Greek Civilisation

Q. What is a city-state?

1. A city which is part of a bigger nation
2. A large city
3. A state having a specific number of cities
4. An independent city which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries

Q. called Athens as 'The School of Hellas'.

1. Sophocles
2. Aristotle
3. Pericles
4. Darius

Q. Which of the following tribes were a part of the ancient Greek civilisation?

1. Ayoulian
2. Ayonian
3. Dorius
4. Aztecs

Q. Why is Pericles' period called the Golden Period of Athens?

1. They found a lot of gold in Athens during his time.
2. Athens' military power reached its pinnacle during his period, so they conquered a lot of territory and became very rich.
3. Science, arts, literature and philosophy reached their pinnacle during his time.
4. All the people in Athens were happy during his period.

Q. What did Pericles call Athens?

1. The School of Hellas
2. The School of Hellan
3. The School of Ellan
4. The School of Ellas

Q. Which Persian king waged war on Greece in the Marathon War?

1. Cyrius
2. Darius I
3. Xerxes I
4. Darius III

Q. Who out of the following played major roles in the field of Mathematics?

1. Socrates
2. Pythagoras
3. Thales
4. Pheidippides

Q. Which are the different tribes of ancient Greeks?

1. The Aeolians
2. The Accadians
3. The Ionians
4. The Dorians

Q. When Caesar landed in Britain, he realised that ____________.

1. The British would never surrender
2. Both A and B
3. The British might defeat his army
4. None of these

Q. What was unique in the army of King Porus that appeared threatening even to the army of Alexander the Great?

1. Artillery
2. Elephants
3. Chariots
4. Cavalry

Q. How did Ulysses prove that “manly wisdom excels brutish force”?

Q. Five forces and act at the vertex of a regular hexagon ABCDEF. Prove that the resultant is
6 where O is the centre of hexagon.