History of the Medieval World MCQs : This section focuses on the "History of the Medieval World". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the History of the Medieval World skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
Ibn Khaldun was an:
A. architect
B. historian
C. muhaddith
D. none of these
Question 2
Ibn Zaidun was:
A. historian
B. philosopher
C. poet
D. none of these
Question 3
Ibn Tufail lived in:
A. egypt
B. spain
C. syria
D. none of these
Question 4
Cordova is a city of:
A. libya
B. al-andalus
C. lebanon
D. none of these
Question 5
“Thafa-tul-Thafat” is a book on:
A. science
B. history
C. philosophy
D. none of these
Question 6
Berbers originally were:
A. iranians
B. arabs
C. africans
D. none of these
Question 7
Muhammad Bin Qasim conquered
A. spain
B. iran
C. sindh
D. none of these
Question 8
The Mongols defeated
A. salahuddin ayyubi
B. the abbasids
C. the ghaznawids
D. none of these
Question 9
Bait-al-Hikmah was established by
A. babar
B. akber
C. harun al-rashid
D. none of these
Question 10
The greatest Muslim Art in which they have achieved incomparable success is
A. paintings
B. architecture
C. calligraphy
D. none of these
Question 11
umar khayyam is known for his work
A. shah nama
B. siyasat nama
C. ruba'iyyat
D. none of these
Question 12
With some exceptions, Europe between the A.D. 400s and 1100s is characterized by
A. the absence of strong monarchs.
B. powerful religious authorities.
C. stratified social hierarchies.
D. wars between rival feudal lords.
Question 13
The monk who established strict rules for monastic life was named
A. benedict.
B. patrick.
C. gregory.
D. charlemagne.
Question 14
Which empire introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Cyrillic alphabet to Russia?
A. mongol
B. byzantine
C. british
D. gupta
Question 15
What city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
A. adrianople
B. ankara
C. constantinople
D. nicodemia
Question 16
At the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William of Normandy conquered
A. jerusalem.
B. italy.
C. germany.
D. england.
Question 17
Which of the following modern countries was not part of the Byzantine Empire?
A. bulgaria
B. egypt
C. france
D. germany
Question 18
What group conquered Constantinople in 1453?
A. bulgarians
B. greco-romans
C. kievan rus
D. ottomans
Question 19
The city of Constantinople is now called __________.
A. athens
B. byzantium
C. istanbul
D. sarajevo
Question 20
Despite the fact that Christians viewed Muslims with hostility,
A. they refused to select a muslim ruler.
B. they learned from muslim advances in science and mathematics.
C. they treated them with charity and kindness.
D. they lost the battle of tours in france.
Question 21
What was the state language of the Eastern Roman Empire after the 7th century?
A. arabic
B. greek
C. latin
D. russian
Question 22
Under feudalism, lords granted land to vassals in exchange for which of the following?
A. food
B. military service
C. farm labor
D. housing
Question 23
What renowned church was built by Emperor Justinian in the sixth century?
A. canterbury cathedral
B. st. sophia
C. notre dame
D. st. peter's basilica
Question 24
Why did some religious people want to reform the Church during medieval times?
A. it had grown too big.
B. it had grown weak.
C. it had grown corrupt.
D. it had grown too powerful.
Question 25
When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor?
A. 800
B. 860
C. 871
D. 899
Question 26
Which of the following helped unite Charlemagne's empire?
A. a strong, efficient government.
B. the treaty of verdun.
C. magyar attacks.
D. viking attacks
Question 27
Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?
A. the right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
B. the right to move from one manor to another
C. the right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
D. all the above
Question 28
Which group made up the largest part of the population in feudal society?
A. vassals
B. peasants
C. knights
D. lords
Question 29
What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages?
A. commercial and urban
B. long-distance trade
C. agriculture
D. all the above
Question 30
The Church had great power over people during the middle Ages because
A. it protected them in times of warfare.
B. it decided who could achieve salvation.
C. it provided them with education.
D. it controlled food production.
Question 31
What was the significance of the Battle of Tours in 732?
A. charlemagne converted many muslims to christianity
B. charles martel became king of france
C. it stopped the muslim advance into europe
D. muslims gained control of spain
Question 32
Which of the following groups dominated the economic and political life of towns during theHigh Middle Ages?
A. nobles
B. merchant guilds
C. knights
D. the clergy
Question 33
What is Chivalry?
A. the code charlemagne implemented
B. the code by which a christian family lived
C. the code by which knights lived
D. the code by which young men lived
Question 34
How did medieval cathedrals help to educate an illiterate public?
A. they held religious education classes.
B. they featured sculptures and stained glass that portrayed biblical stories.
C. they supported tax-based public education.
D. they required church members to learn and to read the bible.
Question 35
Which of the following was a result of the plague in Europe
A. economic decline
B. the rebirth of christianity
C. political reform
D. the hundred years' war
Question 36
Where can the finest examples of medieval architecture are seen?
A. cathedrals
B. castles
C. universities
D. all of the above
Question 37
Which of the following best describes the Church during the late Middle Ages?
A. it provided strong moral leadership.
B. it wielded great political power.
C. it grew weak and divid
Question 38
Who proclaimed the First Crusade?
A. alexios i komnenos
B. peter the hermit
C. pope gregory vii
D. pope urban ii
Question 39
Why is Joan of Arc remembered
A. she led a peasant uprising that ended feudalism.
B. she led the french to victories against the english in the hundred years war.
C. she led the english troops in the hundred years war.
D. she drove the english from calais.
Question 40
When did Europe capture Jerusalem?
A. 1081
B. 1099
C. 1095
D. 1096
Question 41
By 800, the strongest kingdom in Europe was ruled by
A. gregory.
B. pepin the short.
C. charlemagne.
D. alcuin.
Question 42
When did Saladin capture Jerusalem?
A. 1118
B. 1187
C. 1193
D. 1203
Question 43
The feudal system was based on control of
A. cattle.
B. land.
C. crops.
D. the church.
Question 44
Feudal society was characterized by
A. a hierarchical system of relationships and obligations.
B. the rule of a strong government.
C. increasing consolidation of power by frankish kings.
D. the absence of hostility between neighboring fiefs.
Question 45
How did Europeans use the term 'middle ages'?
A. the crisis of western europe
B. the medieval era of european history
C. the fact that europe became mature from 500 to 1500
D. the time between the fall of rome and the emergence of christianity
Question 46
The Crusades were undertaken to
A. keep the holy land out of muslim control.
B. end the great schism.
C. free rome from the byzantines.
D. reform the medieval church.
Question 47
When was Constantinople captured by Ottomans?
A. 1305
B. 1378
C. 1453
D. 1414
Question 48
The Crusades contributed to all of the following except
A. the growth of mediterranean trading cities.
B. improvement in the level of european technology.
C. greater contact between europe and the byzantine and muslim civilizations.
D. an increase in the power of feudal lords.
Question 49
The first revelation came to Prophet (p.b.u.h) in:
A. hira
B. thaur
C. dar-e-arqam
D. none
Question 50
The Crusades contributed to the breakdown of feudalism because.
A. muslims captured the property of feudal landholders.
B. the authority of kings increased while many nobles were financially weakened.
C. many peasants converted to islam.
D. all of the above
Question 51
Which of these factors did NOT shape the evolution of society in Western Europe during theearly medieval period?
A. roman heritage
B. customs of barbarian tribes
C. roman catholic church
D. eastern orthodox church
Question 52
Monks and nuns served the community by
A. providing social services.
B. remaining secluded and rarely seeing outsiders.
C. pressuring feudal lords to provide social services.
D. performing little manual labor.
Question 53
Umm-ul- Banin was a remarkable ___ women
A. arab
B. spanish
C. egyptian
D. european
Question 54
Which of the following is credited to Charlemagne?
A. the defeat of the muslims at the battle of tours
B. the development of banking
C. the development of feudalism
D. the revival of latin learning
Question 55
with the emergence of Abbasids the Capital was transfer from Syria to
A. iran
B. egypt
C. iraq
D. bagdad
Question 56
During Abbasid times, the Arabs learned from China the technique of making
A. fine silk.
B. gunpowder and cannons.
C. paper.
D. all these answers are correct.
Question 57
Which of the following was true of Sufis?
A. they sought an emotional and mystical union with allah.
B. they used emotional sermons and song and dance to encourage devotion.
C. they tolerated observances of some non-islamic customs.
D. all these answers are correct.
Question 58
The hajj
A. is one of the five pillars of islam
B. brought muslims from disparate parts of the world together.
C. ends at the ka'ba in mecca.
D. contributed to the spread of islamic beliefs and values.
Question 59
The manor economy was based on
A. trade among many villages.
B. metalworking.
C. farming and self-sufficiency.
D. herding and weaving.
Question 60
Which of the following is not correct in describing cultural influences on Islam?
A. persian literature deeply influenced islamic literary works.
B. indian numerals had a profound influence on the development of mathematical thinking among muslims.
C. the caliphs adopted persian ideas of kingship.
D. greek rational reasoning had a long-lasting influence on the theological development of islam.
Question 61
How did monks and nuns improve life during the Middle Ages?
A. they cared for the sick and poor.
B. they opposed the feudal system.
C. they gave land to the peasants.
D. they excommunicated criminals.
Question 62
The nature of the society into which the prophet Muhammad was born was
A. an urban-based culture with small manufacturing.
B. a strictly disciplined military society.
C. an agricultural society dominated by warriors.
D. a society made up largely of nomads and merchants.
Question 63
What change in education developed in the middle Ages?
A. the first universities evolved.
B. large universities with permanent buildings came into being.
C. students with very little training could qualify to be a teacher.
D. women began to attend universities.
Question 64
Under pressure from authorities in Mecca, Muhammad and his followers fled to Medina in 622. Muslims call this move
A. the hijra.
B. the umra.
C. yathrib.
D. the hajj.
Question 65
Which one does not contribute to the formation of International Government?
A. expansion of international trade
B. establishment of international organization
C. inter-state rivalry
D. means of communication
Question 66
The Black Death was caused by
A. malnutrition.
B. lack of vaccines.
C. a disease spread by rats.
D. wounds suffered during the hundred years war.
Question 67
The theory of social contract primarily seeks
A. to explore the historical origin of the state
B. to explain the basis of political obligation
C. to justify the status quo
D. to bring out a radical transformation of society by revolution
Question 68
Which one of the following statements about Rousseau is correct?
A. he perfected the theory of social contract
B. he repudiated the theory of contract altogether
C. he transformed the theory of contract into an idealist mode of political discourse
D. he added nothing to the theories of hobbes and locke beyond combining their
Question 69
Ma'rib dam was located in:
A. iraq
B. yaman
C. egypt
D. none
Question 70
Ka'bah is situated in the valley of:
A. faran
B. makkah
C. taif
D. medina
Question 71
The capital of Umayyad dynasty was:
A. baghdad
B. cairo
C. khusran
D. damascus
Question 72
Samarra was built by
A. al-mansur
B. al mahdi
C. al-must'asim
D. none
Question 73
The ottoman dynasty fell in:
A. 1857
B. 1926
C. 1940
D. 1924
Question 74
Literal meaning of Jihad is ;
A. exemption
B. sacrifice
C. fight
D. struggle
Question 75
For the first time Abdul Malik issued purely Muslim Coinage Know as:
A. pound
B. deenar
C. dirham
D. ruppe
Question 76
Al-Firdousi was the poet of:
A. persia
B. asia
C. africa
D. america
Question 77
In the adminstration of the ummayads the court language was:
A. persian
B. arabics
C. french
D. german
Question 78
Al-Qanun - Fil tib was written by;
A. almasudi
B. ibn-ishq
C. al- yaqubi
D. ibn sina
Question 79
The first capital of Abbasid Caliphate was
A. al-hashmiyah
B. samrah
C. baghdad
D. none of these
Question 80
Al-Idrisi was a famous
A. musician
B. poet
C. geographer
D. none of these
Question 81
Constantinople fell into the hands of the Muslims in
A. 1453
B. 1543
C. 1354
D. none of these
Question 82
During muslim rule was the capital of Spain
A. cordava
B. toledo
C. garnada
D. none of these
Question 83
Under the emperors after Justinian, the chief concern of the Byzantine state was
A. religious heresy and controversy.
B. the over taxation of the peasants and frequent peasant rebellions.
C. the defense against slavs, russians, and the arabs
D. the conversion of the slavs to christianity.
Question 84
Grand Mosque at Damascus was built by
A. abdul malik
B. waleed
C. umar bin abdul aziz
D. none of these
Question 85
Dots on Arabic letter was introduced by
A. hajjaj
B. yahya barmaki
C. hassan basri
D. none of these
Question 86
Mamun-ur-Rashid following __________ doctrines.
A. ismaili
B. ashari
C. mutazilla
D. none of these
Question 87
Al-Khwarzmi was a
A. soldier
B. astronomer
C. mathematician
D. none of these
Question 88
Baghdad was conquered and sacked by Halaku Khan in:
A. 1258 a.d.
B. 1260 a.d.
C. 1265 a
Question 89
________ was the Tutor of Haroon-ur-Rashid:
A. khalid rarmaki
B. yahya barmaki
C. ghazali
D. none of these
Question 90
Spain was conquered by:
A. mohmud ghaznawi
B. musa bin nusair
C. tariq bin ziyad
D. none of these
Question 91
"Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes the period __________________________.
A. ad 300 - ad 1600
B. beginning of byzantine through the end of the roman empire
C. beginning of early christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
D. end of the roman empire through the byzantine period
Question 92
- the pre- Islamic era is known as:
A. modern age
B. age of ignorance
C. golden age
D. none
Question 93
#NAME?
A. al-safah
B. abu jafar
C. muhammad musa
D. abdullah
Question 94
- ___ was the real founder of the Abbasid dynasty
A. al-safah
B. abu jafar
C. muhammad musa
D. abdullah