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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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