Higher Secondary (XI) history multiple choice questions with
answers
1.In which age did man become a food producer?
a) stone
age b) Palaeolithic
age
c) New stone age (Ans)
d)
Iron age.
2. The most important characteristic of the
tools of the Mesolithic age was:
a) Very small size (Ans) b) very large
size
c) Fragility
d) Length.
3. In which age was the potter’s wheel invented?
a) Paleolithic
age b) Mesolithic
age
c) Neolithic age (Ans) d) Chalcolithic age.
4. Which ancient civilization used the cuneiform
script?
a)
Egypt b)
Sumer (Ans)
c) Babylon
d) India.
5.Which ancient civilization used the hieroglyphic
script?
a) Egypt (Ans) b)
Sumer
c) Greece
d) Mesopotamia.
6. Rajtarangani is a historical account of
a) Kashmir (Ans)
b) Gujrat
c) China
d) Sumer
7. The author of Indika was
a)
Polybius b) Megasathenes (Ans)
c) Herodotus
d) Thusyclides.
8. During the Harappan age, the people
a) Lived in caves
b) carried out agriculture (Ans)
c) knew the use of iron
d)
used coins.
9. In the Pre-history age man
a) Did know writing (Ans) b) knew agriculture
c) Knew the use of iron
d)
carried out foreign trade.
10. In the earlier stage of civilization, man
a) Used iron
tools b) used copper
tools
c) Used bronze tools
d) Used stone tools. (Ans)
11. Ancient Egyptians invented
a) How to write on papyrus (Ans) b) The cuneiform
script
c) Paper
d)
modern script.
12. In the Paleolithic age, man was
a) A food gatherer (Ans) b) A food
producer
c) A food storer
d) One who
prepared food.
13. ‘Gilgamesh’ is an epic of the
a)Indians b) Mesopotamians (Ans)
c) Egyptians
d) Greeks.
14. James Mill was a …………..historian
a) British
b) German
c) Greek
d)
Russain.
15. Ancient man used hand-axes in the
a) Palaeolithic age (Ans) b) Mesolithic
age
c) Neolithic
age d) copper-stone age.
16. The meaning of the term ‘Homo habills’ is
a) Erect
man b) skillful man
(Ans)
c) Intelligent man
d)
The great Ape.
17. Homo erectus’ means
a) Erect man (Ans) b) skillful
man
c) Intelligent
man d) The great Ape.
18. The fossils of peking man were discovered
a) Louis
Leakey b) Johan Anderson (Ans)
c) Elwyn
simons d) Pel wen chung.
19. Modern man first appeared on earth in:
a)
Asia b) Africa (Ans)
c) Europe
d)
Australia.
20. Ancient man first domesticated
a)
Cows b)
Goats
c) Dogs (Ans)
d) Horses.
21. Mahenjo-daro is located on the bank of river
a) Indus (Ans)
b)
Ravi
c) Sutlej
d)
Beas.
22. In which Harappan site has a bathroom been
discovered?
a)
Harappa b) Mahenjo-daro (Ans)
c) Lothal
d) Kalibangan.
23. The great granary of the Harappan
civilization was discovered in
a) Harappa(Ans)
b)
Mahenjo-daro
c)
Lothal d) Kalibangan.
24. Egypt was describe as ‘the gift of the Nile’
by
a) Herodotus(Ans)
b)
Thucydides
c)
Pliny d) Diodotus.
25. In the Paleolithic Age, man
a) Lived by fishing alone b)
ate fruit and
roots
c) Lived by hunting and gathering fruits and roots (Ans)
d) Only collected bird’s egg
26. In the Mesolithic Age, man
a) Used tiny tools made of stone
b) Used very large stone tools (Ans)
c) Made tools of
metal d) Made tools of bronze.
27. The foremost of the Neolithic age was
a) Discovery of iron. b) Discovery of
cooper.
c) Making of
bronze d) Beginning of agriculture. (Ans)
28. The Neolithic age was followed by
a) Cooper stone age. (Ans) b) Iron
age
c) Mesolithic
age d) Ice age.
30. Harappan was located on the …………………river
a)
Indus b) Ravi (Ans)
c)
Sutlej d) Narmada.
31. ‘Valley of kings’ was the burial ground
of……………..
a) The pharaohs of Egypt(Ans) b) The queen of
Egypt
c) The king of sumker d) The queen of sumer.
32. The foremost invention of the Neolithic age
was:
a) The wheel (Ans) b) The
plough
c)
Bridges d) Carts.
33. The term ‘Hobo habills’ means
a) Intelligent
man b) Skillful man(Ans)
c) Erect
man d) unintelligent man.
34. The meaning of term ‘Homo erectus’ is
a) Upright Man (Ans) b) Skillful
Man
c) unintelligent
man d) Intelligent man
35. The meaning of term ‘Homo sapien’ is
a) Upright Man b) Skillful
Man
c) Unintelligent
man d) Intelligent man (Ans)
36. The land of Iraq was known as …………in the
ancient days:
a)
Babylon b) Mesopotamia (Ans)
c) Egypt
d) Iran.
37. The early state were:
a) Greece. (Ans). b)
Macedonia.
c)
Persia d) Iran.
38. Approximately, how many poils develop in the
ancient times?
a)
50 b)
500
c) 1500. (Ans) d)
3000.
39. According to Plato, the ideal number of
citizens a poils should have is
a)
4,000 b) 5,000 (Ans)
c)
10,000 d) 20,000.
40. How many Janapadas are mentioned in the
Ramayana?
a)
16 b) 18
c)
25 d) 27. (Ans)
41. The first historical monarch of India was
a)
Bimbisara b)
Ashoka
c) Mahabadma Nanda
d) Chandragupt Maurya.(Ans)
42. The founder of Maurya dynasty was
a) Bindusara
b)
Ashoka
c) Chandragupta Maurya d) Brihadratha.
43. the ‘Indica’ was composed by
a)
Plutarch b) Megasthenes.(Ans)
c) Hiuen Tsang
d)
Seleucus.
44. The characteristic of the Greek city-states
were (121)
a) Small-size.(Ans) b) Small
population
c) huge
army d) Monotheism.
45. The most important city state of Greece was
i)
Mycenae ii) Asia
minor iii)
Athens iv) Thebes
Key: a) (i), (iii), (iv)
true (ii) false (Ans)
b)
(i), (ii), (iii) true (iv)
false
c)
(i), (ii), (iv) true (iii)
false
d) (ii), (iii), (iv) true (i)
false
46. In the ancient Greek city-states
a) The citizens directly took part in governing the state (Ans)
b) There were no villages
c) There were large
empires
d) There was no sign of democracy
47. Among the Greek city-state
a) Athens was a dictatorship
b) Sparta was an oligarchy.(Ans)
c) All the city-states were democratic d) All the city-states were oligarchies
48. The acropolis was
a) The administrative center of the polis(Ans) b)
The market place of the polis
c) The court of the democratic polis
d) The execution ground of the oligarchic polis.
49. The Jury court of Athens was called
a) Heliaia b) Samiti
c)Archon.(Ans) d) Ephor.
50. The administrative centre located on a
hil-top was called
a)
Octopolis b) Acropolis.(Ans)
c) Persepolis d) Necropolis.
51. The polis declined after the attack of
a) Macedon.(Ans) b)
Roman
c) Egypt
d) Iran.
52. The Janapadas emerged from
a) Gotra
b) Gram
c) Jana (Ans) d) Vish.
53. Patliputra was the capital of
a) Avanti. b)
Koshal
c) Magadha(Ans) d)
Vriji.
54. The…………….ambassador Magathenes came to the
court of Chandragupta Maurya
a) Persian b) Greek (Ans)
c)
Chinese d) Roman.
55. The age is called the Golden age of ancient
India.
a)
Maurya b)Kushana
c)
Satsavahana d) Gupta.
56. Who is described as the Indian Machevelli?
a) Chandragupta
Muarya b) Kautilya.(Ans)
c)
Ashoka d) Alauddin Khalji.
57.
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II
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i) Chanakya
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a) Janapada
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ii)Ashoka
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b)last Maurya Empire
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iii) Brihadratha
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c)Vishnugupta
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iv) Chandragupy Maurya
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d)Founder of Maurya dynasty
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Ans: (i)---c,(ii)---a,(iii)---b,(iv)---d
58.
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II
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i) Janapada
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a)Small state in ancient India
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ii)Vish
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b) Ruler of Janapada
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iii)Janapadin
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c) A few village together
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iv) grahapati
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d) Head of an Aryan Family.
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Ans: (i)---a,(ii)—c,(iii)—b,(iv)—d
59. What is the central theme of
‘Fatwa-i-Jahandri’?
a) Politics (Ans) b)
Religion
c)
Society d) Economics.
60.Who is the author of ‘Fatwa-i-Jahandri’?
a)
Islami b) Siraj
c) Barani (Ans) d) Afif.
61.Which sultan of Delhi was the first one to be
given recognition by the Caliph?
a) Qutubuddin
Aibak b) Iltimish (Ans)
c) Balban d) Allauddin Khalji
62. Which emperor started the Mansabdari system?
a) Aluaddin
Khalji b) Akbar (Ans)
c) Jahangir d) Shah Jahan
63. Other name of Kautilya were
a) Chanakya (Ans) b)Vishnugupta
c) Shama
Shahtri d) Vishnusharma
64. In 1905, Dr.Shama Shastri discovered the
book………..
A) Arthashastra. (Ans) b) Mudrarakshasa.
c) Rajatarangini. d)Fatwa-i-jahandari.
65.Cicero believed in the ….. form of
government.
a) Monarchy. b)Republicanism (Ans)
c) Oligarchy d)Nihilism/tyranny
66. The author of ‘THE PRINCE’ is…………..
a)Thomas
Cromwell b)Machiavelli (Ans)
c) Locke d)Rousseau
67…..Is regarded as the father of modern
political thought.
a) Machiavelli b) Hobbes
c) Locke d) Rousseau
68. The first theorist of the democratic form of
government was…………….
a) Machiavelli (Ans) b)Locke
c) Hobbes d)Rousseau
69. “Two
treatises of government” is the most important book of……………..
a) Hobbes b) Locks (Ans)
c) Rousseau d) Montesquieu
70.The system of Satrapy existed in…………
a) Persia (Ans) b)Egypt
c) China d) Arabia
71. Most of the Roman slaves were
a)
Local b) Foreign (Ans)
c)
Educated d) Independent.
72.In the rigveda,those referd to as ‘desas’ or
desyus’ were
a) Ksatriyas. b) Vaishyas.
c)
Shudras d) Non-Aryans. (Ans)
73. The Iqta system was introduces by
a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak b) Iltutmish (Ans)
c)
Razia d) Balban.
74. Delos was a huge market for buying and
selling-------
a) Agriculture goods. b) slaves. (Ans)
c) cattle d) serfs
75. A freed slaves called ----------
a) Manomissio. b) Libertus.(Ans)
c)
Verne d) Gladiators.
76. The teille was a kind of ------------ tax.
a)
Religious b) Property (Ans)
c)
Production d) Income.
77. How many kinds of marriage are listed in the
Arthshastre?
a) 4 type. b) 5
type
c) 8 type. (Ans) d) 12 type.
78. The only women ruler of the sultanate period
was
a) Mumtaz
Mahal b) Nur
jahan
c) Ladli
Begum d) Razia. (Ans)
79. The missionaries Ashoka sent to Ceylon to
propagate Bhuddism were
a) Mahandira and sanghmitra (Ans) b)
Dharamarakshit
c)
Madhyantarik d) Maharakshit
80. That there were no slaves in India during
the Mauryan period was the opinion of
a) Kautilya (Ans). b)
Fa-Hien
c)
Magashthenes d) Hiuen Tsang.
81. In the sultanate age the personal slaves if
the sultans were called
a)
Bandegan-i-chahelgan
b)Baudegan-i-khas (Ans)
c) Dabir khas d)
Dewan-i-khas
