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8. In Roman urban life, the entertainment shows c) Papyrus d) Concrete
called spectacular happened for at least 19. What was the name of the Roman laws that
(a) 150 days (b) 160 days settled differences between their social classes?
(c) 167 days (d) 176 days a) Four Questions b) Hammurabi's Code
CLASS – XI THEME-2
TOPIC – AN EMPIRE ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS 9. The religion of Islam arose during the c) 96 Theses d) 12 Tables
COMPETITIVE MCQS QUESTIONS TEST (a) 5th century CE (b) 8th century CE 20.Who was the Roman legislature?
(c) 6th century CE (d) 7th century CE a) Praetors b) Senate
Do any 40 10. The Roman Empire got the best kind of wine c) Consul d) Dictator
i. 2 marks for correct option from the city of 21. What were the leaders of the Roman Republic
ii. 0.33(-) will be deducted for selecting wrong (a) Byzaciuma (b) Campania called?
option (c) Naples (d) Sicily a) Consuls b) Caesares
iii. No marks will be awarded for Not attempting 11. Christianity became the state religion of the c) Emperors d) Dictator
Roman Empire in the 22. What happened to Julius Caesar?
1. The founder of rome was _______ (a) 1st century CE (b) 2nd century CE a) He was assassinated
(a) Remues (b) Romulus (c) 3rd century CE (d) 4th century CE b) He was voted out of his consul position
(c) Augustus (d) julias 12. ______ and Greek languages were used in the c) He was defeated by the forces of Octavian
2. The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise of administration of the Roman Empire. d) He died as the greatest ruler in Roman History
provincial upper classes so as to exclude the (a) Chinese (b) Mayan 23. Which river flowed through Rome?
senators from military command was (c) Latin (d) Turkish a) Tiber b) Atlantic Ocean
(a) Augustus (b) Constantine 13. Which one of the following is a rive that forms c) The Caspian Sea d) The Black Sea
(c) Gallienus (d) Tiberius the boundary of the Roman Empire? 24. How many people were in the Roman Senate?
3. What were Amphorae? (a) Mekong River (b) Rhine River a) 60 b) 50
(a) A type of army (c) Amur River (d) Yangtze River c) 400 d) 600
(b) A type of container 14. The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise 25. Who's name was originally Gaius Julius Caesar
(c) A type of district administrator of provincial upper classes so as to exclude the Octavianus?
(d) None of the above senators from military command was a) Nero b) Nero's cousin
4. Augustus, the first Roman Emperor was called (a) Augustus (b) Constantine c) Julius Ceasars nephew d) Julius Ceasars
the leading citizen whose Latin term is (c) Gallienus (d) Tiberius dad
(a) Basileus (b) Dominus 15. The Roman silver coin, known as denarius, 26.Who built a wall across Britain?
(c) Princeps (d) Res gestae weighed _ gm of pure silver. a) Nero b) Hadrian
5. Saint Augustine was bishop of the North African (a) 2½ (b) 3½ c) Heliogabalus d) Pigglet
city of (c) 4½ (d) 5½ 27. One calendar tells us that spectacula (shows)
(a) Annaba (b) Algeria 16. Saint Augustine was bishop of the North filled no less than ---------- days of the Year.
(c) Hippo (d) Numidia African city of A. 166 B. 266
6. The emperor who made Christianity the official (a) Annaba (b) Algeria C. 178 D. 176
religion in the Roman Empire was (c) Hippo (d) Numidia 28. In Iran a new and more aggressive dynasty
(a) Alexander (b) Augustus 17. Who were the rich and powerful people of emerged in -------- (they called themselves the
(c) Constantine (d) Nero Roman society? ‘Sasanians’) and within just 15 years were
7. Roman ruler _____ was considered as the leading a) Plebeians b) Dictators expanding rapidly in the direction of the Euphrates.
citizen only to show that he was not the absolute c) Patricians d) Praetors A. 325 B. 425
ruler. 18. What was the building material invented by the C. 225 D. 125
(a) Augustus (b) Constantine Romans?
29. Shapur I, the Iranian ruler, claimed he had 39. Which one of the following was not a part of the 50. A War between Rome and Iran revived in --------
captured the ------------------ city of Roman Empire. three main players of Roman Empire? ---- century.
A. Antioch B. Rome A. Army B. Senate A. 6th B. 7th
C. Alexandria D. Gaul C. Emperor D. Farmers C. 8th D. 9th
30. In the 3rd century Roman Empire witnessed ----- 40. Mesopotamia was considered as a ----- to 51. The Eastern Roman empire(Byzantine empire)
--------- Emperors in 47 years. Roman Empire. lasted up to ----------------.
A. 15 B. 35 A. Near West B. Near North A. 1553 B. 1653
C. 45 D. 25 C. Near East D. Near South C. 1453 D. 1253
31. Campania in Italy, Sicily, the Fayum in Egypt, 41. During Roman Empire Celtic was the language 52. Justinian recaptured ----------- from vandals.
Galilee, Byzacium (Tunisia), southern Gaul (called of A. America B. Iran
Gallia Narbonensis), and Baetica (southern Spain) A. England B. France C. Africa D. South America
were all famous for---- C. Iran D. Spain
A. Fertile Land B. Trade 42. The Spanish olive oil of this period was mainly
C. Slaves D. Capitals carried in a container called ----------.
32. Under Augustus there were still ----- million A. Dressel 30 B. Dressel 40
slaves in a total Italian population of 7.5 Million. C. Dressel 20 D. Dressel 10
A. 2 B. 4 43. A law of ---------- referred to workers being
C. 6 D. 3 branded so they could be recognized if and when
33. Pliny the Elder, the author of a very famous they run away and try to hide.
book A. 498 B. 298
A. History B. Natural History C. 398 D. 198
C. Ancient History D. Contemporary History 44. Parents sometimes sold their children into
34. The Eastern capital of Roman Empire was ------ servitude for periods of ------ years.
---- A. 15 B. 35
A. Antioch B. Rome C. 45 D. 25
C. Lisbon D. Madrid 45. Draconian Law was started by law maker
35. Atlantic Ocean formed the -------------------- named..
boundary of Roman Empire. A. Draco B. Gabrial
A. East B. North C. John D. Marco
C. South D. West 46. Arabs invaded Spain in ----------------.
36. The ‘papyrus’ was a reed-like plant that grew A. 511 CE B. 611 CE
along the banks of the Nile in -------. C. 711 CE D. 811 CE
A. France B. Italy 47. Ostragoths establishes kingdom in --------------
C. Egypt D. Iraq -----.
37. Papyrus very widely used for -------------- in A. Spain B. France
Roman empire. C. Italy D. Iran
A. Eating B. Trade 48. Emper just after Augustus----------------------.
C. Writing D. Agriculture A. Augustine B. Tiberus
38. Roman Empire had more Linguistic diversity C. Trajan D. Gallilies
than 49. In which year both the eastern Roman and
A. Iraq B. Iran Sasanian empires had fallen to the Arabs?
C. Indonesia D. India A. 442 B. 542
C. 642 D. 742
ANSWERS

1 B 15 C 29 A 43 C
2 C 16 C 30 D 44 D
3 B 17 B 31 A 45 A
4 C 18 D 32 D 46 C
5 C 19 D 33 B 47 C
6 C 20 B 34 A 48 B
7 A 21 A 35 D 49 C
8 D 22 A 36 C 50 B
9 D 23 A 37 C 51 C
10 B 24 D 38 B 52 C
11 D 25 C 39 D
12 C 26 C 40 C
13 B 27 D 41 D
14 C 28 C 42 C