This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro are located in the present day country of A) Iraq. B) Pakistan. C) India. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pakistan. 2. Part of a famous long poem about the Hindu god Krishna. A) Bhagavad Gita. B) Stupa. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhagavad Gita. 3. Which civilization collapsed possibly because invaders attacked and overran them from the north, OR it could have been that to many trees were cut down or that there was a major flood, or maybe an earthquake. A) Mauryan. B) Gupta. C) Indus River Valley. D) Aryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus River Valley. 4. A social class whose members are identified by their job. A) Pyramid. B) Caste System. C) Hierarchy. D) Ranking System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste System. 5. 6.G.1.1:Why might ancient cultures have been more likely to settle in northern India than southern India? A) Northern India contained two major rivers. B) The mountains prevented rain from reaching the southern portion of India. C) Northern India provided better access to the sea. D) The southern climate was not as temperate (moderate / good) as the northern climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern India contained two major rivers. 6. What was ancient India's religion that is still their religion today? A) Indian. B) Monotheism. C) Hinduism. D) Polytheism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinduism. 7. Why is the Bhagavad Gita influential to Indian society and culture? A) An important sacred text of Hinduism. B) Only account of Aryan's conquest. C) First set of laws issued by Asoka. D) Created caste system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An important sacred text of Hinduism. 8. ..... is a name for a spiritual teacher A) Caste/varna. B) Clan. C) Guru. D) Pharaoh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guru. 9. This person used Ahimsa by telling people to use nonviolence when protesting. A) Gandhi. B) Ramses II. C) Asoka. D) David. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gandhi. 10. The Buddah's Four Noble Trush says people should follow what to eliminate suffering? A) The king. B) The priest. C) The Buddha. D) The Eightfold Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Eightfold Path. 11. What Dynasty was the first in China? A) Qin. B) Zhou. C) Shang. D) Kowloon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shang. 12. Which is an important relationship in Confucianism. A) Teacher and student. B) Father and son. C) Ancestors and the living. D) Parents and grandparents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father and son. 13. A large part of a continent A) Subcontinent. B) Monsoon. C) Karma. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subcontinent. 14. What religion thought the way to end suffering was to end desire? A) Jainism. B) Buddhism. C) Hinduism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 15. The belief that a person's soul can be reborn after death' is called? A) Reincarnation. B) Karma. C) Dharma. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reincarnation. 16. Historians believe that the Indus Valley was governed by a centralized monarchy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Monsoon a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ). A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. How did the geography of Mohenjo-Daro affect their civilization? A) They built drainage systems. B) They built canals. C) They built houses above grounds-citadel. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. Who was the Indian doctor who carried out an early form of plastic surgery? A) Filial piety. B) Chandragupta. C) Samudragupta. D) Moses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filial piety. 20. In what language were the sacred hymns and poems of the Aryans composed? A) Latin. B) Persian. C) Aryan. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit. ← 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