This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 96 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 96 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Buddha's father wanted to protect his son from ..... A) Joy. B) Suffering. C) Other children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffering. 2. Which of the following is NOT an example of a geographical feature of the earth? A) Rain. B) Mountains. C) Rivers. D) Plateaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 3. A large area of land that is separated from other countries by water and land. A) Mini-continent. B) Sub-continent. C) Island. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sub-continent. 4. What was the first river the Ancient Indians settled along as they moved into India from the West? A) Brahmaputra River. B) Ganges River. C) Indus River. D) Tigris River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus River. 5. Which social group is made up of priests/religious men? A) Sudra. B) Brahmin. C) Kshatriya. D) Vaisya:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahmin. 6. The prince or leader of an Aryan tribe A) Jati. B) Raja. C) Himalaya. D) Sanskrit. E) Monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja. 7. What are the official languages of India? A) English and Hindi. B) Hinduism and Buddhism. C) Indian and Hindi. D) English and Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English and Hindi. 8. Which word describes economy? A) Money. B) Social Class. C) Religion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Money. 9. People who believe in Buddhism disagree over who Buddha was. They were which two groups? A) Hindus and Buddhists. B) Jews and Christians. C) Theravada & Mahayana. D) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theravada & Mahayana. 10. HOW DID PEOPLE GET THEIR FOOD IN PALEOLITHIC TIMES A) FARMED. B) DOMESTICATED. C) HUNTED AND GATHERED. D) DOMINOS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HUNTED AND GATHERED. 11. What made it difficult to learn a lot about the Harappan Civilization? A) We couldn't find artifacts. B) We couldn't understand their language. C) Everything was destroyed by floods. D) We know everything about them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We couldn't understand their language. 12. The fact that there were well-planned cities in the Indus Valley Civilization indicates that thepeople ..... A) Supported themselves by trading and farming. B) Made tools and were highly skilled builders. C) Prayed to Deities for success of their civilization. D) Traveled and learned about other cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supported themselves by trading and farming. 13. To what religion did Emperor Asoka convert after conquering nearly all of India? A) Islam. B) Judaism. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 14. What physical feature largely separates India from the rest of Asia? A) Mountains. B) Monsoons. C) Subcontinent. D) Breezeways. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains. 15. What are the 2 major differences between Buddhism and Hinduism? A) Belief in deities and karma. B) Belief in man, and dharma. C) Against deities, and Caste System. D) Against Reincarnation, and the Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Against deities, and Caste System. 16. Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of A) Hinduism. B) The caste system. C) Buddhism. D) The holy city of Varansi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 17. Religious Book for Hinduism A) Eightfold Path. B) Torah. C) Vedas. D) Wheel of Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedas. 18. A physical & mental form of exercise, that started in India, is ..... A) Jumping Jacks. B) Yoga. C) Push ups. D) Running marathons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yoga. 19. Only about 0.7% of India's population today are ..... A) Hindus. B) Buddhists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhists. 20. Monsoon winds bring pouring rains to India during which season? A) Spring. B) Fall. C) Winter. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summer. ← 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