Important MCQ-Based Questions for class 11 History chapter-Writing and city life
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Important MCQ-based questions History class 11 chapter-Writing and city life Set-A
History - MCQ on Writing and city life
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Q.1. Which place did city life begins:
a) India
b) Mesopotamia
c) America
d) France
Answer:
(b) city Life began in Mesopotamia
Q.2. Which two rivers flow along the region earlier called Mesopotamia?
a) Ganga and yamuna
b) Tigris and Euphrates
c) Thames and Tyne
d) Indus and Ganga
Answer:
(b) Mesopotamia is the land between these two rivers which is now part of Republic of Iraq.
Q.3. Which book do we find mention of Mesopotamia as ‘Shinar’
a) Rig Veda
b) Old Testament
c) New Testament
d) None of the above.
Answer:
(b) Mesopotamia was important city for Europeans due to its mention as ‘Shinar’ is the Old Testament.
Q.4. Which character of Mesopotamian tradition equates to that of Noah of Christian tradition?
a) Jesus
b) Indra
c) Shinar
d) Zinsudra
Answer:
(d) Zinsudra or Utnapishton was the character of Mesopotamian history which equates to Noah who built an ark to save species of the world from the Flood.
Q.5. What are the other names by which S. Mesopotamia is referred to in historical research?
a) Sumer
b) Akkad
c) Babylon
d) All of the above.
Answer:
(d) Southern Mesopotamia came to be referred as the above names when it slowly gained importance in about 2000 B.C.
Q.6. When did agriculture start in Mesopotamia?
a) 7000-6000 BCE
b) 5000 – 6000 BCE
c) 4000 – 5000 BCE
d) 3000 – 4000 BCE
Answer:
(a) Agriculture developed in Iraq (Mesopotamia) at this time due to the fertility of land and the silt brought by the rivers.
Q.7. Which country does Mesopotamia relate to?
a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Syria
d) Israel
Answer:
(b) Iraq is the country that Mesopotamia relates to.
Q.8. Of all the ancient systems which one was the most productive?
a) Roman Empire
b) Indus Valley
c) S. Mesopotamia
d) None of the above.
Answer:
(c) It was the most productive due to the silt being brought by the rivers and use of channel system.
Q.9. Earliest cities of Mesopotamia date back to the:
a) Copper age
b) Iron age
c) Bronze age
d) None of these
Answer:
(c) These cities date back to Bronze Age about 3000 BCE
Q.10. Bronze is made of:
a) Copper and tin
b) tin and iron
c) iron only
d) Copper and Iron
Answer:
(a) Bronze is an alloy and was used to make metal tools.
Q.11. What are the main features of the growth of a city?
a) Large population
b) division of labour
c) Social organization
d) All of the above.
Answer:
(d) Growth of cities depend on all the above factors.
Q.12. In spite of its rich agricultural and animal produce Mesopotamia lacked in:
a) Milk Products
b) Irrigation facilities
c) Mineral resources
d) all of the above
Answer:
(c) Inspite of having rich food resources Mesopotamians had to import stone, wood and metal from outside.
Q.13. When writing was first used in Mesopotamia
a) 2200 BCE
b) 3200 BCE
c) 4200 BCE
d) 5200 BCE
Answer:
(b) Mesopotamian tablets were first written around 3200 BCE.
Q.14. What led to the development of writing?
a) need to talk
b) need to write books
c) need to record economic transactions
d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) When a society involved in trade, interactions, transaction required to keep record of the transactions writing was developed.
Q.15. Mesopotamians wrote on tablets:
a) Stone
b) clay
c) metal
d) wood
Answer:
(b) They wrote on tablets of clay.
Q.16. By the year 2600 BCE which language was used by the Mesopotamians?
a) Persian
b) Sumerian
c) Sanskrit
d) Latin
Answer:
(b) Sumerian was the earliest known language of the Mesopotamians.
Q.17. Sumerian language was replaced by which language:
a) Sanskrit
b) Latin
c) Roman
d) Akkadian
Answer:
(d) By 2400 BCE Akkadian replaced Sumerian language
Q.18. What does cuneiform mean ?
a) Wedge shape
b) rectangle shape
c) Oval shape
d) round shape
Answer:
(a) It is derived from Latin words meaning wedge shaped.
Q.19. Mesopotamians were not educated lot. Why:
a) The language was complex
b) hundreds of signs to learn
c) language not known
d) None of the above
i) only an ii) only a & b
iii) only c iv) only d
Answer:
(b) This was a skilled craft and required enormous intellectual achievement.
Q.20. Who was one of the earliest rulers of the city of Uruk ?
a) Ashoka
b) Julius Caesar
c) Enamerkar
d) Non of the above
Answer:
(c) Uruk was one of the best cities of Mesopotamia
Q.21. How do we come to know about city life, trade and writing during the Mesopotamian times?
a) Through temple scriptures
b) Through a Sumerian epic poem
c) Through Indian sources
d) None of the above
Answer:
(b) This poem was about Enmerkar one of the earliest rulers of Uruk.
Q.22. What was a sign of superiority for the Mesopotamian culture?
a) Money
b) Trade
c) City
d) Writing
Answer:
d) Writing are of the important achievements of Mesopotamians was seen as a sign of their superiority.
Q.23. Since what time did the major cities of Mesopotamia start developing in its Southern region?
a) 10,000 BCE
b) 8,000 BCE
c) 6,000 BCE
d) 5,000 BCE
Answer:
d) Cities started developing from 5,000 BCE.
Q.24. Cities developed around which important centres.
a) Temples
b) Trading regions
c) Imperial Centres
d) All of the above
Answer:
d) Mesopotamian cities developed around the above centres.
Q.25. Which were the two important Gods of the Mesopotamians?
a) Moon God
b) Goddess of Love & war
c) Only A
b) Both A & B
Answer:
d) Moon God of Ur or Goddess of love and war were the main deities.
Q.26. Who was Inanna?
a) Moon God
b) Goddess of love and War
c) God of wind
d) None of the above
Answer:
b) Goddess of love and war was called Inanna
Q.27. God was considered to be the theoretical owner of
a) Fields
b) Fishes
c) Herds
d) All of the above
Answer:
d) God was the focus of worship and considered the owner of the all the above
Q.28. What activities were carried out in the Mesopotamian temples apart from the worship of God?
a) Oil pressing
b) Grain grinding
c) Spinning and weaving of woollen cloth
d) None of the above
Answer:
d) All the above activities were undertaken in the temples.
Q.29. What were the major problems faced in agriculture by the Mesopotamians?
a) Flooding of Euphrates
b) Changing of course by the Euphrates.
c) People living upstream did not leave water for fields down streams
d) All of the above
Answer:
d) In spite of natural fertility the Mesopotamians faced the above problems.
Q.30. Unik was also known to be one of the earliest
a) Education town
b) Imperial town
c) Temple town
d) Trade town
Answer:
c) Unik rapidly grew into a huge temple town.
Important MCQ-based questions History class 11 chapter-Writing and city life Set-B
Q.31. Unik grew into an enormous size of
a) 100 hectares
b) 200 hectares
c) 150 hectares
d) 250 hectares.
Answer:
d) Unik grew into 250 hectares twice the size of Mohenjodaro.
Q.32. Around what time did Unik see such a development?
a) 1000 BCE
b) 2000 BCE
c) 3000 BCE
d) 4000 BCE
Answer:
c) In about 3000 BCE unik grew as a large temple town.
Q.33. What was a compulsory duty of the local people?
a) Agriculture tax
b) Work for the priest
c) Work for the ruler or temple
d) Trade tax
Answer:
(c) Local people were put to work for the temple or directly for the ruler and it was compulsory.
Q.34. Locals and war captives who were put to work were paid __________
a) Coins
b) Food
c) Rations
d) None of the above
Answer:
Q.35. Around 3000 BCE which technical advances did Unik See ?
a) Bronze tools
b) Construction of brick columns
c) Potter’s wheel
d) All of the above
Answer:
d) These were the many technical advances that Unik saw in that period.
Q.36. Stone slabs with inscriptions or carvings are called.
a) Steles
b) Wins
c) Tools
d) Inscriptions
Answer:
a) Steles are one of the important sources of information.
Q.37. What was taken as mark of a city dweller’s position in public life ?
a) Coins
b) Steles
c) Seals
d) None of the above
Answer:
c) It used to work as mark of authenticity and a mark of the city dwellers role in public life.
Q.38. Large amount of riches buried with kings and queens at Ur. Proves.
a) They were very rich
b) They had earned a status
c) A ruling elite had evolved
d) None of the above.
Answer:
c) It also proves that a small section of society had a major share of wealth.
Q.39. Mesopotamian society was based in
a) Nuclear family
b) Joint family
c) Separated family
d) None of the above
Answer:
a) The nuclear family was a norm of the Mesopotamian society.
Q.40. Did girls in the Mesopotamian society have a right on their property ?
a) Yeas
b) No
c) Can’t say
d) Only boys
Answer:
a) At the time of marriage fathers gave the share of property due to girls to them.
Q.41. What one major feature was not there in the town planning of Ur in comparison to Mohenjodaro ?
a) Ruling class
b) Town planning
c) Poetry
d) None of the above
Answer:
b) Town planning was something which was absent in the town of Ur.
Q.42. In the 2000 BCE which of the following cities flourished as the royal capital of Mesopotamia.
a) Ur
b) Man
c) Mohenjodaro
d) Kalibangan
Answer:
b) Man was the royal capital that developed in around 2000 BCE.
Q.43. Regions upstream the Euphrates River was mostly used for.
a) Agriculture
b) Irrigation
c) Pasteurising of sheep and goats
d) Trade activities
Answer:
c) Communities in the Man kingdoms were although both farmers and pastoralists. They were mostly pastoralists.
Q.44. Kings of Man city belong to which clan.
a) Akkadians
b) Amorites
c) Assyrians
d) Aramaeans
Answer:
b) Kings of the Man city of Mesopotamian civilization belonged to the Amorites
Q.45. What was the name of Man God of the steppe ?
a) Inanna
b) Gilganesh
c) Dagan
d) Indra
Answer:
b) Temples were made at man for Dagan. Who were respected by the Amorite Man kings although being Mesopotamian Gods.
Q.46. Man had trade relations with which other countries ?
a) Turkey
b) Syria
c) Lebanon
d) All of the above
Answer:
d) Located on the Euphrates is a prime trade location they carried out trade with all the above.
Q.47. Where did Man city got its supply of copper.
a) Turkey
b) Cyrus
c) Lebanon
d) India
Answer:
b) Cyrus referred to as “Alashiya” on Man stone tablets were where they got copper from.
Q.48. Some important scientific contributions of the Mesopotamians to use are.
a) Division of year in months
b) Division of month in to weeks
c) Division of day into hours
d) All of the above
Answer:
d) All these were the contribution of the Mesopotamians to the new world.
Q.49. Which Assyrian king had left a vast library telling about the history, epics, and poems of Babylon ?
a) Assurbanipal
b) Enmekrar
c) Gilganesh
d) None of the above
Answer:
a) He was an Assyrian king who were immigrants but acknowledged Babylon as centre of high culture.
Q.50. In which age did the Assyrians crate an empire stretching till Egypt ?
a) Stone Age
b) Bronze Age
c) Mesolithic Age
d) Iron Age
Answer:
d) Assyrians created an empire which reached its peak between 7202 and 610 BCE.
Q.51. Who was the next ruler controlled Babylon after the rule of Assyrians.
a) Nabopolassar
b) Assurbanipal
c) Alexander
d) None of the above
Answer:
a) In 625 BCE Nabopolassar released Babylon from Assyrian dominstion.
Q.52. When did the Achaemenids of Iran conquer Babylon
a) 639 BCE
b) 539 BCE
c) 439 BCE
d) 339 BCE
Answer:
b) They conquered Babylon in 539 BCE.
Q.53. When did Alexander conquer Babylon ?
a) 231 BCE
b) 331 BCE
c) 431 BCE
d) 531 BCE
Answer:
b) Alexander conquered Babylon in 331 BCE.
Q.54. Who was the last ruler of free Babylon ?
a) Alexander
b) Assurbanipal
c) Dagan
d) Nabonidus
Answer:
d) Nabonides was the last ruler of free Babylon.
Q.55. When was the cuneiform script used by Mesopotamians deciphered?
a) 1950
b) 1850
c) 1750
d) 1650
Answer:
b) The script was deciphered in the 1850’s