CBSE Class 11 Humanities History · Ch 1: Writing and City Life

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Difficulty: 3 easy · 8 medium · 19 hard

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The first 5 questions of this free test.

1. Q1. Writing in Mesopotamia is said to have begun around 3200 BCE. Taking the present year as 2026 CE, approximately how many years ago did writing begin?

   • A. About 2,000 years ago
   • B. About 5,200 years ago
   • C. About 1,200 years ago
   • D. About 3,200 years ago
   Solution

   Add the BCE and CE years together: $3200 + 2026 = 5226$, which is about 5,200 years ago.

2. Q2. In a Mesopotamian city a stone-cutter gets his grain from a farmer and his metal tools from a smith, while he supplies carved stone to others. This arrangement best illustrates which feature of urban life?

   • A. Division of labour and interdependence
   • B. Equal sharing of all property
   • C. A wandering, nomadic way of life
   • D. Complete self-sufficiency of each family
   Solution

   City life rests on division of labour and interdependence—people specialise in different crafts and depend on one another through trade and exchange.

3. Q3. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

   • A. Nabonidus – First king of Uruk
   • B. Gilgamesh – King of Mari
   • C. Ashurbanipal – Library at Nineveh
   • D. Enmerkar – Last king of Babylon
   Solution

   The Assyrian king Ashurbanipal built a great library at Nineveh and collected many clay tablets, including copies of older texts.

4. Q4. Three of the following are ancient Mesopotamian cities while one belongs to a different civilisation. Identify the odd one out.

   • A. Ur
   • B. Nippur
   • C. Harappa
   • D. Uruk
   Solution

   Ur, Uruk and Nippur were Mesopotamian cities, whereas Harappa was a city of the Indus valley (Harappan) civilisation.

5. Q5. Assertion (A): By about 2400 BCE the Sumerian language was gradually replaced by Akkadian. Reason (R): Akkadian-speakers spread across Mesopotamia and their language continued to be used for over 2,000 years. Choose the correct option:

   • A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
   • B. A is false but R is true
   • C. A is true but R is false
   • D. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
   Solution

   Both statements are true, and the spread and long use of Akkadian is exactly why it replaced Sumerian, so R correctly explains A.

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