This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Leader who expanded the Gupta empire and strengthened the economy A) Siddhartha Gautama. B) Gandhi. C) Chandra Gupta. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandra Gupta. 2. The lowest of the caste system isn't considered a part of the caste. They are garbage collectors, sweep the streets, and slaughter animals for their leather. They are the ..... A) Brahmin. B) Sudras. C) Untouchables. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Untouchables. 3. The numerals we use today were created by ..... and brought to Europe by Arabs A) Chinese scholars. B) Indian scholars. C) Sumerian. D) Egyptian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian scholars. 4. What is migration? A) People buying a new house. B) People moving from place to another place. C) Nomads. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People moving from place to another place. 5. After the Harappan civilization was abandoned, it is believed the people A) Moved further south into India. B) Moved to the United States. C) Went to China. D) Lived in the Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moved further south into India. 6. How does Hinduism support the caste system in India?ABCD A) Belief in a singular god prevents new interpretations of the caste system. B) Belief in nature spirits gives the caste system a basis in natural laws. C) Belief in an afterlife prevents individuals from interacting with people outside of their socialclasses. D) Belief in reincarnation gives individuals hope of improving their social standings in futurelifetimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belief in reincarnation gives individuals hope of improving their social standings in futurelifetimes. 7. Which of the following is NOT a major mountain range in or near India? A) Were the attackers. B) The Hindu Kush. C) The Zagros. D) The Sulaiman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Zagros. 8. What did the people of the Indus Valley have to control for their economy to work? A) Flooding. B) Monsoons. C) Mountains. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flooding. 9. What religion reinforced the idea of a caste system? A) Christianity. B) Hinduism. C) Islam. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 10. Ahimsa means practicing nonviolence towards all living things. What Indian religion practiced this? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Jainism. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Aryans wrote their Vedas in what language? A) Sanskrit. B) Mongolian. C) Sumerian. D) Egyptian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 12. The most popular religion in India today is: A) Hinduism. B) Judaism. C) Buddhism. D) Taoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 13. What do you call the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere? A) Equator. B) Latitude. C) Longitude. D) Mississippi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equator. 14. What jobs did the Brahmans have? A) Unclean jobs. B) Priests, judges, and teachers. C) Rulers and soldiers. D) Merchants and farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Priests, judges, and teachers. 15. In Hinduism and Buddhism, a spiritual teacher and thinker. A) Priest. B) Guru. C) Minister. D) Leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru. 16. From the following choices, what is the major contribution to world history made by the Gupta Empire? A) Making Hinduism the state religion. B) Paying artist. C) Building roads. D) Introducing the concept of zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Building roads. 17. How did Siddhartha attain enlightenment and become the Buddha? A) Praying in a temple. B) Studying with a guru. C) Living with the poor. D) Meditating under a tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meditating under a tree. 18. How are all cultural hearths similar? A) All cultural hearths in Asia. B) All of these are cultural hearths that started close to seas/oceans for farming. C) All of these are cultural hearths that grew along rivers and expanded in size, innovation, and infrastructure. D) All of these used cuneiform as a means of communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these are cultural hearths that grew along rivers and expanded in size, innovation, and infrastructure. 19. What may have been to blame for the decline in the Harappan Civilization? A) The shifting and drying up of the rivers. B) The monsoons were too strong. C) Disease. D) Blockades of trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The shifting and drying up of the rivers. 20. Which religion does this belong to? REINCARNATION A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. 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