This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. India's ancient people relied on three major rivers for A) Defense and hunting. B) Farming, transportation and trade. C) Hunting and religion. D) Construction and empire-building. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farming, transportation and trade. 2. A person's job was an important part of the caste system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Stupa A) Social group that one is born into and cannot change. B) Buddhist shrine shaped like a dome or mound. C) Strong wind that blows one way in winter and another way in summer. D) Smaller than a continent, follows same tectonic plate lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhist shrine shaped like a dome or mound. 4. How do people in Indian society enter a certain caste? A) They had to pass a test. B) They took part in trials. C) They are born to their caste. D) They marry into a caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are born to their caste. 5. The collection of tribes people moved into India from north of the Black and Caspian Sea around 1500 BCE. A) Aryans. B) Egyptians. C) Brahmans. D) Hittites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryans. 6. The ..... and the ..... are the most important rivers in India A) Euphrates and Tigris. B) Nile and Euphrates. C) Nile and Indus. D) Indus and Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus and Ganges. 7. Which answer does NOT describe the Aryans? A) Came from the Americas. B) Spoke Indo-European languages. C) Migrated across the Hindu Kush mountains. D) Used to be a nomadic people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came from the Americas. 8. Buddhism strictly enforced the caste system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. The period in Ancient Indian history when the Vedas, or sacred Hindu texts were written, between 1500-1100 BCE. A) Mauryan Age. B) Iron Age. C) Vedic Period. D) Indus Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedic Period. 10. What are pilgrims in ancient India? A) People who ran away because of the caste system. B) People who used trade routes to get to holy sites. C) People who went to American on the Mayflower. D) People who stayed in one place for only two nights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People who used trade routes to get to holy sites. 11. Two famous rulers in this empire expanded the empire, donated to charities, and were advocates of the arts. A) Mauryan. B) Gupta. C) Indus. D) Aryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta. 12. Religious book meaning "knowledge" A) Bible. B) Koran. C) Cat In The Hat. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vedas. 13. What did the India's spiritual philosophy/religion impact, besides its history & culture? A) Art, architecture & literature. B) Geography, climate & landmarks. C) Literature, hunting & farming. D) Zoology, art & songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Art, architecture & literature. 14. Followers of Hinduism and Buddhism believe in ....., the rebirth of the soul until a person reaches spiritual perfection. A) Monsoon. B) Subcontinent. C) Reincarnation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reincarnation. 15. What are the seasonal wind patterns that cause India's wet and dry seasons? A) Monsoons. B) Typhoons. C) Tornadoes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoons. 16. Indus Valley seals were used to mark ownership during ..... A) Painting. B) Making pottery. C) War. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade. 17. Buddha taught that one of the Four Noble Truths was that anyone can overcome their desires and achieve ....., a state of perfect peace, which ends the cycle of reincarnation. A) Reincarnation. B) Meditation. C) Karma. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nirvana. 18. Shiva the Destroyer is A) The god of the Buddhists. B) Indian leader who conquered Pakistan. C) One of the Hindu gods. D) An ancient Poem in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One of the Hindu gods. 19. Two ancient cities formed in the Indus River Valley. A) West Islip & West Babylon. B) Islip & East Islip. C) Harappa & Mohenjo right?. D) Marapai & Honjo-Taro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappa & Mohenjo right?. 20. Which Veda contains songs which spirits and demons? A) Rig Veda. B) Yajur Farewell. C) Sama Veda. D) Atharvana Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atharvana Veda. ← 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