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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) .
| 51. |
Who is the author of “ The History of the world conqueror”? |
| A. | annemarie schimmel |
| B. | clifford edmund bosworth |
| C. | gust af john ramstedt |
| D. | john andrew boyle |
| Answer» D. john andrew boyle | |
| 52. |
Who is known as the father of modern medicine? |
| A. | erastosthense |
| B. | eucilid |
| C. | hippocrates |
| D. | pythagores |
| Answer» C. hippocrates | |
| 53. |
Marco polo,Venetian traveler,travelled from Venice to China and Japan in : |
| A. | 1285-90 |
| B. | 1288-93, |
| C. | 1290-96 |
| D. | 1295-1301 |
| Answer» C. 1290-96 | |
| 54. |
Which of the following wonder of the ancient world ? |
| A. | the statue of jupiter zeus at olympia |
| B. | the colloseum of rome |
| C. | the leading tower of pisa |
| D. | the mosque at st sophia |
| Answer» A. the statue of jupiter zeus at olympia | |
| 55. |
Who is considered as the master of Greek comedy ? |
| A. | aeschylus |
| B. | sophocles |
| C. | aristophanes |
| D. | philip |
| Answer» C. aristophanes | |
| 56. |
The great wall of China built by |
| A. | li-tai – pu |
| B. | shih huanh-ti |
| C. | lao-tze |
| D. | confucius. |
| Answer» B. shih huanh-ti | |
| 57. |
Which was not an Roman philosopher? |
| A. | cicero |
| B. | seneca |
| C. | lucretius |
| D. | octavian |
| Answer» D. octavian | |
| 58. |
Who were everyday citizens of Rome ? |
| A. | plebians |
| B. | patricians |
| C. | senator |
| D. | consuls |
| Answer» A. plebians | |
| 59. |
What was the public market place in Greece? |
| A. | agora |
| B. | athens |
| C. | sparta |
| D. | acropolis |
| Answer» A. agora | |
| 60. |
Who proclaimed first crusade? |
| A. | alexios i kommeons |
| B. | pope clement |
| C. | fabian |
| D. | dionysius |
| Answer» A. alexios i kommeons | |
| 61. |
When did Julius Ceaser die ? |
| A. | 44 bce |
| B. | 41 bce |
| C. | 64 bce |
| D. | 43 bce. |
| Answer» A. 44 bce | |
| 62. |
The city of Constantinople is now called ……….. |
| A. | isthanbul |
| B. | iraq |
| C. | lebanon |
| D. | jerusalem |
| Answer» A. isthanbul | |
| 63. |
What do Epi Pleolithic mean? |
| A. | early paleolithic |
| B. | middle paleolith |
| C. | c later paleolithic |
| D. | upper paleoilithic. |
| Answer» A. early paleolithic | |
| 64. |
Which age first witnessed the use of metal ? |
| A. | paleolithic |
| B. | neolith |
| C. | c mesolithic |
| D. | chalcolithic |
| Answer» B. neolith | |
| 65. |
What crop did not grow well in ancient Greece? |
| A. | figs |
| B. | grapes |
| C. | olive |
| D. | grapes. |
| Answer» D. grapes. | |
| 66. |
Why was the great wall of China built ? |
| A. | as a marker of china’s borders |
| B. | to keep out enemies |
| C. | to keep chinese people from visiting other lands . |
| D. | to be a fence to keep all the animals from straying . |
| Answer» B. to keep out enemies | |
| 67. |
Which year occurred first? |
| A. | 2000 |
| C. | b. 1250 b c c 1500 b c |
| D. | 1000 b c |
| Answer» D. 1000 b c | |
| 68. |
The force that initiates evolution is…………………… |
| A. | variation |
| B. | mutation |
| C. | extinction |
| D. | adaptation |
| Answer» C. extinction | |
| 69. |
ln which one of the following places the centre of stone tool manufacture is found? |
| A. | mehbubangar |
| B. | malabrabha |
| C. | isampus |
| D. | palaghat |
| Answer» C. isampus | |
| 70. |
The Romaka Siddantha in Indian astronomy shows signs of ….. |
| A. | greek influence |
| B. | mesopotamian influence |
| C. | babylonian influence |
| D. | egyptian influence |
| Answer» C. babylonian influence | |
| 71. |
Where the first Paleolithic tools found in India? |
| A. | hallur |
| B. | kurnool |
| C. | pallavaram |
| D. | tekkalkota |
| Answer» D. tekkalkota | |
| 72. |
In which area the Neolithic man lived in underground pits? |
| A. | karnataka |
| B. | assam |
| C. | kashmir |
| D. | madhya pradesh |
| Answer» C. kashmir | |
| 73. |
The hominoid fossils of Hathnora is…… |
| A. | ho*mo erectus |
| B. | ho*mo habils |
| C. | homosapiens |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. ho*mo erectus | |
| 74. |
The burial practice was started by…….. |
| A. | ho*mo sapiens |
| B. | ho*mo erectus |
| C. | ho*mo neanderthalenism |
| D. | ho*mo habils. |
| Answer» C. ho*mo neanderthalenism | |
| 75. |
Fossil evidence of Homoerectus was discovered at which one of the following sites? |
| A. | altamira |
| B. | choukoutein |
| C. | fayum lake |
| D. | st acheul |
| Answer» B. choukoutein | |
| 76. |
Which of the following sites in central Asia has yielded the largest number of copper hoard implements? |
| A. | kayantha |
| B. | pondi |
| C. | gungeria |
| D. | maheswar |
| Answer» C. gungeria | |
| 77. |
In 2001 was found a complete fossilized human baby skull from …….. |
| A. | bhimbetka |
| B. | damdama |
| C. | mahadha |
| D. | sarai nahar rai |
| Answer» B. damdama | |
| 78. |
Which of the following sites has yielded an ivory pendent from the microlithic context? |
| A. | bagor |
| B. | damdama |
| C. | nahadaha |
| D. | sarai nahar rai |
| Answer» B. damdama | |
| 79. |
Jhukar culture was discovered at which one of the following sites? |
| A. | anjira |
| B. | chanhu-daro |
| C. | kulli |
| D. | ranaghyndai |
| Answer» B. chanhu-daro | |
| 80. |
In India the earliest archaeological remains of hearth has been found from? |
| A. | bilasurgam |
| B. | hunsgi |
| C. | bhimbetka |
| D. | mahagara |
| Answer» A. bilasurgam | |
| 81. |
Where have human fossils found in situ with Paleolithic tools? |
| A. | attirampakam |
| B. | bhimbetka |
| C. | didwana |
| D. | hathnora |
| Answer» D. hathnora | |
| 82. |
Which of the following is not a Neolithic site? |
| A. | brahmagiri |
| B. | sanganakallu |
| C. | arikamedu |
| D. | piklihal |
| Answer» C. arikamedu | |
| 83. |
Which of the following sites was the first to yield the evidence of painted grey ware? |
| A. | ahichchatra |
| B. | atranjikhera |
| C. | hastinapur |
| D. | sravasti |
| Answer» A. ahichchatra | |
| 84. |
In the recent past which of the site yielded the evidence of a fossilized human baby-skull? |
| A. | bori |
| B. | hathnora |
| C. | lakhania |
| D. | odai |
| Answer» D. odai | |
| 85. |
Which of the following Neolithic archaeological sites in not known for ash- mounds? |
| A. | utnur |
| B. | pallavoy |
| C. | kupgal |
| D. | burzahom |
| Answer» A. utnur | |
| 86. |
The earliest evidence of transition from hunting and foodgatheringto animal domestication and agriculture in Indian subcontinent has been found at……….. |
| A. | anjira |
| B. | damb sadat |
| C. | kile gul muhamm |
| D. | d mehrgarh |
| Answer» B. damb sadat | |
| 87. |
Which of the following objects are known from the Copper -hoard sites? |
| A. | anthropomorphic figures |
| B. | antennae swords |
| C. | harpoons |
| D. | flat celts |
| Answer» C. harpoons | |
| 88. |
China is located in the continent of: |
| A. | africa |
| B. | asia |
| C. | europe |
| D. | north america |
| Answer» B. asia | |
| 89. |
Which among the following called gift of nile? |
| A. | china |
| B. | india |
| C. | egypt |
| D. | iraq . |
| Answer» C. egypt | |
| 90. |
Who was the last Emperor of Rome? |
| A. | nero |
| B. | cesare |
| C. | romulus august ulus |
| D. | julius |
| Answer» C. romulus august ulus | |
| 91. |
Which mountains Volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 A D |
| A. | mount pele |
| B. | mount tamura |
| C. | mount etna |
| D. | mount vesuvius . |
| Answer» D. mount vesuvius . | |
| 92. |
Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade |
| A. | rome |
| B. | venice |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | vienna |
| Answer» C. jerusalem | |
| 93. |
Who is considered first pope of Christianity |
| A. | st peter |
| B. | st linus |
| C. | st evaristus |
| D. | st alexander i |
| Answer» A. st peter | |
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