Ancient World History - MCQs with answers - Part 3
1. Who developed system ranks of binary patterns?a) Baudhayana
b) Aryabhata
c) Mahavira
d) Pingala
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Pingala
Pingala is the traditional name of the author of the Chandahsastra.
a) 490 BC
b) 480 BC
c) 479 BC
d) 475 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 490 BC
It was during the first Persian invasion of Greece.
a) 480 BC
b) 479 BC
c) 475 BC
d) 469 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 480 BC
Leonidas I was a Greek warrior king of the Greek city-state of Sparta.
a) 479 BC
b) 475 BC
c) 469 BC
d) 465 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 475 BC
The Warring States period is a period in ancient China following the Spring and Autumn period.
a) 469 BC
b) 465 BC
c) 460 BC
d) 449 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 469 BC
Socrates was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.
a) 465 BC
b) 460 BC
c) 449 BC
d) 447 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 465 BC
Xerxes I is most likely the Persian king identified as Ahasuerus in the biblical book of Esther.
a) 460 BC
b) 449 BC
c) 447 BC
d) 424 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 449 BC
Macedonia, Thrace, and Ionia gain independence from Achaemenid Persia.
a) 447 BC
b) 424 BC
c) 404 BC
d) 399 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 447 BC
The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis. It is dedicated to the goddess Athena.
a) 424 BC
b) 404 BC
c) 399 BC
d) 385 BC
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 424 BC
The Nanda Dynasty originated from the region of Magadha in ancient India.
a) Alexander the Great
b) Aristotle
c) Julius Caesar
d) Napoleon Bonaparte
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Alexander the Great
He conquered the entirety of the First Persian Empire.
