SUBJECT SPECIALIZATION 9.

Of the following which was the main

reason why the Egyptian Pharaohs built
ASIAN STUDIES
SOCIAL STUDIES pyramid?
A. To have safe places to store their
jewelries and other valuables
1. The following are archipelagos, except: B. To provide shelter for the people
A. Japan during disasters and calamities
B. Philippines C. To ensure a happy and comfortable
C. Indonesia afterlife
D. Korea D. To display their engineering skills
2. Who was the Mongol leader, who ruled 10. Which of the following is known as the
China, Korea, Tibet, Vietnam and land between the rivers?
adopted a Chinese name for his dynasty, A. Egypt
the Yuan? B. Mesopotamia
A. Genghis Khan C. Persia
B. Ali Khan D. India
C. Kublai Khan 11. Of the following who issued the world’s
D. Batu Khan first written legal code?
3. The first Caliph or successor of A. Hammurabi
Muhammad was B. Hannibal
A. Abu Bakr C. Sargon of Akkad
B. Abu al -Abbas D. Mener of Egypt
C. Harun Al- Rashid 12. Who was the Chinese Communist leader
D. Salah al-din who said “ Let a hundred flowers bloom,
4. Which country lies on the vast Eurasian Let the hundred thoughts content”?
plain that starts from Europe and reaches A. Chiang Kai-Shek
the border of China? B. Sun Yat Sen
A. Sweden C. Mao Zedong
B. Finland D. Norodom Sihanouk
C. Tehran 13. The Khmer Rouge which established a
D. Baghdad reign of terror in Cambodia was led by
5. Constantinople, the capital of Byzantine ____?
Empire is now called? A. Ho Chih Minh
A. Islamabad B. Ngi Dinh Diem
B. Istanbul C. Mao Zedong
C. Tehran D. Norodom Sihanouk
D. Baghdad 14. In the Hindu traditions, the doctrine of
6. Of the following who is believed by the the non violence and reverence for all life
Muslim as the one God? is called?
A. Brahman A. Nirvana
B. Judah B. Zen
C. Allah C. Ahimsa
D. Yahweh D. Moska
7. Of the following which is not a belief of 15. Which of the following is known as the
Judaism? Land of the Thunder Dragons and it is
A. Jesus is Lord and the Messiah mountainous and landlocked Himalaya
B. There is one true and omnipotent Kingdom?
God A. Nepal
C. God spoke through the prophets B. Bhutan
D. The poor and the nearby must be C. Maldives
helped D. Sri Lanka
8. According to Hindus, all actions of a
person’s life affect his or her fate in the 16. One of the four main areas of North Asia
new life and this is called? and Central Asia is the “Heartland” and it
A. Moksha is more indefinite than Inner Asia. The
B. Atman main Heartland area includes Mongolia,
C. Nirvana Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. On
what region did the people faced some of
D. Karma
 the most extreme survival conditions on 26. The leadership of Genghis Khan lasts for
the face of the earth. how many years?
A. Siberia A. 55 years
B. Mongolia B. 60 years
C. Central Asia C. 65 years
D. North Asia D. 68 years
17. They lived in a small group of few 27. Genghis Khan believed that this sky God
families with their own yurts. had charged him with the responsibility
A. Chinese People of unifying the Mongols.
B. Mongol People A. Ishtar
C. Harappans B. Mongke Tenggeri
D. Nomads C. Marduk
18. Who is Genghis’ third son that became D. Tammuz
khan, the overseer-ruler of Mongol 28. Yu established a dynasty called
domains? A. Hsia Dynasty
A. Batu B. Shang Dynasty
B. Chaghadai C. Chou Dynasty
C. Ogodei D. Han Dynasty
D. Godah 29. He became the Khan of Golden Horde.
19. He is the second son of Genghis’ that A. Batu
received jurisdiction over Central Asia. B. Chaghadai
A. Batu C. Ogodei
B. Chaghadai D. Godah
C. Ogodei 30. He was hailed by the Western historians
D. Godah as the “Napoleon of India”.
20. It is a land of striking contrasts: lofty A. Chandragupta I
mountains with snow topped peaks and B. Asoka
rich, wood areas with rivers, streams and C. Sumadragupta
lakes. D. Maurya
A. Mongolia 31. Two generals of Genghis Khan who had
B. India reached all the way to Crimea before
C. China rejoining other Mongol troops?
D. Eastern Tibet A. Khuriltai and Lebe
21. Who build the Great Wall of China? B. Lebe and Subotai
A. Hsiung-nus C. Subotai and Tenggeri
B. Shih Huang Ti D. Tenggeri and Khuriltai
C. Shan-yu 32. They were the “have-nots” of antiquity,
D. Gyul-mutshan always poor in comparison with the
22. What is the English word of “Khanate”? peoples in more thickly populated
A. Power farming regions.
B. Throne A. Chinese People
C. Authority B. Mongol People
D. Kingdom C. Harappans
23. The Samoyeds considered this animal as D. Nomads
“jilepo” a word meaning ‘life’, ‘living’. 33. A Muslim ruler of Afghanistan, who used
A. Camel Turkish troops in his wars.
B. Reindeer A. Muhammad Qasim
C. Giraffe B. Mahmud of Ghazni
D. Tiger C. Qutbud-din
24. What are the Turkish languages of D. Muhammad of Ghor
Hsiung-nus or Huns? 34. He had been called as the “Napoleon of
A. Cisi & Hazzi Japan”.
B. Kisi & Hizsi A. Iyeyasu
C. Siki & Zhizzi B. Hideyoshi
D. Kisi & Hizzi C. Yorimoto
25. It is considered as the first dynasty of D. Jimmu
China. 35. It is known as The Land of the Rising Sun.
A. Hsia/ Xia Dynasty A. Japan
B. Shang Dynasty B. Philippines
C. Chou Dynasty C. SKorea
D. Han Dynasty D. China
36. Japan’s second most populous region.
 A. Shikoku 46. The China’s defeat against the British
B. Kinki Region merchants led to a making of a treaty
C. Chufoku region D. Kanto region called?
37. The smallest of Japan’s island and also A. Treaty of Paris
the least heavily populated. B. Treaty of Versailles
A. Shikoku C. Treaty of Nanking
B. Kinki Region D. Treaty of Tientsin
C. Chufoku region 47. In the second Anglo- Chinese war this
D. Kanto region country joined the conflict and hastened
38. This region is divided into two regions of to make peace with the Treaty of
Sanyo (sunny side) and Sanin (Shady Tientsin. What is that country?
Side). A. France
A. Shikoku B. Indonesia
B. Kinki Region C. Netherlands
C. Chufoku region D. A and C
D. Kanto region 48. They were among the outstanding
39. It occupies about ten percent of the traditionalist who both used the
world’s land area and it supports one philosophies and teachings of Confucius.
fourth of the world’s people. A. Sun Yat-Sen
A. China B. Yu-Wei
B. Japan C. Chah Chi-Tung
C. Germany D. B and C
D. Indonesia 49. This basic Confucian ethics is called
40. China Proper is called as the __________ _____, the dynamic principle of life,
kingdom because of the outlaying consciousness and love rendered in
territories of Manchuria, Sinkiang and English as “human-heartedness,
Tibet. benevolence and humanity.
A. Old Kingdom A. Ten
B. Old Babylonia B. Jen
C. First Kingdom C. Zenn
D. Middle Kingdom D. Li
41. It is the first dynasty in China. 50. Taoism – Lao Tzu : Moism - ______
A. Xia A. Kun-Sun Lung
B. Yamato B. Shih Huang-Ti
C. Shang C. Moti-Mo Tzu
D. Nara D. Kung Fu-Tze
42. He is a Bengali Brahman who advocated 51. Its basic principle is to attain precision of
social reform and lessening caste rigidity. concepts, an excellent illustration is
A. Mohandas Gandhi founded in his paradoxical “discourse on
B. Sun Yat-Sen white horse”.
C. Achmed Sukarno A. Legalism
D. Ram Mohanroy B. Moism
43. He is a Hindu lawyer who captured the C. Taoism
imagination of Indian people and revered D. Dialecticians
him as a “Mahatma”. 52. He preached that universal love and
A. Achmed Sukarno mutual help were the basic principles of
B. Mohandas Gandhi order in society.
C. Chang Kai-shek A. Kun-Sun Lung
D. Ram Mohanroy B. Shih Huang-Ti
44. He is known for his teaching that hate C. Moti-Mo Tzu
should be returned with love, that D. Kung Fu-Tze
violence corrupted the soul. 53. He was known as the “First Sovereign
A. Mohandas Gandhi Emperor” presided over a centralized
B. Sun Yat-Sen administrative system that replaced the
C. Achmed Sukarno semi-independent states of late Chou
D. Ram Mohanroy and inaugurated a series of measures.
45. He is the one who led the revolution for A. Kun-Sun Lung
the Indonesian independence. B. Shih Huang-Ti
A. Achmed Sukarno C. Moti-Mo Tzu
B. Mohandas Gandhi D. Kung Fu-Tze
C. Chang Kai-shek 54. During his reign, the world’s first printed
D. Ram Mohanroy books were produced.
 A. Gen. Che Wen C. Kami
B. Wu Ti D. Ahura Mazda
C. Chu Yuan-Chang 64. One of the basic beliefs of this religion is
D. Hsuan Tsung the “Golden Rule”.
55. He founded the Chinese-style Yuan
Dynasty with its capital Peking. A. Confucianism
A. Kublai Khan B. Shintoism
B. Jurchen C. Judaism
C. K’ang His D. Hinduism
D. All of them 65. He is called “the enlightened one” and he
56. He became the founder of the Ming sits under the Bodhi tree for forty-nine
Dynasty. days to achieve the Nirvana.
A. Gen. Che Wen A. Mohammad
B. Wu Ti B. Buddha
C. Chu Yuan-Chang C. Jesus Christ
D. Hsuan Tsung D. Brahma
57. He established a military government or 66. Nirvana in the belief of the religion
shogunate by the end of the 12th century Buddhism means
-the Kamakura Shogunate. A. Perfect Family
A. Yoritomo B. Everlasting Love
B. Jito C. Perfect Happiness
C. Hideyoshi D. Perfect life
D. A and C 67. Guru Nanak is the founder of this
58. It destroyed the invading group that religion.
made the Japanese believe that they A. Shintoism
were divinely protected people. B. Sikhism
A. Kamikaze C. Zoroastrianism
B. Divine Wind D. Christianism
C. Shogunate 68. This pillar in the Five Pillars of Faith in
D. A and B Islam says that you should go to Mecca
once in your life.
59. The legendary sovereign (tenno), the first A. Salah
emperor of Japan. B. Sawm
A. Jimmu C. Shahadah
B. Jito D. Hajj
69. This religion is based on the life and
C. Hideyoshi
teachings of Jesus.
D. Yoritomo
A. Christianism
60. The body of water with lowest elevation
B. Judaism
from sea level with highest level of C. Confucianism
salinity. D. Sikhism
A. Caspian Sea 70. They are the largest language family in
B. Dead Sea the world and can be found in Central
C. Red Sea and South Asia.
D. Lake Baikal A. Sino-Tibetan
61. It contains the collective teachings of B. Indo-European
Buddha. C. Austronesian
A. Quran D. Japanese
B. Tripitaka 71. It is a vast treeless mountain tract.
A. Desert
C. Zend Avesta
B. Forest
D. Torah
C. Tundra
62. In what country did Buddhism
D. Steppe
originated? 72. It is the skeletal terrain system of great
A. Iraq ranges radiating out from the Pamir Knot
B. Iran and Tibet.
C. India A. Arid Asia
D. Japan B. Arctic Asia
63. Zoroastrianism is founded by Zoroaster, C. Mountain Asia
who is considered as their god? D. Subtropical and Monsoon of Asia
A. Ahriman 73. It has two icy zones extending laterally
B. Ahimsa across northern part of Asia.
 A. Arid Asia A. Assyrian
B. Arctic Asia B. Lydians
C. Mountain Asia C. Hittites
D. Subtropical and Monsoon of Asia D. Sumerian
74. It is the most populous Country in Asia. 85. They introduced the first writing system
A. Beijing called cuneiform.
B. China A. Sumerian
C. South Korea B. Akkadian
D. North Korea C. Hittites
75. They are the second largest language D. Assyrians
family in the world. 86. The first leader of the Persian Empire
A. Sino-Tibetan who allowed different religions to exist
B. Indo-European under his rule.
C. Austronesian A. Cyrus the Great
D. Japanese B. Sargon the Great
76. Which of the following did not contribute C. Darius the Great
to the Qing dynasty’s downfall? D. Alexander the Great
A. Opium War 87. Persia’s official religion founded by
B. Boxer Rebellion Zoroaster.
C. White Lotus Rebellion A. Buddhism
D. Death of Emperor Puyi B. Sikhism
77. Who was the first President of China? C. Jainism
A. Sun Yat-Sen D. Zoroastrianism
B. Mao Zedong 88. This Chinese dynasty was the longest
C. Chou En-Lai reign of any dynasty.
D. Yuan Shikai A. Ch’in
78. The leader pf Conservative forces of Qing B. Chou
dynasty. C. Tang
A. Tongzhi Emperor D. Ming
B. Jiaqing Emperor 89. In this dynasty , paper was discovered
C. Dowager Empress Cixi A. Han Dynasty
D. Kangxi Emperor B. Xia Dynasty
79. Which is the last dynasty in China? C. Shang Dynasty
A. Qing D. Qin Dynasty
B. Ming 90. He is known as the greatest leader during
C. Song the Muslim invasion in India.
D. Tang A. Tamerlane
80. The greatest Mogul emperor of India was B. Kublai Khan
Babur’s grandson named ______. C. Aurangzed
A. Alexander the Great D. Akbar the Great
B. Darius the Great 91. This country is also known as Hermit
C. Akbar the Great Kingdom.
D. Sargon the Great A. China
81. He became a greatest patron of B. Malaysia
Buddhism. C. Philippines
A. Asoka D. Korea
B. Sumadragupta 92. The last Hindu empire that reigned in
C. Buddha Malay Archipelago.
D. Iltutmish A. Sailendra Empire
82. What is the World’s coldest desert? B. Madjapahit Empire
A. Sahara C. Burmese EMpire
B. Gobi D. Srivijaya Empire
C. Namib 93. His name means “King of the World” he
D. Atacama also built a tomb for his wife known as
83. The fully developed homo sapiens that the Taj Mahal.
appeared 35 000 years agi. A. Shah Jahan
A. Neanderthal man B. Jahangir
B. Homo erectus C. Tang Taitsung
C. Australipeticus Afarensis D. Kublai Khan
D. Homo Sapiens Sapiens 94. How old is Shih Huang Ti when he
84. They are the first to use iron weapons in became the emperor of Qin dynasty?
warfare. A. 18
B. 8
C. 21
D. 13
95. He was the one who ordered to built the
Great Wall of China.
A. Confucius
B. Mao Tse Tung
C. Shih Huang Ti
D. Kubali Khan
96. Kalidasa is a known great _____ and
dramatist in the Sanskrit language.
A. Singer
B. Poet
C. Scientist
D. Writer
97. They are the first nomads to occupy
Indus
A. Semitic People
B. Jews
C. Aryans
D. Hindus
98. Persia’s province : Satrapy
______________: Satrap
A. Chief
B. Mayor
C. Governor
D. President
99. They are known as “The Great Merchants
of the Ancient World”.
A. Chaldeans’
B. Persians
C. Phoenicians
D. Lydians
100. Who is the chief god of
Babylonians?
A. Marduk
B. Ashur
C. Zeus
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