This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 70 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Buddhism spread throughout India? A) People liked it better than Hinduism. B) After the Buddha died his followers spread Buddhism. C) When King Asoka converted he spread it throughout India. D) The Huns forced the people of India to convert to Buddhism when they invaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When King Asoka converted he spread it throughout India. 2. In India, the title for a king or prince A) Raja. B) Emperor. C) Sultan. D) Chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raja. 3. What was the person's name that sat under a fig tree for 49 days? A) Mauryan empire. B) Buddha. C) Bobby. D) Jay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddha. 4. This innovation helped to measure the bricks used to build houses in ancient India. A) Tape measure. B) Yard stick. C) Ruler. D) Balance scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ruler. 5. Which river does ancient Indian civilization forma round? A) Indus River. B) Yellow River. C) Eel River. D) Nigrius river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus River. 6. Whisper A) Duty to your Varna. If you followed, you would get good karma. B) Result of how you live. C) Perfect peace when you stop desiring things. D) Never harm a living being even insects or worms!. E) Buddhist rules to reach enlightenment and Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never harm a living being even insects or worms!. 7. Guatama fasted and meditated under what? A) A pipal tree. B) An apple tree. C) A fig tree. D) A cherry blossom tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fig tree. 8. The most important Hindu gods are A) Shiva, Yoga, Upanishads. B) Vedas, Upanashidas, Dharma. C) Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti. D) Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. 9. Who was the guy who was standing on a cliff and saw some hungry tigers about to eat their cubs so he jumped in to be the dinner instead? He was one of the previous incarnations of Siddhartha according to Buddhists. A) Prince Sattva. B) Prince Ali. C) Prince Bimbisara. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Sattva. 10. One of four social classes A) Crow. B) Pariahs. C) Kshatriyas. D) Brahmans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crow. 11. It had a well-planned road and drainage system. The "Great Bath" in the city center was heated and seemed to be a primary community gathering place. Most scholars agree this was the first stepwell (steps leading into a well or man-made pool) invented. Achievements:Select an excerpt from the reading above that explains the historical importance of the Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro. A) "It had a well-planned road and drainage system.". B) "It had a well-planned road and drainage system." B "The 'Great Bath' in the city center was heated and seemed to be a primary community gathering place.". C) "Most scholars agree this was the first stepwell (steps leading into a well or man-made pool) invented.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Most scholars agree this was the first stepwell (steps leading into a well or man-made pool) invented.". 12. The numbers that we use today A) Roman numerals. B) Hindu-Arabic Numerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindu-Arabic Numerals. 13. What is the name of the desert in India that is very unsuitable for living? A) Thar Desert (also known as Great Indian Desert). B) Gobi Desert. C) Sahara Desert. D) Sonoran Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thar Desert (also known as Great Indian Desert). 14. Gautama taught that a person could be freed from suffering A) Pretending it does not exist. B) Exercising and eating healthy foods. C) Giving up selfish desires. D) Getting rich by working hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving up selfish desires. 15. Which of the following may have influenced the divisions of the Aryan class system? A) Differences in color between Aryans and indigenous Indians. B) Attitude that pastoralism was superior to agriculturalist. C) Both answers are correct. D) Neither answer is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both answers are correct. 16. Select the choice that best represents the word, epics. A) Long poems. B) Short poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long poems. 17. Who is brahman and what does he do? A) A bro man. B) The universal spirit in Hinduism. C) A angel. D) A demon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The universal spirit in Hinduism. 18. If you were born into the untouchables caste and had bad karma, what might be one way you were reincarnated in the next life? A) You cold be reborn as a cow. B) You could join the atman. C) You could become a Brahmin. D) You could be reborn as a ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You cold be reborn as a cow. 19. What were the two important cities in the Harappan Civilization? A) Mauryan and Gupta. B) Delhi and Istanbul. C) Appa and Hara. D) Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. 20. What was the most significant language of Ancient India? A) Arabic. B) English. C) Hindi. 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