Empires and Dynasties – MCQs
1. The Maurya Empire was founded by:
- Chandragupta II
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Ashoka
- Samudragupta
2. The Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent under:
- Julius Caesar
- Trajan
- Augustus
- Constantine
3. The Mughal Empire in India was established by:
- Akbar
- Babur
- Aurangzeb
- Shah Jahan
4. The Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople in:
- 1453
- 1526
- 1600
- 1707
5. The Qin Dynasty is known for:
- Building the Great Wall
- Unifying China
- Inventing paper
- Creating the Silk Road
6. The British Empire was often called:
- “The Empire Where the Sun Never Rises”
- “The Empire Where the Sun Never Sets”
- “The Golden Empire”
- “The Invincible Empire”
7. The Gupta Empire is considered the “Golden Age” of
- India
- China
- Persia
- Greece
8. The Mongol Empire was founded by:
- Kublai Khan
- Genghis Khan
- Timur
- Attila
9. The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of:
- Persian Empire
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Macedonian Empire
10. The Achaemenid Empire is better known as the:
- Persian Empire
- Mongol Empire
- Greek Empire
- Egyptian Empire
11. The Holy Roman Empire was mainly centered in:
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
12. The Safavid Dynasty ruled which modern country?
- Turkey
- Iran
- Iraq
- Afghanistan
13. The Ming Dynasty is famous for:
- Zheng He’s voyages
- Building the Taj Mahal
- Defeating the Mongols
- Inventing gunpowder
14. The Delhi Sultanate was established after the:
- Battle of Tarain (1192)
- Battle of Plassey
- Battle of Panipat
- Battle of Haldighati
15. The Songhai Empire was a powerful state in:
- West Africa
- East Africa
- South Africa
- North Africa
16. The Khmer Empire built:
- Angkor Wat
- Borobudur
- Taj Mahal
- Great Zimbabwe
17. The Habsburg Dynasty ruled which empire for centuries?
- Austro-Hungarian
- Russian
- Ottoman
- British
18. The Pala Dynasty was prominent in:
- South India
- Eastern India (Bengal)
- Western India
- Central India
19. The Aztec Empire was located in:
- Mesoamerica
- South America
- North America
- Caribbean
20. The Mamluk Sultanate ruled:
- Persia
- Egypt and Syria
- Anatolia
- Spain
21. The Sasanian Empire was the last pre-Islamic empire of:
- Arabia
- Persia
- Mesopotamia
- Central Asia
22. The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated in the Battle of:
- Panipat
- Talikota (1565)
- Plassey
- Haldighati
23. The Carolingian Dynasty is associated with:
- Charlemagne
- William the Conqueror
- Henry VIII
- Louis XIV
24. The Seljuk Empire paved the way for the rise of the:
- Ottomans
- Mughals
- Safavids
- Mamluks
25. The Tughlaq Dynasty is infamous for:
- Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s failed experiments
- Building the Red Fort
- Defeating the Mongols
- Maritime trade
26. The Yuan Dynasty in China was established by:
- Kublai Khan
- Genghis Khan
- Timur
- Hongwu Emperor
27. The Maratha Empire reached its peak under:
- Shivaji
- Bajirao I
- Sambhaji
- Rajaram
28. The Rashidun Caliphate expanded rapidly under:
- Umar ibn al-Khattab
- Harun al-Rashid
- Saladin
- Mehmed II
29. The Hohenzollern Dynasty ruled:
- Prussia/Germany
- Austria
- Russia
- Spain
30. The Zand Dynasty briefly ruled:
- Persia
- Egypt
- India
- Anatolia
31. The “Divine Right of Kings” was a doctrine strongly associated with:
- European Absolute Monarchies
- Islamic Caliphates
- Chinese Dynasties
- Indian Rajputs
32. The “Mandate of Heaven” was a political philosophy of:
- China
- India
- Persia
- Rome
33.The longest-ruling dynasty in history was:
- Imperial House of Japan
- Zhou Dynasty (China)
- Ptolemaic Dynasty (Egypt)
- Capetian Dynasty (France)
34. The “Gunpowder Empires” included all EXCEPT:
- Ottomans
- Safavids
- Mughals
- Holy Roman Empire
35. The first empire to use a standardized currency was:
- Achaemenid Persia
- Roman Empire
- Mauryan Empire
- Han China