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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who was the founder of the Sassanid Empire? |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | Cyrus |
| C. | Xerxes |
| D. | Ardashir |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
What was the meaning of hieroglyphic? |
| A. | Sacred writing |
| B. | Profane writing |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Syllabic |
| Answer» B. Profane writing | |
| 3. |
Cleopatra belongs to _______________ |
| A. | Egypt |
| B. | Persia |
| C. | China |
| D. | India |
| Answer» B. Persia | |
| 4. |
God Horns was a patron of _______________ |
| A. | Ur |
| B. | Nippur |
| C. | Caral |
| D. | Nekhen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which was the oldest style of writing? |
| A. | Chinese |
| B. | Indus |
| C. | Hieroglyphic |
| D. | Cuneiform |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Who wrote 'Digging up the past' ? |
| A. | Pitt Rivers |
| B. | Marshall |
| C. | Wheeler |
| D. | Woolley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
What is 'Patesi' related to? |
| A. | Sumeria |
| B. | Persia |
| C. | Egypt |
| D. | Mesopotamia |
| Answer» B. Persia | |
| 8. |
Where was Cretan civilization? |
| A. | Iran |
| B. | Macedonia |
| C. | Greek |
| D. | Egypt |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
What is Sumerian system of writing called ? |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | Chinese |
| C. | Hieroglyphic |
| D. | Cuneiform |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Drainage system was a feature of? |
| A. | Ur |
| B. | Egypt |
| C. | Chinese |
| D. | Indus |
| Answer» D. Indus | |
| 11. |
What doesPax Romaniamean? |
| A. | Name of a place |
| B. | literature |
| C. | medicine |
| D. | Roman peace |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Egyptian civilisation was on the banks of _______________ |
| A. | Siris |
| B. | Thebes |
| C. | Nile |
| D. | Tigris |
| Answer» D. Tigris | |
| 13. |
Who is the author ofGeography? |
| A. | Strabo |
| B. | Ptolemy |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Pliny |
| Answer» B. Ptolemy | |
| 14. |
The first metal used by the human beings was _______________ |
| A. | Iron |
| B. | Bronze |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Copper |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The word civilisation derived from the Latin word _______________ |
| A. | Civis |
| B. | Civilize |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Civic |
| Answer» B. Civilize | |
| 16. |
Catal Hoyuk is at _______________ |
| A. | Turkey |
| B. | Syria |
| C. | Egypt |
| D. | Palestine |
| Answer» B. Syria | |
| 17. |
Nineveh was the capital of ? |
| A. | Crete |
| B. | Kassites |
| C. | Hittites |
| D. | Assyrians |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
What is the script in the oracle bones called ? |
| A. | None of these. |
| B. | shell bone script |
| C. | Mandarin |
| D. | Shell bone writing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Who was Soranus? |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | Architect |
| C. | Philosopher |
| D. | Scientist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The termServusrelated to _______________ |
| A. | Slavery |
| B. | trade |
| C. | agriculture |
| D. | commerce |
| Answer» B. trade | |
| 21. |
What is Egypt also called? |
| A. | The gift of Nile |
| B. | gift of god |
| C. | none of these |
| D. | gift of pharaoh |
| Answer» B. gift of god | |
| 22. |
Who excavated the city of Troy ? |
| A. | Petrie |
| B. | Wheeler |
| C. | Woolley |
| D. | Schliemann |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
Whos work is 'Methods and Aims of Archaeology'? |
| A. | Petrie |
| B. | Schliemann |
| C. | Marshall |
| D. | Rivers |
| Answer» B. Schliemann | |
| 24. |
The city of Rome was on the banks of _______________ |
| A. | Tiber |
| B. | Thebes |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Euphrates |
| Answer» B. Thebes | |
| 25. |
What is the term 'Xing' related to ? |
| A. | Art |
| B. | Literature |
| C. | Science |
| D. | Law |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Who is The 'Father of History' ? |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Socrates |
| D. | Herodotus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
What was 'Royal cemetery' related to? |
| A. | Nippur |
| B. | Memphis |
| C. | Kish |
| D. | Ur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Who wrote 'Civilization of the Indus valley and Beyond'? |
| A. | Woolley |
| B. | Mackay |
| C. | Wheeler |
| D. | Marshall |
| Answer» D. Marshall | |
| 29. |
Who was Shamash? |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | Merchant class |
| C. | Priest |
| D. | Sumerian God |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
What does 'Egyptology' mean? |
| A. | Study of Egypt |
| B. | a branch of science |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | a book |
| Answer» B. a branch of science | |
| 31. |
Who was Cato ? |
| A. | Philosopher |
| B. | Dramatist |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Sculptor |
| Answer» B. Dramatist | |
| 32. |
What are Citadel and lower city related to? |
| A. | Indus |
| B. | Sumeria |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Persia |
| Answer» B. Sumeria | |
| 33. |
Olympia is at _______________ |
| A. | Greece |
| B. | Rome |
| C. | Mediterranean |
| D. | Persia |
| Answer» B. Rome | |
| 34. |
The city Alexandria was founded by _______________ |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | Ptolemy |
| C. | Menander |
| D. | Alexander |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Who's work is Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus civilisation? |
| A. | Woolley |
| B. | Mackay |
| C. | Wheeler |
| D. | Marshall |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
What is Pereclean age in Greek history called ? |
| A. | Golden age |
| B. | age of wars |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | warring states |
| Answer» B. age of wars | |
| 37. |
Tell Brak was a city of? |
| A. | Syria |
| B. | Peru |
| C. | India |
| D. | Mesopotamia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Who is hailed as the father of Egyptology? |
| A. | Marshall |
| B. | Pitt rivers |
| C. | Rawlinson |
| D. | F.Champollion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
What was Solon related to? |
| A. | Persia |
| B. | Greek |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Sumeria |
| Answer» C. None of these | |
| 40. |
What doesHieraticrelate to? |
| A. | Chinese |
| B. | Persia |
| C. | Sumeria |
| D. | Egypt |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
What was Hsia dynasty related to ? |
| A. | Indus |
| B. | China |
| C. | Persia |
| D. | Sumeria |
| Answer» C. Persia | |
| 42. |
What were 'Tyrants' related to? |
| A. | Macedonia |
| B. | Egypt |
| C. | Sumerian |
| D. | Greek |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
What is Greek Architectural style called ? |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | Athenian |
| C. | Sassanid |
| D. | Doric |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Who wrote 'History of Rome' ? |
| A. | Caesar |
| B. | Pliny |
| C. | Tacitus |
| D. | Livy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
What isBehistun inscriptionrelated to ? |
| A. | None of these. |
| B. | Persia |
| C. | Assyria |
| D. | Sumeria |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
'The Greek pyramid of Giza' is related to _______________ |
| A. | Petrie |
| B. | Schliemann |
| C. | Marshall |
| D. | Rivers |
| Answer» B. Schliemann | |
| 47. |
Who was the sky god of Sumerians ? |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | Nanna |
| C. | Anu |
| D. | Enlin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Leonard Woolley conducted excavation at _______________ |
| A. | Memphis |
| B. | Harappa |
| C. | Mohenjo-Daro |
| D. | Ur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Darius I belongs to _______________ |
| A. | Macedonian |
| B. | Roman empire |
| C. | Sumerian empire |
| D. | Persian empire |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Who wrote 'The monuments of Sanchi'? |
| A. | Marshall |
| B. | Wheeler |
| C. | Woolley |
| D. | Mackay |
| Answer» B. Wheeler | |