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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) , Indian Administrative Service (IAS) .
| 1. |
An influence that spread from the Byzantine Empire to Early Russia was the |
| A. | orthodox christian religion |
| B. | use of the latin alphabet |
| C. | beginning of democracy |
| D. | factory system |
| Answer» A. orthodox christian religion | |
| 2. |
Which empire introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Cyrillic alphabet to Russia? |
| A. | mongol |
| B. | byzantine |
| C. | british |
| D. | gupta |
| Answer» B. byzantine | |
| 3. |
What city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire? |
| A. | adrianople |
| B. | ankara |
| C. | constantinople |
| D. | nicodemia |
| Answer» C. constantinople | |
| 4. |
Which of the following modern countries was not part of the Byzantine Empire? |
| A. | bulgaria |
| B. | egypt |
| C. | france |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» B. egypt | |
| 5. |
What group conquered Constantinople in 1453? |
| A. | bulgarians |
| B. | greco-romans |
| C. | kievan rus |
| D. | ottomans |
| Answer» D. ottomans | |
| 6. |
The city of Constantinople is now called __________. |
| A. | athens |
| B. | byzantium |
| C. | istanbul |
| D. | sarajevo |
| Answer» C. istanbul | |
| 7. |
What was the state language of the Eastern Roman Empire after the 7th century? |
| A. | arabic |
| B. | greek |
| C. | latin |
| D. | russian |
| Answer» B. greek | |
| 8. |
What renowned church was built by Emperor Justinian in the sixth century? |
| A. | canterbury cathedral |
| B. | st. sophia |
| C. | notre dame |
| D. | st. peter's basilica |
| Answer» B. st. sophia | |
| 9. |
"Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes the period __________________________. |
| A. | ad 300 - ad 1600 |
| B. | beginning of byzantine through the end of the roman empire |
| C. | beginning of early christian through the 13th or 14th centuries |
| D. | end of the roman empire through the byzantine period |
| Answer» D. end of the roman empire through the byzantine period | |
| 10. |
When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor? |
| A. | 800 |
| B. | 860 |
| C. | 871 |
| D. | 899 |
| Answer» A. 800 | |
| 11. |
Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs? |
| A. | the right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs |
| B. | the right to move from one manor to another |
| C. | the right to marry whomever they wanted to marry |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 12. |
What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages? |
| A. | commercial and urban |
| B. | long-distance trade |
| C. | agriculture |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 13. |
What was the significance of the Battle of Tours in 732? |
| A. | charlemagne converted many muslims to christianity |
| B. | charles martel became king of france |
| C. | it stopped the muslim advance into europe |
| D. | muslims gained control of spain |
| Answer» D. muslims gained control of spain | |
| 14. |
What is Chivalry? |
| A. | the code charlemagne implemented |
| B. | the code by which a christian family lived |
| C. | the code by which knights lived |
| D. | the code by which young men lived |
| Answer» C. the code by which knights lived | |
| 15. |
Where can the finest examples of medieval architecture are seen? |
| A. | cathedrals |
| B. | castles |
| C. | universities |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 16. |
Who proclaimed the First Crusade? |
| A. | alexios i komnenos |
| B. | peter the hermit |
| C. | pope gregory vii |
| D. | pope urban ii |
| Answer» D. pope urban ii | |
| 17. |
When did Europe capture Jerusalem? |
| A. | 1081 |
| B. | 1099 |
| C. | 1095 |
| D. | 1096 |
| Answer» B. 1099 | |
| 18. |
When did Saladin capture Jerusalem? |
| A. | 1118 |
| B. | 1187 |
| C. | 1193 |
| D. | 1203 |
| Answer» C. 1193 | |
| 19. |
Feudal society was characterized by |
| A. | a hierarchical system of relationships and obligations. |
| B. | the rule of a strong government. |
| C. | increasing consolidation of power by frankish kings. |
| D. | the absence of hostility between neighboring fiefs. |
| Answer» A. a hierarchical system of relationships and obligations. | |
| 20. |
The Crusades were undertaken to |
| A. | keep the holy land out of muslim control. |
| B. | end the great schism. |
| C. | free rome from the byzantines. |
| D. | reform the medieval church. |
| Answer» A. keep the holy land out of muslim control. | |
| 21. |
The Crusades contributed to all of the following except |
| A. | the growth of mediterranean trading cities. |
| B. | improvement in the level of european technology. |
| C. | greater contact between europe and the byzantine and muslim civilizations. |
| D. | an increase in the power of feudal lords. |
| Answer» D. an increase in the power of feudal lords. | |
| 22. |
. The Third Crusade ended with the |
| A. | decisive victory of richard i in palestine. |
| B. | the defeat of the french at agincourt. |
| C. | defeat of seljuk turks by french-led crusaders. |
| D. | continued control of jerusalem by saladin. |
| Answer» D. continued control of jerusalem by saladin. | |
| 23. |
The Crusades contributed to the breakdown of feudalism because. |
| A. | muslims captured the property of feudal landholders. |
| B. | the authority of kings increased while many nobles were financially weakened. |
| C. | many peasants converted to islam. |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 24. |
Which of these factors did NOT shape the evolution of society in Western Europe during the early medieval period? |
| A. | roman heritage |
| B. | customs of barbarian tribes |
| C. | roman catholic church |
| D. | eastern orthodox church |
| Answer» B. customs of barbarian tribes | |
| 25. |
Monks and nuns served the community by |
| A. | providing social services. |
| B. | remaining secluded and rarely seeing outsiders. |
| C. | pressuring feudal lords to provide social services. |
| D. | performing little manual labor. |
| Answer» A. providing social services. | |
| 26. |
Which of the following is credited to Charlemagne? |
| A. | the defeat of the muslims at the battle of tours |
| B. | the development of banking |
| C. | the development of feudalism |
| D. | the revival of latin learning |
| Answer» D. the revival of latin learning | |
| 27. |
The manor economy was based on |
| A. | trade among many villages. |
| B. | metalworking. |
| C. | farming and self-sufficiency. |
| D. | herding and weaving. |
| Answer» C. farming and self-sufficiency. | |
| 28. |
How did monks and nuns improve life during the Middle Ages? |
| A. | they cared for the sick and poor. |
| B. | they opposed the feudal system. |
| C. | they gave land to the peasants. |
| D. | they excommunicated criminals. |
| Answer» A. they cared for the sick and poor. | |
| 29. |
What change in education developed in the middle Ages? |
| A. | the first universities evolved. |
| B. | large universities with permanent buildings came into being. |
| C. | students with very little training could qualify to be a teacher. |
| D. | women began to attend universities. |
| Answer» A. the first universities evolved. | |
| 30. |
The Black Death was caused by |
| A. | malnutrition. |
| B. | lack of vaccines. |
| C. | a disease spread by rats. |
| D. | wounds suffered during the hundred years war. |
| Answer» C. a disease spread by rats. | |
| 31. |
- the pre- Islamic era is known as: |
| A. | modern age |
| B. | age of ignorance |
| C. | golden age |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. age of ignorance | |
| 32. |
Ma'rib dam was located in: |
| A. | iraq |
| B. | yaman |
| C. | egypt |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. yaman | |
| 33. |
Ka'bah is situated in the valley of: |
| A. | faran |
| B. | makkah |
| C. | taif |
| D. | medina |
| Answer» B. makkah | |
| 34. |
The capital of Umayyad dynasty was: |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | cairo |
| C. | khusran |
| D. | damascus |
| Answer» D. damascus | |
| 35. |
Samarra was built by |
| A. | al-mansur |
| B. | al mahdi |
| C. | al-must'asim |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. al-must'asim | |
| 36. |
The ottoman dynasty fell in: |
| A. | 1857 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1940 |
| D. | 1924 |
| Answer» D. 1924 | |
| 37. |
Literal meaning of Jihad is ; |
| A. | exemption |
| B. | sacrifice |
| C. | fight |
| D. | struggle |
| Answer» D. struggle | |
| 38. |
For the first time Abdul Malik issued purely Muslim Coinage Know as: |
| A. | pound |
| B. | deenar |
| C. | dirham |
| D. | ruppe |
| Answer» B. deenar | |
| 39. |
Al-Firdousi was the poet of: |
| A. | persia |
| B. | asia |
| C. | africa |
| D. | america |
| Answer» A. persia | |
| 40. |
- ---- was the real founder of the Abbasid dynasty |
| A. | al-safah |
| B. | abu jafar |
| C. | muhammad musa |
| D. | abdullah |
| Answer» A. al-safah | |
| 41. |
In the adminstration of the ummayads the court language was: |
| A. | persian |
| B. | arabics |
| C. | french |
| D. | german |
| Answer» A. persian | |
| 42. |
Al-Qanun - Fil tib was written by; |
| A. | almasudi |
| B. | ibn-ishq |
| C. | al- yaqubi |
| D. | ibn sina |
| Answer» D. ibn sina | |
| 43. |
The first capital of Abbasid Caliphate was |
| A. | al-hashmiyah |
| B. | samrah |
| C. | baghdad |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. baghdad | |
| 44. |
Al-Idrisi was a famous |
| A. | musician |
| B. | poet |
| C. | geographer |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. geographer | |
| 45. |
Constantinople fell into the hands of the Muslims in |
| A. | 1453 |
| B. | 1543 |
| C. | 1354 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. 1453 | |
| 46. |
During muslim rule was the capital of Spain |
| A. | cordava |
| B. | toledo |
| C. | garnada |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. cordava | |
| 47. |
Under the emperors after Justinian, the chief concern of the Byzantine state was |
| A. | religious heresy and controversy. |
| B. | the over taxation of the peasants and frequent peasant rebellions. |
| C. | the defense against slavs, russians, and the arabs |
| D. | the conversion of the slavs to christianity. |
| Answer» C. the defense against slavs, russians, and the arabs | |
| 48. |
Grand Mosque at Damascus was built by |
| A. | abdul malik |
| B. | waleed |
| C. | umar bin abdul aziz |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. abdul malik | |
| 49. |
Dots on Arabic letter was introduced by |
| A. | hajjaj |
| B. | yahya barmaki |
| C. | hassan basri |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. hajjaj | |
| 50. |
Mamun-ur-Rashid following __________ doctrines. |
| A. | ismaili |
| B. | ashari |
| C. | mutazilla |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. mutazilla | |
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