CLASS-XI QUIZ 1 : HISTORY LESSON 1 : WRITING AND CITY LIFE

WRITING AND CITY LIFE QUIZ

All Questions are Compulsory

Q.1. Where did the earliest city life begin?

A. Mesopotamia

B. Egypt

C. Indus Valley

D. China

Q.2. The name Mesopotamia means

A. Land of deserts

B. Land between two rivers

C. Land of mountains

D. Land of kings

Q.3. Assertion (A): Archaeology in Mesopotamia began in the 1840s.
Reason (R): Europeans were interested due to references in the Old Testament.

A. A and R both true, R explains A

B. A and R both true, but R does not explain A

C. A true, R false

D. A false, R true

Q.4. The first known language of Mesopotamia was

A. Akkadian

B. Hebrew

C. Sumerian

D. Aramaic

Q.5. Match the following

Sumer and Akkad – (i) Before 2000 BCE
Babylonia – (ii) After 2000 BCE
Assyria – (iii) After 1100 BCE

A. 1-(i), 2-(ii), 3-(iii)

B. 1-(ii), 2-(iii), 3-(i)

C. 1-(iii), 2-(i), 3-(ii)

D. 1-(ii), 2-(i), 3-(iii)

Q.6. Which river carried fertile silt to support cities of southern Mesopotamia?

A. Nile

B. Indus

C. Euphrates and Tigris

D. Huang He

Q.7. Which area of Mesopotamia was most productive in agriculture?

A. Northern steppe

B. Southern irrigated zone

C. Mountain region

D. Desert of the west

Q.8. Urban economy includes

A. Only agriculture

B. Agriculture and hunting

C. Trade, manufactures and services

D. Pastoralism only

Q.9. Division of labour is a mark of

A. Rural life

B. Urban life

C. Nomadic life

D. Tribal life

Q.10. The earliest writing tablets were found at

A. Uruk

B. Ur

C. Mari

D. Akkad