CBSE Class 11 History An Empire Across Three Continents MCQs

Question : Augustus, the first Roman Emperor was called the ‘leading citizen’ whose Latin term is
(a) ‘Basileus’.
(b) ‘Dominus’.
(c) ‘Princeps’.
(d) ‘Res gestae’.

Answer :  C

Question : Which one of the following is a rive that forms the boundary of the Roman Empire?
(a) Mekong River
(b) Rhine River
(c) Amur River
(d) Yangtze River

Answer :  B

Question : Asymmetrical globalization is:
(a) The way in which contemporary globalization is equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups.
(b) The way in which contemporary globalization is unequally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups.
(c) The degree to which networks or patterns of social interaction are formally constituted as organizations with specific purposes.
(d) A process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries.

Answer :  B

Question : In the Roman urban life, the entertainment shows called “spectacula’ happened for at least
(a) 150 days
(b) 160 days
(c) 167 days
(d) 176 days

Answer :  D

Question : The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire was
(a) Alexander
(b) Augustus
(c) Constantine
(d) Nero

Answer :  C

Question : The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise of provincial upper classes so as to exclude the senators from military command was
(a) Augustus
(b) Constantine
(c) Gallienus
(d) Tiberius

Answer :  C

Question : What were Amphorae?
(a) A type of army
(b) A type of container
(c) A type of district administrator
(d) None of the above

Answer :  B

Question : The best kind of wine came to Rome from _
(a) Fayum
(b) Byzacium
(c) Galilee
(d) Campania

Answer :  D

Question : Rome was situated on the bank of river
(a) Nile
(b) Tiber
(c) Sutlej
(d) Thames

Answer : B

Question : Augustus, the first Roman Emperor was called the leading citizen whose Latin term is
(a) Basileus
(b) Dominus
(c) Princeps
(d) Res gestae

Answer :  C

Question : Saint Augustine was bishop of the North African city of
(a) Annaba
(b) Algeria
(c) Hippo
(d) Numidia

Answer :  C

Question : The international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour:
(a) Was a result of countries appearing as autonomous containers of political, social, and economic activity in that fixed borders separate the domestic sphere from the world outside.
(b) Represents a process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries.
(c) Involves a complex mix of homogenization and increased heterogeneity given the global diffusion of popular culture, global media corporations, and communications networks.
(d) Was the product of a complex politics involving public and private actors from trade unions, industrial associations, humanitarian groups, governments, and legal experts.

Answer :  D

Question : Roman ruler _____ was considered as the leading citizen only to show that he was not the absolute ruler.
(a) Augustus
(b) Constantine
(c) Gallienus
(d) Tiberius

Answer :  A

Question : The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire was
(a) Alexander
(b) Augustus
(c) Constantine
(d) Nero

Answer :  C

Question : In Roman urban life, the entertainment shows called spectacular happened for at least
(a) 150 days
(b) 160 days
(c) 167 days
(d) 176 days

Answer :  D

Question : ______ and Greek languages were used in the administration of the Roman Empire.
(a) Chinese
(b) Mayan
(c) Latin
(d) Turkish

Answer :  C

Question : The ______ System of the Roman Empire was the system of government in which the real power vested in the Senate.
(a) Democrat
(b) Republican
(c) Maoist
(d) Marxist

Answer :  B

Question : The Roman silver coin, known as denarius, weighed _________ gm of pure silver.
(a) 2½
(b) 3½
(c) 4½
(d) 5½

Answer :  C

Question : The best kind of wine came to Rome from _
(a) Fayum
(b) Byzacium
(c) Galilee
(d) Campania

Answer :  D

Question : The Roman silver coin, known as the denarius, weighed _________ gm of pure silver.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

Answer :  C

Question : The Ostrogoths established their kingdom in Italy in the year
(a) 493 CE
(b) 494 CE
(c) 495 CE
(d) 496 CE

Answer :  A

Question : Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire in the
(a) 1st century CE
(b) 2nd century CE
(c) 3rd century CE
(d) 4th century CE

Answer :  D

Question : What were Amphorae?
(a) A type of army
(b) A type of container
(c) A type of district administrator
(d) None of the above

Answer :  B

Question : The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise of provincial upper classes so as to exclude the senators from military command was
(a) Augustus
(b) Constantine
(c) Gallienus
(d) Tiberius

Answer :  C

Question : The religion of Islam arose during the
(a) 5th century CE
(b) 8th century CE
(c) 6th century CE
(d) 7th century CE

Answer :  D

Question : __ and Greek languages were used in administration of the Roman Empire.
(a) Chinese
(b) Mayan
(c) Latin
(d) Turkish

Answer :  C

Question : The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise of provincial upper classes so as to exclude the senators from military command was
(a) Augustus
(b) Constantine
(c) Gallienus
(d) Tiberius

Answer :  C

Question : The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire was
(a) Alexander
(b) Augustus
(c) Constantine
(d) Nero

Answer :  C

Question : The Roman Empire was divided into eastern and western halves in the _________century.
(a) 4th
(b) 3rd
(c) 2nd
(d) 7th

Answer :  A

Question :  The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire was
(a) Alexander
(b) Augustus
(c) Constantine
(d) Nero

Answer :  C

Question :  The Roman Empire got the best kind of wine from the city of
(a) Byzaciuma
(b) Campania
(c) Naples
(d) Sicily

Answer :  B

Question : Globalization involves:
(a) A stretching of social, political, and economic activities across political frontiers.
(b) A growing magnitude of interconnectedness in almost every sphere of social existence.
(c) An accelerating pace of global interactions and processes associated with a deepening enmeshment of the local and the global.
(d) All of the answer options given are correct

Answer :  D