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Ancient India

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main religion in India?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Sikhism

2.

What is the Hindu religious text?

a)

Vedas

b)

Torah

c)

Qu'ran

d)

Holy Bible

3.

What is the language of India?

a)

sanskrit

b)

cuneiform

c)

heiroglyphics

d)

calligraphy

4.

What was the name of the first dynasty of India?

a)

Asoka

b)

Mauryan

c)

Gupta

d)

Chandragupta

5.

Which Indian leader started the Mauryan Empire?

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Asoka

c)

Chandragupta

d)

Pitaliputra

6.

Asoka sometimes spelled Ashoka stopped the bloodshed and converted to

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Christian

7.

Which leader was a great king of India that converted all of India to Buddhism ?

a)

Asoka

b)

Chandragupta

c)

Gupta

d)

Maurya

8.

What was the capital of India?

a)

Pataliputra

b)

Gupta

c)

Chandragupta

d)

Vedas

9.

What is the mountain range on the subcontinent of India?

a)

Andes

b)

Himalayas

c)

Appalachian

d)

Alps

10.

In which country can you find Mt Everest?

a)

Nepal

b)

Pakistan

c)

Bhutan

d)

Bangladesh

11.

What does the caste system separate people by?

a)

social class

b)

race

c)

gender

d)

religion

12.

What is the highest caste?

a)

Brahmin

b)

Sudras

c)

Dalit

d)

Kshatriyas

13.

Which caste is the lowest caste?

a)

Brahmin

b)

Untouchables

c)

Sudras

d)

Vaishyas

14.

What determines what someone will come back as...

a)

karma

b)

ka

c)

reincarnation

d)

caste

15.

Hindus believe souls come back in a different form, what is this called?

a)

karma

b)

ka

c)

reincarnation

d)

caste

16.

A soul no longer reincarnates when it has reached the ultimate enlightenment called....

a)

nirvana

b)

ka

c)

Brahman

d)

Dalit

17.

Hinduism is a ____ religion.

a)

polytheistic

b)

monotheistic

18.

Which dynasty had the "golden age?"

a)

Gupta

b)

Maurya

c)

Asoka

d)

Chandragupta

19.

The following are all achievements of the Gupta empire EXCEPT....

a)

the concept of zero

b)

flat earth theory

c)

vaccines

d)

pi=3.14

20.

What is the longest poem in any language in the world?

a)

MAHABHARATA

b)

RAMAYANA

c)

KRISHNA

d)

RAMA

21.

How many verses does the MAHABHARATA have?

a)

88,000

b)

5

c)

100,000

d)

80,000

22.

What describes how Krishna gives advice to Arjuna as he prepares to go to battle.

a)

The Bhagavad Gita

b)

The Four Vedas

c)

Ramayana

d)

Krishna

23.

What is the epic poem that tells the story of Rama who fights the demon Ravana who has kidnapped his wife Sita?

a)

THE RAMAYANA

b)

MAHABHARATA

c)

The Bhagavad Gita

d)

Krishna

24.

Who was one of the first mathematicians to use algebra?

a)

Aryabhata

b)

Candragupta

c)

Pataliputra

d)

Rama

25.

Who invaded the Harappans from Central Asia?

a)

Aryans

b)

Nepalese

c)

Bhutans

d)

Vikings

26.

Who wrote the Vedas in Sanskrit?

a)

The Aryans

b)

The Nepalese

c)

The Bhutans

d)

The Vikings

27.

Asoka was a prince True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Who was a Hindu Prince that founded Buddhism?

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Nirvana

c)

Chandragupta Maurya

29.

What is a series of rulers from the same family.

a)

dynasty

b)

empire

c)

legacy

d)

mythology

30.

What was a teacher called in India?

a)

guru

b)

rajas

c)

dalit

d)

professor

31.

All were resources of India EXCEPT?

a)

salt

b)

textiles

c)

iron ore

d)

diamonds

32.

Aryans formed into tribes that were led by

a)

rajas

b)

guru

c)

dalit

d)

sudras

33.

What is the name of the river that Hindus consider holy?

a)

Ganges

b)

Indus

c)

Tigris

d)

Euphrates

34.

Who is considered a hero to the lower castes and fought non-violently for the end of the caste system.

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Gumbi

c)

Chandragupta

d)

Asoka

35.

Who made cows a sacred animal?

a)

The Aryans

b)

The Vikings

c)

The Indians

d)

The people of Nepal called the Nepalese