This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 295 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 295 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A broad flat area of high land is called a ..... A) Desert. B) Plateau. C) Mountain. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plateau. 2. Which is the lowest group in the caste system? A) Untouchables. B) Sudras. C) Brahmins. D) Merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untouchables. 3. How could someone reach a higher caste? A) Good deeds. B) Bad deeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good deeds. 4. What does the 8 fold path consist of? A) Right thought, intent, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration. B) Right decisions, choices, livelihood, no talking, be crazy. C) 8 things that a dude said one day under a tree. D) 8 items that the Brahmins felt were very important to the Caste System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right thought, intent, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration. 5. A person's duty, or what is right for them. A) Dharma. B) Whisper. C) Salvation. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 6. Which mountain range contains Mt. Everest? A) Himalayas. B) Tian Shen. C) Andes. D) Pyrenees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayas. 7. What famous teacher was the founder of Confucianism? A) L u bang. B) Concubine Han. C) Confucius. D) This should be easy. It is named after the guy who started it!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confucius. 8. This is the state of emotioanl or spiritual perfect peace and happiness for Buddhists. A) Brahma. B) Hinduism. C) Nirvana. D) Guru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. 9. The most widespread religion in India today. A) Buddhism. B) Christianity. C) Jainism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 10. What vocabulary word means:A seasonal wind change that brings huge amounts of rain, specifically around the Indian Ocean. A) Karma. B) Monsoon. C) Caste. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoon. 11. The development of India's caste system was closely related to which philosophy/religion? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Confucianism. D) Taoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 12. Which civilization first settled around the Indus River? A) Sumerians. B) Egyptians. C) Aztecs. D) Harappans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harappans. 13. An Indian teacher A) Belts. B) Guru. C) Raja. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru. 14. What is the Buddhist religion's list of steps toward enlightenment? A) The Holy Trinity. B) The Eightfold Path. C) The Vedas. D) The Five Pillars of Islam. E) The Ten Commandments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Eightfold Path. 15. What was a long lasting effect of Ashoka even after his empire collapsed? A) All wars stopped for 100 years. B) He pave the way to spread Buddhism to parts of Asia. C) He taught people to increase their wealth and power. D) He taught people how to develop agricultural advancements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He pave the way to spread Buddhism to parts of Asia. 16. The Kshatriya caste were A) Priest. B) Kings. C) Sweepers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kings. 17. The majority of the people of Ancient India belonged to the Untouchables. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. What's the Persian road called A) The Silk Road. B) The Purple Road. C) Royal Road. D) Tigris-Euphrates Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Royal Road. 19. While sneaking out of the palace a few times, what did Siddhartha see? A) A lady, a dead body, and a sick person. B) A man, a dead body, and a sick person. C) An old person, a sick person, and a lady. D) An old person, a sick person, and a dead body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An old person, a sick person, and a dead body. 20. According to Hinduism, what was the only way that someone could gain entrance into a higher caste? A) Become a skilled warrior or buy land. B) Live a good life and be reincarnated into a higher caste. C) Marry someone in a higher caste. D) Provide money and sacrifices to the priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Live a good life and be reincarnated into a higher caste. ← 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