The Indian Achievements By Judy Sherif, Nadia, Fizza

Temples

100

How many rooms were in the temples?

A) 1

B) 2

C) All of the above

C) All of the above

200

Temple architecture.....

A) Simple

B) Complex and Topped with towers

C) Had flat roofs

B) Complex and Topped with towers

300

most famous temples of Gupta period are at:

A) Delhi

b) Ajanta and Ellora

c) Both are right

b) Ajanta and Ellora

400

Stupa temple had 

a) flat roofs

b) towered roofs

c) doomed roofs

c) doomed roof

500

Stupa temples were built for

a) save sacred items

b) religious ceremonies

c) the priests to live in

a) save sacred items

Scientific Advances

100

What is this definition refer to (the science of working with metals)

a) Mechanics

b) metallurgy

c) medicine

b) metallurgy

200

Indian iron was 

a) hard and pure

b) resistant to rust

c) a and b

c) a and b

300

Alloys means

a) making statues with metals

b) Strong famous pillar

c) mixtures of two or more metals

c) mixtures of two or more metals

400

The Indians were the first people to create

a) zero

b) one

c)10

a) Zero

500

Ancient Indians made medicines from 

a) insects

b) animals

c) plants and minerals

c) plants and minerals

Other Sciences

100

The Gupta made great advances in astronomy using

a) telescope

b) Gnomon

c) both are wrong

b) Gnomon

200

Indian doctors protect people from diseases by using

a) drugs

b) vaccination

c) inoculation

c) inoculation

300

Ancient Indians developed

a) Hindu Arabic numerals

b) Alphabets

c) First writing system

a) Hindu Arabic numerals

400

What is not right from the following

a) the study of stars 

b) the study of the core of the earth

c) the study of the plants

b) the study of the core of the earth

500

Ancient Indians had known that

a) the sun was a star, and the planets revolved around it

b) the earth was a sphere and it spun around its axis

c) both are right

c) both are right

Literature

100

The two Sanskrit religious epics in ancient India were

a) Mahabharata, and Ramayana

b) Kathasaritsagara and Ramayana

c) Mahabharata and Silappathikaram 

a) Mahabharata, and Ramayana

200

Indian writers wrote books to

a) teach lessons

b) to read and have fun

c) a and b

a) teach lessons

300

Sanskrit was the main language of the Aryans but 

a) it disappeared after that period

b) It maintain during the Gupta, and the Mauryan periods, and translated to many other language

c) It was modified and became another language

b) It maintain during the Gupta, and the Mauryan periods, and translated to many other language

400

Ancient Indian writings spread all over the world even reached to 

a) North America

b) Europe

c) Australia

b) Europe

500

Most famous writer who created plays, and poetry was

a) Panchatantra

b) Bhagavad

c) Kalidasa

c) Kalidasa

Paintings, and sculpture

100

Paintings in Gupta period were 

a) dull, and unclear

b) fade, and dark

c) clear, and colorful

c) clear, and colorful

200

Buddhists painters covered the walls of their temples with 

a) paintings of gods

b) scenes of daily life

c) scenes from the life of the Buddha

c) scenes from the life of the Buddha

300

The famous Iron pillar during the Gupta dynasty was built near

a) Mumbai

b) Kochi

c) Delhi

c) Delhi

400

In ancient India, most of the temples walls and ceiling are 

a) plain

b) covered with paintings, and rising columns inside

c) both are wrong

b) covered with paintings, and rising columns inside

500

Indian artists were well respected because

a) encouragement of powerful society members to create significance works

b) they took a lot of money to make beauty art works

c) a and b

a) encouragement of powerful society membersto create significance works