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This section includes 2981 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1501. |
Arab astronomers worked in the Chinese Astronomical Bureau established by …… |
| A. | roger bacon |
| B. | al-batari |
| C. | peter abelard |
| D. | kublai khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1502. |
………..had erected a large astronomical Clock Tower in Kaifeng city in 1088 AD. |
| A. | bi sheng |
| B. | subsistence song |
| C. | jiao yu |
| D. | wang zhen |
| Answer» C. jiao yu | |
| 1503. |
……………….was a polymath and astronomer, who created a celestial atlas of star maps and prepared a pharmaceutical treatise with related subjects of botany, zoology, mineralogy and metallurgy. |
| A. | subsistence song |
| B. | shen kuo |
| C. | jiao yu |
| D. | wang zhen |
| Answer» B. shen kuo | |
| 1504. |
……………. discovered the concept of ‘true north’ and improved the design of‘armillary sphere’. |
| A. | shen kuo |
| B. | bi sheng |
| C. | jiao yu |
| D. | wang zhen |
| Answer» B. bi sheng | |
| 1505. |
……………., a Polymath scientist and statesman was the first to describe themagnetic needle compass used for navigation. |
| A. | shen kuo |
| B. | jiao yu |
| C. | bi sheng |
| D. | wang zhen |
| Answer» B. jiao yu | |
| 1506. |
The two most important scientists of the medieval …………..were Shen Kuo and Subsistence Song; both lived in the 11th century. |
| A. | china |
| B. | syria |
| C. | baghdad |
| D. | iraq |
| Answer» B. syria | |
| 1507. |
One of the most important military treatises of all ……………..history was ‘HuaLong Jing’ written by Jiao Yu in the 14th century, which provides the details of gun powder use and related weapons. |
| A. | american |
| B. | japanese |
| C. | british |
| D. | chinese |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1508. |
Ceramic movable type printing was developed by Bi Sheng in the……………….century. |
| A. | 9th |
| B. | 10th |
| C. | 11th |
| D. | 12th |
| Answer» D. 12th | |
| 1509. |
The first recorded observations of comets, solar eclipses and supernova were made in……………. |
| A. | switzerland |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | china |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» D. portugal | |
| 1510. |
All those guilds in Japan were swept away in the Meiji restoration of……………… |
| A. | 1848 |
| B. | 1858 |
| C. | 1868 |
| D. | 1886 |
| Answer» D. 1886 | |
| 1511. |
The guilds during the …………………period (300-500) were known as the ‘Shrenia’. |
| A. | vedic |
| B. | maurya |
| C. | harappan |
| D. | gupta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1512. |
………………….was an economic alliance of trading cities and their guilds thatdominated trade along the coast of north Europe in the later middle ages. |
| A. | the hanseatic league |
| B. | wolverine |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | renaissance |
| Answer» B. wolverine | |
| 1513. |
…………….. was founded by north German towns and German mercantilecommunities to protect their mutual trading interests. |
| A. | the hanseatic league |
| B. | renaissance |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | wolverine |
| Answer» B. renaissance | |
| 1514. |
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» C. portuguese | |
| 1515. |
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» C. oxford | |
| 1516. |
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» E. | |
| 1517. |
From the …………..sea region to the Persian Gulf region situated some of theimportant trading centers of the medieval period like Mocha, Aden, Yemen coast, Muscat etc. |
| A. | blue |
| B. | green |
| C. | yellow |
| D. | red |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1518. |
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» B. chinese | |
| 1519. |
……………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» B. renaissance | |
| 1520. |
By the 10th century AD., the Venetians in ………………had started long distancetrade with the Byzantine Empire and the Arabs. |
| A. | egypt |
| B. | austria |
| C. | spain |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1521. |
The city of …………….in the Crimea was called the capital of medieval slave trade. |
| A. | cambridge |
| B. | oxford |
| C. | gaffa |
| D. | damascus |
| Answer» D. damascus | |
| 1522. |
Feudalism in Europe evolved from agricultural slavery in the …………..Empire andspeared through Europe. |
| A. | german |
| B. | egyptian |
| C. | russian |
| D. | roman |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1523. |
……………. was an institution that reflected a common practice whereby landlordswere assured that others worked to feed them. |
| A. | canon law |
| B. | cardinals |
| C. | serfdom |
| D. | clergy |
| Answer» D. clergy | |
| 1524. |
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» D. japan | |
| 1525. |
The Japanese society was completely remade in the year……………, the event isknown as the ‘Meiji Restoration’. |
| A. | 1838 |
| B. | 1848 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1868 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1526. |
During the period of the ……………..Shogunate the Samurai class lost its earlierpower and prestige as it was an era of relative peace. |
| A. | tokugawa |
| B. | pierre duhem |
| C. | mosul |
| D. | ming |
| Answer» B. pierre duhem | |
| 1527. |
The ………….warriors wore two swords, together called ‘daisho’, the long and theshort. |
| A. | samurai |
| B. | pierre duhem |
| C. | tokugawa |
| D. | mosul |
| Answer» B. pierre duhem | |
| 1528. |
After the ……………..Invasion in the 13th century, the Samurais began to makemore use of swords and spears. |
| A. | chinese |
| B. | afghan |
| C. | mongol |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» D. spanish | |
| 1529. |
Another class of social out-castes of ………………..was the ‘Hinin’ which includedactors, wandering bards and convicted criminals. |
| A. | japan |
| B. | france |
| C. | netherlands |
| D. | china |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 1530. |
The ……………..culture was grounded on the concept of the ‘bushido’, the code ofconduct, ‘the way of the warrior’. |
| A. | minamota |
| B. | pierre duhem |
| C. | daimyo |
| D. | samurai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1531. |
The ethnic minority in the country of ……………called ‘Ainu’. |
| A. | japan |
| B. | austria |
| C. | spain |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» B. austria | |
| 1532. |
The …………….feudal society was dominated by the Samurai, a class of highly skilled warriors. |
| A. | japanese |
| B. | african |
| C. | indian |
| D. | burmese |
| Answer» B. african | |
| 1533. |
During the reign of the third Tokugava Shogun, …………….., farmers were notallowed to eat any of the rice they grew. |
| A. | iemitsu |
| B. | pierre duhem |
| C. | daimyo |
| D. | minamota |
| Answer» B. pierre duhem | |
| 1534. |
Just below the Samurais of ………….on the social ladder were the Farmers, or thePeasants. |
| A. | netherlands |
| B. | france |
| C. | japan |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» D. spain | |
| 1535. |
The …………….feudal society was mainly comprised of four different classes – Samurai, Farmers, Artisans and Merchants. |
| A. | chinese |
| B. | european |
| C. | african |
| D. | japanese |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1536. |
The Samurai class was the land-owning class in …………..and they enjoyed thehighest position in the social ladder. |
| A. | japan |
| B. | france |
| C. | netherlands |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 1537. |
The troublesome period was overcome by the establishment of the TokugawaShogunate in………….., with Edo (modern Tokyo) as its capital. |
| A. | 1605 |
| B. | 1645 |
| C. | 1656 |
| D. | 1678 |
| Answer» B. 1645 | |
| 1538. |
The Kamakura Shogunate was replaced by the …………….Shogunate, whichreasserted the power and dominance of the Samurai class. |
| A. | kamakura |
| B. | tokugawa |
| C. | pierre duhem |
| D. | ashikaga |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1539. |
Though the Kamakura Shogunate resists the ……………attack successfully with thehelp of the Samurai warriors, it led to the downfall of the Shogunate. |
| A. | mongol |
| B. | arabs |
| C. | turks |
| D. | tokugawa |
| Answer» B. arabs | |
| 1540. |
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» C. netherlands | |
| 1541. |
The ……………..attacked the Japanese islands towards the end of the 13th century. |
| A. | mongols |
| B. | austria |
| C. | spain |
| D. | afghans |
| Answer» B. austria | |
| 1542. |
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» E. | |
| 1543. |
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» E. | |
| 1544. |
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» C. spanish | |
| 1545. |
The …………….granted land to their trusted warriors called the ‘Samurais’. |
| A. | taira |
| B. | minamota |
| C. | daimyo |
| D. | pierre duhem |
| Answer» D. pierre duhem | |
| 1546. |
Much like in the medieval Europe, the ………………distributed to his loyal vassals, called ‘daimyo’. |
| A. | manchu |
| B. | pierre duhem |
| C. | shogun |
| D. | daimyo |
| Answer» D. daimyo | |
| 1547. |
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» D. spain | |
| 1548. |
China’s last imperialist power was the ‘Qing’ dynasty or the rule of the Manchukings which lasted from 1644 to……………. |
| A. | 1801 |
| B. | 1811 |
| C. | 1901 |
| D. | 1911 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1549. |
The feudal period of Japanese history is generally marked between 1185 and…………….. AD. |
| A. | 1768 |
| B. | 1798 |
| C. | 1859 |
| D. | 1868 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1550. |
The ‘Ming’ dynasty was established in …………. which lasted up to 1644. |
| A. | 1368 |
| B. | 1378 |
| C. | 1389 |
| D. | 1432 |
| Answer» B. 1378 | |