Indian Art Form - Assessment 1

Why do you think settlements happened in the Indus River Valley?

• To be safe during the drought

• For irrigation, transportation, trade, communication

• To enjoy the nature’s bounty

• Elder members of communities wished to

identify the two major rivers of Ancient India from the following -

• Tigris & Euphrates

• Nile & Blue Nile

• Indus & Ganges

• Huang He & Yangtze

Why do you think Indians eagerly waited for summer monsoons?

• They brought rain & without them there would be drought

• The cold winds were soothing during harsh summer

• Monsoon helped in travels across the rivers

• Monsoons made the pastures green

After giving up the nomadic lives, what occupations did Aryans adopt for living?

• Constructing palaces

• Accumulating arms

• Farming and animal husbandry

• Weaving

The Indian literature focused on

• war; brave warriors & their heroic deeds

• home life

• politics & government

• holy writings & Hindu themes

Identify the written language of the Ancient Indian civilization -

• cuneiform

• Sanskrit

• hieroglyphics

• Hindi

The four classes (varnas) in the Indian caste system are known as:

• Pharaoh, priests, artisans, slaves

• Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras

• King, queen, princes, lords

• Shogun, samurai, governors, artisans

Which one of the following is a social group in which one is born and cannot change it afterwards -

• religion

• family

• tribe

• caste

Which things were decided based on a person's caste?

• Job, marriage, friends

• Foods

• Clothes

• Rituals and ceremonies

What were the influences behind building temples, art and sculptures?

• Happiness and devotion

• Religion

• Sacred knowledge and texts

• Caste