Ancient World History - MCQs with answers - Part 4

ANSWER: d) 323 BC

Alexander died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II at the age of 32.

ANSWER: d) Zeno of Citium

The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment.

ANSWER: d) 221 BC

The Great Wall of China is to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe.

ANSWER: d) Simuka

He is described as Sishuka or Sindhuka in the Puranas.

ANSWER: d) 206 BC

The Han dynasty was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang.

ANSWER: c) Scipio Africanus

Despite Hannibal possessing numerical superiority, Scipio conceived a strategy to confuse and defeat his war elephants.

ANSWER: a) Han Wu Di

Emperor Wu adopted the principles of Confucianism as the state philosophy and code of ethics for his empire.

ANSWER: b) Marcus Brutus

In 44 BC, he assassinated Julius Caesar which marked the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.

ANSWER: a) 220

The Three Kingdoms was a tripartite between the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu. Each state was not headed by a king. An emperor who claimed legitimate succession from the Han dynasty headed the "Three Kingdoms".

ANSWER: a) 226

The Sasanian Empire was the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam.

ANSWER: b) 280

Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty.