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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) .
| 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 | |
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