Question 1.
From which wordCuneiform is derived?
(a) Latin
(b) Greek
(c) Chinese
(d) Mayan
Answer
Answer: (a) Latin
Question 2.
Which language replaced the Sumerian language after 2400 BCE?
(a) Mesopotamian language
(b) Akkadian language
(c) Chinese language
(d) Middle Eastern language
Answer
Answer: (b) Akkadian language
Question 3.
In the 2000 BCE, the city that flourished as the royal capital of Mesopotamia was
(a) Ur
(b) Mari
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
Answer
Answer: (b) Mari
Question 4.
With which person, the first event of Sumerian trade is associated?
(a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar
(b) The ancient ruler of Lebanon City, Enmerkar
(c) The ancient ruler of Nile City, Enmerkar
(d) The ancient ruler of Aral City, Enmerkar
Answer
Answer: (a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar
Question 5.
Inanna was the Goddess of
(a) the Moon
(b) love and War
(c) wind
(d) fire
Answer
Answer: (b) love and War
Question 6.
The earliest temples in Southern Mesopotamia were built-in
(a) c.4000 BCE
(b) c.5000 BCE
(c) c.6000 BCE
(d) c.7000 BCE
Answer
Answer: (b) c.5000 BCE
Question 7.
Mesopotamian weapons were prominently made of
(a) bronze
(b) copper
(c) stone
(d) iron
Answer
Answer: (a) bronze
Question 8.
The Mesopotamian city, which was systematically excavated in the 1930s, was
(a) Uruk
(b) Ur
(c) Mari
(d) Nineveh
Answer
Answer: (b) Ur
Question 9.
The Achaemenids of Iran conquered Babylon in
(a) 639 BCE
(b) 539 BCE
(c) 439 BCE
(d) 339 BCE
Answer
Answer: (b) 539 BCE
Question 10.
The King who released Babylonia from Assyrian domination in 625 BCE was
(a) Alexander
(b) Nabonidus
(c) Nabopolassar
(d) Sargon
Answer
Answer: (c) Nabopolassar
Question 11.
The technological landmark witnessed by the urban economy of the city of Uruk was
(a) bronze tools
(b) construction of brick columns
(c) potter’s wheel
(d) oil pressing technique
Answer
Answer: (c) potter’s wheel
Question 12.
War captives and local people who were put to work for the temple or for the ruler were paid
(a) bronze tools
(b) cattle
(c) coins
(d) rations
Answer
Answer: (d) rations
Question 13.
In ______ part of southern Iran, the first cities and writing emerged.
(a) plain
(b) deserted
(c) mountainous
(d) hilly
Answer
Answer: (b) deserted
Question 14.
The Mesopotamian ruler who became the king of Akkad, in 2370 BCE, was
(a) Enmerkar
(b) Gilgamesh
(c) Hammurabi
(d) Sargon
Answer
Answer: (d) Sargon
