This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient Indian History – Quiz 98 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient Indian History Quiz 98 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What made the caste system a different social structure than other civilizations? A) You are born into a caste and can't switch to a different one. B) You can freely move to a new caste when you get a new job. C) The social structure is a square with all classes equal. D) A person chooses a job and everyone gets equal pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You are born into a caste and can't switch to a different one. 2. ..... cities were constructed to have a grid like street pattern with 90 degree corners A) Aryan. B) Harappan. C) Dalit. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappan. 3. The Aryan beliefs in reincarnation and karma are associated with which religion? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Jainism. D) Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 4. An Indian social class whose members are restricted in the jobs they may take and in their association with members of other castes A) Caste. B) Vedas. C) Sanskrit. D) Subcontinent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caste. 5. During the Gupta Empire, India entered a Golden Age where literature, arts, science and math flourished. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 6. Which is a Buddhist belief? A) Desire is the cause of suffering. B) No one can reach the highest spiritual plane. C) The cow is a sacred animal. D) The right ceremonies and rituals will result in enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desire is the cause of suffering. 7. What evidence suggests that the Indus Valley people had a strong central government? A) Well planned cities. B) Irrigation. C) Sanskrit Writing. D) Fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well planned cities. 8. Indus A) A mountain region in India. B) A large Hindu temple. C) That Hindu God. D) River in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) River in India. 9. ..... discovered that the length of the solar year was 365.358 days. A) Aryabhata. B) Ashoka. C) Siddhartha Gautama. D) Samudragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryabhata. 10. What is the Hindu belief that the soul is eternal and is reborn in different bodies? A) Nirvana. B) Reincarnation. C) Eight-fold Path. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 11. Is the numbers 1-9 that originated in India. A) Decimal system. B) Brahmanism. C) Hindu-Arabic numerals. D) Pi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hindu-Arabic numerals. 12. Who is a Brahmin? A) A migrating herder. B) One who walks the Eightfold path. C) One who has reached enlightenment in Hinduism (Priest). D) A type of instant noodles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who has reached enlightenment in Hinduism (Priest). 13. According to Hindu cosmological time cycles, how long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun? A) 365 days. B) 365.25 days. C) 366 days. D) 364.5 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 365.25 days. 14. Which mathematical concept were the Indians the first to develop? A) THey began creating algebraic expressions. B) The discovered rules for geometry. C) They understood different prime numbers. D) They created a symbol for zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They created a symbol for zero. 15. ..... is the sacred book for Christianity and ..... is the sacred book for Buddhism. A) Bible AND Tripitaka. B) Bible AND Vedas. C) Vedas AND Tripitaka. D) Tripitaka AND Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bible AND Tripitaka. 16. What is dharma? A) Basic principles of cosmic or individual existence. B) Being born again into a different form. C) Getting what one deserves. D) An ancient religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic principles of cosmic or individual existence. 17. What was the city of Harappa named after? A) The river. B) Indian god. C) The mountains. D) The first leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian god. 18. The 2nd to the top in the caste contained the ..... A) Brahmins or priests. B) Kshatriyas or Warriors. C) Vaishyas or Landowners. D) Sudras or farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kshatriyas or Warriors. 19. What is the order of varnas, or social classes, in ancient India from highest to the lowest? A) Valsyas (farmers, craftspeople, merchants), Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors), Sudras (manual laborers and servants). B) Kshatriyas (warriors), Brahmins (priests), Sudras (manual laborers and servants), Valsyas(farmers, craftspeople, merchants). C) Sudras (manual laborers and servants), Valsyas (farmers, craftspeople, merchants), Kshatriyas (warriors), Brahmins (priests). D) Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors), Valsyas (farmers, craftspeople, merchants), Sudras (manual laborers and servants). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors), Valsyas (farmers, craftspeople, merchants), Sudras (manual laborers and servants). 20. Which religion(s) believed in reincarnation? A) Buddhism. B) Judaism. C) Hinduism. D) All three religions believed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinduism. ← 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