Ancient Indian History Quiz 91 (20 MCQs)

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1. What river in India is the river where many people first settled and flows into the Arabian Sea?

Correct Answer: A) Indus River.

2. Historians describe a civilization's ..... by identifying its environment, ecology, resources, disasters, regions, and climate.

Correct Answer: E) Nature.

3. True or False. Brahmins were at the top of the Caste System?

Correct Answer: A) True.

4. The place where Siddhartha Gautama achieved enlightenment

Correct Answer: A) Realized.

5. India's first civilization, who writing can't be read yet.

Correct Answer: D) Indus Valley Civilization.

6. Which social class was at the top of ancient India's caste system?

Correct Answer: D) Brahmins.

7. Which is the correct order of the caste system (highest to lowest)?

Correct Answer: B) Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras.

8. ..... was an important writer from the Gupta period. He wrote plays, poems, love stories, and comedies.

Correct Answer: D) Kalidasa.

9. Which of the following is one of India's three most important rivers?

Correct Answer: A) Ganges.

10. Why was buddhism so popular with lower castes?

Correct Answer: A) It allowed them to improve their caste.

11. What caused the downfall of Mehonjodaro?

Correct Answer: D) Scientists are not 100% sure.

12. Whats the definition of Sanskrit

Correct Answer: A) Type of language.

13. Why did Buddhism appeal to people in lower castes?

Correct Answer: C) Buddhism rejects the caste system.

14. ..... and the Vedas are closely related because the ..... were a collection of thoughts about the Vedas.

Correct Answer: A) Vedic Texts.

15. The Harijans are more commonly known as what?

Correct Answer: D) The Untouchables.

16. Large body of religious texts said to be the oldest scriptures of Hinduism

Correct Answer: C) The Vedas.

17. Hindus believe that your behavior determines where you go in the next life. This is your .....

Correct Answer: B) Karma.

18. What is the name of the River in India?

Correct Answer: C) Indus.

19. The oldest religion in the world

Correct Answer: D) Hinduism.

20. What is a sub continent?

Correct Answer: A) A piece of land that is separated by geography from the rest of the continent.