Ancient Indian History Quiz 36 (20 MCQs)

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1. How did people in Aryan society enter a certain caste?

Correct Answer: C) They inherited their caste.

2. Determine whether the phrase below describes Hinduism, Buddhism, or both.Ultimate goal is nirvana.

Correct Answer: B) Buddhism.

3. Which of the following is not a major piece of literature developed during Ancient India?

Correct Answer: D) Gilgamesh.

4. One of the largest settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization.

Correct Answer: B) It's also Joe.

5. Harappan ..... have been found in Mesopotamian cities, showing that the people traded goods with other civilizations.

Correct Answer: C) Seals.

6. Deep, continued thought that focuses the mind on spiritual ideas

Correct Answer: B) Meditation.

7. Mohenjo-Daro literally means "place or hill of the dead."

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. Where did India's earliest civilization develop?

Correct Answer: A) The Indus River Valley.

9. The belief that the deeds of a person affect what he or she will be in the next life

Correct Answer: B) Karma.

10. What was the Chinese system of writing like?

Correct Answer: C) Symbols that represented words called pictographs.

11. What does Polytheism mean?

Correct Answer: B) More then One God.

12. The number system we used today was invented by Ancient Indians. What was it called?

Correct Answer: A) Hindu Arabic Numerals.

13. The Hinduism word ..... essentially means "what goes around comes around."

Correct Answer: D) Karma.

14. Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to

Correct Answer: A) Inoculation.

15. The earliest civilization in India developed along which river?

Correct Answer: A) Indus.

16. Built roads, bridges and even a postal system under rule of Chandragupta and Asoka

Correct Answer: C) Maurya Empire.

17. Where are the Himalayain Mountains located?

Correct Answer: C) Northeast India.

18. The lowest level of Ancient Indian society who were given menial and degrading tasks such as collecting trash and handling dead bodies were the

Correct Answer: D) Untouchables.

19. Jainism practices strict .....

Correct Answer: B) Nonviolence.

20. Which of the following mountain ranges formed a barrier across Northern India?

Correct Answer: A) The Himalaya Mountains.