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Ancient and World History

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Ancient and world history covers the rise and fall of major civilizations, their cultural practices, and their administrative developments. Topics span from the Persian and Byzantine empires to the architectural marvels of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. This collection of practice questions is tailored for candidates preparing for history and general studies sections.

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Ancient and World History Questions

Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations greek civilisation greek civilization the classical world

All of the following were able to participate in the Athenian government after 507 B.C. EXCEPT

  1. A non-enslaved artism

  2. A farmer who did not own land

  3. A female weaver

  4. A foreign born merchant
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In Athenian democracy, citizenship and political participation were restricted to adult male citizens. Women, enslaved people, and foreign-born residents (metics) were excluded from the government.

Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations greek civilisation greek civilization the classical world

Athens was called as The School of Hellas by _________.

  1. Plato

  2. Socrates

  3. Pericles

  4. Draco
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Athens is the capital of Attica state. This was an ideal democratic city state in Greece. It had monarchy in the beginning and later had developed into oligarchy. The age of Pericles is called as the Golden Age of Athens. During the time of Pericles, art, literature, science, philosophy and other fields of knowledge flourished. As a result of this Athens was called as The School of Hellas by Pericles. Philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle belonged to Athens.

Multiple choice

How did Darius the Organizer improve communication within the Persian Empire and collect taxes?

  1. He built a large navy to move people actoss the empire

  2. He had couriers ride horses & carry messages across empire

  3. He published a newspaper read by people through the empire

  4. He sent priests across empire to spread news & information
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Darius I established the Royal Road and a sophisticated courier system using horses to ensure rapid communication and administrative control across the Persian Empire.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Metals known to Indus Valley Civilization were:

  1. Gold, copper, silver, bronze but not iron

  2. Silver, iron, bronze but not gold

  3. Iron, copper, gold but not silver

  4. Zinc, silver, iron but not gold.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Gold, copper, silver, bronze metals were known to Indus Valley Civilization but not iron. The Indus valley people or Harappan people not discovered iron. The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age Civilization extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India, it was one of three early Civilization of the Old World. Inhabitants of the ancients Indus river valley developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products, seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin).

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Which of the following civilisations is not associated with the Harappan Civilisation?

  1. Mesopotamian

  2. Egyptian

  3. Mayan

  4. Chinese
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Harappan, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian civilizations were contemporary and had trade relations. The Mayan civilization developed much later in a different part of the world.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?

  1. Sir John Marshall

  2. RD Banerji

  3. A Cunningham

  4. Daya Ram Sahani
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Alexander Cunningham, the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, conducted early excavations and identified the site of Harappa, though the full significance was realized later by others.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

The Bronze Age Civilization includes _____.

  1. The Indus Valley civilization or Harappan culture

  2. Tigris-Euphrates civilization of Mesopotamia

  3. Nile Valley civilization

  4. Hwang-Ho or Yellow River civilization

  5. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

By about 2500 BC, four Bronze Age civilizations emerged. These were:

i) the Harappan civilisation in the northern and western parts of India and Pakistan;
ii) the Mesopotamian civilisation on the banks of the river Euphrates and Tigris in modern Iraq;
iii) the Chinese civilisation in the valley of Hwang-ho and Yangtze rivers;
iv) the Egyptian civilization on the banks of the Nile river in Egypt. 

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Which of the following rendors a proof of trade with Rome in old times?

  1. Harappa

  2. Mohenjodaro

  3. Lothal

  4. Ropar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Lothal is one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat. It is the place where trade once flourished with other ancient civilizations such as Roman civilization. The seals found at Lothal indicates a maritime trade network with Persian Gulf, Mesopotamia, etc.