WorksheetsAncient India
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is the main religion in India?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Sikhism
What is the Hindu religious text?
Vedas
Torah
Qu'ran
Holy Bible
What is the language of India?
sanskrit
cuneiform
heiroglyphics
calligraphy
What was the name of the first dynasty of India?
Asoka
Mauryan
Gupta
Chandragupta
Which Indian leader started the Mauryan Empire?
Chandragupta Maurya
Asoka
Chandragupta
Pitaliputra
Asoka sometimes spelled Ashoka stopped the bloodshed and converted to
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Christian
Which leader was a great king of India that converted all of India to Buddhism ?
Asoka
Chandragupta
Gupta
Maurya
What was the capital of India?
Pataliputra
Gupta
Chandragupta
Vedas
What is the mountain range on the subcontinent of India?
Andes
Himalayas
Appalachian
Alps
In which country can you find Mt Everest?
Nepal
Pakistan
Bhutan
Bangladesh
What does the caste system separate people by?
social class
race
gender
religion
What is the highest caste?
Brahmin
Sudras
Dalit
Kshatriyas
Which caste is the lowest caste?
Brahmin
Untouchables
Sudras
Vaishyas
What determines what someone will come back as...
karma
ka
reincarnation
caste
Hindus believe souls come back in a different form, what is this called?
karma
ka
reincarnation
caste
A soul no longer reincarnates when it has reached the ultimate enlightenment called....
nirvana
ka
Brahman
Dalit
Hinduism is a ____ religion.
polytheistic
monotheistic
Which dynasty had the "golden age?"
Gupta
Maurya
Asoka
Chandragupta
The following are all achievements of the Gupta empire EXCEPT....
the concept of zero
flat earth theory
vaccines
pi=3.14
What is the longest poem in any language in the world?
MAHABHARATA
RAMAYANA
KRISHNA
RAMA
How many verses does the MAHABHARATA have?
88,000
5
100,000
80,000
What describes how Krishna gives advice to Arjuna as he prepares to go to battle.
The Bhagavad Gita
The Four Vedas
Ramayana
Krishna
What is the epic poem that tells the story of Rama who fights the demon Ravana who has kidnapped his wife Sita?
THE RAMAYANA
MAHABHARATA
The Bhagavad Gita
Krishna
Who was one of the first mathematicians to use algebra?
Aryabhata
Candragupta
Pataliputra
Rama
Who invaded the Harappans from Central Asia?
Aryans
Nepalese
Bhutans
Vikings
Who wrote the Vedas in Sanskrit?
The Aryans
The Nepalese
The Bhutans
The Vikings
Asoka was a prince True or False?
True
False
Who was a Hindu Prince that founded Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
Nirvana
Chandragupta Maurya
What is a series of rulers from the same family.
dynasty
empire
legacy
mythology
What was a teacher called in India?
guru
rajas
dalit
professor
All were resources of India EXCEPT?
salt
textiles
iron ore
diamonds
Aryans formed into tribes that were led by
rajas
guru
dalit
sudras
What is the name of the river that Hindus consider holy?
Ganges
Indus
Tigris
Euphrates
Who is considered a hero to the lower castes and fought non-violently for the end of the caste system.
Mahatma Gandhi
Gumbi
Chandragupta
Asoka
Who made cows a sacred animal?
The Aryans
The Vikings
The Indians
The people of Nepal called the Nepalese
