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India Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the TWO important rivers of India?
a)
Indus
b)
Ganges
c)
Tigris
d)
Yellow
e)
Nile
2.
What is the written language developed by the Aryans?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphics
c)
Sanskrit
d)
Mandarin
3.
What body of water does the Indus River empty into?
a)
Bay of Bengal
b)
Arabian Sea
c)
Red Sea
d)
Maumee Bay
4.
What body of water does the Ganges River empty into?
a)
Bay of Bengal
b)
Arabian Sea
c)
Red Sea
d)
Maumee Bay
5.
Which river valley did the first civilization in India start at?
a)
Indus
b)
Ganges
c)
Sarsvati
d)
Nile
6.
Who was the first civilization in India?
a)
Mauryans
b)
Aryans
c)
Harappans
d)
Guptas
7.
Which group of people migrated into India from Central Asia?
a)
Mesopotamians
b)
Egyptians
c)
Aryans
d)
Harappans
8.
What is a social group a person is born into and can not change?
a)
Caste
b)
Class
c)
Group
d)
Tribe
9.
What are the three characteristics that the Caste System determines?
a)
Person's Home
b)
Person's job
c)
Person's Social group
d)
Person's Religion
e)
Person's Marriage
10.
Who was untouchable and did work that was considered unclean?
a)
Dalits
b)
Sudras
c)
Vaisyas
d)
Kshatriyas
e)
Brahmins
11.
What group were priests a part of?
a)
Dalits
b)
Sudras
c)
Vaisyas
d)
Kshatriyas
e)
Brahmins
12.
What group were warriors and rulers a part of?
a)
Dalits
b)
Sudras
c)
Vaisyas
d)
Kshatriyas
e)
Brahmins
13.
What group were farmers and merchants a part of?
a)
Dalits
b)
Sudras
c)
Vaisyas
d)
Kshatriyas
e)
Brahmins
14.
What group were unskilled laborers and servants a part of?
a)
Dalits
b)
Sudras
c)
Vaisyas
d)
Kshatriyas
e)
Brahmins
15.
Who was the prince or leader of a tribe?
a)
raja
b)
guru
c)
chief
d)
jatis
16.
What were some features of ancient Indian houses?
a)
flat roofs
b)
indoor bathrooms
c)
wells
d)
courtyard
e)
glass windows
17.
What was a prized possession of the Aryans?
a)
Gold
b)
Water
c)
Cattle
d)
Iron
18.
What religion was developed by the Aryans?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Jainism
d)
Baptist
19.
Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
a)
Chandragupta Maurya
b)
Chandra Gupta I
c)
Chandra Gupta II
d)
Samdra Gupta
e)
Asoka
20.
Who was a strong ruler who did not like bloodshed and followed Buddhism?
a)
Chandragupta Maurya
b)
Chandra Gupta I
c)
Chandra Gupta II
d)
Samdra Gupta
e)
Asoka
21.
Who founded the Gupta Empire?
a)
Chandragupta Maurya
b)
Chandra Gupta I
c)
Chandra Gupta II
d)
Samdra Gupta
e)
Asoka
22.
Who led the Gupta empire to its highest point?
a)
Chandragupta Maurya
b)
Chandra Gupta I
c)
Chandra Gupta II
d)
Samdra Gupta
e)
Asoka
23.
What was an important epic that tells the story of two families fighting for control of a kingdom?
a)
Ramayana
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
Mahabharata
d)
Bhagavad Gita
24.
What was an important epic that tells the story of Vishnu ridding the world of demons and saving Sita?
a)
Ramayana
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
Mahabharata
d)
Bhagavad Gita
25.
What are TWO mathematical contributions made by Ancient Indians?
a)
trigenometry
b)
zero
c)
number lines
d)
numeral system
e)
decimals
26.

What were important contributions Ancient Indians made with Astronomy?

a)

Earth had a moon

b)
Earth rotated on its axis
c)

Earth rotated on its poles

d)
There were 7 planets
e)

There were 9 planets

27.

What were important contributions Ancient Indians made with Astronomy?

a)
Earth was Round
b)

Earth was Oval

c)
Earth revolved around the sun
d)

The Sun revolved around the Earth

e)
There were 9 planets
28.

Which of the following are innovations of Ancient Indians and Science?

a)
Giving Inoculations
b)
Creating Medicines
c)
Performing Surgeries
d)
Creating the Kinetic Theory of Matter
e)

Identifying Compounds

29.
What TWO physical features of India separate India from the rest of Asia?
a)
Thar Desert
b)
Ganges River
c)
Hindu Kush Mountains
d)
Himalaya Mountains
e)
Indus River
30.
What TWO cities helped us learn about the Harappan Civilization?
a)
Mohenjo-Daro
b)
Harappa
c)
Kush
d)
Ur
e)
Akkad
31.
What are the holy books of Hinduism that were created by the Aryans?
a)
Upanishads
b)
Dharma
c)
Vedas
d)
Rigveda
32.
In what THREE ways did Asoka try to improve the lives of his people?
a)
Built roads with shade trees and rest houses
b)
Built Palaces
c)
Built hospitals
d)
Built Dams
e)
Built Universities
33.
What were THREE rights women had in Ancient India?
a)
Own Property
b)
Divorce
c)
Receive an Education
d)
Perform Religious Cermeonies
e)
Have the right to vote
34.
What type of religious buildings did they have in Ancient India?
a)
Shrines
b)
Temples
c)
Churches
d)
Synagogues
35.
What is a Stupa?
a)
A type of ladder
b)
A important type of Indian Art work
c)
A place where metals are made
d)
A temple with a domed roof
36.
What is the science of working with metals?
a)
Metallurgy
b)
Alloy
c)
Mixology
d)
Ironism
37.
What was unique about the Iron Pillar?
a)
It was the tallest structure of Ancient India
b)
It was a shiny piece of Iron that is usually dull.
c)
It was a piece of Iron that never rusts like usual.
d)
It was in front of the most important temple in Ancient India
38.
What is the source of water for the rivers of Ancient India?
a)
Summer Monsoon Floods
b)
Winter Monsoon Floods
c)
Melted glacier water from the Himalayas
d)
Melted glacier water from the Hindu Kush
39.
What were the hundreds of subdivisions in the four main varnas called?
a)
atman
b)
dharma
c)
moksha
d)
jatis
40.

What are characteristics of the Summer Monsoon?

a)

Warm and Wet

b)

Cold and Dry

c)

Winds that blow from the Indian Ocean into India

d)

Winds that blow down from the mountains

41.

What are characteristics of the Winter Monsoon?

a)

Warm and Wet

b)

Cold and Dry

c)

Winds that blow from the Indian Ocean into India

d)

Winds that blow down from the mountains

42.

What statements about the Himalaya mountains are TRUE?

a)

Highest mountains in the world

b)

Separate India from the rest of Asia

c)

Provided protection to early civilizations

d)

The Indus and Ganges Rivers start in them

e)

They are located in the southern part of India

43.

Which of the following has the correct progression from Nomad to Civilization?

a)

Farm, Villages, Surplus, Specialization, Cities, Trade

b)

Farm, Surplus, Villages, Specialization, Cities, Trade

c)

Villages, Farm, Surplus, Specialization, Trade, Cities

d)

Villages, Farm, Surplus, Cities, Specialization, Trade

e)

Farm, Villages, Surplus, Specialization, Trade, Cities

44.

What is a dynasty?

a)

A group of priests from the same religion

b)

A series of commoners from the same family

c)

A series of rulers from the same family

d)

A group of warriors from the same family

45.

What is the Sarasvati?

a)

an Ancient River that has disappeared

b)

an Ancient Ocean that has disappeared

c)

A collection of important stories that tell a lesson

d)

an important Ancient Indian writer

46.

Which of the following are true about Harappan writing?

a)

It used picture symbols

b)

We do not know how to write it

c)

It was the same as Cuneiform

d)

It was used to write the Vedas

47.

What could have happened to the Harappan Civilization?

a)

Got conquered by another civilization

b)

Everyone got old and died

c)

Disappeared due to a natural disaster

d)

Everyone got sick and died

48.

What are the four main social divisions called?

a)

jatis

b)

dharma

c)

rigveda

d)

varnas

49.

Which of the following are characteristics of the Mauryan Empire?

a)

had a network of spies

b)

had a huge army

c)

had war elephants

d)

had thousands of chariots

e)

had lots of arrows

50.

Which of the following are characteristics of Temples?

a)

Some are carved in mountainsides

b)

Some have a doomed roof

c)

They are filled with paintings and sculptures

d)

They were a place to store valuables like jewelry

e)

They were only made by Buddhist followers

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