Understanding Writing Systems and Sanskrit

What ancient script is suggested to be the source of many modern scripts?

• Latin

• Cyrillic

• Phoenician abjad

• Greek

Which of the following is NOT a writing system?

• Cyrillic

• Sanskrit

• Latin

• Devanagari

What is the oldest known text composed in Sanskrit?

• Ramayana

• Upanishads

• Rig Veda

• Mahabharata

How was the Rig Veda originally passed down through generations?

• Written on stone tablets

• Orally

• Carved into wood

• Printed on papyrus

What is the relationship between Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European?

• Sanskrit evolved from Proto-Indo-European

• They are unrelated

• Sanskrit is a dialect of Proto-Indo-European

• Proto-Indo-European is a dialect of Sanskrit

Which script is considered to have possibly influenced the Brahmi script?

• Aramaic

• Cyrillic

• Greek

• Latin

What is a key difference between Brahmi and Aramaic scripts?

• Brahmi is an abugida

• Aramaic is an abugida

• Aramaic has more vowels

• Brahmi has fewer consonants

Which of the following is NOT a theory about the origin of the Brahmi script?

• A new invention like Hangul

• Related to the Indus Valley script

• Descended from an unknown script

• Directly from Latin

What civilization's script is considered a possible distant ancestor of Brahmi?

• Egyptian

• Babylonian

• Sumerian

• Indus Valley

What is the primary reason the Indus Valley script remains undeciphered?

• Too many symbols

• Lack of bilingual texts

• Written on perishable materials

• No surviving examples