This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 77 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 77 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What river did the first civilizations in India begin on? A) Indus. B) Ganges. C) Nile. D) Andes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus. 2. What was Asoka's religion? A) Kalidasa. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Theocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 3. The people of the Indus River Valley Civilization developed two major cities that disappeared and were later discovered A) Memphis and Thebes. B) Assur and Babylon. C) Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. D) Alexandria and Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. 4. What is the all-encompassing way of life in Indian society, often wrongly translated as religion? A) Dharma. B) Karma. C) Salvation. D) Yoga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dharma. 5. Why did Chandragupta give up his throne? A) Because he commited a crime. B) Because he wanted to become a monk. C) Because he felt like it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he wanted to become a monk. 6. Indian ruler of the Mauryan Empire who renounced war and became a convert to Buddhism. A) Asoka. B) Siddhartha Gautama. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asoka. 7. What geographical feature is located just south of the Indus River? A) Ganges River. B) Deccan Plateau. C) Himalayan Mountains. D) Thar Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thar Desert. 8. The ..... Path. A) Sixfold. B) Sevenfold. C) Eightfold. D) Ninefold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eightfold. 9. How can we tell that the people of the Indus Civilization made innovations in health and medicine? A) They developed inoculations injecting a person with a small dose of virus to help him or her build up defenses to disease. B) They mummified bodies to help preserve them for scientific study. C) They developed a way to use x-ray technology to see if bones were broken. D) They discovered that the flu virus could be cured by using an antibacterial plant called rafflesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They developed inoculations injecting a person with a small dose of virus to help him or her build up defenses to disease. 10. The sacred text of Buddhism is called ..... A) The Tripitaka. B) The Vedas. C) The Sanskrit. D) The Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tripitaka. 11. India's climate is shaped by ..... A) Himalaya Mountain. B) Monsoons. C) Indus River. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 12. Check all that apply. Which religion(s) is Mahavira associated with? A) Hinduism. B) Jainism. C) Buddhism. D) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jainism. 13. What you do in this life determines what happens in the next life is ..... A) Dharma. B) Reincarnation. C) Rebirth. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 14. Moksha is the what? A) Perfect state of understanding. B) Hindu Holy book. C) Means same as Karma. D) Rebirth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfect state of understanding. 15. Which of the following are writings that are reflections on the Vedas? A) Rigveda. B) Upanishads. C) The Vedas. D) The Varnas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upanishads. 16. What was the highest group in the Ancient India caste system? A) Brahmins. B) Sudras. C) Aryans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins. 17. Achieving Nirvana utilizing the 8 Fold Path is the goal of A) A legendary alternative rock band. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Confucianism. E) T(D)aoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 18. India's climate is influenced by monsoons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Who am I? I am the Gupta ruler who conquered the Ganges. A) Chanakya. B) Vargy Gupta I. C) Sea secret. D) Siddhartha Gyatam. E) Asoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sea secret. 20. Siddhartha meditated until he reached a state of ..... (true happiness and peace). A) Dharma. B) Karma. C) Nirvana. D) Samsara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirvana. ← 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