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- Question
Which period in medieval western Europe is known as 'Dark Ages'?
Options- A. Early Middle Ages
- B. Late Middle Ages
- C. Entire Middle Ages
- D. Mid Middle Ages
- Correct Answer
- Early Middle Ages
ExplanationThe Early Middle Ages have often been called the Dark Ages, and to some extent they were truly dark. The people led a miserable life. Education was very uncommon. The helplessness of the comman man the arbitary rule of the king and the barons and the absence of national unity-all these conditions were common in Europe. The term 'Middle Ages' does not cover a uniform period for all the countries of the world.For Europe and the Westren World , the 'Middle Ages' are generally considered to be the period between AD 500 and AD 1500.
- 1. A king of the Roman Empire, in 37 B.C, became the most powerful and ruled for 44 years.Who was that king?
Options- A. Octavian
- B. Julius Caesar
- C. Lapidus
- D. Mark Antony Discuss
- 2. Which of the following civilization is associated with 'Laws of Twelve Tables'?
Options- A. Roman Civilization
- B. Arab Civilization
- C. Greek Civilization
- D. Iranian Civilization Discuss
- 3. Two important schools of philosophy Stoicism and Epicureanism were associated with________
Options- A. Greeks
- B. Iranians
- C. Macedonians
- D. Parthians Discuss
- 4. Which period of the Egyptian ancient History is known as the 'Age of the Pyramids'?
Options- A. New Kingdom
- B. Old Kingdom
- C. Middle Kingdom
- D. None of these Discuss
- 5. Guernica, the world famous painting was painted by
Options- A. Van Gogh
- B. Michelangelo
- C. Picasso
- D. Leonardo Da Vinci Discuss
- 6. Where is the Cathedral of Notre Dame located?
Options- A. London
- B. Rome
- C. Genoa
- D. Paris Discuss
- 7. Of which country was the religion 'Shintoism'?
Options- A. Japan
- B. China
- C. Arabs
- D. Turkey Discuss
- 8. Which country is associated with the 'Jesuit School'?
Options- A. Spain
- B. France
- C. Germany
- D. England Discuss
- 9. Which of the following countries is associated with 'Glorious Revolution'?
Options- A. France
- B. Russia
- C. USA
- D. England Discuss
- 10. Who described his policy of unification as one of 'blood and iron'?
Options- A. Bismarck
- B. Napoleon
- C. Mazzini
- D. Napoleon Bonaparte Discuss
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Correct Answer: Octavian
Explanation:
In 37 BC, Octavian became the most powerful man in the Roman Empire for 44 years under the titles of Augustus, which meant 'holy' and imperator, meaning 'Victorious general'. He also called himself Princeps, 'first citizen of the state'. The period of Roman history beginning with his rule upto A.D 284 is called the principate. His rule and the period following it were peaceful and are known in history as 'Pax Romana' which means 'Roman Peace'
Correct Answer: Roman Civilization
Explanation:
In 454 B.C, laws were codified in Rome. The laws were written on tablets of wood and were known as 'Laws of Twelve Tables'.
Correct Answer: Greeks
Explanation:
The Stoic School taught that man should accept his fate, since he cannot change it. According to Stoics, serenity of mind is the goal all men should strive to attain.Epicureans believed that the highest good for man is pleasure ,but they aimed at tranquility of mind rather than indulgence in pleasures.
Correct Answer: Old Kingdom
Explanation:
Historians divide the ancient history of Egypt into three periods. the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. The Old Kingdom is called the Age of the Pyramids.
Correct Answer: Picasso
Correct Answer: Paris
Explanation:
The Cathedral of Notre Dame is located in paris(France) . It was one of the earliest French Cathedrals to be built in the Gothic style. It was built between A.D 1163 and AD 1270. About the 12th century, a new style- the Gothic -was developed in France.
Correct Answer: Japan
Explanation:
The old religion of Japan is known as Shiltoism. This religion consists mainly of the worship of the forces of nature.
Correct Answer: Spain
Explanation:
In Spain, where there were no protestants, a soldier named lgnatius Loyola started an organisation for clergymen to work wholly as 'soldiers of jensus' in the service of the Church. Its members came to be called jesuits. They went from place to place and won back followers in France and Germany. They established missions in india, china, Africa and the Americas to gain new adherents. The Jesuit Schools which they started to strengthen the Roman Catholic Church are still in existence in many countries of the world.
Correct Answer: England
Explanation:
After the deaths of Cromwell monarchy was restored and Charles II was made king of England. He and his successor, James II tried to assert the superiority of the monarchy. But feelings against this kind of rule had grown too strong. In 1688, a group of politicians invited William of Orange, the husband of James II's daughter, Mary, and rulers of Holland, to become king. Without firing a shot, William reached London and James II fled to France. The throne was granted to William and Mary Jointly. This event is known as the 'Glorious Revolution' . This revolution marked the triumph of parliament over the monarchy.
Correct Answer: Bismarck
Explanation:
With the failure of the revolution of 1848 to unify Germany, one phase in the struggle for unification came to an end. Now Germany was to be unified not into a democratic country by the efforts of revolutionaries but by the rulers into a militaristic empire. The leader of this policy Bismarck who belonged to a prussian aristocratic family. He wanted to preserve the predominance of the landed aristocrats and the army in the united German state and to achieve the unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussian monarchy. He described his policy of unification as one of 'blood and iron'. The policy of 'blood and iron' meant a policy of war.
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