220+ Stratified Societies- Medieval World Solved MCQs

101.

The ……………system existed in West Asia mainly during the period between 9th and 16th centuries.

A. cherical
B. iqta
C. viruthi
D. devaswam
Answer» B. iqta
102.

IQTA was instituted in Iraq in the mid-………….. century and then spread to Iran in the East and Syria in the West.

A. 4th
B. 5th
C. 7th
D. 10th
Answer» D. 10th
103.

The ………………was a grant of appropriation to a Muslim Officer, entitling him to collect the ‘Kharaj’ from the owner.

A. iqta
B. zakkat
C. viruthi
D. devaswam
Answer» A. iqta
104.

The imperial system in China was strongly established with the forming of the ………………dynasty in the beginning of the 7th century AD.

A. tang
B. song
C. ming
D. manchu
Answer» A. tang
105.

…………….. is said to have entered in its classical phase under the Tang.

A. russia
B. austria
C. spain
D. china
Answer» D. china
106.

The Tang capital of ……………………was one of the greatest commercial and cosmopolitan cities in the contemporary world.

A. manchuria
B. changan
C. harvard
D. austria
Answer» B. changan
107.

In the later period the …………………emperors implemented the ‘Feng-Chien’ system by which trusted officials and imperial relatives were appointed on a permanent basis in the strategic areas of the empire, which in course of time became hereditary.

A. tang
B. chin
C. manchu
D. ming
Answer» A. tang
108.

With the fall of the………………, power once again shifted to the provinces and paved way for the rise of regional kingdoms, known in Chinese history as the period of ‘Five Dynasties’ and ‘Ten Kingdoms’.

A. romanov
B. manchu
C. ming
D. tang
Answer» D. tang
109.

Towards the end of the …………… century the ‘Song’ dynasty gained power over most of China, heralding a period of economic prosperity.

A. 5th
B. 6th
C. 8th
D. 10th
Answer» D. 10th
110.

The ……………….period was followed by the ‘Mongolian Interlude’ in the history of China.

A. song
B. tang
C. ming
D. manchu
Answer» A. song
111.

The last song ruler was overthrown by the Mongol invaders towards the end of the 13th century under their able leader, …………….who declared himself as the ‘emperor of China’.

A. kublai khan
B. peter abelard
C. roger bacon
D. pierre duhem
Answer» A. kublai khan
112.

The ‘Ming’ dynasty was established in …………. which lasted up to 1644.

A. 1368
B. 1378
C. 1389
D. 1432
Answer» A. 1368
113.

China’s last imperialist power was the ‘Qing’ dynasty or the rule of the Manchu kings which lasted from 1644 to…………….

A. 1801
B. 1811
C. 1901
D. 1911
Answer» D. 1911
114.

The feudal period of Japanese history is generally marked between 1185 and …………….. AD.

A. 1768
B. 1798
C. 1859
D. 1868
Answer» D. 1868
115.

The real and practical ruler of the period from 1185 to 1868 in……………….. was the ‘shogun’, who was a military leader with near absolute control.

A. netherlands
B. france
C. japan
D. spain
Answer» C. japan
116.

Much like in the medieval Europe, the ………………distributed to his loyal vassals, called ‘daimyo’.

A. manchu
B. pierre duhem
C. shogun
D. daimyo
Answer» C. shogun
117.

The …………….granted land to their trusted warriors called the ‘Samurais’.

A. taira
B. minamota
C. daimyo
D. pierre duhem
Answer» C. daimyo
118.

The ……………..warriors lived according to a code of conduct known as ‘budhido’ which was even stricter than that prevailed in medieval Europe.

A. austrian
B. japanese
C. spanish
D. portuguese
Answer» B. japanese
119.

A disgraced ………….was expected to perform ‘Seppuku’ or suicide in order to maintain his family’s honour.

A. minamota
B. pierre duhem
C. daimyo
D. samurai
Answer» D. samurai
120.

In the end of the civil war, the Minamota Samurai group came out victorious and they established the first Shogunate – the Kamakura Shogunate, transforming the emperor a name sake ruler, in………….

A. 1155
B. 1165
C. 1178
D. 1185
Answer» D. 1185
121.

The Kamakura period (1185-1333) marked the governance of the Kamakura Shogunate and transition to the medieval period of ……………history.

A. france
B. japan
C. netherlands
D. austria
Answer» B. japan
122.

The ……………..attacked the Japanese islands towards the end of the 13th century.

A. mongols
B. austria
C. spain
D. afghans
Answer» A. mongols
123.

Though the Kamakura Shogunate resists the ……………attack successfully with the help of the Samurai warriors, it led to the downfall of the Shogunate.

A. mongol
B. arabs
C. turks
D. tokugawa
Answer» A. mongol
124.

The Kamakura Shogunate was replaced by the …………….Shogunate, which reasserted the power and dominance of the Samurai class.

A. kamakura
B. tokugawa
C. pierre duhem
D. ashikaga
Answer» D. ashikaga
125.

The troublesome period was overcome by the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate in………….., with Edo (modern Tokyo) as its capital.

A. 1605
B. 1645
C. 1656
D. 1678
Answer» A. 1605
126.

The …………….feudal society was mainly comprised of four different classes – Samurai, Farmers, Artisans and Merchants.

A. chinese
B. european
C. african
D. japanese
Answer» D. japanese
127.

The Samurai class was the land-owning class in …………..and they enjoyed the highest position in the social ladder.

A. japan
B. france
C. netherlands
D. austria
Answer» A. japan
128.

Just below the Samurais of ………….on the social ladder were the Farmers, or the Peasants.

A. netherlands
B. france
C. japan
D. spain
Answer» C. japan
129.

During the reign of the third Tokugava Shogun, …………….., farmers were not allowed to eat any of the rice they grew.

A. iemitsu
B. pierre duhem
C. daimyo
D. minamota
Answer» A. iemitsu
130.

The ethnic minority in the country of ……………called ‘Ainu’.

A. japan
B. austria
C. spain
D. britain
Answer» A. japan
131.

Another class of social out-castes of ………………..was the ‘Hinin’ which included actors, wandering bards and convicted criminals.

A. japan
B. france
C. netherlands
D. china
Answer» A. japan
132.

The …………….feudal society was dominated by the Samurai, a class of highly skilled warriors.

A. japanese
B. african
C. indian
D. burmese
Answer» A. japanese
133.

The ……………..culture was grounded on the concept of the ‘bushido’, the code of conduct, ‘the way of the warrior’.

A. minamota
B. pierre duhem
C. daimyo
D. samurai
Answer» D. samurai
134.

After the ……………..Invasion in the 13th century, the Samurais began to make more use of swords and spears.

A. chinese
B. afghan
C. mongol
D. spanish
Answer» C. mongol
135.

The ………….warriors wore two swords, together called ‘daisho’, the long and the short.

A. samurai
B. pierre duhem
C. tokugawa
D. mosul
Answer» A. samurai
136.

During the period of the ……………..Shogunate the Samurai class lost its earlier power and prestige as it was an era of relative peace.

A. tokugawa
B. pierre duhem
C. mosul
D. ming
Answer» A. tokugawa
137.

The Japanese society was completely remade in the year……………, the event is known as the ‘Meiji Restoration’.

A. 1838
B. 1848
C. 1856
D. 1868
Answer» D. 1868
138.

By 800 AD the economy of medieval Europe began to more stabilize as by that time …………….had conquered southern Mediterranean including Spain, Sicily and southern Italy.

A. afghans
B. mongols
C. arabs
D. japan
Answer» C. arabs
139.

……………. was an institution that reflected a common practice whereby landlords were assured that others worked to feed them.

A. canon law
B. cardinals
C. serfdom
D. clergy
Answer» C. serfdom
140.

Feudalism in Europe evolved from agricultural slavery in the …………..Empire and speared through Europe.

A. german
B. egyptian
C. russian
D. roman
Answer» D. roman
141.

The city of …………….in the Crimea was called the capital of medieval slave trade.

A. cambridge
B. oxford
C. gaffa
D. damascus
Answer» C. gaffa
142.

By the 10th century AD., the Venetians in ………………had started long distance trade with the Byzantine Empire and the Arabs.

A. egypt
B. austria
C. spain
D. italy
Answer» D. italy
143.

……………turned out to be a boom to the Italian economy as they could transport men and goods to Jerusalem, Damascus and Baghdad.

A. crusades
B. renaissance
C. reformation
D. hundred year’s war
Answer» A. crusades
144.

The goods from the Eastern countries were carried on by the ………………traders either through the Red sea route, overland to the Nile or through the Persian Gulf and then to the Black sea region where European ships came to receive the goods.

A. arab
B. chinese
C. british
D. spanish
Answer» A. arab
145.

From the …………..sea region to the Persian Gulf region situated some of the important trading centers of the medieval period like Mocha, Aden, Yemen coast, Muscat etc.

A. blue
B. green
C. yellow
D. red
Answer» D. red
146.

The western most part of the Persian Gulf was Basra on the mouth of the river……………...

A. nila
B. euphrates
C. nile
D. tigris
Answer» D. tigris
147.

Gujarat, Konkan Malabar Coast, Cambay, Surat, Diu, Broach etc were the important trading centers in the Indian sub continent and all these places were connected with the Persian Gulf region especially with………………..

A. harvard
B. bahrain
C. oxford
D. cambridge
Answer» B. bahrain
148.

The Coromondal coast of India connected with the ports of Ceylon on the one side and the port of Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Siam etc. of the South East Asian region along with the ………….ports.

A. british
B. chinese
C. portuguese
D. spanish
Answer» B. chinese
149.

…………….. was founded by north German towns and German mercantile communities to protect their mutual trading interests.

A. the hanseatic league
B. renaissance
C. reformation
D. wolverine
Answer» A. the hanseatic league
150.

………………….was an economic alliance of trading cities and their guilds that dominated trade along the coast of north Europe in the later middle ages.

A. the hanseatic league
B. wolverine
C. reformation
D. renaissance
Answer» A. the hanseatic league
151.

The guilds during the …………………period (300-500) were known as the ‘Shrenia’.

A. vedic
B. maurya
C. harappan
D. gupta
Answer» D. gupta
152.

All those guilds in Japan were swept away in the Meiji restoration of………………

A. 1848
B. 1858
C. 1868
D. 1886
Answer» C. 1868
153.

The first recorded observations of comets, solar eclipses and supernova were made in…………….

A. switzerland
B. belgium
C. china
D. portugal
Answer» C. china
154.

Ceramic movable type printing was developed by Bi Sheng in the ……………….century.

A. 9th
B. 10th
C. 11th
D. 12th
Answer» C. 11th
155.

One of the most important military treatises of all ……………..history was ‘Hua Long Jing’ written by Jiao Yu in the 14th century, which provides the details of gun powder use and related weapons.

A. american
B. japanese
C. british
D. chinese
Answer» D. chinese
156.

The two most important scientists of the medieval …………..were Shen Kuo and Subsistence Song; both lived in the 11th century.

A. china
B. syria
C. baghdad
D. iraq
Answer» A. china
157.

……………., a Polymath scientist and statesman was the first to describe the magnetic needle compass used for navigation.

A. shen kuo
B. jiao yu
C. bi sheng
D. wang zhen
Answer» A. shen kuo
158.

……………. discovered the concept of ‘true north’ and improved the design of ‘armillary sphere’.

A. shen kuo
B. bi sheng
C. jiao yu
D. wang zhen
Answer» A. shen kuo
159.

……………….was a polymath and astronomer, who created a celestial atlas of star maps and prepared a pharmaceutical treatise with related subjects of botany, zoology, mineralogy and metallurgy.

A. subsistence song
B. shen kuo
C. jiao yu
D. wang zhen
Answer» A. subsistence song
160.

………..had erected a large astronomical Clock Tower in Kaifeng city in 1088 AD.

A. bi sheng
B. subsistence song
C. jiao yu
D. wang zhen
Answer» B. subsistence song
161.

………………of 11th century proposed the idea that rainbows were the result of the contacts between sunlight and moisture in the air, while Shen Kuo expanded upon this with the description of atmospheric refraction.

A. sun sikong
B. bi sheng
C. subsistence song
D. jiao yu
Answer» A. sun sikong
162.

Arab astronomers worked in the Chinese Astronomical Bureau established by ……

A. roger bacon
B. al-batari
C. peter abelard
D. kublai khan
Answer» D. kublai khan
163.

The Chinese mathematician, ……………..of 13th century had criticised earlier mathematicians who were content with using methods, without working out their theoretical origins and principles.

A. yang hui
B. gaozong
C. subsistence song
D. kublai khan
Answer» A. yang hui
164.

Emperor Gaozong of 7th century of ……………dynasty had commissioned a scholarly compilation of a ‘materia medica’.

A. romanov
B. manchu
C. ming
D. tang
Answer» D. tang
165.

The scholar official ………………..of 11th century, in his ‘Bencao Tujing’ not only systematically categorized herbs and minerals according to their pharmaceutical uses, but regions they could be found.

A. grosesteste
B. gaozong
C. al-tusi
D. subsistence song
Answer» D. subsistence song
166.

The growth of …………….industry during the 11th century paved way for vast deforestation due to the use of charcoal in the smelting process.

A. iron
B. steel
C. wood
D. metal
Answer» A. iron
167.

As a part of the search for remedy of the problem of deforestation, the ……………..discovered how to produce cake from bituminous coal as a substitute for charcoal.

A. chinese
B. belgium
C. portuguese
D. spanish
Answer» A. chinese
168.

Progress in methodology with the beginning of experiments was started by …………….on optics from 1000 CE in his ‘Book of Optics”.

A. pierre duhem
B. al-batari
C. al-razi
D. al hazen
Answer» D. al hazen
169.

………………is generally regarded as the ‘father of optics’ especially for his empirical proof of the intromission theory of light.

A. al hazen
B. al-batari
C. al-razi
D. pierre duhem
Answer» A. al hazen
170.

Ibn Musa of Khwarismi, the ……………..mathematician developed the concept of ‘algoritham’.

A. belgian
B. persian
C. portuguese
D. spanish
Answer» B. persian
171.

In astronomy, …………..improved the measurements of Hipparchus.

A. al battari
B. thomas aquinas
C. robert grosseteste
D. pierre duhem
Answer» A. al battari
172.

……………translated Ptolemy’s ‘The Great Treatise’ into Arabic with the new title ‘Almagest’.

A. al battari
B. thomas aquinas
C. robert grosseteste
D. peter abelard
Answer» A. al battari
173.

………………… is considered by many to be the ‘father of chemistry’.

A. jabbir ibn hayyam
B. thomas aquinas
C. robert grosseteste
D. none of these
Answer» A. jabbir ibn hayyam
174.

…………….introduced the empirical method to Europe is said to have influenced greatly by the Arab scientists.

A. roger bacon
B. omar khayyam
C. thomas aquinas
D. robert grosseteste
Answer» A. roger bacon
175.

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) is regarded as the most influential scientist and philosopher of………………..

A. switzerland
B. belgium
C. arabia
D. portugal
Answer» C. arabia
176.

The introduction of clinical pharmacology was the contribution of……………….

A. avicenna
B. thomas aquinas
C. robert grosseteste
D. peter abelard
Answer» A. avicenna
177.

…………………..’s two most important works in medicine are the ‘Book of Healing’ and the ‘Canon of Medicine’, both used as the standard medicinal texts in both the Arab world and Europe for a long time.

A. averroes
B. aristotle
C. plato
D. avicenna
Answer» D. avicenna
178.

The Greek Scholar ……………had established the fundamentals of the Unani on which the Arab physicians like Rhaza in 10th century and Avicenna in the 11th century constructed an imposing edifice.

A. galen
B. aristotle
C. plato
D. avicenna
Answer» A. galen
179.

The science in West Asia began its decline by the 13th century itself mainly due to the ……………..attacks on the entire Arab world.

A. british
B. mongol
C. portuguese
D. spanish
Answer» B. mongol
180.

Around 800, ……………….assisted by the English monk Alcuin of York undertook what has come to be known as the ‘Carolingian Renaissance’, a programme of cultural revitalization and educational reforms.

A. charlemagne
B. avicenna
C. averroes
D. thomas aquinas
Answer» A. charlemagne
181.

By the 12th century centers of learning known as the ……………..sprang up across western Europe, drawing scholars from different fields and mixing the knowledge of the ancient Greeks with the new discoveries of the Arab philosophers and scientists.

A. madrasas
B. universities
C. salais
D. stadium generals
Answer» D. stadium generals
182.

The logic studies by …………….of Ockham led him to postulate specific formulation of the principle of ‘parsimony’ known as the ‘Ochan’s Razor’.

A. william
B. peter abelard
C. roger bacon
D. nilakanta somayaji
Answer» A. william
183.

…………….developed the theory of impetus which was the first step towards the modern concept of ‘inertia’.

A. jean buridan
B. thomas b wardine
C. varahamihira
D. thomas aquinas
Answer» A. jean buridan
184.

………………. stated that the earth moves and not the heaven.

A. nicole ores me
B. nilakanta somayaji
C. jean buridan
D. avicenna
Answer» A. nicole ores me
185.

………………… was the first to assume that colour and light are of the same nature and the discoverer of the curvature of light through atmospheric refraction.

A. ramanuja
B. varahamihira
C. nicole ores me
D. nilakanta somayaji
Answer» C. nicole ores me
186.

In the year………………., the ‘Black Death’ and other disasters sealed a sudden end of the period of scientific and philosophic development in medieval Europe.

A. 1338
B. 1348
C. 1368
D. 1378
Answer» B. 1348
187.

The rediscovery of the ancient classics was improved after the fall of………………., which led to the opening of the modern period and the Renaissance in Europe.

A. oxford
B. constantinople
C. belgium
D. switzerland
Answer» B. constantinople
188.

……………… astronomy became an established tradition by the first millennium BC, when ‘Jyotisha Vedanga’ took shape.

A. indian
B. portuguese
C. spanish
D. britain
Answer» A. indian
189.

The ‘Sulba Sutra’ of …………….millennium BC contains mathematical applications used for altar construction.

A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
Answer» A. first
190.

The ‘Panchaka Sidhanta’ of ……………….of 505 BC approximates the method for the determination of the meridian direction from any three positions of the shadow.

A. varahamihira
B. ramanuja
C. nilakanta somayaji
D. aryabhatta
Answer» A. varahamihira
191.

Ancient ……………….had kept a ‘Panchanga’ for calculation of ‘Tithi’ or the lunar day, ‘varna’ or the week day, ‘nakshatra’ or asterism for social and religious events.

A. portugal
B. belgium
C. switzerland
D. india
Answer» D. india
192.

Aryabhatta of ……………. century AD, author of ‘Aryabattiya’ and ‘Aryabhata Sidhanta’, was the significant astronomer of early medieval India.

A. 3rd
B. 4th
C. 5th
D. 6th
Answer» D. 6th
193.

………………….’s ‘Panchasidhantika’ is a treatise drawing from several knowledge systems.

A. roger bacon
B. ramanuja
C. peter abelard
D. varahamihira
Answer» D. varahamihira
194.

Brahmagupta of ……………..century wrote ‘Bramasphuta Sidhanta’ which dealt with both Indian mathematics and astronomy.

A. 4th
B. 5th
C. 6th
D. 7th
Answer» D. 7th
195.

‘Bramasphuta Sidhanta’ was translated into Arabic in ……………..about 771 and had a profound impact on Arabic mathematics and astronomy.

A. baghdad
B. oxford
C. cambridge
D. tokyo
Answer» A. baghdad
196.

In ‘Khandakhadhyaka’, ……………….reinforced Aryabhatta’s idea of another day beginning at mid-night.

A. nilakanta somayaji
B. ramanuja
C. dante
D. brahmagupta
Answer» D. brahmagupta
197.

………………of 8th century, the authority of ‘Sishyadi Vridhita’ discusses the planetary calculations, rising and settings of the planets, planetary and asteral conjunctions and complementary situations of the sun and the moon.

A. lalla
B. dante
C. nilakanta somayaji
D. varahamihira
Answer» A. lalla
198.

………………..of the 12th century authored two important astronomical works: ‘Sidhanta Siromani’ and ‘Karana Kuttuhala’.

A. varahamihira
B. nilakanta somayaji
C. bhaskara ii
D. brahmagupta
Answer» C. bhaskara ii
199.

……………….was the head of the observatory at Ujjain.

A. bhaskara ii
B. peter abelard
C. roger bacon
D. nilakanta somayaji
Answer» A. bhaskara ii
200.

Mahendra Suri of 14th century wrote the astronomical work called ‘Yantra Raja’ in verse in……………….

A. tamil
B. malayalam
C. sanskrit
D. hindi
Answer» C. sanskrit
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