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Ancient India

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Aryans were a group of people who migrated to the Indus River Valley in about ________?

a)

1500 A.D.

b)

1263 B.C.

c)

1500 B.C.

d)

1394 A.D.

2.

What is Sanskrit?

a)

a language

b)

a building

c)

a pyramid

d)

a road

3.

Stories, poems, and songs are collected in a book called the _______?

a)

Vedas

b)

Febs

c)

Hesd

d)

Ains

4.

The first Indian empire was the ___________?

a)

Mauryan Empire

b)

Persian Empire

c)

Aryans Empire

d)

Indian Empire

5.

Maurya's grandson ______ came to power in 270 B.C.

a)

Ashoka

b)

Aryans

c)

Persian

d)

Aidan

6.

Meditation is?

a)

Sitting quietly

b)

clearing the mind

c)

HMMMMMMM

7.

Buddha died around _______?

a)

279 B.C.

b)

356 B.C.

c)

149 B.C.

d)

418 B.C.

8.

______ is the oldest religion?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddism

c)

Judaism

d)

Egyptian

9.

What is the highest caste?

a)

Brahmins

b)

Kshatriyas

c)

Vaishyas

d)

Shudras

10.

What is the second lowest rank in the caste?

a)

Shudras

b)

Brahmins

c)

Kshatriyas

d)

Vaishyas

11.

Untouchables were so low that they where not considered in the caste.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Brahma is the creator.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Vishnu is the destroyer?

a)

true

b)

false

14.

Shiva is the preserver?

a)

true

b)

false

15.

reincarnation is when you die you are born into new life?

a)

true

b)

false