This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 302 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 302 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. India's mountains and surrounding water influenced its development by A) Providing contact with Asian lands. B) Limiting contact between the subcontinent and the rest of the world. C) Providing unlimited contact with countries to the east and west. D) Encouraging invasions by other civilizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limiting contact between the subcontinent and the rest of the world. 2. Which of the following is NOT an Indian achievement? A) Concept of zero. B) Algebra. C) Wood Block Printing. D) Arabic Numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wood Block Printing. 3. What is the eight fold path? A) Rules to guide the ways Hindus live. B) Rules to guide the way Buddhists live. C) Eight easy steps to understanding. D) Eight easy steps to making more money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rules to guide the way Buddhists live. 4. In Hinduism, the belief that how a person lives will affect their next life is called ..... A) Caste/varna. B) Dharma. C) Guru. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 5. The Four Noble Truths are A) An explanation of why people suffer and how it can be avoided. B) A great Indian band. C) An explanation of reincarnation. D) The leaders of Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An explanation of why people suffer and how it can be avoided. 6. A person's caste was ..... in Buddhism. A) Important. B) Not important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not important. 7. Without home A) Buddhism. B) Whisper. C) Aryans. D) Sanskrit. E) Nomads. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nomads. 8. A picture or symbol used in early writing to represent a word, a group of words, or an idea. A) Pictograph. B) Outcaste. C) Stupa. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pictograph. 9. Karma A) Your actions, good or bad, will affect you. B) A priest who held the highest position in Aryan society. C) In Buddhism, a way of clearing the mind. D) Nomadic people who moved into and took over the Indus River Valley from the NorthDefinition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your actions, good or bad, will affect you. 10. This was once the largest city in ancient India A) Ganges. B) Varna. C) It's also Joe. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's also Joe. 11. Which statement about daily life in ancient India is true? A) People mostly ate meat. B) All clothing was made of leather. C) Most people were farmers. D) Most homes were several stories tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most people were farmers. 12. Was originally a philosophy, not a religion A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 13. Which of the following best describes the general progression of historical events in northern India in the late Vedic Age (between 1000 and 500 BCE)? A) Aryan expansion eastward into the Ganges Valley eventually saw the rise of numerous large city-states across that region. B) Aryan religious practices became increasingly ritualistic and devoid of any spiritual or ethical meaning for the common people. C) General peace prevailed across the region as the powerful Aryan empire successfully kept rival chiefdoms at bay. D) The Harappans rallied and launched a successful campaign to drive the Aryan invaders out of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryan expansion eastward into the Ganges Valley eventually saw the rise of numerous large city-states across that region. 14. A pact formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations A) Conquest. B) Alliance. C) Best friends treaty. D) Governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliance. 15. The universal spirit is ..... A) Brahman. B) Karma. C) Buddha. D) Ganesha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahman. 16. Which of the following best describes India's climate A) Tropical (hot and rainy). B) Temperate (warm with some rain). C) Desert (hot with no rain). D) Tundra (cold with little snow). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical (hot and rainy). 17. How would you rank up in the Indian caste system?*Clue:It takes a life time.* A) By following your dharma and having good karma. B) By eating grapes. C) By doing what ever you want. D) By working hard and bringing good honor to your family name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By following your dharma and having good karma. 18. On which continent is Egypt found? A) Africa. B) Asia. C) North America. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Africa. 19. Abhinayam in dance in classified as- A) The text. B) Angika. C) Moral. D) Food. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 20. Which of the following did not show that the people of the Indus Valley were advanced A) Standardized weights & measures. B) Uniform bricks used in construction. C) Cities laid out in a grid pattern. D) An economy based entirely on agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An economy based entirely on agriculture. ← 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