This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 93 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 93 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The founder of Buddhism A) The Aryans. B) Muhammad. C) Jesus. D) Siddhartha Gyatam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Siddhartha Gyatam. 2. Followers of this religion follow the Eightfold Path. A) Hinduism. B) Guru. C) Vishnu. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 3. Who is at the bottom of India's caste system and considered "vile" due to their religious customs? A) Jainism. B) Untouchables. C) Servants. D) Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untouchables. 4. What came to guide Asoka's rule? A) Certain cultural practices related to the caste system. B) The use of spies and a large army to suppress troublemakers. C) The Vedas, which were sacred texts. D) Buddhist principles of peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhist principles of peace. 5. Mohenjo-Daro, an ancient civilization in India. Which one of the of the following was NOT an innovation in India? A) Sewage systems. B) Citadels. C) Farming. D) Bridges and aqueducts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bridges and aqueducts. 6. Determine whether the phrase below describes Hinduism, Buddhism, or both.Believe in the cycle of reincarnation. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 7. A class organization in which a person is born into a specific class, or cast. Movement from one cast to another is usually not allowed. A) Brahmanism. B) Caste System. C) Crow. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste System. 8. Meditation is the focusing of the mind on physical ideas. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Empire that ruled India during a period of great artistic and intellectual achievement. A) Asoka. B) Gupta. C) Jainism. D) Hindu-Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta. 10. What are stupas? A) Shrines for the buddhist faith. B) Shrines for Jainism. C) Sitting logs. D) Ancient writings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shrines for the buddhist faith. 11. In Ancient India, which group of people was looked down upon by society more than any other? A) Sudra or unskilled workers. B) Kshatriyas. C) Untouchables or dalits. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Untouchables or dalits. 12. What was granary used for? A) A place to store the grain. B) To build houses. C) A place for water. D) A shelter for the Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A place to store the grain. 13. Buddhism was what? A) Monotheistic. B) Polytheistic. C) Non-theistic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-theistic. 14. The greatest ruler in India's history A) Aryabhata. B) Chandra Gupta. C) Asoka. D) Stupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandra Gupta. 15. The country that the Indus River currently run through is called: A) Iraq. B) Iran. C) Afghanistan. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pakistan. 16. What animal is considered holy in Hinduism? A) Cat. B) Cow. C) Dolphin. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cow. 17. The consequence of how a person lives based on good or bad decisions/life A) Nirvana. B) Varna. C) Karma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. 18. This seasonal wind pattern dominates India's climate. A) Deccan Plateau. B) Monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 19. Which goal of Ashoka's is NOT in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution? "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." A) Buddhist values. B) General Welfare. C) Security. D) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhist values. 20. Who is the creator and destroyer of the world in the Hindu religion? A) Brahmin, Krishna. B) Deities, Shiva. C) Brahmin, Shiva. D) Hinduism, Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmin, Shiva. ← 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