Stratified Societies Medieval World Set 4

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This set of Stratified Societies- Medieval World Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Stratified Societies Medieval World Set 4

Q1 | …………….a relative of Uthman and the governor of Syria captured power of thecaliphate after the death of Ali and founded the Umayyad caliphate or the Umayyad dynasty.
  • muawiyya
  • justinian
  • mustaffa kamal pasha
  • alauddin khilji
Answer: muawiyya
Q2 | …………….transformed the caliphate into a hereditary office.
  • justinian
  • renaissance
  • reformation
  • muawiyya
Answer: muawiyya
Q3 | The internal problems finally led to the collapse of the Umayyads and the beginningof the Abbasid Caliphate in …………….. AD.
  • 730
  • 740
  • 745
  • 750
Answer: 750
Q4 | The reign of ……………….is often characterized as the ‘golden period’ of theAbbasid caliphate.
  • harun al rashid
  • arthur schlesinger
  • muawiyya
  • justinian
Answer: harun al rashid
Q5 | The successors of Harun al Rashid were not able to resist the external attacks ofthe……………., who were making encroaches on to the Abbasid Empire.
  • mongols
  • arabs
  • afghans
  • turks
Answer: mongols
Q6 | The Mongols under their leader, Hulagu Khan conquered………….., the capital ofthe Abbasids and executed the last Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mutasim in the year 1258.
  • baghdad
  • france
  • netherlands
  • berlin
Answer: baghdad
Q7 | The Mongols under their leader, Hulagu Khan conquered Baghdad, the capital ofthe Abbasids and executed the last Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mutasim in the year……………...
  • 1248
  • 1252
  • 1258
  • 1268
Answer: 1258
Q8 | The powerful Ottomans defeated the Mamluk Sultan in ………….. and took controlof the Arab land.
  • 1417
  • 1487
  • 1507
  • 1517
Answer: 1517
Q9 | It is reported that the last Caliph at Cairo surrendered the Caliphate to the Ottoman ruler and then onwards the Ottomans began to be known as the Caliphs, which lasted up to…………..
  • 1904
  • 1914
  • 1924
  • 1934
Answer: 1924
Q10 | The peak of the ……………..power occurred in the reign of Harun al Rashid, who relied heavily on his Vazir or prime minister.
  • abbasid
  • ottoman
  • umayyad
  • sultanate
Answer: abbasid
Q11 | …………….is the office occupied by the Pope as the spiritual head of the RomanCatholic Church, the bishop of Rome.
  • papacy
  • renaissance
  • reformation
  • feudalism
Answer: papacy
Q12 | After the Byzantine domination, when Rome was threatened by invaders, the Popewent to the ………….king for help.
  • frankish
  • roman
  • carolingian
  • merovingian
Answer: frankish
Q13 | ………………., the Carolingian king went to Rome where he was crowned by thePope on the Christmas day of 800 and further the Pope acclaimed him as the emperor.
  • roger bacon
  • peter abelard
  • charlemagne
  • harun al rashid
Answer: charlemagne
Q14 | The imperial crown once held by the Carolingian emperors was disputed betweentheir fractured heirs, but none emerged victorious until Otto I, the Holy Roman emperor invaded………...
  • france
  • italy
  • britain
  • holland
Answer: italy
Q15 | …………..became a constituent kingdom of the Holy Roman Empire in 962.
  • italy
  • france
  • netherlands
  • austria
Answer: italy
Q16 | While Urban II remained as the Pope in Rome, Clement VII was made the Pope atAvignon in…………... This is known as the ‘western schism’.
  • france
  • austria
  • spain
  • belgium
Answer: france
Q17 | It was Pope Urban II who had preached the first Crusade in…………….., the holywars or armed pilgrimages intended to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control.
  • 1095
  • 1098
  • 1105
  • 1206
Answer: 1095
Q18 | The term ………………is generally used to characterize the social, economic andpolitical system that had existed in Europe in the medieval period.
  • ‘feudalism’
  • socialism
  • mercantilism
  • marxism
Answer: ‘feudalism’
Q19 | The term feudalism is derived from the ………….word ‘feodum’ which means a ‘fief’ or a piece of land.
  • latin
  • german
  • indian
  • italian
Answer: latin
Q20 | One of the most commonly accepted definition of feudalism is that of the historian, ………….., who calls it the ‘feudal society’.
  • marc bloch
  • j.f. richards
  • constantine
  • arnold toynbee
Answer: marc bloch
Q21 | About 500 AD much of the Western Europe was left without a strong centralizedgovernment, due to the breakdown of the ………….Empire.
  • austrian
  • roman
  • spanish
  • portuguese
Answer: roman
Q22 | In the 4th century, Emperor ……………..declared serfdom legal by requiring tenantfarmers to pay labour services to their lords.
  • j.f. richards
  • constantine
  • peter abelard
  • roger bacon
Answer: constantine
Q23 | The ……………..system had existed in the entire medieval West Asia is generally identified as the feudal practice.
  • colbertism
  • mercantalistic
  • iqta
  • capitalistic
Answer: iqta
Q24 | ……………… was the land granted to the army officials by the rulers of the Islamic empire of the Caliphate, for limited periods, in lieu of regular salary.
  • cherical
  • viruthi
  • mukti
  • iqta
Answer: iqta
Q25 | The holder of the …………….was known as the MUKTI or MUKTA.
  • iqta
  • cherical
  • viruthi
  • uraller
Answer: iqta
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