This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 284 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 284 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the primary occupation of people in the Indus Valley Civilization? A) Agriculture. B) Trading. C) Hunting. D) Fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 2. The monsoon season of India is a time when the ..... change and bring ..... A) Winds; rain. B) Rain; winds. C) Seasons; wind. D) Seasons; sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winds; rain. 3. Two contributions of Harappans related to city planning A) Weightsbricks with certain ratios. B) Bathstoilets. C) Roads laid-out in a gridplenty of wells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roads laid-out in a gridplenty of wells. 4. What was the name of the first dynasty of India? A) Asoka. B) Mauryan. C) Gupta. D) Chandragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mauryan. 5. This religion started as a result of a mixing of Brahmanism and other cultural ideas. A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Jainism. D) Witczaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 6. Which of the following is a similarity between the Ancient River Valley Civilizations? A) Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Indian civilizations developed social classes based on occupation. B) Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India used agriculture to spread their economic influence to other nations. C) Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India had female rulers that were determined to conquer the world. D) Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India created a system of trade that religious figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Indian civilizations developed social classes based on occupation. 7. Hinduism is the largest/most practiced religion in India today A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. Two ancient cities found in the Indus River Valley. A) Uruk and Ur. B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. C) Summeria and Babylon. D) Gupta and Mauryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. 9. The first civilization that developed in the Indus River valley was called the: A) The Gupta Empire. B) Aryans. C) Harappan. D) Mauryan Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappan. 10. What is the name of writing from ancient India? A) Greek. B) Cuneiform. C) Indus script. D) Hieroglyphics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus script. 11. Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him build up defenses A) Meditation. B) Monsoons. C) Caste System. D) Metallurgy. E) Inoculation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Inoculation. 12. Grace, Abigail, and Sophia are discussing the belief of reincarnation in ancient Indian society during their history class. What is the belief they are discussing? A) Actions you do in your life create energy that comes back to you in the future. B) Every person has a moral duty or responsibility to fulfill in their life. C) After you die, your soul is reborn into a new body and you start a new life. D) The experiences and actions in your previous lives influence your current life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After you die, your soul is reborn into a new body and you start a new life. 13. What were the Mahabharata and Ramayana? A) Indian Empires. B) Hindu Temples. C) Religious Epics. D) Aryan Generals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religious Epics. 14. Monotheistic religion founded in India in the 1400s. A) Jainism. B) Sikhism. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sikhism. 15. An Ancient Indian Prince is known as a ..... Which also happens to be the name of Princess Jasmine's pet in Disney's Aladdin. A) Abu. B) Dharma. C) Raja. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raja. 16. Indus valley civilization had 3 structures in Upper town and they were? A) Great bath, granary, assembly hall. B) Grat bath, granary, assembly hall. C) Great bath, granari, assembly hall. D) Great bath, granary, assembly hale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great bath, granary, assembly hall. 17. Where did the Incas build their civilization? A) In the middle of Lake Texcoco. B) On top of the Sierra Madre mountains. C) On top of the Andes mountains. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On top of the Andes mountains. 18. What religion did Siddhartha Gautama found? A) Hinduism. B) Islam. C) Buddhism. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 19. Which of the following correctly describes the role of women in Indian society? A) They were legally considered minors. B) Men could take a second wife if their first wife was barren. C) Daughters were seen as an economic liability to their parents. D) All of the responses are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the responses are correct. 20. ORIGINALLY, A TITLE MEANING 'UNIVERSAL PRIEST' THAT THE MONGOL KHANS INVENTED AND BESTOWED ON A TIBETAN LAMA(PRIEST) IN THE LATE 1500S TO LEGITIMATE THEIR POWER IN TIBET A) YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS. B) THE DALAI LAMA. C) THE SHEPHERD. D) THE PRINCESS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THE DALAI LAMA. ← 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