This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 306 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 306 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It was common for people to move into different castes in ancient India. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. India is so huge that it is called a ....., which is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent. A) Subcontinent. B) Peninsula. C) Monsoon. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subcontinent. 3. What is the first noble truth? ..... exists. A) Heaven. B) Suffering. C) Pleasure. D) Truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffering. 4. Which of these features of the Harappan cities made them different from other cities? A) Paved roads. B) Indoor plumbing. C) Brick homes. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indoor plumbing. 5. A philosophy based on respect for elders and authority. A) Daoism. B) Legalism. C) Confucianism. D) Qin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confucianism. 6. The vast majority of dance mudras have a versatile scope of usage in- A) Nritta. B) Nritya. C) Dance. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nritya. 7. Shiva is the Hindu god of: A) Destruction. B) Fire. C) Protection. D) Creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Destruction. 8. Contains the untouchables (Dalit) A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 9. What was the name of the Swedish Norsemen who plundered Slavic villages in Russia? A) Goths. B) Vikings. C) Varangians. D) Vandals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Varangians. 10. Which religion believes in thousands or millions of gods? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 11. The varna or caste system made everyone equal. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Piece of epic poem in Sanskrit. Hero learns he should do his duty and follow dharma. A) Chandra Gupta. B) Ashoka. C) Bhagavad Gita. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhagavad Gita. 13. The lowest social class (varna) in the caste system was ..... who disposed of dead bodies and cleaned up trash was ..... A) Untouchables. B) Kshatriya. C) Vaisya. D) Sudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untouchables. 14. The four social classes of the Indian caste system A) Vedas. B) Vishnu. C) Hindus. D) Crow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crow. 15. The language developed by the Aryans was A) Cuneiform. B) Sanskrit. C) Hieroglyphics. D) Alphabet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 16. A high mountain range that extends through northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. A) Hindu Kush. B) Himalayas. C) Grandfather Mountain. D) Cascade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayas. 17. Believe in ahimsa-not harming living things A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 18. What religion has nirvana as its ultimate goal? A) Christianity. B) Islam. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 19. The Hindu book that taught people how to behave is called; A) The Upanishad. B) The Veda. C) The Karma. D) The Yoga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Upanishad. 20. Which belief system focuses on the Buddhist ideas that life is suffering, desire leads to suffering and following the Eightfold Path will help a person to end suffering? A) Hammurabi's Code. B) Four Noble Truths. C) The Torah. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four Noble Truths. ← 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