I. Choose the right answer from the following

Question 1.
The Ostrogoths established their kingdom in Italy in the year
(a) 493 CE
(b) 494 CE
(c) 495 CE
(d) 496 CE

Answer

Answer: (a) 493 CE

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Question 2.
The religion of Islam arose during the
(a) 5th century CE
(b) 8th century CE
(c) 6th century CE
(d) 7th century CE

Answer

Answer: (d) 7th century CE

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Question 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

Answer

Answer: (c) Gallienus

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Question 4.
Augustus, the first Roman Emperor was called the ‘leading citizen’ whose Latin term is
(a) ‘Basileus’.
(b) ‘Dominus’.
(c) ‘Princeps’.
(d) ‘Res gestae’.

Answer

Answer: (c) ‘Princeps’.

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Question 5.
Christianity became the state religion of Roman Empire in the
(a) 1st century CE.
(b) 2nd century CE.
(c) 3rd century CE.
(d) 4th century CE.

Answer

Answer: (d) 4th century CE.

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Question 6.
The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire was
(a) Alexander
(b) Augustus
(c) Constantine
(d) Nero

Answer

Answer: (c) Constantine

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Question 7.
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

Answer: (d) 176 days

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Question 8.
The Roman Empire got best kind of wine from the city of
(a) Byzaciuma
(b) Campania
(c) Naples
(d) Sicily

Answer

Answer: (b) Campania

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Question 9.
The Roman silver coin, known as denarius, weighed _________ gm of pure silver.
(a) 2½
(b) 3½
(c) 4½
(d) 5½

Answer

Answer: (c) 4½

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Question 10.
Saint Augustine was bishop of the North African city of
(a) Annaba
(b) Algeria
(c) Hippo
(d) Numidia

Answer

Answer: (c) Hippo

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Question 11.
______ and Greek languages were used in administration of the Roman Empire.
(a) Chinese
(b) Mayan
(c) Latin
(d) Turkish

Answer

Answer: (c) Latin

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Question 12.
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

Answer: (a) Augustus

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Question 13.
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

Answer: (b) A type of container

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Question 14.
The best kind of wine came to Rome from _______
(a) Fayum
(b) Byzacium
(c) Galilee
(d) Campania

Answer

Answer: (d) Campania

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Question 15.
Which one of the following is a rive that form the boundary of Roman Empire?
(a) Mekong River
(b) Rhine River
(c) Amur River
(d) Yangtze River

Answer

Answer: (b) Rhine River

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Question 16.
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

Answer: (b) Republican

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II. Fill in the blanks

Question 1.
Senators of provincial origin became …………….. in third century.

Answer

Answer: affluent and more powerful

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Question 2.
Roman engineers build massive ……………… over three centuries.

Answer

Answer: aqueducts

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Question 3.
The Near East is a phrase used for describing all the territories east of the ………………

Answer

Answer: Mediterranean

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Question 4.
Amphitheatre in indonissa (Switzerland) used for military drill during ……………..

Answer

Answer: first century C.E.

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Question 5.
Dr. Galen in his …………… says about exploitation of rural economy by the ……………….

Answer

Answer: On Good and Bad Diet

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Question 6.
Body of representatives to aristocracy was formed of ……………….. of Romans and Italian.

Answer

Answer: Wealthy families

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Question 7.
Trajan’s dream to conquer India at his campaign to Persian Gulr has been quoted by ………………

Answer

Answer: Fergus Millar

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Question 8.
……………….. refers to armed struggles for power within the same country in contrast to conflict between different countries.

Answer

Answer: Civil War

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Question 9.
……………….. was the name of a regime in which the reality of power lay with the senate.

Answer

Answer: Republic

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Question 10.
……………… and field survey is necessary for archaeologists in order to obtain material remains.

Answer

Answer: Excavation

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Question 11.
The Iranian empire favoured getting ………………. army.

Answer

Answer: Conscripted

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Question 12.
Membership of the Senate was for life and …………… and ……………. counted for more than birth.

Answer

Answer: wealth, office-holding.

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III. Write true or false against the following sentences

Question 1.
Great houses were those of middle class people.

Answer

Answer: False

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Question 2.
Late antiquity denotes the period of fourth to seventh century.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 3.
Olympiodorus, an ambassador tells us the senators were drawing 4,000 lbs. of gold from their estates excluding their direct consumption.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 4.
Higher and middle classes were the poorest group of people.

Answer

Answer: False

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Question 5.
Ambrose, the bishop protested aristocracy of autocratic type in order to safe-guard interests of the civilian population.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 6.
Constantine I was remembered for upliftment of the humiliores.

Answer

Answer: False

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Question 7.
Spanish olive oil was carried in containers called amphorae during 140-160 C.E.

Answer

Answer: False

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Question 8.
Nero was the revolutionary from senatorial class.

Answer

Answer: False

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Question 9.
Draco was an emperor who brought labour reforms.

Answer

Answer: False

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Question 10.
Roman empire was extended from Scotland to borders of Armania and from the Sahara to the Euphrates.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 11.
True bedrock of the imperial system were urban centres such as Carthage, Alexandria and Antioch.

Answer

Answer: True

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IV. Match the following columns

Column A	Column B
(i) Draco	(a) Separated military and civilian functions.
(ii) Shahpurl	(b) One of urban centre
(iii) Byzantium	(c) Istambul in Turkey
(iv) Diocletion	(d) language (oral)
(v) Augustus	(e) law maker of early sixth centure B.C.E.
(vi) Celtic	(f) Contemporary history
(vii) Dr. Galen	(g) An Iranian ruler
(viii) Antioch	(h) Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Arabia.
(ix) Annals	(i) Historian
(x) Near East	(j) A reed like plant used for paper manufacture
(xi) Papyrus	(k) Changed name of Octavian.

Answer

Answer:

Column A	Column B
(i) Draco	(e) law maker of early sixth centure B.C.E.
(ii) Shahpurl	(g) An Iranian ruler
(iii) Byzantium	(c) Istambul in Turkey
(iv) Diocletion	(a) Separated military and civilian functions.
(v) Augustus	(k) Changed name of Octavian.
(vi) Celtic	(d) language (oral)
(vii) Dr. Galen	(i) Historian
(viii) Antioch	(b) One of urban centre
(ix) Annals	(f) Contemporary history
(x) Near East	(h) Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Arabia.
(xi) Papyrus	(j) A reed like plant used for paper manufacture

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