Important MCQ-Based Questions for class 11 History chapter-An Empires Across Three Continents
This page consists of Important MCQ questions from chapter-An Empires Across Three Continents uploaded as per the CBSE syllabus and consists of a detailed explanation. Questions are prepared to form the entire chapter-An Empires Across Three Continents to give you effective revision.
Find below MCQ-Based Questions for class 11 History chapter-An Empires Across Three Continents
Important MCQ-based questions History class 11 chapter-An Empires Across Three Continents Set-A
History - MCQ on An Empires Across Three Continents
Class XI
Q.1. What were the Greeks referred to as in old works?
a) Assyrian
b) Spartans
c) Hellenes
d) Mesopotamians
Answer:
(c) They were referred to as Hellenes
Q.2. Rome was a _______________ country.
a) Democratic
b) Secular
c) Republic
d) none of the above
Answer:
(c) Roman government was based on a complex system of elections.
Q.3. When was the Holy Roman Empire founded?
a) 6th century CE
b) 7th century CE c)8th century CE
d) 9th century
Answer:
(d) Holy Roman Empire was founded in the 9th century CE with the support of the Christian Church.
Q.4. When did Prophet Mohammad founded Islam?
a) 5th century
b) 6th century
c) 7th century
d) 8th century
Answer:
(c) Islam was founded in the 7th century.
Q.5. Between which centuries was the Roman Empire taken over by the Arab Empire.
a)7th - 15th century
b) 15th – 17th century
c) 5th – 7th century
d) 1st – 5th century
Answer:
(a) Arab Empire took over the Roman between 7th – 15th centuries.
Q.6. In which century did Genghis Khan and his successors gained control over the erstwhile Roman Empire?
a) 10th century
b) 13th century
c) 11th century
d) 9th century
Answer:
(b) Genghis Khan was a Mongol who gained control of this region.
Q.7. Annals was name give to
a) Canals
b) yearly narratives
c) Documentaries
d) material remains
Answer:
Annals were narratives giving valuable information about Roman Empire on year to year basis.
Q.8. Give some important sources of information about the Roman Empire.
a) Documents on papyrus
b) Inscriptions on stone
c) Texts written by contemporary historians
d) all of the above
Answer:
Roman history has a large collection of sources to construct their history on.
Q.9. Papyrologists are scholars who read sources of history from.
a) Stone inscriptions
b) fossil findings
c) Papyrus
d) none of the above
Answer:
(c) Documents which have survived on papyrus have been published by scholars called papyrologests.
Q.10. Which were the tow most important empires which grew up between 1st century CE and 7th century CE?
a) Mesopotamia and Man
b) Ur and Akkad
c) Rome and Iran
d) none of the above
Answer:
(c) They were also rivals and the most important empires.
Q.11. Which river divided the Roman and the Iranian Empire?
a) Euphrates
b) Nile
c) Danube
d) Rhine
Answer:
(a) Euphrates and the land surrounding it separated the two empires.
Q.12. Which dynasty ruled the Iranian empire?
a) Parthians
b) Sasanians
c) only a
d) both a & b
Answer:
(d) Both these dynasties ruled a population predominantly Iranian.
Q.13. Which language (s) were used in Roman administration
a) Greek
b) Latin
c) Only A
d) both a & b
Answer:
(d) In spite of many languages being spoken in the Roman Empire for administration only Greek and Latin were used.
Q.14. Who was the first Emperor of Roman Empire?
a) Augustus
b) Julies Caesar
c) Alexander
d) Gilgamesh
Answer:
(a) He was the first Emperor in about 27 BCE.
Q.15. Which body of administration was one which was next in importance to the king in Rome?
a) Army
b) Senate
c) People
d) Artisans
Answer:
(b) This was because Senate had existed in Rome from long time and most wealthy and high rank officials were its members.
Q.16. Which Empire had a conscripted army?
a) Rome
b) Mesopotamia
c) Iran
d) none of the above
Answer:
Iran had a army in which people had to give compulsory military service.
Q.17. What size was the Roman army by the 4th century?
a) 100,000
b) 200,000
c) 500,000
d) 600,000
Answer:
(d) The army was the largest single organized body in Rome.
Q.18. Which year in the Roman Empire marked the succession of four emperors to the throne?
a) 49 CE
b) 59 CE
c) 69 CE
d) 79 CE
Answer:
(c) The Roman Empire saw 4 rulers coming to the throne in 69 CE.
Q.19. Who succeeded Augustus as the second emperor of the Roman Empire?
a) Alexander
b) Julius Caesar
c) Tiberius
d) Gilgamesh
Answer:
(c) He was an adopted son of Augustus.
Q.20. The Roman silver coin is known as denarius weighed _________ gm of pure silver.
a) 2 ½
b) 3 ½
c) 4 ½
d) 5 ½
Answer:
(c) This was the weight of the Roman silver coin.
Q.21. All territories of the Roman Empire were organized into.
a) Kingdoms
b) cities
c) provinces
d) states.
Answer:
(c) The whole territory of Roman Empire except Italy was organized into provinces.
Q.22. Which were/ were the biggest urban centres of the Roman Empire?
a) Carthage
b) Alexandria
c) Antioch
d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All these were the biggest urban centres of the Roman Empire.
Q.23. Which Roman Empire consolidated the rise of provincial upper classes to exclude the senators from military command?
a) Gallienus
b) Augustus
c) Tiberius
d) Alexander
Answer:
(a) He removed the military from the influence of senators.
Q.24. Public baths were a striking feature of the.
a) Roman Empire
b) Iranian Empire
c) Mongol
d) Turkish Empire
Answer:
(a) Roman urban life was marked by presence of public path.
Q.25. Entertainment shows called “spectacular happened for at least ______________ days in the Roman urban life.
a) 150
b) 160
c) 167
d) 176
Answer:
(d) Romans enjoyed a much higher level of entertainment.
Q.26. Which year did the Sasanian dynasty come to power?
a) 125
b) 225
c) 325
d) 425
Answer:
(b) it was one of the more aggressive dynasties under whose rule Iran saw great expansion.
Q.27. Which empire did the Sasanian dynasty belong to?
a) Rome
b) Iran
c) Mesopotamia
d) Akkad
Answer:
(b) Sasanian dynasty in Iran led to great expansion of Iranian Empire.
Q.28. Which were the major Germanic tribes(s) which started invading the region under the two empires?
a) Alamanni
c) Franks
c) Goths
d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All these tribes started invading regions between Rhine and Danube Regions.
Q.29. Women in Roman society were primary heir to their _________property
a) husband’s
b) son’s
c) father’s
d) none of these
Answer:
(c) Women retained full right in the property of her natal family.
Q.30. Pompeli an important Roman city destroyed by a volcanic eruption in which year?
a) 59 CE
b) 69 CE
c) 79 CE
d) 89 CE
Answer:
(c) Pompeli shows proof of spread of literacy as its street walls had advertisements written on it
Important MCQ-based questions History class 11 chapter-An Empires Across Three Continents Set-B
Q.31. Which among the following was the language spoken in Egypt in the first few centuries?
a) Punic
b) Berber
c) Aramaic
d) Coptic
Answer:
(d) Due to culture diversities under the Roman and Iranian Empire there were various languages used within their region.
Q.32. Liquids like wire and olive oil were transported for trade purposes in containers called.
a) Dressel
b) Vases
c) Amphorae
d) none of the above
Answer:
(c) This was the name given to containers carrying such substances.
Q.33. Which place in Rome did we find remains of over 50 million vessels in which liquids like oil and wires were transported?
a) Egypt
b) Syria
c) Monte Testaccio
d) Monte Grande
Answer:
(c) this enabled archaeologists to tell us more about trade of these items I those times.
Q.34. Who was the first to capture olive oil markets?
a) Spain
b) N. Africa
c) Turkey
d) Syria
Answer:
Spanish olive oil was circulated widely in the Roman Empire.
Q.35. Where did the Roman Empire get the best kind of wires?
a) Syria
b)
c) Campana in Italy
d) Fayum in Egypt
Answer:
the Best kinds of wire came from Campania
Q.36. Which place(s) exported large quantities of wheat to Rome?
a) Sicily
b) Byzacuim
c) Only a
d) both a & b
Answer:
(d) Both the above exported wheat to Rome.
Q.37. When did Christianity become the state religion of Rome?
a) 1st CE
b) 2nd CE
c) 3rd CE
d) 4th CE
Answer:
(d) It became the state religion on 4th CE.
Q.38. Wage labour had become widespread in many parts of the Mediterranean by the ________
a) 4 CE
b) 5 CE
c) 6 CE
d) 7 CE
Answer:
(c) Slavery was common however wage labour became popular due it being more economically viable.
Q.39. The second most important group in the early part of 4 CE were the.
a) Senators
b) Equities
c) Plebs Sordida
d) none of these
Answer:
(b) they belonged to families who were qualified to serve in the cavalry and were a wealthy group also undertaking business activities.
Q.40. Who became the ruler of the Roman Empire in the early 4 CE?
a) Alexander
b) Pliny
c) Ptolemy
d) Constantine I
Answer:
(d) With Constantine I the late Roman Empire era started.
Q.41. Who was called the ‘humiliates’?
a) Senators
b) lower classes
c) middle classes
d) equities.
Answer:
(b) These were the vast masses of lower classes and were known collectively as the above.
Q.42. What kind of annual income did the aristocracy earn in the early 5 CE?
a) $1,000 of gold
b) $2,000 of gold
c) $3, 000 of gold
d) $4, 000 of gold
Answer:
(d) This was only the income excluding products like grain and wire.
Q.43. Which emperor introduced gold coins in the Roman Empire?
a) Julius Caesar
b) Constantine
c) Augustus
d) None of the above
Answer:
(b) This was a change from the silver coins which were in circulation before his reign.
Q.44. Name one of the powerful bishops who were able to control the strong rule of any emperor with the help of the law of the land.
a) Aristotle
b) Ambrose
c) Ptolemy
d) none of the above
Answer:
(b) Ambrose was one of the strong bishops who was able to control any autocratic rule of the Roman emperor.
Q.45. Who made Christianity his official religion?
a) Alexander
b) Augustus
c) Constantine
d) Nero
Answer:
(c) He made Christianity as state religion in4 CE.
Q.46. Which Roman emperor made a lot of administrative changes between 280 to 305 CE?
a) Diocletian
b) Augustus
c) Constantine
d) Aristotle
Answer:
(a) He made various administrative and military changes to be able to control the vast Roman Empire.
Q.47. What was the solider?
a) a coni of ¼ gm pure gold
b) a column of gold
c) a seal of gold
d) an inscription of gold.
Answer:
(a) Constantine introduced this coin to overcome shortage of silver.
Q.48. What was the earlier name for Constantinople?
a) Akkad
b) Sumer
c) Mesopotamia
d) Byzantium
Answer:
(d) This was the second capital of the Roman Empire established by Constantine
Q.49. What was the contribution of Egypt to the coffers of the Roman Empire ______ of gold?
a) $35 ,000
b) $25, 000
c) $10,000
d) $5,000
Answer:
(a) Due to growth of affluence in the Roman Empire and also in Egypt it was possible to pay such high taxes.
Q.50. Both Greek and Roman cultures were.
a) Polytheists
b) Atheists
c) Christians
d) Islamic
Answer:
(a) The Greek and Romans religion involved a multiplicity of cults and religions.