This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 287 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 287 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hinduism:Holy Book A) Vedas. B) Bible. C) Old Testament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedas. 2. Which animals pull a bullock cart? A) Oxen. B) Goats. C) Horses. D) Donkeys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxen. 3. Have an interest in converting people to this religion. This religion spread through missionaries and dominates China, Nepal, Tibet, and much of Asia. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 4. During the Shang Dynasty, the Chinese people were ..... A) Always at war with Mongols and other invaders. B) Nomadic people living in different tribes. C) Sophisticated world travelers. D) Making the transition from farming to city life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making the transition from farming to city life. 5. The Vedas are the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, who wrote many plays and stories based on them? A) The Buddha. B) Kalidasa. C) Gandhi. D) Luther. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kalidasa. 6. Two contributions of Harappans related to Water A) Weightsbricks with certain ratios. B) Bathstoilets. C) Roads laid-out in a gridplenty of wells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bathstoilets. 7. A pilgrim is a religious traveler who visits temples or sacred sites. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Could people in India marry into a different Caste or Varna? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 9. The social class in India is known as a ..... A) Caste. B) Sanskrit. C) Monsoon. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caste. 10. What led Siddhartha Gautama to the development of Buddhism? A) He was opposed to the Hindu beliefs. B) He met a poor, holy man who was happy, a dead man, a sick man, and an old man. C) He started practicing yoga. D) He felt that he had to do something big since he was the prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He met a poor, holy man who was happy, a dead man, a sick man, and an old man. 11. A dry, high region south of the Indo-Ganges Plain. A) Western Ghats. B) Eastern Ghats. C) Deccan Plateau. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deccan Plateau. 12. What is the only desert in India? A) Thor Desert. B) Thar Desert. C) Gobi Desert. D) Taklamakan Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thar Desert. 13. What were statues used for? A) To show personal history. B) To show their math skills. C) To show their intelligence. D) For pleasure and worship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For pleasure and worship. 14. Choose the response that is NOT one of Buddhism's noble truths A) Suffering is universal-everyone suffers. B) Ignorance is the basic cause of suffering. C) There is an eightfold path to the elimination of suffering. D) There is no cure for ailments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is no cure for ailments. 15. Which two religions were started in Ancient India? A) Hinduism and Buddhism. B) Hinduism and Christianity. C) Buddhism and Christianity. D) Hinduism and Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism and Buddhism. 16. What did Siddhartha Gautama teach about reincarnation and nirvana? A) People will keep being reincarnated until they reach nirvana. B) Only some people can reach nirvana and everyone else will just keeping being reincarnated. C) You can only be reincarnated once and then you reach nirvana. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People will keep being reincarnated until they reach nirvana. 17. True and False:Rulers of the Gupta dynasty generally were not supportive of the Hindu caste system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Key term:A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others A) Missionary. B) Brahman. C) Avatar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missionary. 19. What is the Vedic period? A) When the Vedas were laws. B) When the Vedas were displayed. C) When the Vedas were written down. D) When the Vedas were oral tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the Vedas were written down. 20. Which mountain range is known as the 'Roof of the World'? A) Rocky Mountains. B) Alps. C) Himalayas. D) Andes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayas. ← 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