This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 300 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 300 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The way to find Enlightenment in Buddhism A) The Vedas. B) The Eightfold Path. C) Reincarnation. D) Samsara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Eightfold Path. 2. Select the choice that best represents the word, monsoon. A) Winds that mark the seasons in India. B) A strong central fortress, built on a brick platform. C) Hurricanes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winds that mark the seasons in India. 3. (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism) A) Subcontinent. B) Monsoons. C) Sanskrit. D) Guru. E) Brahmanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 4. RULER OF THE MAURYA EMPIRE. A SECRET POLICE WAS AT THE CENTER OF HIS HARSH BUT EFFECTIVE RULE A) THE DALAI LAMA. B) HARAPPA. C) DECCAN PLATEAU. D) CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA. 5. The body of water to the east of India is the ..... A) Hudson Bay. B) Bay of Biscay. C) Arabian Sea. D) Bay of Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bay of Bengal. 6. The earliest known language in ancient India A) Hindu Kush. B) Aryans. C) Vedas. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit. 7. The Harrapans are considered the first followers of this major religion? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Judaism. D) Lutherism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 8. Two major cities of the Indus Valley civilization. A) Punjab & New Delhi. B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. C) Lake Butler & Starke. D) Memphis & Thebes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. 9. Name the two major rivers of northern India. A) Nile and Ganges. B) Tigris and Euphrates. C) Indus and Ganges. D) Indus and Euphrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus and Ganges. 10. Cows were viewed as sacred by the Aryans. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The people of Mohenjodaro lived in the citadel. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Where did the Indus River Valley Civilization develop? A) North America. B) South America. C) Sub continent of Asia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sub continent of Asia. 13. Who founded the first empire? A) Mrs. Palos. B) Chandragupta. C) Asoka. D) In Kalida. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta. 14. What does the Dalai Lama stand for? A) Happiness and love. B) Peace and nonviolence. C) War. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peace and nonviolence. 15. Which of the following was the caste that included untouchables? They were considered outcasts or outside of the caste system. A) Kshatriyas. B) Dalits. C) Brahmin. D) Sudras. E) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dalits. 16. The ..... monsoon brings the cold, dry air of the mountains. The ..... monsoon brings warm, wet air from the Arabian Sea, which produces drenching rains. A) Fall; spring. B) Spring; fall. C) Winter; summer. D) Summer; winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winter; summer. 17. This geographic feature separates China and India A) Ganges River. B) Indian Ocean. C) Hindu Kush Mtns. D) Himalayan Mtns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Himalayan Mtns. 18. Which statement BEST defines Aryans? A) India's first civilization. Had not written records. B) Nomadic tribe from Central Asia who settled around the Indus River Valley-developed sanskrit. C) Known as the "Golden Age" of India due to it being a time of peace and prosperity(wealth). D) India's first empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomadic tribe from Central Asia who settled around the Indus River Valley-developed sanskrit. 19. Destiny or fate-if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you A) Nirvana. B) Dalit. C) Dharma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 20. Which caste consisted of unskilled workers who did manual labor or worked as servants? A) Sudras. B) Untouchables. C) Kshatriyas. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudras. ← 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