India Quiz!

Question 1

Between the Eastern and Western Ghats is the....

Accepted Answer

Deccan Plateau

Question 2

Seeing that people had enough food. Ashoka's goal promoted?

Accepted Answer

General Welfare

Question 3

The river located on the north east of India is called the ________________________River

Accepted Answer

Brahmaputra

Question 4

Avoid getting attached to possessions. Ashoka's goal promoted?

Accepted Answer

Buddhist Values

Question 5

What do Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?

Accepted Answer

Belief in many lifetimes

Question 6

Which Hindu deity is believed to create the universe again and again?

Accepted Answer

Brahma

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT part of the Eightfold Path?

Accepted Answer

Right Clothes

Question 8

Maintaining good relations with people who lived near borders. Ashoka's goal promoted?

Accepted Answer

Security

Question 9

Giving criminals a chance to ask forgiveness. Ashoka's goal promoted?

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Justice

Question 10

Seeing that people had medical care. Ashoka's goal promoted?

Accepted Answer

General Welfare

Question 11

The desert in the north west of India is called the ____________Desert

Accepted Answer

Thar

Question 12

Which of the following in NOT a characteristic of civilization?

Accepted Answer

K-12 Education

Question 13

Which of the following is the Hinduism belief in the cycle of birth, life, and death?

Accepted Answer

Samsara

Question 14

Buddhism's Eightfold Path is similar to Hinduism's...

Accepted Answer

Dharma

Question 15

What was one feature of Mohenjo-Daro that was different from other settlements built?

Accepted Answer

It had a sewer system

Question 16

How did Ashoka manage to keep India united?

Accepted Answer

By keeeping the peace in his empire

Question 17

If you decided to live the life of an ascetic, what would you do?

Accepted Answer

Give up most of what you own

Question 18

Which of the following is not one of the names of the five castes?

Accepted Answer

Karma

Question 19

How was the Gupta Empire different from the Mauryan Empire?

Accepted Answer

The land was filled with small kingdoms.

Question 20

When you translate Veda, what do you know about Hindu values?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism values knowledge

Question 21

Which of the following do some historians believe?

Accepted Answer

Traces of Hinduism can be found in artifacts

Question 22

Practice of non-violence. Ashoka's goal promoted?

Accepted Answer

Buddhist Values

Question 23

What did Buddha believe ended people's sufferings?

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment

Question 24

What strategy helped the Gupta Empire survive for a long time?

Accepted Answer

Letting provinces make some decisions

Question 25

How is the Hindu belief of karma related to the caste system?

Accepted Answer

People are in caste because of how they lived in past lives

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India Quiz!

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