This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 321 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 321 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hinduism has ..... major gods. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 2. By following the idea of harming no living being and by practicing what he learned, he hoped that he would reach ..... A) Dharma. B) Stupa. C) Karma. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nirvana. 3. (Buddhism) It represents the final goal of Buddhism. A state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. A) Teen Spirit. B) Dukkha. C) Dharma. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nirvana. 4. How did Asoka communicate his policies and beliefs with his people? A) Scrolls. B) Public Speeches. C) Professional Development Trainings. D) Rock Edicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rock Edicts. 5. What did the ascetics give up? A) Their freedoms. B) Their fasting. C) Their meditation and fasting, no shelter, mediation. D) Their shelter, food, and drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their shelter, food, and drink. 6. Spiritual leaders and teachers A) Dalits. B) Brahminous. C) Sudras. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahminous. 7. Why did Siddhartha want to leave his father and mother? A) He was tired of poverty. B) He was angry with his parents. C) He was seeking Kamala. D) He was seeking enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was seeking enlightenment. 8. The large cities of the Indus valley featured homes made mostly of ..... A) Brick. B) Grass. C) Stone. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brick. 9. The two major cities that flourished within the Indus Valley were ..... and ..... A) Harappi and Mohenjo-Daro. B) Field plan d is Mehen Joe. C) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. D) Momon Joe, plan d Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. 10. The first person to use zero was A) Sushruta. B) Sagara. C) Brahmagupta. D) Mahendra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmagupta. 11. Main belief of Hinduism A) Reincarnation-people live their lives over and over to reach spiritual perfection. B) Becoming one with Brahman. C) Follow the caste system. D) Cows are holy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation-people live their lives over and over to reach spiritual perfection. 12. The act of living a life of selflessness, respect, and good conduct A) Upsana. B) Dharma. C) Reincarnation. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharma. 13. Why was Siddhartha's quest to find an end to suffering such a sacrifice? A) He had to give up his job as a carpenter. B) He had to give up his family and being an Indian prince. C) He had to give up being a priest in India. D) He had to give up being a scribe in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had to give up his family and being an Indian prince. 14. Herders, farmers, artisans, merchants, middle group A) Kshatriyas. B) Vaisya:. C) Brahmins. D) Dalits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaisya:. 15. Filial Piety A) Respecting nature and siblings. B) Respecting parents, ancestors and elders. C) Beating up the old man down the street. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respecting parents, ancestors and elders. 16. The evidence strongly suggests that the Indus Valley civilization was primarily engaged in agriculture and trade. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Which of the following most accurately describes the leadership philosophy of the Guptas? A) "To teach our rivals and our enemies of lesson, we must crush any who oppose us and enforce our will on all our subjects without hesitation and without mercy.". B) The Gupta state was a state where the leaders demanded absolute power and unquestioned obedience in all social, economic and political matters. C) The Gupta leaders, though fairly tolerant of their subjects, viewed themselves as superior to all and therefore required their subjects to worship them as living Gods. D) "We will allow our subjects to continue in their daily lives as they see fit, provided they pay their taxes and do not cause any social unrest within our kingdom.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "We will allow our subjects to continue in their daily lives as they see fit, provided they pay their taxes and do not cause any social unrest within our kingdom.". 18. An area surrounded on three sides by water A) Peninsula. B) Plateau. C) Monsoon. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peninsula. 19. A government controlled by religious leaders A) Dharma. B) Theocracy. C) Reincarnation. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theocracy. 20. Holy text of Christianity A) Bible. B) Tanakh (Torah). C) Vedas. D) Tripitaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bible. ← 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