After the Arabs and Iranians, the group that was rising to power on the Islamic scene was the
1.Buyids
2.Iranians
3.Samanid
4. Turks
An archaeological site, which was used for quarrying limestone was:
1.Chesowanja, Kenya
2.Schoningen, Germany
3.Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic
4.Neander Valley, Germany
Augustus, the first Roman Emperor was called the leading citizen whose Latin term is
1.Basileus
2.Dominus
3.Princeps
4.Res gestae
By whom Ali assassinated?
1.Muawiya
2.Kharji
3.Bedouins
4.None of the above
Caliph Muawiya shifted his capital to
1.Rome
2.Medina
3.Mecca
4.Damascus
Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire in the
1.1st century CE
2.2nd century CE
3.3rd century CE
4.4th century CE
Dexterity of the hands refers to:
1.Roughness of the hands
2.Shape of the hands
3.Hardness of the hands
4. Flexibility of the hands
Fossils found in the ______ were called Homo neanderthalensis.
1.Barun Valley
2.Hunza Valley
3.Neander Valley
4.Lidder Valley
Fossils of Hominid found in Asia were not older as compared to fossils found in ______
1.Europe
2.Africa
3.Australia
4.America
Fossils of Hominid found in Asia were not older as compared to fossils found in ______
1.Europe
2.Africa
3.Australia
4.America
From which organism group the hominids were evolved?
1.Neanderthal
2.Hominoids
3.Neanderthalensis
4.Australopithecus
From which word Cuneiform is derived?
1.Latin
2.Greek
3.Chinese
4.Mayan
From which wordCuneiform is derived?
1.Latin
2.Greek
3.Chinese
4.Mayan
Genus is the branch of the:
1.Hominids
2.Hominoids
3.Neanderthalensis
4.Australopithecus
In Roman urban life, the entertainment shows called spectacular happened for at least
1.150 days
2.160 days
3.167 days
4.176 days
In the 2000 BCE, the city that flourished as the royal capital of Mesopotamia was
1.Ur
2.Mari
3.Mohenjodaro
4.Kalibangan
In the Eastern Hadza community, the lands belonged to
1.Women
2.Headmen
3.Clan
4. No one
Inanna was the Goddess of
1.the Moon
2. love and War
3.wind
4.fire
Long forelimbs, Curved hand and foot bones, and mobile ankle joints helped ______ to live on trees.
1.Hominidae
2.Neanderthal
3.Hominoids
4.Australopithecus
Population pressure in some areas increased due to the
1.end of the ice age
2.change in climate
3.increase in food availability
4.domestication
Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina with his followers in 622 CE is called hijra:
1.Hijra
2.Kaba
3.Mecca
4.Calipha
Roman ruler _____ was considered as the leading citizen only to show that he was not the absolute ruler.
1.Augustus
2.Constantine
3.Gallienus
4.Tiberius
Saint Augustine was bishop of the North African city of
1.Annaba
2.Algeria
3.Hippo
4.Numidia
The best kind of wine came to Rome from _______
1.Fayum
2.Byzantium
3.Galilee
4.Campania
The Caliph during whose reign the Hijri was established was:
1.Abu Bakr
2.Muhammad
3.Uthman
4.Umar
The earliest temples in Southern Mesopotamia were built-in
1.c.4000 BCE
2.c.5000 BCE
3.c.6000 BCE
4.c.7000 BCE
The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire was
1.Alexander
2.Augustus
3.Constantine
4.Nero
The followers and non-followers of Ali were called
1.Arabs and Iranians
2.Shias and Sunnis
3.Umayyads and Abbasids
4. Byzantines and Sasanids
The Hominids belong to a family which is known as _____
1.Hominidae
2.Neanderthal
3.Clan
4. Australopithecus
The Hominids survived for about:
1.1 Million years
2.2 Million years
3. 3 Million years
4.4 Million years
The last Ice Age ended around:
1.15,000 years ago
2.14, 000 years ago
3.13,000 years ago
4.12,000 years ago
The main reason that led to a change from foraging to farming occupation was:
1.Domestication
2.End of Ice Age
3.Making of iron tools
4.Warmer and wetter conditions
The religion of Islam arose during the
1.5th century CE
2.8th century CE
3.6th century CE
4.7th century CE
The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise of provincial upper classes so as to exclude the senators from military command was
1.Augustus
2.Constantine
3.Gallienus
4.Tiberius
The Roman Empire got the best kind of wine from the city of
1.Byzaciuma
2.Campania
3.Naples
4.Sicily
The Roman silver coin, known as the denarius, weighed _________ gm of pure silver.
1.2
2.3
3.4
4.5
The semi-historical works sira in Islamic history are
1.biographies
2.chronicles
3.eyewitness reports
4.inscriptions
The term pathological idiot has been used with reference to
1.Australopithecus
2.Homo Habilis
3.Homo Erectus
4.Neanderthal
The Umayyad Emperor who introduced Arabic as the language of administration was
1. Abd al-Malik
2.Ali
3.Abbas
4.Muawiya
The woman-saint Sufi who, in her poems, preached intense love for God by uniting with God was
1.Rabia
2.Aisha
3.Fatima
4.Khadija
What is the base of the classification of fossils of early humans?
1.Bone Structure
2.DNA
3.Muscle Structure
4.None of the above
What was the name given to nomadic Arab tribes?
1.Sanam
2.Qabila
3.Bedouins
4. Umma
What were Amphorae?
1.A type of army
2.A type of container
3.A type of district administrator
4.None of the above
Which language replaced the Sumerian language after 2400 BCE?
1.Mesopotamian language
2. Akkadian language
3.Chinese language
4.Middle Eastern language
Which one of the following is a rive that forms the boundary of the Roman Empire?
1.Mekong River
2.Rhine River
3.Amur River
4. Yangtze River
Who introduced an Islamic coinage?
1.Abu Bakr
2.Abd-al-Malik
3.Uthman
4. Umar
With which person, the first event of Sumerian trade is associated?
1.The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar
2.The ancient ruler of Lebanon City, Enmerkar
3.The ancient ruler of Nile City, Enmerkar
4.The ancient ruler of Aral City, Enmerkar
Zagros mountains, which form one limit of the Fertile Crescent, is situated in:
1.Egypt
2.Lebanon
3.Iran
4.Syria
Zakat was an/a
1.agriculture tax
2. alms tax
3.religious tax
4. trade tax
______ and Greek languages were used in the administration of the Roman Empire.
1.Chinese
2.Mayan
3.Latin
4. Turkish