations. B) They caused China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations. C) They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations. D) They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently. 20. A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others. A) Caste. B) Subcontinent. C) Whisper. D) Missionary. 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