This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 50 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first Indian Empire began when ..... seized power from the Persians that ruled India in 320 B.C. A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Maurya Chandragupta. C) Maurya Gupta. D) Gupta Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya. 2. India is surrounded on ..... sides by water. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 3. Which of the following is NOT an achievement of the Ancient Indian society? A) Astronomy. B) Cuneiform. C) Metallurgy. D) Hindu Arabic numerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cuneiform. 4. Identify the caste:Biggest group, workers A) Brahman. B) Kshatriya. C) Vaishya. D) Sudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sudra. 5. Give the approximate coordinates (lines of LATITUDE and LONGITUDE) for Dhaka A) 25'N and 90'E. B) 80'N and 5'E. C) 25'N and 20'E. D) 100' N and 50'E. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25'N and 90'E. 6. True or False:Chandragupta Maurya used his own soldiers to seize control of the entire northern part of India. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Buddhists want to achieve a state of peace without desire called ..... A) Meditation. B) Enlightenment. C) Nirvana. D) Crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. 8. What is the caste system in ancient India? A) A political stability system. B) A social hierarchy based on race. C) A system of government in ancient India. D) A strict social hierarchy based on class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A strict social hierarchy based on class. 9. Which of the groups has the highest economical status? A) Brahim's. B) Shudrasya. C) Dalits. D) Vaishyasya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahim's. 10. According to your map from Monday, where were the territories of the Mauryan and Gupta Empires? A) Mauryan in the east and Gupta in the west. B) They overlapped. C) Mauryan in the north and Gupta in the south. D) They weren't around at the same time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They overlapped. 11. What is known about the origins of the Aryans? A) Indo-European speaking peoples who once inhabited vast areas in the steppes north and east of the Black and Caspian seas. B) Primarily pastoral people before their arrival in India. C) Migrated into the Indus River Vally between 1500-1000 BCE. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 12. What do Indian farmers depend on the monsoons for? A) Water supply for their crops. B) Sunlight for their crops. C) Irrigation for their crops. D) Pest control for their crops. E) Fertilizer for their crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water supply for their crops. 13. What did the Buddha believe ended people's suffering? A) Youth. B) Knowledge. C) Death. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enlightenment. 14. Who was in the Brahmans Group? A) Warriors. B) Servants. C) Priests. D) Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priests. 15. Five hundred years after the Mauryan Empire failed, which empire was that reunited much of Northern India? A) Ashoka. B) Gupta. C) Hindu. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta. 16. In Hinduism, the good or bad energy a person builds up based on whether he or she lives a good or bad life A) Dharma. B) Karma. C) Samsara. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 17. What similarity existed in Egypt, Mesopotamia, & India? A) All of these cultures buried their rulers in pyramids. B) The valleys that gave birth to civilizations were formed by great rivers. C) These civilizations were all located near the Indian Ocean. D) Elephants and camels were the main forms of transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The valleys that gave birth to civilizations were formed by great rivers. 18. Rulers of the Gupta dynasty were supportive of the Hindu ..... system of social order A) Missionary. B) Social. C) Caste. D) Political. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caste. 19. To focus one's thoughts to gain a higher level of spiritual awareness A) Estimate. B) Meditate. C) Migrate. D) Relate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meditate. 20. In India's leading families, boys often had this person teach them until they attended school in the city A) Or. B) Guru. C) Raja. D) Suttee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru. ← 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