This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > History > Class 11 History Chapter 3 An Empire Across Three Continents – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 3 An Empire Across Three Continents Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Roman silver coin, known as denarius, weighed ..... gm of pure silver. A) 41/2. B) 31/2. C) 21/2. D) 51/2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 41/2. 2. Sasanian rulers were from A) Rome. B) Samarqand. C) Greek. D) Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iran. 3. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gallienus. 4. Which were the two powerful empires that ruled over most of Europe? A) Roman and Iranian Empire. B) French and Roman Empire. C) Austian and Hasburg Empire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roman and Iranian Empire. 5. What was the Colosseum primarily used for? A) Religious ceremonies. B) Chariot races. C) Gladiatorial contests. D) Public speeches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gladiatorial contests. 6. Who was the First Emperor of Rome A) Nero. B) Julius Caesar. C) Augustus Caesar. D) Tiberius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Augustus Caesar. 7. What does the term 'monolith' refer to in the context of society or culture? A) A fragmented society. B) A diverse community. C) A historical artifact. D) A unified entity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A unified entity. 8. What was the system to judge the behavior of Emperor in the Roman Empire? A) By how the behave towards the other empires. B) By how they behave toward the army. C) By how they behave towards the Senate. D) By how the behave towards the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By how they behave towards the Senate. 9. A term used to describe the final and attractive period in the evolution and break-up of the Roman empire A) Palestine. B) Late antiquity. C) Amphorae. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Late antiquity. 10. The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire was A) Alexande. B) Nero. C) Constantine. D) Augustus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constantine. 11. What was the primary challenge faced by Christian bishops in the western provinces? A) Lack of followers. B) Political opposition. C) Competing beliefs and practices. D) Economic decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competing beliefs and practices. 12. What was the approximate capacity of the Colosseum? A) 30, 000 people. B) 75, 000 people. C) 45, 000 people. D) 60, 000 people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 60, 000 people. 13. What does the term 'Christianisation' refer to? A) The establishment of Christian laws. B) The decline of Christianity. C) The spread of Christianity. D) The unification of Christian sects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The spread of Christianity. 14. What was a significant characteristic of the Jewish communities in late antiquity? A) Uniformity. B) Diversity. C) Isolation. D) Wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diversity. 15. Vessel used to carry Spanish olive oil ..... A) Dressel 20. B) Campania. C) Numidia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dressel 20. 16. The dependent kingdoms of Roman Empire were also called- A) Provinces. B) Senatorial Province. C) Client States. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Client States. 17. What is a Debt Contract? A) A record. B) An Agreement. C) A Journal. D) A Statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Agreement. 18. Roman women didnot enjoy considerable legal rights in owning and managing property. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. The regime established by Augustus, the first emperor, in 27 BCE was called the ..... A) Principate. B) Byzantium. C) Denarius. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principate. 20. What term describes the ordinary members of a religious community? A) Bishops. B) Laity. C) Monks. D) Clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laity. 21. Which Sea separates the continents of Europe and Africa? A) Caspian Sea. B) Red Sea. C) Mediterranean Sea. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mediterranean Sea. 22. In which language was Roman History Written? A) Greek and Latin. B) Greek. C) Latin. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greek and Latin. 23. What type of family was in Roman Society? A) Joint Family. B) Nuclear Family. C) Small Family. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear Family. 24. Name the rival of the Roman Empire in 2nd Century AD A) Iranian Empire. B) Egyptian Empire. C) Islamic Empire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iranian Empire. 25. The second in the long line of Roman Empire was A) Tiberius. B) Augustine. C) Augustus. D) Byzacium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiberius. 26. An armed struggles for power within the same country is termed as A) Internal war. B) Civil war. C) Cold war. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civil war. 27. A container that carried the Spanish olive oil. A) Celtic. B) Principate. C) Antiquity. D) Dressel 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dressel 20. 28. The Roman Empire can broadly be divided into ..... phases A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 29. ..... was considered the heart of Rome's empire. A) Red Sea. B) Adriatic Sea. C) Mediterranean Sea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mediterranean Sea. 30. The religion of Islam arose during the A) 6th century CE. B) 5th century CE. C) 8th century CE. D) 7th century CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7th century CE. 31. Who was "Tiberius" ? A) First Emperor of Roman Empire. B) Second Emperor of the Roman Empire. C) Adopted Son of Augustus. D) Both 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 2 and 3. 32. A Roman silver coin containing about 4.5 gm of pure silver A) Denarius. B) Papyrus. C) Diiocletian. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denarius. 33. A great Catholic bishop who spent most of his life in North Africa A) Augustus. B) Palestine. C) Augustine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Augustine. 34. Which Empire had a conscripted army? A) Iranian Empire. B) Roman Empire. C) Neither of the two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iranian Empire. 35. What was the heart of the Roman Empire? A) Caspian Sea. B) Macedonia. C) Mediterranean Sea. D) Alexandria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mediterranean Sea. 36. The region between 27 BCE to 14 CE is known as A) Age of Peace. B) Age of Economic Development. C) Age of Destruction. D) Augustan Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Augustan Age. 37. What was the other great religious tradition in the empire besides polytheism? A) Judaism. B) Zoroastrianism. C) Buddhism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judaism. 38. The emperor from253-68, who excluded senators frommilitary command. A) Tiberius. B) Gallienus. C) Aigustus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gallienus. 39. Evidences of street graffiti and advertisements were found in which Roman city? A) Damascus. B) Sidon. C) Pompeii. D) Antioch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pompeii. 40. What were Amphorae? A) Containers to transport liquid. B) Containers to transport Spanish Olive. C) Containers to transport wine only. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Containers to transport liquid. 41. Rome was situated on the bank of river A) Tiber. B) Thames. C) Sutlej. D) Nile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiber. 42. ..... were minted on a very large scale and their circulation ran into millions. It was a Roman silver coin. A) Solidi. B) Denarius. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denarius. 43. What type of kingdoms emerged in the West after the empire fragmented? A) Mughal. B) Byzantine. C) Ottoman. D) Post-Roman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Post-Roman. 44. This made it possible for people to settle in one place. A) Hunting/gathering. B) War. C) Slavery. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 45. Which sea formed the heart of the Roman Empire? A) Red Sea. B) Adriatic Sea. C) Mediterranean Sea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mediterranean Sea. 46. Who was the first emperor of Roman Empire in 27BCE? A) Augustus. B) Senate. C) Hercules. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Augustus. 47. Record of events year by year is called A) Papyrus. B) Antiquity. C) Caliphate. D) Annals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annals. 48. Which of the following groups is NOT mentioned as a Germanic group? A) Goths. B) Huns. C) Vandals. D) Franks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Huns. 49. Besides Latin which language was most widely used in Rome? A) Persian. B) Greek. C) French. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek. 50. Which of the following is not a great urban center? A) Carthage. B) Alexandria. C) Antioch. D) Hippo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hippo. 51. Who was the First Roman emperor? A) Parthians. B) Sasanians. C) Augustus. D) Princeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Augustus. 52. In which centuries did the Christianisation of the empire occur? A) Fifth and sixth. B) Fourth and fifth. C) Third and fourth. D) First and second. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fourth and fifth. 53. Which Empire had paid army? A) Iranian Empire. B) Roman Empire. C) Neither of the two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roman Empire. 54. The Roman Republic was ruled/controlled by the ..... A) Senate. B) Dictator. C) Union. D) Kings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Senate. 55. ..... forbade senators from serving in the army or having access to it, A) Gallienus. B) Nero. C) Constantine. D) Diocletian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gallienus. 56. Which languages were spoken in upper classes in east and west of the early empire of Rome? A) East-Greek and West-Latin. B) East-Latin and West-Greek. C) East-Roman and West-Italian. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) East-Greek and West-Latin. 57. The semi-historical works sira in the Islamic history are A) Inscriptions. B) Eyewitness reports. C) Biographies. D) Chronicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biographies. 58. Which languages were used for administrative purpose in the early empire of Roman civilization? A) German and French. B) Latin and Greek. C) Italian. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latin and Greek. 59. What was the impact of the plague in the Mediterranean during the 540s? A) Political stability. B) Cultural flourishing. C) Population growth. D) Population decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population decline. 60. At its peak in the second century, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland to the borders of Armenia, and from the Sahara to the Euphrates A) Scotland to Fertile Crescent. B) Scotland to the borders of Armenia, Sahara to the Euphrates. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scotland to the borders of Armenia, Sahara to the Euphrates. 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