Take a Quiz on Hindu History
Take a Quiz on Hindu History Please enter your email: 1. Muslim rule in India was tolerant of Hindus all the time? Yes/No No Yes 2. Basic form of Hinduism as we know it today was well established by? By 3000BC By 600BC By 1000BC By 1500BC 3. Which century did almost all of of India come under Islamic rule? 1504AD 1000AD 1857AD 500BC 4. Indus valley civilization became the largest, most widespread civilization of the world in its time? Yes/No Yes No 5. When did the river Saraswati where Indus civilization developed, dry up? around 2000BC It never dried up During the earthquake in 18th century 500AD 6. During British rule in India, name the first Hindu monk who gave the message of Hinduism to the west. Vikvekananda Prabhpad Dhirendra Brahmchari Mahatama Gandhi 7. Name the Hindu warrior who used latest technology, navy and stealth warfare to fight Moghul rulers in India. Rani Lakshmi Bai Tilak Shiva Ji Rana Partap 8. Name the largest religious building in the world? Saint Basil’s Cathedral Mecca Lumbini Angokar Wats 9. Indus valley civilization was a peaceful civilization? Yes/No No Yes 10. Hindus were producing iron and steel as early as 400BC? Yes No 11. What were Takshshila, Nalanda, Vikramshila and Valabhi famous for? as one of the earliest archaeological sites found by the British in India. as one of the earliest place where farming was developed. as places where one of the earliest Universities were established. as one of the earliest place where a was fought between Kaurava and Pandava. 12. Hinduism is the oldest living religion in the world? Yes/No Yes No 13. Vedas referred to their land as? Punjab Saptasindhu Sindh Bharatvarsh 14. Hindus accepted secularism when a new constitution of Independent India was adopted on January 26th 1950? Yes/No Yes No 15. Name the Muslim invader who plundered and destroyed Somnath temple? Babur Mahmud of Gazni Aurangzeb Hamayun 16. Where does the earliest archaeological evidence point as the place where Hindu civilization develop? In an area near Bhopal in Central India In Bali, Indonesia In Iran Don’t know but Aryans brought Hinduism and Vedas to India 17. Which people attacked India and ruled it for 800 years after that? Dutch Muslims British Portugese 18. Name the Hindu province that was the first Hindu province conquered by Muslim invaders? Ayodhya Kandhar Sindh Punjab 19. How did Hindus continued to transmit Hinduism from one egneration to next when there were so many restrictions on practicing any thing but Islam. By going to Himalayas By writing secret codes Through songs and stories Through meditation 20. Did Hinduism spread to Philippines beyond Bali during 8th century? Yes/No No Yes 21. The earliest archaeological evidence for Hinduism dates back to more than 30,000BC? No Yes 22. When was the Natyasastra – a Hindu text on performance arts that integrates Vedic ideology – was also completed? After 500AD Between 200BC and 200AD Around 300AD Before 200BC 23. Who in 1995 said that Hinduatva is a way of life. Ashok Singhal Vajpayee Rajju Bhaiya Supreme court of India 24. Name the two rivers along which Vedic Indus civilization flourished. Indus and Ganges Saraswati and Ganges Yamuna and Ganga Saraswati and Indus 25. Which Muslim invader defeated Hindu kings in the Ganges valley and established an Islamic Sultanate in India? Muhhamad of Gurh Gengis Khan Mahmud of Gazni Babur 26. Namaste, the Hindu greeting, was well established during Indus civilization? Yes/No No Yes 27. Which of the four Vedas speaks of Saraswati as a mighty river originating in Himalayas? Samveda Atharaveda Rig veda 28. Did Muslim force Hindus to convert to Islam at all? Yes/No No Yes 29. Chalukyas, Pallavas, Pandhayas and Cholas flourished as some of the largest Hindu kingdoms in which part of India? West East North South 30. Who discovered the concept of number zero? Hindus Muslims Greeks Romans 31. Name the Hindu activist who coined the term Hinduatva. Guru Golwalkar Dr Hedgewar Bal Gangadhar Tilak Veer Savarkar
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