Deck 2: History Different Empires and Kingdoms

Question 1

……………….. court was the centre of a cultural revival that is sometimes referred to as the 'Carolingian Renaissance', till its break up towards the end of the 10th century.

A)charlemagne's
B)john kelleher
C)justinian
D)paul sweaty

Answer 1

charlemagne's

Question 2

The religious wars known as the …………….also took place during the medieval period.

A)reformation
B)renaissance
C)crusades
D)hundred year's war

Answer 2

crusades

Question 3

………………was probably the first to use the tripartite division to Indian history in the early 19th century.

A)james mill
B)john kelleher
C)arthur schlesinger
D)j.f. richards

Answer 3

james mill

Question 4

Instead of ancient, medieval and modern categories ….deliberately used Hindu, Muslim and British periods.

A)paul sweezy
B)maurice dobb
C)james mill
D)john kelleher

Question 5

Prior to Mill, the Romantic minded Orientalists like ……………..and later Maximum Muller had valorized the 'Hindu period' through a study of Sanskrit tests.

A)sir william jones
B)john kelleher
C)j.f. richards
D)maurice dobb

Question 6

The Battle of Plassey in…………….., which saw the beginning of the British rule in India.

A)1557
B)1657
C)1748
D)1757

Question 7

The ambitious task, …………………had outlined - to present in 'chronological order of successive changes in the means and relations of production' - still remains unfinished.

A)d.d. kosambi
B)b.d. chattopadhyaya
C)arthur schlesinger
D)j.f. richards

Question 8

After the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, the Eastern Roman empire or the Byzantine Empire with ……………..as its capital was formed which remained for about a thousand years.

A)kabul
B)assyria
C)harvard
D)constantinople

Question 9

The Eastern Roman empire came to an end when the …………..conquered Constantinople in 1453 AD.

A)turks
B)austria
C)spain
D)arabs

Question 10

In the meanwhile, ……………..had founded the Carolingian dynasty in the beginning of the 9th century which ruled the parts of modern France and Germany and a part of Italy.

A)charlemagne
B)arthur schlesinger
C)j.f. richards
D)paul sweezy

Question 11

………………..can be described as a type of government in which political power is exercised locally by private individuals rather than through the bureaucracy of a centralized state.

A)capitalism
B)renaissance
C)reformation
D)feudalism

Question 12

After the death of the prophet in……………., the Arab kingdom developed into a vast empire, comprising of Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Iran Central Asia, North Africa and Spain.

A)622
B)632
C)642
D)662

Question 13

By the middle of the 7th century, centralized power was established in the Arab empire by the……………….

A)umayyad
B)abbasid
C)sultanate
D)mughal

Question 14

Umayyad was overthrown by the Abbasids in 750 AD, who made ……………….their capital.

A)jerusalem
B)assyria
C)harvard
D)baghdad

Question 15

The Abbasid rule lasted till the 11th century when they were ousted from power by the ……………...

A)seljuk turks
B)ottoman turks
C)arabs
D)guptas

Question 16

The Turks controlled the Arab empire thereafter till the 15th century when the ……………….became the rulers of the Arab territories.

A)ottoman turks
B)seljuk turks
C)arabs
D)palas

Question 17

In India, after the break-up of the ……………Empire in the 5th century, much number of regional powers came into existence.

A)gupta
B)muryan
C)nanda
D)indo-greek

Question 18

The most powerful three regional kingdom of ………….India and Deccan during the period between 8th and 10th centuries were the Rashtrakutas, the Pratiharas and the Palas, who fought each other for supremacy.

A)north
B)south
C)west
D)east

Question 19

Several Rajput States also emerged during this period in North India, especially after the decline of the……………...

A)pratiharas
B)rashtrakutas
C)palas
D)senas

Question 20

The decline of the Chola power in the ………….. century gave way for the upcoming of several regional kingdoms.

A)11th
B)12th
C)13th
D)14th

Question 21

The Delhi Sultanate was established by the Turks in the 13th century, which lasted till the …………..century.

A)14th
B)15th
C)16th
D)17th

Question 22

The ……………..rulers were successful in bringing the entire north India under their control especially in the 14th century.

A)sultanate
B)pratihara
C)mughal
D)gupta

Question 23

From the middle of the 14th century to the …………century Deccan and some parts of South India was dominated by the Vijayanagara and Bahmini kingdoms.

A)16th
B)17th
C)18th
D)19th

Question 24

Major part of the Indian sub-continent was brought under one ruler by the …………………in the 16th and 17th centuries.

A)sultanate
B)mughals
C)mayuryas
D)nandas

Question 25

The Mughal Empire reached its highest point during the reign of its last powerful ruler,………………….

A)akbar
B)bahadurshah ii
C)aurangzeb
D)shajahan