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MCQ for Class 11 History Set-2

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1. Genghis Khan mother name was:




2. Through the 1180s and 1190s, Temujin (Genghis Khan) remained an ally of




3. What was known as the yam?




4. In the 3rd century BCE in China, the fortifications started to be integrated into a common defensive outwork, known as the




5. Why were the Mongols defeated by the Egyptian army?




6. The childhood name of Genghis Khan was:




7. During Genghis Khan’s attempt to conquer China, North China was ruled by




8. Why Genghis Khan commanded to plunder and destroy Nishapur.




9. The Mongols travelled with their herds to pasture lands and lived in tents called:




10. Why was the Great Wall of China built?




11. The Mongols imported _______ from China.




12. Timur, a Barlas Turk who rose to power between 1370-1405 CE, claimed descent from Genghis Khan, through the lineage of:




13. Monks who moved from one place to another, preaching to the people and living on charity. These monks were known as ______




14. We see the rise of absolute monarchy in Europe in the




15. There was a growing uncertainty about the value and purpose of monasticism by the




16. What were Cathedral towns?




17. The land granted by the lord to the knights was called:




18. A guild was an association of




19. The king who was declared the Holy Roman Emperor was




20. The first king who was declared the ‘Holy Roman Emperor’ was




21. One of the gradual changes that affected the social and economic ties between the lords and the vassals was




22. Who was William I?




23. According to French priests, the basis of classification among the three orders was




24. Fertile land was known as _____




25. The knight was given a piece of land by the lord. This piece of land was called _______




26. The Church was given the right to take one-tenth of the total produce of the peasant over the course of a year which was called a _____




27. Ibn Rushd was an Arab philosopher of _____




28. The painting ‘Mona Lisa’ was made by




29. The author of the book ‘The Prince’ is




30. Ptolemy’s Almagest was work on ______




31. The earliest universities in the European continent were set up in the country of




32. The families that gave more importance to women during the 15th century were those of




33. In Arabic, the person who was known as ‘Aflatun’ was




34. Renaissance is best known for its




35. Andreas Vesalius was a professor of _____ at the University of Padua.




36. The opening of trade between Europe and China started in the




37. By the early fifteenth century, ______ was used for those masters who taught grammar, poetry, rhetoric, history, and moral philosophy.




38. When Renaissance occurred in Europe?




39. Petrarch was given the title of Poet Laureate in Rome in




40. Who built roads through mountains from Ecuador to Chile.




41. When Christopher Columbus reached the islands of Cubanascan, he mistook it for




42. Who destroyed the Inca civilization?




43. In 1519, the group that was trying to secede from the Aztec rule of king Montezuma was




44. The first formal Portuguese capital in South America was




45. The magnetic compass, used in explorations, had been known since




46. The civilization which was politically less powerful than the Aztecs in Mexico was




47. _______ was the science of mapping the universe.




48. The ruler who ascended the throne after a civil war was




49. Who made Chinampas, artificial islands in Lake Mexico.




50. Aztecs got power when they destroyed the power of ______