This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 292 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 292 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Your caste in Ancient India was determined by ..... A) Buddhist priests. B) You, once reaching the age of 12. C) The caste your parents belonged to. D) The job you chose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The caste your parents belonged to. 2. What was the written language of ancient India? A) Sanskrit. B) Hieroglyphics. C) Cuneiform. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 3. Indian civilizations need ..... that was safe, quick, and reliable to trade. A) Crops. B) Transportation. C) Infrastructure. D) Monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transportation. 4. What religion did Ashoka turn to that changed the way he ruled the Maurya Empire? A) Christianity. B) Islam. C) Buddhism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 5. Who was the first emperor of the Mauryan Empire? A) Buddha. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Prince Ali. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya. 6. Five countries make up the ..... which is separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayas. A) Dharma. B) Subcontinent. C) Yoga. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subcontinent. 7. Founder of buddhism was raised to be a preist A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. What caused the Mauryan empire's fall? A) Invasion. B) Famine. C) Weak kings. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weak kings. 9. It's also a strange place. A) An ancient city in Indus River Valley in present-day Pakistan. B) The site of one of the earliest civilizations in southern Asia. C) Nomadic people who moved into and took over the Indus River Valley from the North. D) The main language of the Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An ancient city in Indus River Valley in present-day Pakistan. 10. Which caste is described below?This social class was considered the soldiers and warriors. A) Vaisya:. B) Sudras. C) Untouchables. D) Kshatriyas. E) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kshatriyas. 11. The river where India's first civilization developed A) Indus. B) Ganges. C) Nile. D) Tigris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus. 12. All of the following are traits of the planned city Mohenjo-Daro except for: A) They had many buildings for places of worship. B) They have roads that meet at right angles. C) They had advance plumbing in the homes. D) They build straight roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had many buildings for places of worship. 13. The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods A) Confucianism. B) Mandate of Heaven. C) Dynasty. D) Daoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandate of Heaven. 14. Gupta ruler gave money for people to make art and literature. A) Ashoka. B) Sea secret. C) Chandra Gupta Maurya. D) Raja. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea secret. 15. Initially strong military leader who won many battles. Eventually gave up life of violencefor peace. Made India a large trade network. Made laws. Built thousands of stuppas or buddhist shrines across India. A) Chandra Gupta. B) Ashoka. C) Bhagavad Gita. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashoka. 16. What is the lowest caste? A) Brahmin. B) Untouchable. C) There. D) Vaishyasya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untouchable. 17. The four noble truths teach us ..... A) How to end suffering in our lives. B) About reincarnation-the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth. C) How to be good people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How to end suffering in our lives. 18. The practice of ahimsa began with Jainism. Many Jains try not to hurt any living thing-not even insects. The Buddha believed in ahimsa, or a type of right action. Right action for Buddhists is one of the components of the Eightfold Path that leads to nirvana or the end of suffering. In the 20th century, Mohandas Gandhi used ahimsa in the protests he led to free India from British rule. What is ahimsa? A) The end of suffering. B) The true nature of things. C) Nonviolence. D) The Eightfold Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonviolence. 19. He knew, however, that during the rule of the Mauryans, Ashoka changed his life when he turned to ..... A) Hinduism. B) Jainism. C) Buddhism. D) Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 20. Connect the following statement with the religion it describes:Dharma:a person's duty to do what is right. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) Neither. 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