This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 323 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 323 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first written language of ancient India A) Vedas. B) Sanskrit. C) Hieroglyphics. D) Cuneiform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 2. In this religion, no god is worshiped. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 3. Where does the Indus River begin? A) Mountains of South Asia. B) Arabian Sea. C) Bay of Bengal. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains of South Asia. 4. Most of what we know about Aryan history in India comes from A) Archaeological clues and evidence. B) Oral stories passed down from generation to generation. C) Records from traders who visited their lands. D) Sacred writings called Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sacred writings called Vedas. 5. Which two religions began in India? A) Islam and Hinduism. B) Buddhism and Judaism. C) Buddhism and Hinduism. D) Buddhism and Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism and Hinduism. 6. The Aryan people introduced the Vedas to Indian civilization. What was the importance of the Vedas to the Aryan and Indian people? A) They were books that helped establish the foundations of Hinduism. B) They were a set of laws that created a stable society. C) They were religious practices that set the foundation of Jainism. D) They were epic poems that told the story of two warring tribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were books that helped establish the foundations of Hinduism. 7. Buddha means what? A) Intelligent One. B) Awakened One. C) Fast One. D) Religious One. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awakened One. 8. "The universe is a balance of opposites" is a belief of which system? A) Confucianism. B) Daoism. C) Legalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daoism. 9. ..... into which a person is born and lives their entire life and separated Indian society into distinct social classes in which everyone knew their place and believed that if they followed their dharma they would be reincarnated into a better one. A) Hierarchy. B) Family Tree. C) Caste System. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caste System. 10. Name of the group of people that were not part of any varna that picked up trash, skinned animals, and handled dead bodies. A) Untouchables. B) Stupas. C) Raja. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untouchables. 11. Believe in reincarnation A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 12. Large landmass, peninsula, himalyan mountains, ganges/indus/brahmaputra, and monsoon weather. A) Indus Valley. B) Monsoons. C) Aryans. D) Sanskrit. E) Nomads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus Valley. 13. A teacher in ancient India A) Guru. B) Scribe. C) Tutor. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guru. 14. What was one of the Indo Aryans greatest advancements A) Sewers. B) Cars. C) Television. D) Explosives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sewers. 15. In the traditional Indian Caste System, the way to get into a particular caste is to A) Born into to. B) Work hard and be promoted by a Pries. C) Grow older and move up a caste level every twenty years. D) Be recommended by a previous member of the cast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Born into to. 16. Which was not a reason the Gupta Empire was considered the "Golden Age of Ancient India" ? A) Hinduism was made the officialreligion of the empire. B) Therewas great peace and prosperity. C) Emperor Ashoka made Buddhism the official philosophy. D) Theempire produced a large number of achievements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emperor Ashoka made Buddhism the official philosophy. 17. What is Jainism? A) A religion based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira, who is believed to have been born around 599 BC. B) A religion based on the teachings of a man named Siddhartha, who is believed to have been born around 599 BC. C) A religion based on the teachings of a man named Siddhartha, who is believed to have been born around 699 BC. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A religion based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira, who is believed to have been born around 599 BC. 18. Warrior people who arrived in the Indus River Valley from Asia around 1500 BC. They brought with them a new religious system and gods, the Sanskirt language and a caste system A) Babylonians. B) Americans. C) Aryans. D) Hindus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 19. Which statement BEST defines the Gupta Empire? 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: C) Known as the "Golden Age" of India due to it being a time of peace and prosperity(wealth). 20. The Aryans decided to ..... from their central Asian homelands. A) Monsoon. B) Citadel. C) Caste. D) Migrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Migrate. ← 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