ANCIENT
CIVILISATIONS
1. The earliest signs to denote words
through pictures
a)
Calligraphy
b) Pictographic
c)
Ideographic
d)
Stratigraphic
Answer : (b) Pictographic
2. The preservation process of dead
body in ancient Egypt
a)
Sarcophagus
b)
Hyksos
c) Mummification
d)
Polytheism
Answer : (c) Mummification
3. The Sumerian system of writing
a)
Pictographic
b)
Hieroglyphic
c)
Sonogram
d) Cuneiform
Answer : (d) Cuneiform
4. The Harappans did not have the
knowledge of
a)
Gold and Elephant
b) Horse and Iron
c)
Sheep and silver
d)
Ox and platinum
Answer : (b) Horse and
Iron
5. The Bronze image suggestive of
the use of lost-wax process known to the Indus people.
a)
Jar
b)
Priest king
c) Dancing girl
d)
Bird
Ans(c) Dancing girl
6. (i) The oldest civilisation in
Mesopotamia belonged to the Akkadians.
(ii)
The Chinese developed the Hieroglyphic system.
(iii)
The Euphrates and Tigris drain into the Mannar Gulf.
(iv)
Hammurabi, the king of Babylon was a great law maker.
a)
(i) is correct
b)
(i) and (ii) are correct
c)
(iii) is correct
d) (iv) is correct
Answer : (d) (iv) is
correct
7. (i) Yangtze River is known as Sorrow
of China.
(ii)
Wu-Ti constructed the Great Wall of China.
(iii)
Chinese invented gun powder.
(iv)
According to traditions Mencius was the founder of Taoism.
a)
(i) is correct
b)
(ii) is correct
c) (iii) is correct
d)
(iii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer : (c ) (iii)
is correct
8. What is the correct chronological
order of four civilisations of Mesopotamia
a)
Sumerians – Assyrians – Akkadians – Babylonians
b)
Babylonians – Sumerians –Assyrians – Akkadians
c) Sumerians – Akkadians – Babylonians
– Assyrians
d)
Babylonians – Assyrians – Akkadians – Sumerians
Answer : (c ) Sumerians
– Akkadians – Babylonians – Assyrians
9. Assertion (A) : Assyrians of Mesopotamian
civilisation were contemporaries of Indus civilisation.
Reason (R) : The Documents of an Assyrian
ruler refer to the ships from Meluha
a)
A and R are correct and A explains R
b) A and R are correct but A doesn't
explain R
c)
A is incorrect but R is correct
d)
Both A and R are incorrect
Answer : (b) A and R
are correct but A doesn't explain R
1.
Sphinx of
Giza is a massive lime stone image of a lion with a human head.
2.
The early form of writing of the Egyptians is known as Hieroglyphic.
3.
Hammurabi's
code of law specifies the Laws related to various crimes in ancient
Babylonia.
4.
Lao Tze
was the master archive keeper of Chou state, according to traditions.
5.
The Terracotta
figurines and paintings on the pottery from the sites suggest the artistic skills
of the Harappans.
1.
a. The Great Bath at Harappa is well- built
with several adjacent rooms.
b.
The cuneiform inscriptions relate to the epic of Gilgamesh.
c.
The terracotta figurines and dancing girl made of copper suggest the artistic skills
of Egyptians.
d.
The Mesopotamians devised a solar calendar system.
Answer : a) The Great
Bath at Harappa is well- built with several adjacent rooms.
2.
a. Amon was an "Egyptian God"
b.
The fortified Harappan city had the temples.
c.
The great sphinx is a pyramid-shaped monument found in ancient Mesopotamia.
d.
The invention of the potter's wheel is credited to the Egyptians.
Answer : (a) Amon was
considered the king of god in ancient Egypt.
Column - I - Column – II
a.
Pharaoh - i A kind of grass
b.
Papyrus - ii the oldest written story on Earth.
c.
Great Law maker - iii Mohenjo-Daro
d.
Gilgamesh - iv Hammurabi
e.
The Great Bath - v The Egyptian king
Answer:
a. Pharaoh : The Egyptian
king
b. Papyrus : A kind of
grass
c. Great Law maker : Hammurabi
d. Gilgamesh : The oldest
written story on Earth
e. The Great Bath : ohenjo-Daro
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