220+ Stratified Societies- Medieval World Solved MCQs

1.

Fernand Braudel was a …………..historian.

A. french
B. chinese
C. indian
D. british
Answer» A. french
2.

Ancient history ended with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in …………… A.D.

A. 476
B. 486
C. 496
D. 498
Answer» A. 476
3.

The Roman emperor ……………..decided to tolerate Christianity (313 A.D.)

A. constantine
B. colin mcevedy
C. justinian
D. romulus augustulus
Answer» A. constantine
4.

…………founded the city of Constantinople as the empire’s second capital (330 A.D.)

A. constantine
B. theodosius i
C. romulus augustulus
D. george washington
Answer» A. constantine
5.

The last emperor of the western Roman Empire, ……………., was deposed by the Heruli king Odoacer (476 A.D.).

A. romulus augustulus
B. george washington
C. john kelleher
D. arthur schlesinger
Answer» A. romulus augustulus
6.

Ottoman Turks extinguished the Eastern Roman Empire by capturing …………………(1453 A.D.),

A. constantinople
B. babylonia
C. philadelphia
D. assyria
Answer» A. constantinople
7.

Columbus first set foot in ………………..in 1492 A.D.

A. france
B. assyria
C. america
D. netherlands
Answer» C. america
8.

………………….caused a split in western Christianity by posting his “95 Theses” on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany (1517 A.D.).

A. martin luther
B. john kelleher
C. arthur schlesinger
D. j.f. richards
Answer» A. martin luther
9.

Martin Luther caused a split in western Christianity by posting his “95 Theses” on the door of the castle church in……………, Germany (1517 A.D.).

A. babylonia
B. wittenberg
C. philadelphia
D. assyria
Answer» B. wittenberg
10.

The Moslem calendar begins with the hegira, Mohammed’s journey from Mecca to Medina in ……………….. A.D.

A. 612
B. 615
C. 618
D. 622
Answer» D. 622
11.

The Roman calendar began with Rome’s founding in …………… B.C.

A. 740
B. 750
C. 762
D. 778
Answer» B. 750
12.

The Greek Seleucid Empire used a chronology that began with Seleucus Nicator’s occupation of ……………..in 311 B.C.

A. assyria
B. babylon
C. france
D. netherlands
Answer» B. babylon
13.

Hegel’s thoughts on world history are expressed in The Philosophy of History, based on lectures first given in……………..

A. 1802
B. 1813
C. 1822
D. 1856
Answer» C. 1822
14.

……………………The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.

A. edward gibbon’s
B. john kelleher
C. j.f. richards
D. maurice dobb
Answer» A. edward gibbon’s
15.

Who wrote the Decline of the West?

A. oswald spengler
B. john kelleher
C. arthur schlesinger
D. j.f. richards
Answer» A. oswald spengler
16.

‘A Study of History’ is the work of ………………….

A. roger lewin
B. arnold toynbee
C. leonardo bruni
D. arthur schlesinger
Answer» B. arnold toynbee
17.

In fact, the concept of periodisation in world history had its beginnings in the writings of the humanist writer, …………..in the 14th century.

A. petrarch
B. john kelleher
C. j.f. richards
D. dante
Answer» A. petrarch
18.

……………..may be considered as the first writer who has made a tri-partite division to the world history for the first time.

A. leonardo bruni
B. john kelleher
C. arthur schlesinger
D. maurice dobb
Answer» A. leonardo bruni
19.

………used the tri-partite periodisation in his ‘History of Florentine People’ (1442)

A. arthur schlesinger
B. leonardo bruni
C. j.f. richards
D. paul sweezy
Answer» B. leonardo bruni
20.

The tri-partite periodisation became popular after the German historian ………………..used it in his ‘Universal History Divided into Ancient, Medieval and New Period’ (1683).

A. christoph cellarius
B. john kelleher
C. justinian
D. maurice dobb
Answer» A. christoph cellarius
21.

The most commonly given start date in European history for medieval period is …………………. AD, in the year Romulus Augustus the last Roman emperor in the West abdicated.

A. 456
B. 466
C. 476
D. 499
Answer» C. 476
22.

The conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in …………… AD is commonly used as the end date of the medieval world.

A. 1433
B. 1451
C. 1453
D. 1475
Answer» C. 1453
23.

Henri Pirenne was a ……………….historian.

A. belgian
B. assyrian
C. spanish
D. babylonian
Answer» A. belgian
24.

Johan Huizinga was a …………………historian.

A. dutch
B. austrian
C. spanish
D. frankish
Answer» A. dutch
25.

It was during the Early Middle Ages that the world witnessed the rise, growth and decay of the ………………dynasty stared by Emperor Charlemagne, which could fill the power vacancy that had existed since the fall of the Roman Empire.

A. frankish
B. babylonian
C. carolingian
D. romanov
Answer» C. carolingian
26.

……………….. court was the centre of a cultural revival that is sometimes referred to as the ‘Carolingian Renaissance’, till its break up towards the end of the 10th century.

A. charlemagne’s
B. john kelleher
C. justinian
D. paul sweaty
Answer» A. charlemagne’s
27.

The religious wars known as the …………….also took place during the medieval period.

A. reformation
B. renaissance
C. crusades
D. hundred year’s war
Answer» C. crusades
28.

………………was probably the first to use the tripartite division to Indian history in the early 19th century.

A. james mill
B. john kelleher
C. arthur schlesinger
D. j.f. richards
Answer» A. james mill
29.

Instead of ancient, medieval and modern categories ….deliberately used Hindu, Muslim and British periods.

A. paul sweezy
B. maurice dobb
C. james mill
D. john kelleher
Answer» C. james mill
30.

Prior to Mill, the Romantic minded Orientalists like ……………..and later Maximum Muller had valorized the ‘Hindu period’ through a study of Sanskrit tests.

A. sir william jones
B. john kelleher
C. j.f. richards
D. maurice dobb
Answer» A. sir william jones
31.

The Battle of Plassey in…………….., which saw the beginning of the British rule in India.

A. 1557
B. 1657
C. 1748
D. 1757
Answer» D. 1757
32.

The ambitious task, …………………had outlined – to present in ‘chronological order of successive changes in the means and relations of production’ – still remains unfinished.

A. d.d. kosambi
B. b.d. chattopadhyaya
C. arthur schlesinger
D. j.f. richards
Answer» A. d.d. kosambi
33.

After the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, the Eastern Roman empire or the Byzantine Empire with ……………..as its capital was formed which remained for about a thousand years.

A. kabul
B. assyria
C. harvard
D. constantinople
Answer» D. constantinople
34.

The Eastern Roman empire came to an end when the …………..conquered Constantinople in 1453 AD.

A. turks
B. austria
C. spain
D. arabs
Answer» A. turks
35.

In the meanwhile, ……………..had founded the Carolingian dynasty in the beginning of the 9th century which ruled the parts of modern France and Germany and a part of Italy.

A. charlemagne
B. arthur schlesinger
C. j.f. richards
D. paul sweezy
Answer» A. charlemagne
36.

………………..can be described as a type of government in which political power is exercised locally by private individuals rather than through the bureaucracy of a centralized state.

A. capitalism
B. renaissance
C. reformation
D. feudalism
Answer» D. feudalism
37.

After the death of the prophet in……………., the Arab kingdom developed into a vast empire, comprising of Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Iran Central Asia, North Africa and Spain.

A. 622
B. 632
C. 642
D. 662
Answer» B. 632
38.

By the middle of the 7th century, centralized power was established in the Arab empire by the……………….

A. umayyad
B. abbasid
C. sultanate
D. mughal
Answer» A. umayyad
39.

Umayyad was overthrown by the Abbasids in 750 AD, who made ……………….their capital.

A. jerusalem
B. assyria
C. harvard
D. baghdad
Answer» D. baghdad
40.

The Abbasid rule lasted till the 11th century when they were ousted from power by the ……………...

A. seljuk turks
B. ottoman turks
C. arabs
D. guptas
Answer» A. seljuk turks
41.

The Turks controlled the Arab empire thereafter till the 15th century when the ……………….became the rulers of the Arab territories.

A. ottoman turks
B. seljuk turks
C. arabs
D. palas
Answer» A. ottoman turks
42.

In India, after the break-up of the ……………Empire in the 5th century, much number of regional powers came into existence.

A. gupta
B. muryan
C. nanda
D. indo-greek
Answer» A. gupta
43.

The most powerful three regional kingdom of ………….India and Deccan during the period between 8th and 10th centuries were the Rashtrakutas, the Pratiharas and the Palas, who fought each other for supremacy.

A. north
B. south
C. west
D. east
Answer» A. north
44.

Several Rajput States also emerged during this period in North India, especially after the decline of the……………...

A. pratiharas
B. rashtrakutas
C. palas
D. senas
Answer» A. pratiharas
45.

The decline of the Chola power in the ………….. century gave way for the upcoming of several regional kingdoms.

A. 11th
B. 12th
C. 13th
D. 14th
Answer» C. 13th
46.

The Delhi Sultanate was established by the Turks in the 13th century, which lasted till the …………..century.

A. 14th
B. 15th
C. 16th
D. 17th
Answer» C. 16th
47.

The ……………..rulers were successful in bringing the entire north India under their control especially in the 14th century.

A. sultanate
B. pratihara
C. mughal
D. gupta
Answer» A. sultanate
48.

From the middle of the 14th century to the …………century Deccan and some parts of South India was dominated by the Vijayanagara and Bahmini kingdoms.

A. 16th
B. 17th
C. 18th
D. 19th
Answer» A. 16th
49.

Major part of the Indian sub-continent was brought under one ruler by the …………………in the 16th and 17th centuries.

A. sultanate
B. mughals
C. mayuryas
D. nandas
Answer» B. mughals
50.

The Mughal Empire reached its highest point during the reign of its last powerful ruler,………………….

A. akbar
B. bahadurshah ii
C. aurangzeb
D. shajahan
Answer» C. aurangzeb
51.

The Mughal Empire had already started its course of political disintegration during the later part of…………………’s reign.

A. shajahan
B. aurangzeb
C. humayun
D. babar
Answer» B. aurangzeb
52.

The early medieval period in the history of China was marked by the efficient rule of the …………………dynasty, which had lasted from 7th century to early 10th century.

A. tang
B. sung
C. manchu
D. afghan
Answer» A. tang
53.

The ………………dynasty came in top dominance after the fall of the Tang and they ruled China for about three centuries.

A. manchu
B. sung
C. afghan
D. mongol
Answer» B. sung
54.

After the fall of the Sung dynasty China was over-run by the ……………..for the next hundred years, who at this time had dominated many parts of Asia and Europe.

A. mongols
B. afghans
C. manchu
D. tang
Answer» A. mongols
55.

In the 17th century China was dominated by the………………, whose rule continued up to the beginning of the 20th century.

A. manchus
B. afghans
C. tang
D. sung
Answer» A. manchus
56.

The system based on agrarian order developed first in Western Europe during the early medieval period and then spread to the other parts of Europe is called………………..

A. feudalism
B. renaissance
C. reformation
D. capitalism
Answer» A. feudalism
57.

Even before the fall of the ancient Roman Empire in the …………… century, the Byzantine Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire had come into existence.

A. 4th
B. 5th
C. 6th
D. 7th
Answer» B. 5th
58.

The Byzantine Empire remained in power, though nominally till …………….AD when it was completely overpowered by the Turks.

A. 1353
B. 1453
C. 1457
D. 1463
Answer» B. 1453
59.

Emperor ……………..had split the Roman Empire into two separate administrative regions, the Eastern and Western halves, towards the end of the third century itself.

A. arthur schlesinger
B. diocletian
C. j.f. richards
D. justinian
Answer» B. diocletian
60.

Emperor …………….re-founded the old city of Byzantium as the new capital of the Eastern half with a new name, Constantinople.

A. constantine
B. j.f. richards
C. justinian
D. augustus ceaser
Answer» A. constantine
61.

Justinian’s costly wars with the …………….completely routed out his desire for a united Roman empire.

A. persians
B. mongols
C. afghans
D. romans
Answer» A. persians
62.

After…………………’s death external threats to his empire intensified, the Persians from the east and Slavs, Hungarians, Huns etc. from the north.

A. justinian
B. arthur schlesinger
C. j.f. richards
D. constantine
Answer» A. justinian
63.

The 11th and 12th centuries were a period of relative calm as far as the ………………Empire was concerned.

A. eastern roman
B. gupta
C. nanda
D. maurya
Answer» A. eastern roman
64.

The external attacks and internal rivalries once again intensified in the 14th century, which eventually led to the capture of Constantinople by the………………….

A. ottoman turks
B. afghans
C. persians
D. arabs
Answer» A. ottoman turks
65.

The Ostrogoths were the barbarians in…………..

A. italy
B. france
C. austria
D. spain
Answer» A. italy
66.

The Visigoths were the barbarians in…………….

A. spain
B. france
C. north africa
D. britain
Answer» A. spain
67.

During the period a nucleus of power unfolded in northern Gaul and developed into a kingdom called Austrasia and Neustria, ruled for almost three centuries by a dynasty of kings called……………...

A. carolingian
B. merovingians
C. manchu
D. tang
Answer» B. merovingians
68.

Charles Martal became the king and founded the Carolingian dynasty in the ……………. century.

A. 6th
B. 7th
C. 8th
D. 9th
Answer» C. 8th
69.

Charles Martal’s successor, ……………..initiated a programme of systematic expansion that would unify a large portion of Europe.

A. charlemagne
B. alauddin khilji
C. arthur schlesinger
D. justinian
Answer» A. charlemagne
70.

The imperial coronation of ……………….on the Christmas day of 800 is often regarded as a turning point in medieval European history because it filled a power vacancy that had existed since the fall of the ancient Roman Empire.

A. arthur schlesinger
B. charlemagne
C. j.f. richards
D. alauddin khilji
Answer» B. charlemagne
71.

……………… court in Aachen was the centre of cultural revival that is sometimes referred to as the ‘Carolingian Renaissance’.

A. charlemagne
B. justinian
C. alauddin khilji
D. augustus ceaser
Answer» A. charlemagne
72.

The term ……………..refers to the first system of governance established in the Islamic state and represented the political authority.

A. feudalism
B. socialism
C. mercantilism
D. caliphate
Answer» D. caliphate
73.

In fact Caliphate was the first system of government established in Arabia after the death of the Prophet in ………….. AD.

A. 602
B. 612
C. 622
D. 632
Answer» D. 632
74.

The Caliphate rule in the Islamic world stretches over a vast span of time from 632 to 1924, from the death of the Prophet to the year when Mustaffa Kamal Pasha of …………….officially abolished the last Caliphate, the Ottoman Empire and founded the Republic of Turkey.

A. turkey
B. france
C. netherlands
D. belgium
Answer» A. turkey
75.

After the rule of the pious caliphs, the caliphate was ruled by the Umayyad Caliphate, followed by the……………..

A. sultanate
B. mughal
C. tang
D. abbasid caliphate
Answer» D. abbasid caliphate
76.

…………….a relative of Uthman and the governor of Syria captured power of the caliphate after the death of Ali and founded the Umayyad caliphate or the Umayyad dynasty.

A. muawiyya
B. justinian
C. mustaffa kamal pasha
D. alauddin khilji
Answer» A. muawiyya
77.

…………….transformed the caliphate into a hereditary office.

A. justinian
B. renaissance
C. reformation
D. muawiyya
Answer» D. muawiyya
78.

The internal problems finally led to the collapse of the Umayyads and the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in …………….. AD.

A. 730
B. 740
C. 745
D. 750
Answer» D. 750
79.

The reign of ……………….is often characterized as the ‘golden period’ of the Abbasid caliphate.

A. harun al rashid
B. arthur schlesinger
C. muawiyya
D. justinian
Answer» A. harun al rashid
80.

The successors of Harun al Rashid were not able to resist the external attacks of the……………., who were making encroaches on to the Abbasid Empire.

A. mongols
B. arabs
C. afghans
D. turks
Answer» A. mongols
81.

The Mongols under their leader, Hulagu Khan conquered………….., the capital of the Abbasids and executed the last Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mutasim in the year 1258.

A. baghdad
B. france
C. netherlands
D. berlin
Answer» A. baghdad
82.

The Mongols under their leader, Hulagu Khan conquered Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasids and executed the last Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mutasim in the year……………...

A. 1248
B. 1252
C. 1258
D. 1268
Answer» C. 1258
83.

The powerful Ottomans defeated the Mamluk Sultan in ………….. and took control of the Arab land.

A. 1417
B. 1487
C. 1507
D. 1517
Answer» D. 1517
84.

It is reported that the last Caliph at Cairo surrendered the Caliphate to the Ottoman ruler and then onwards the Ottomans began to be known as the Caliphs, which lasted up to…………..

A. 1904
B. 1914
C. 1924
D. 1934
Answer» C. 1924
85.

The peak of the ……………..power occurred in the reign of Harun al Rashid, who relied heavily on his Vazir or prime minister.

A. abbasid
B. ottoman
C. umayyad
D. sultanate
Answer» A. abbasid
86.

…………….is the office occupied by the Pope as the spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome.

A. papacy
B. renaissance
C. reformation
D. feudalism
Answer» A. papacy
87.

After the Byzantine domination, when Rome was threatened by invaders, the Pope went to the ………….king for help.

A. frankish
B. roman
C. carolingian
D. merovingian
Answer» A. frankish
88.

………………., the Carolingian king went to Rome where he was crowned by the Pope on the Christmas day of 800 and further the Pope acclaimed him as the emperor.

A. roger bacon
B. peter abelard
C. charlemagne
D. harun al rashid
Answer» C. charlemagne
89.

The imperial crown once held by the Carolingian emperors was disputed between their fractured heirs, but none emerged victorious until Otto I, the Holy Roman emperor invaded………...

A. france
B. italy
C. britain
D. holland
Answer» B. italy
90.

…………..became a constituent kingdom of the Holy Roman Empire in 962.

A. italy
B. france
C. netherlands
D. austria
Answer» A. italy
91.

While Urban II remained as the Pope in Rome, Clement VII was made the Pope at Avignon in…………... This is known as the ‘western schism’.

A. france
B. austria
C. spain
D. belgium
Answer» A. france
92.

It was Pope Urban II who had preached the first Crusade in…………….., the holy wars or armed pilgrimages intended to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control.

A. 1095
B. 1098
C. 1105
D. 1206
Answer» A. 1095
93.

The term ………………is generally used to characterize the social, economic and political system that had existed in Europe in the medieval period.

A. ‘feudalism’
B. socialism
C. mercantilism
D. marxism
Answer» A. ‘feudalism’
94.

The term feudalism is derived from the ………….word ‘feodum’ which means a ‘fief’ or a piece of land.

A. latin
B. german
C. indian
D. italian
Answer» A. latin
95.

One of the most commonly accepted definition of feudalism is that of the historian, ………….., who calls it the ‘feudal society’.

A. marc bloch
B. j.f. richards
C. constantine
D. arnold toynbee
Answer» A. marc bloch
96.

About 500 AD much of the Western Europe was left without a strong centralized government, due to the breakdown of the ………….Empire.

A. austrian
B. roman
C. spanish
D. portuguese
Answer» B. roman
97.

In the 4th century, Emperor ……………..declared serfdom legal by requiring tenant farmers to pay labour services to their lords.

A. j.f. richards
B. constantine
C. peter abelard
D. roger bacon
Answer» B. constantine
98.

The ……………..system had existed in the entire medieval West Asia is generally identified as the feudal practice.

A. colbertism
B. mercantalistic
C. iqta
D. capitalistic
Answer» C. iqta
99.

……………… was the land granted to the army officials by the rulers of the Islamic empire of the Caliphate, for limited periods, in lieu of regular salary.

A. cherical
B. viruthi
C. mukti
D. iqta
Answer» D. iqta
100.

The holder of the …………….was known as the MUKTI or MUKTA.

A. iqta
B. cherical
C. viruthi
D. uraller
Answer» A. iqta
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