Roman Empire NDA Questions

NDA Ancient World History

Roman Empire MCQ Questions


1.
According to traditional Roman legend, the city of Rome was founded by twin brothers who had been raised by a she-wolf, named:
A.
Aeneas and Ascanius (figures from an earlier, related Trojan legend, not the immediate founding brothers)
B.
Castor and Pollux (twin figures from a different Roman/Greek myth, not the founders of Rome)
C.
Numa and Tullus (early legendary Roman kings, not the city's founding twins)
D.
Romulus and Remus
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ANSWER :
D. Romulus and Remus
2.
According to Roman tradition, the city of Rome was founded in the year:
A.
476 CE
B.
753 BCE
C.
509 BCE
D.
27 BCE
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ANSWER :
B. 753 BCE
3.
Following its legendary founding, Rome was initially ruled by a succession of kings, a period generally referred to as the:
A.
Pax Romana (a much later period of imperial peace, not this initial monarchical phase)
B.
Roman Empire (a much later period, not this initial monarchical phase)
C.
Roman Republic (the subsequent period, not this initial monarchical phase)
D.
Roman Kingdom
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ANSWER :
D. Roman Kingdom
4.
The Roman Kingdom came to an end around 509 BCE with the overthrow of the last Roman king, traditionally remembered as a tyrannical ruler, named:
A.
Numa Pompilius (an earlier, generally well-regarded legendary Roman king, not the final, overthrown one)
B.
Tarquin the Proud (Lucius Tarquinius Superbus)
C.
Romulus (the legendary founder of Rome, not its final king)
D.
Augustus (a much later figure, the first Roman Emperor, not a king of the earlier Roman Kingdom)
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ANSWER :
B. Tarquin the Proud (Lucius Tarquinius Superbus)
5.
Following the overthrow of the monarchy, Rome established a new system of governance known as the Roman Republic, generally characterised by:
A.
Direct, unmediated rule by the entire adult population with no representative institutions
B.
Rule by a foreign occupying power
C.
A system of elected officials and a Senate, with power shared among different institutions
D.
Rule by a single, hereditary monarch
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ANSWER :
C. A system of elected officials and a Senate, with power shared among different institutions
6.
The chief executive officials of the Roman Republic, elected annually and typically serving in pairs to check each other's power, were known as:
A.
Consuls
B.
Tribunes (a distinct office representing the plebeians, not this chief executive role)
C.
Senators (members of the broader deliberative body, not these specific chief executive officials)
D.
Emperors (a title associated with the later imperial period, not the Republic)
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ANSWER :
A. Consuls