History 90 MCQ
1.The author of ‘On
the origin of Species’
a.
Carl Fuhlrott
b.
Herman Schaffhausen
c.
Charles Darwin
d.
Mary and Louis Leakey
2. The earliest tool
makers
a.
Australopithecus
b.
Homohabilis
c.
Homo recetus
d.
Homo sapiens
3.According to
replacement model, modern humans originated in
a.
Europe
b.
Asia
c.
America
d.
Africa.
4.A site in England
used for planned hunting
a.
Boxgrove
b.
Schoningen
c.
Dolni vestonice
d.
Lascaux
5.A cave site in
Spain
a.
Lazaret
b.
Terra Amata
c.
Altamira
d.
Lascaux
6.The study of
contemporary ethnic groups
a.
Ethnography
b.
Anthroplogy
c.
Archaeology
d.
Anatomy
7.Punch-blade
technique was introduced to make
a.
Spear thowers
b.
bow and arrow
c.
Small chisel like tools
d.
Sewing needles
8.Mesopotamia is now
part of
a.
Egypt
b.
Iraq
c.
Iran
d.
Turkey
9.The first known
language of Mesopotamia
a.Sumerian
b.Akkadian
c.Aramaic
d.Hebrew
10.The region of
Mesopotamia where first cites and writing emerged
a.North-East
b.North
c.South
d.East
11.The god of the
steppe
a.Utnapishtim
b.Inanna
c.Dagon
d.Moon God
12.Royal capital city
of Mesopotamia
a.Susa
b.Uruk
c.Ur
d.Mari
13.The kings of Mari
were
a.Amorites
b.Assyrians
c.Akkadians
d.Armeans
14. Mesopotamian
tablets refer to copper from
a.Cyprus
b.Turkey
c.Syria
d.Lebanon
15.Gilgamesh is said
to have ruled the city of
a.Ur
b.Uruk
c.Mari
d.Susa
16.The sea that
separate Europe and Africa
a.Mediterranean sea
b.Caribbean
c.Caspian Sea
d.Red Sea
17.Principate was
established by
a.Constantine
b.Augustus
c.Justinian
d.Tiberius
18.Transhumance was
widespread in
a.Spain
b.Syria
c.Numidia
d.Palestine
19.The author of
‘Natural History’
a.Pliny
b.Tacitus
c.Olympoidorus
d.Columella
20.The second most
important class in the Roman society
a.Equites
b.Humiliores
c.Middleclass
d.Slaves
21.Roman emperor who
made Christianity ,the official religion
of the Roman Empire
a.Constantine
b.Diocletian
c.Justinian
d.Gallienus
22.Constantine
introduced a gold coin called
a.Solidus
b.Amphorae
c.Colosseum
d.Duces
23.Muhammed migrated to Medina in
a.622
b.632
c.661
d.750
24.Muhammed wanted to
found a community of believers called
a.Hijra
b.Salat
c.Umma
d.Zakat
25.The Dome of the
Rock was built by
a.Ali
b.Uthman
c.Harun-al Rashid
d.Abdul Malik
26.The capital of the
Abbasids
a.Damascus
b.Baghdad
c.Mecca
d.Medina
27.The capital of the
Fatimid Caliphate
a.Cairo
b.Baghdad
c.Gazni
d.Anatolia
28.The Ghaznavid
Sultanate was established by
a.Tughril Beg
b.Alptegin
c.Saladin
d.Malik Shah
29.The author of
al-Qanun fil Tibb(Canon of Medicine )
a.Ibn Sina
b.Abu Nuwaz
c.Rudaki
d.Ibn Nadim
30.The father of New
Persian poetry
a.Umar Khayyam
b.Avicenna
c.Rudaki
d.Firdousi
31.A term which
implied literary and cultural refinement
a.Mutazila
b.Adab
c.Rubai
d.Ghazal
32.Centre of persian
literary life
a.Ghazni
b.Bukhara
c.Samarkhand
d.Baghdad
33.The grand son of
Genghis khan who warned the French ruler LouisIX
a.Mongke
b.Batu
c.Jochi
d.Ogodei
34.The original name
of Genghis Khan
a.Jamuqa
b.Ongkhan
c.Boghurchu
d.Temujin
35.The assembly of
Mongol chieftains
a.Kiyat
b.Quiriltai
c.Kereyits
d.Naiman
36.Sultan Muhammed
who executed Mongol envoys was the ruler of
a.Khwarizm
b.China
c.India
d.Egypt
37.Genghis khan died
in
a.1167
b.1206
c.1227
d.1294
38.The heart of
Mongolian Empire
a.Karakorum
b.Russian steppes
c.Transoxian steppe
d.Pamir mountains
39.Mongol military
unit was called
a.Tumen
b.Anda
c.Noyan
d.Naukar
40.The courier system
of Genghis Khan
a.Ulus
b.Yam
c.Yasa
d.Tama
41.Which tax
collected by the mongols for the maintenance of
courier system
a.Qubcur Tax
b.Qanats
c.Baj Tax
d.Gerege
42.Pope granted the
title of Holy Roman Emperor to
a.Charle Magne
b.Clovis
c.Abbess Hildegard
d.William I
43.Fourth order in
medieval society ?
a.Priests
b.Nobles
c.Peasants
d. New Towns and towns people
44.A lord's estate
was called
a.Manor
b.Cathedral
c.Seignuer
d.Vassal
45.The term which
mean piece of land
a.Fief
b.Serf
c.Guild
d.Monastery
46.The church
collected a tax from the peasants called
a. Tithe
b.Taille
c.Parish
d.Abbey
47.The author of
'Feudal Society'
a.Langland
b.Chaucer
c.Marc Bloc
d.William
48.who ruled England without calling Parliament
a.CharlesI
b.Lois XIII
c.Max Millian
d.Ferdiand
49.The author of 'The
Civilization of the Renaissance Italy'
a.Jacob Burkhardt
b.Peter Burke
c.Thomas More
d.Geoffrey Chaucer
50.A city known by
its great citizens and its wealth
a.Padua
b.Bologna
c.Venice
d.Florence
51.The term
humanities was used by
a.Cicero
b.Petrarch
c.Dante Alighieri
d.Giotto
52.According to
humanists, dark age is
a.5th -9th century
b.9th-11th century
c.11th -14th century
d.15th century
53.Almagest,a work on
astronomy was written by
a.Ptolemy
b.Ibn Sina
c.Al-Razi
d.Ibn-Rushd
54.The professor of
Padua University who dissected the human
body for the first time
a.Donatello
b.Andreas Vesallius
c.Da Vinci
d.Michaelangelo
55.Who invented the printing press
a.Johannes Gutenberg
b.Johannes Kepler
c.Francesco Barbaro
d.Lorenzo Valla
56.Who started the
protestant Reformation in Germany
a.Ulrich Zwingly
b.Jean Calvin
c.Martin Luthur
d.Ignatius Layola
57.The author of De revolutionibus
a.Cassandra Fedele
b.Isabelle d' Este
c.Isaac Newton
d.Copernicus
58.The Inca city
discovered in 1911
a.Machu picchu
b.Teno chtitlan
c.Cuzco
d.Salvador
59.The Arawakian Luckayos lived in
a.Bahamas islands
b.Mexico
c.Brazil
d.Peru
60.Aztecs made artificial islands known as
a.Calmecac
b.Chinampas
c.Tepochcalli
d.Quipu
61.Who planted a Spanish flag in Guanahani in the Bahamas in
1492
a. Christopher Columbus
b.Henry
c.Vasco da Gama
d.Cabral
62.The conquerer of Mexico
a.Francisco Pizaaro
b.Hernan Cortes
c.Montezuma
d.Atahualpa
63.The author of 'Capitalism and Slavery'
a.Eric william
b.Philip II
c.Olaudah Equiano
d.Dona Marino
64.The term 'Industrial Revolution' was used for the first
time by
a.Georges Michelet and Frederich Engels
b.Arnold Toynbee
c.T S Ashton
d.Eric Hobsbawm
65.The centre of triangular trade
a.Coalbrookdale
b.London
c.Manchester
d.Lancashire
66.Blast furnace was invented by
a.Abraham Derby
b.John Wilkinson
c.Thomas Savery
d.Thomas Newcomen
67.Flying shuttle was designed by
a.John Kay
b.James Hargreaves
c.Rihard Arkwright
d.Samuel Compton
68.First steam locomotive ,Rocket,was invented by
a.James Watt
b.Edmund Cartwright
c.Stephenson
d.James Brindley
69.The first railwayline connected the cities of
a.Stockton and
Darlington
b.Liverpool and
Manchester
c.Birmingham and
London
d.Leicestershire and
Derbyshire
70.Who devised an engine called the 'Puffing Devil'
a.Richard Trevthick
b.Ned Ludd
c.Charles Dickens
d.D H Lawrence
71.Croppers destroyed shearing frames in
a.Lancashire
b.Yorkshire
c.St.Peter's Feilds
d.Crystal Palace in
London
72.The Law prohibited the employment of children under the
age of mine in factories
a.Act of 1819
b.Ten Hours Bill in
1847
c.The mines and
colliers Act in 1842
d.Fieldr's factory
Act in 1847
73.The earliest inhabitants of North America came from
a.Asia
b.Europe
c.Australia
d.South America
74.The Great Australian Silence is a lecture made by
a.Wordsworth
b.Rousseau
c.W E H Stanner
d.Henry Reynolds
75.The land purchased by America from France
a.Louisiana
b.Alaska
c.Quebec
d.Georgia
76.Traces of gold were found in
a.Claifornia
b.Canada
c.Torres Starit
Island
d.New Guinea
77.The term 'terra nullius' means
a. Belonging to nobody
b.Meeting place
c.Village
d. Land in the Great Southern Ocean
78.The problem of Indian Administration was a survey
conducted by
a.Lewis Meriam
b.Daniel Paul
c.Thomas Paine
d.Andrew Carnegie
79.The Act which gave native people in reservations the
right to buy land and take loans
a.The Reorganisation Act of 1934
b.Constitition Act of 1982
c.Decalration of Indian Rights of 1954
d.The Act of 1969
80.The capital of the Shoguns
a.Osaka
b.Kyoto
c.Edo
d.Honshu
81.The term Samurai indicate
a. Warrier class
b. Domainal lords
c. Business organization
d. Merchant class
82.The slogan'fukoku kyohei means
a. Rich country,strong army
b. Emperor system
c. Expel Asia
d.Freedom is more precious than order
83.Japan's first railway line was between
a.Tokyo and Yokohama
b.Hiroshima and Nagasaki
c.Osaka adn Kyoto
d.Tokyo and Honshu
84.Who launched the first agitation against Industrial
pollution in 1897
a.Tanaka Shozo
b.Faku zawa Yukichi
c.Miyake Setsurei
d.Ueki Emori
85.The Parliament of Japan
a.Mitsubishi
b.Sumitomo
c.Zaibatsu
d.Diet
86.An influential symposium on 'Overcoming modernity' was
held in
a.1943
b.1945
c.1946
d.1964
87.The first president of the Chinese republic
a.Dr.SunYat Sen
b.Mao Ze Dong
c.Chiang Kai Shek
d.Deng Xiaoping
88.Russo-Japanese war was in
a.1905
b.1911
c.1919
d.1921
89.Sun Yat Sen's programme was called
a.New Democracy
b.Three Principles
c.Great Leap forward movement
d. Socialist man
90.Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in
a.1965
b.1978
c.1989
d.1949
Answers
1.c.Charles Darwin
11.c.Dagon 12.d.Mari 13.a.Amorites 14.a.Cyprus 15.b.Uruk 16.a.Mediterranean Sea
17.Augustus 18.c.Numidia 19.a.Pliny 20.a.Equites 21.a.Constantine 22.a.Solidus
23.a.622 24.c.Umma 25.d.Abdul Malik 26.b.Baghdad 27.a.Cairo 28.b.Alptegin
29.a.Ibn Sina 30.c.Rudaki 31.b.Adab 32.a.Ghazni 33.a.Mongke 34.d.Temujin 35.b.Quriltai 36.a.Khwarizm 37.c.1227 38.a.Karakorum 39.a.Tumen 40.b.Yam
41.a.Qubcur Tax 42.a Charle Magne 43.d.New Towns and towns people 44.a Manor
45.a.Fief 46.a.Tithe 47.c.Marc Bloc 48.a.Charles I 49.a.Jacob Burckhardt 50.d.Florence
51.a.Cicero 52.a.5th-9th century 53.a.Ptolemy 54.b.Andreas Vesalius 55.a.Johannes Gutenberg 56.c.Martin Luthur. 57.d.Copernicus 58.a.Machu picchu 59.a.Bahama islands
60.b.Chinampas
64.a.Georges Michlet and Frederich Engels 65.b.London 66.a.Abraham Derby 67.a.John Kay
68.c.Stephenson 69.a.Stockton to Darlington 70.a.Richard Trevthic 71.b.Yorkshire
72.a.Act of 1819 73.b.Europe 74.c.W.E.H Stanner 75.a.Louisiana purchase 76.a.California
77.a.Belonging to nobody 78.a.Lewis Meriam 79.a.The Reorganization Act of 1934
80.c.Edo