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| 1551. |
The last song ruler was overthrown by the Mongol invaders towards the end of the13th century under their able leader, …………….who declared himself as the ‘emperor of China’. |
| A. | kublai khan |
| B. | peter abelard |
| C. | roger bacon |
| D. | pierre duhem |
| Answer» B. peter abelard | |
| 1552. |
The ……………….period was followed by the ‘Mongolian Interlude’ in the historyof China. |
| A. | song |
| B. | tang |
| C. | ming |
| D. | manchu |
| Answer» B. tang | |
| 1553. |
Towards the end of the …………… century the ‘Song’ dynasty gained power overmost of China, heralding a period of economic prosperity. |
| A. | 5th |
| B. | 6th |
| C. | 8th |
| D. | 10th |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1554. |
In the later period the …………………emperors implemented the ‘Feng-Chien’ system by which trusted officials and imperial relatives were appointed on apermanent basis in the strategic areas of the empire, which in course of time became hereditary. |
| A. | tang |
| B. | chin |
| C. | manchu |
| D. | ming |
| Answer» B. chin | |
| 1555. |
With the fall of the………………, power once again shifted to the provinces and paved way for the rise of regional kingdoms, known in Chinese history as the period of ‘Five Dynasties’ and ‘Ten Kingdoms’. |
| A. | romanov |
| B. | manchu |
| C. | ming |
| D. | tang |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1556. |
The Tang capital of ……………………was one of the greatest commercial andcosmopolitan cities in the contemporary world. |
| A. | manchuria |
| B. | changan |
| C. | harvard |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» C. harvard | |
| 1557. |
…………….. is said to have entered in its classical phase under the Tang. |
| A. | russia |
| B. | austria |
| C. | spain |
| D. | china |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1558. |
The imperial system in China was strongly established with the forming of the………………dynasty in the beginning of the 7th century AD. |
| A. | tang |
| B. | song |
| C. | ming |
| D. | manchu |
| Answer» B. song | |
| 1559. |
The ………………was a grant of appropriation to a Muslim Officer, entitling him to collect the ‘Kharaj’ from the owner. |
| A. | iqta |
| B. | zakkat |
| C. | viruthi |
| D. | devaswam |
| Answer» B. zakkat | |
| 1560. |
IQTA was instituted in Iraq in the mid-………….. century and then spread to Iranin the East and Syria in the West. |
| A. | 4th |
| B. | 5th |
| C. | 7th |
| D. | 10th |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1561. |
The ……………system existed in West Asia mainly during the period between 9thand 16th centuries. |
| A. | cherical |
| B. | iqta |
| C. | viruthi |
| D. | devaswam |
| Answer» C. viruthi | |
| 1562. |
The holder of the …………….was known as the MUKTI or MUKTA. |
| A. | iqta |
| B. | cherical |
| C. | viruthi |
| D. | uraller |
| Answer» B. cherical | |
| 1563. |
……………… was the land granted to the army officials by the rulers of the Islamic empire of the Caliphate, for limited periods, in lieu of regular salary. |
| A. | cherical |
| B. | viruthi |
| C. | mukti |
| D. | iqta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1564. |
The ……………..system had existed in the entire medieval West Asia is generally identified as the feudal practice. |
| A. | colbertism |
| B. | mercantalistic |
| C. | iqta |
| D. | capitalistic |
| Answer» D. capitalistic | |
| 1565. |
In the 4th century, Emperor ……………..declared serfdom legal by requiring tenantfarmers to pay labour services to their lords. |
| A. | j.f. richards |
| B. | constantine |
| C. | peter abelard |
| D. | roger bacon |
| Answer» C. peter abelard | |
| 1566. |
About 500 AD much of the Western Europe was left without a strong centralizedgovernment, due to the breakdown of the ………….Empire. |
| A. | austrian |
| B. | roman |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» C. spanish | |
| 1567. |
The term feudalism is derived from the ………….word ‘feodum’ which means a ‘fief’ or a piece of land. |
| A. | latin |
| B. | german |
| C. | indian |
| D. | italian |
| Answer» B. german | |
| 1568. |
One of the most commonly accepted definition of feudalism is that of the historian, ………….., who calls it the ‘feudal society’. |
| A. | marc bloch |
| B. | j.f. richards |
| C. | constantine |
| D. | arnold toynbee |
| Answer» B. j.f. richards | |
| 1569. |
The term ………………is generally used to characterize the social, economic andpolitical system that had existed in Europe in the medieval period. |
| A. | ‘feudalism’ |
| B. | socialism |
| C. | mercantilism |
| D. | marxism |
| Answer» B. socialism | |
| 1570. |
It was Pope Urban II who had preached the first Crusade in…………….., the holywars or armed pilgrimages intended to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control. |
| A. | 1095 |
| B. | 1098 |
| C. | 1105 |
| D. | 1206 |
| Answer» B. 1098 | |
| 1571. |
While Urban II remained as the Pope in Rome, Clement VII was made the Pope atAvignon in…………... This is known as the ‘western schism’. |
| A. | france |
| B. | austria |
| C. | spain |
| D. | belgium |
| Answer» B. austria | |
| 1572. |
…………..became a constituent kingdom of the Holy Roman Empire in 962. |
| A. | italy |
| B. | france |
| C. | netherlands |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 1573. |
The imperial crown once held by the Carolingian emperors was disputed betweentheir fractured heirs, but none emerged victorious until Otto I, the Holy Roman emperor invaded………... |
| A. | france |
| B. | italy |
| C. | britain |
| D. | holland |
| Answer» C. britain | |
| 1574. |
………………., the Carolingian king went to Rome where he was crowned by thePope on the Christmas day of 800 and further the Pope acclaimed him as the emperor. |
| A. | roger bacon |
| B. | peter abelard |
| C. | charlemagne |
| D. | harun al rashid |
| Answer» D. harun al rashid | |
| 1575. |
After the Byzantine domination, when Rome was threatened by invaders, the Popewent to the ………….king for help. |
| A. | frankish |
| B. | roman |
| C. | carolingian |
| D. | merovingian |
| Answer» B. roman | |
| 1576. |
…………….is the office occupied by the Pope as the spiritual head of the RomanCatholic Church, the bishop of Rome. |
| A. | papacy |
| B. | renaissance |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | feudalism |
| Answer» B. renaissance | |
| 1577. |
The peak of the ……………..power occurred in the reign of Harun al Rashid, who relied heavily on his Vazir or prime minister. |
| A. | abbasid |
| B. | ottoman |
| C. | umayyad |
| D. | sultanate |
| Answer» B. ottoman | |
| 1578. |
It is reported that the last Caliph at Cairo surrendered the Caliphate to the Ottoman ruler and then onwards the Ottomans began to be known as the Caliphs, which lasted up to………….. |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1924 |
| D. | 1934 |
| Answer» D. 1934 | |
| 1579. |
The powerful Ottomans defeated the Mamluk Sultan in ………….. and took controlof the Arab land. |
| A. | 1417 |
| B. | 1487 |
| C. | 1507 |
| D. | 1517 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1580. |
The Mongols under their leader, Hulagu Khan conquered Baghdad, the capital ofthe Abbasids and executed the last Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mutasim in the year……………... |
| A. | 1248 |
| B. | 1252 |
| C. | 1258 |
| D. | 1268 |
| Answer» D. 1268 | |
| 1581. |
The Mongols under their leader, Hulagu Khan conquered………….., the capital ofthe Abbasids and executed the last Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mutasim in the year 1258. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | france |
| C. | netherlands |
| D. | berlin |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 1582. |
The successors of Harun al Rashid were not able to resist the external attacks ofthe……………., who were making encroaches on to the Abbasid Empire. |
| A. | mongols |
| B. | arabs |
| C. | afghans |
| D. | turks |
| Answer» B. arabs | |
| 1583. |
The internal problems finally led to the collapse of the Umayyads and the beginningof the Abbasid Caliphate in …………….. AD. |
| A. | 730 |
| B. | 740 |
| C. | 745 |
| D. | 750 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1584. |
The reign of ……………….is often characterized as the ‘golden period’ of theAbbasid caliphate. |
| A. | harun al rashid |
| B. | arthur schlesinger |
| C. | muawiyya |
| D. | justinian |
| Answer» B. arthur schlesinger | |
| 1585. |
…………….transformed the caliphate into a hereditary office. |
| A. | justinian |
| B. | renaissance |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | muawiyya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1586. |
…………….a relative of Uthman and the governor of Syria captured power of thecaliphate after the death of Ali and founded the Umayyad caliphate or the Umayyad dynasty. |
| A. | muawiyya |
| B. | justinian |
| C. | mustaffa kamal pasha |
| D. | alauddin khilji |
| Answer» B. justinian | |
| 1587. |
After the rule of the pious caliphs, the caliphate was ruled by the UmayyadCaliphate, followed by the…………….. |
| A. | sultanate |
| B. | mughal |
| C. | tang |
| D. | abbasid caliphate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1588. |
The Caliphate rule in the Islamic world stretches over a vast span of time from 632 to 1924, from the death of the Prophet to the year when Mustaffa Kamal Pasha of …………….officially abolished the last Caliphate, the Ottoman Empire and founded the Republic of Turkey. |
| A. | turkey |
| B. | france |
| C. | netherlands |
| D. | belgium |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 1589. |
In fact Caliphate was the first system of government established in Arabia after the death of the Prophet in ………….. AD. |
| A. | 602 |
| B. | 612 |
| C. | 622 |
| D. | 632 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1590. |
The term ……………..refers to the first system of governance established in theIslamic state and represented the political authority. |
| A. | feudalism |
| B. | socialism |
| C. | mercantilism |
| D. | caliphate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1591. |
……………… court in Aachen was the centre of cultural revival that is sometimesreferred to as the ‘Carolingian Renaissance’. |
| A. | charlemagne |
| B. | justinian |
| C. | alauddin khilji |
| D. | augustus ceaser |
| Answer» B. justinian | |
| 1592. |
The imperial coronation of ……………….on the Christmas day of 800 is often regarded as a turning point in medieval European history because it filled a power vacancy that had existed since the fall of the ancient Roman Empire. |
| A. | arthur schlesinger |
| B. | charlemagne |
| C. | j.f. richards |
| D. | alauddin khilji |
| Answer» C. j.f. richards | |
| 1593. |
Charles Martal’s successor, ……………..initiated a programme of systematic expansion that would unify a large portion of Europe. |
| A. | charlemagne |
| B. | alauddin khilji |
| C. | arthur schlesinger |
| D. | justinian |
| Answer» B. alauddin khilji | |
| 1594. |
Charles Martal became the king and founded the Carolingian dynasty in the……………. century. |
| A. | 6th |
| B. | 7th |
| C. | 8th |
| D. | 9th |
| Answer» D. 9th | |
| 1595. |
During the period a nucleus of power unfolded in northern Gaul and developed into a kingdom called Austrasia and Neustria, ruled for almost three centuries by a dynasty of kings called……………... |
| A. | carolingian |
| B. | merovingians |
| C. | manchu |
| D. | tang |
| Answer» C. manchu | |
| 1596. |
The Visigoths were the barbarians in……………. |
| A. | spain |
| B. | france |
| C. | north africa |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 1597. |
The external attacks and internal rivalries once again intensified in the 14th century,which eventually led to the capture of Constantinople by the…………………. |
| A. | ottoman turks |
| B. | afghans |
| C. | persians |
| D. | arabs |
| Answer» B. afghans | |
| 1598. |
The Ostrogoths were the barbarians in………….. |
| A. | italy |
| B. | france |
| C. | austria |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 1599. |
Emperor ……………..had split the Roman Empire into two separate administrative regions, the Eastern and Western halves, towards the end of the third century itself. |
| A. | arthur schlesinger |
| B. | diocletian |
| C. | j.f. richards |
| D. | justinian |
| Answer» C. j.f. richards | |
| 1600. |
The 11th and 12th centuries were a period of relative calm as far as the ………………Empire was concerned. |
| A. | eastern roman |
| B. | gupta |
| C. | nanda |
| D. | maurya |
| Answer» B. gupta | |