Social and Cultural History of Britain (Ancient and Medieval Period) | Set 1
1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the
north-western coast of the continent of …………………
Correct : A. europe
2. Which among the following is not a political division of the Island of Great Britain.
Correct : D. republic of ireland.
3. What is the Constitutional name of the Britain.
Correct : A. united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland
4. which among the following is not a part of Great Britain.
Correct : C. republic of ireland
5. The Island country got the name Britain From the Teutonic tribe called ...
Correct : D. brythons
6. A later Neolithic group, the Beaker Folk, migrated from…………, probably between 2500
and2000 B.C.
Correct : A. northern europe
7. The art of working iron came to Britain about……………..
Correct : A. 1000
8. The last pre-historic invaders of Britain were ………………
Correct : A. the celts
9. ‘Gallic wars’ were the account of ……………
Correct : A. julius caesar
10. The Roman Conqueror who crossed English Channel and came to Britain in 55 BC was
Correct : B. julius caesar
11. In which Language Venerable Bede had written “Ecclesiastical History of English Race”.
Correct : A. latin
12. …………….were the priests of the Celtic tribes in Britain.
Correct : A. the druids
13. Roman contact with the Celts in the British Isles began with the invasion by ……….in 55 B.C.
Correct : A. julius caesar
14. King Ethelbert of ………….had married Bertha; a Christian Princess of France.
Correct : A. kent
15. The Jutes occupied the region called…………….., between the Thames River and the Strait
ofDover.
Correct : A. kent
16. Heptarchy means…………..kingdoms
Correct : C. seven
17. Alfred the Great was the king of ……………
Correct : B. wessex
18. The language of the Anglo-Saxons, commonly called …………….
Correct : A. old english
19. ……………was the youngest son of King Ethelwulf and his wife, Osberga.
Correct : A. alfred the great
20. The Treaty of Wedmore was between Alfred the Great and ……………..
Correct : B. guthrum
21. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narratingthe
history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain was prepared under the guidance of………………….
Correct : A. alfred the great
22. Who were known as Vikings?
Correct : D. danes
23. The ………….conquest of England began on 28 September 1066 with the invasion of
England by William, Duke of Normandy.
Correct : B. norman
24. William became known as William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings
on14 October ……………….
Correct : A. 1066
25. William the Conqueror won victory at the …………….on 14 October 1066, defeating
KingHarold II of England.
Correct : A. battle of hastings
26. Normandy was a territory of ………………….
Correct : C. france
27. The Doomsday Book is connected with the king…………………
Correct : C. william the conqueror
28. The feudal hierarchy was an arrangement of rank resembling a…………
Correct : C. pyramid
29. Feudalism is the name given to the system of government William I introduced to Englandafter he
defeated …………….at the Battle of Hastings.
Correct : C. harold
30. Noblemen had to swear an oath of loyalty to William known as …………
Correct : A. oath of salisbury
31. Thomas Becket was the Archbishop of ……………..
Correct : C. canterbury
32. In 1095 Pope …………..preached the Crusade appealing to all Christian Kings to
unite and face the common threat?
Correct : A. urban ii
33. The Second crusade was almost crushed by……….., the Muslim leader.
Correct : C. saladin
34. Who was the ruler of England during the third crusade?
Correct : C. richard i
35. ………………..agreed to the demands of the barons by signing a document known as theMagna
Carta in 1215 Runnymede on the river Thames.
Correct : D. king john
36. The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and …………..over successionto the
French throne.
Correct : D. france
37. The Battle of Crecy occurred in ……………..
Correct : A. 1346
38. The Black Death reaches England in ………………
Correct : A. 1348
39. Importance of the year 1381 in the history of England ………….
Correct : A. the peasants’ revolt
40. The Statute of Labourers, 1351 was passed at the end of ……………..
Correct : A. black death
41. During the course of the Black Death and the years following it, England had a strong
andwarlike king…………
Correct : D. edward iii
42. John of Gaunt was the Duke of …………………..
Correct : D. lancaster
43. In 1377, ……………imposed a new tax, the Poll (head) Tax that was to cover the cost of the
Hundred Years War.
Correct : A. john of gaunt
44. ………….who roused the conscience of English against the corruption among the
clergy.
Correct : D. john wycliffe
45. ……………..is best remembered for The Canterbury Tales.
Correct : A. geoffrey chaucer
46. Who is the father of English poetry?
Correct : A. chaucer
47. Who was the English Homer?
Correct : A. geoffrey chaucer
48. ………….attacked the doctrine of transubstantiation (the belief that during mass bread becomes the body of Christ).
Correct : A. john wycliffe
49. Who translated the Bible from Latin to English?
Correct : A. john wycliffe
50. ………………..followers were called Lollards.
Correct : A. john wycliffe
51. Jan Hus was a ……………priest ordained in 1401, who shared similar views with JohnWycliffe
concerning the excesses of the medieval Catholic Church.
Correct : A. bohemian
52. Wars of the Roses, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle for the throne of
Englandbetween the noble houses of York and ………………
Correct : A. lancaster
53. In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field, and
ascended the throne as Henry VII.
Correct : A. 1485
54. The Feudal System was introduced to England following the invasion and conquest of the
country by …………………
Correct : A. william i
55. The ………….. Was the war between the Christians and the Muslims?
Correct : B. crusades
56. Henry VII was the founder of the ……………….dynasty.
Correct : B. tudor
57. Henry VIII was the ruler of the ……………….dynasty.
Correct : B. tudor
58. Elizabeth I was the daughter of ……………….
Correct : B. henry viii
59. Who was the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty?
Correct : B. elizabeth i
60. Who is the author of the book ‘England under Tudors and Stuarts?’
Correct : B. robert raynes
61. ………….learned the art of printing, and, after being in the service of Margaret Duchess
ofBurgundy, an English princess, returned to England and set up his printing press at Westminster in1476.
Correct : B. william caxton
62. Who introduced the first printing press in England?
Correct : B. william caxton
63. Who was the second Tudor King?
Correct : B. henry viii
64. The Reformation in England under ………….was more of a political and personal
movement.
Correct : B. martin luther
65. Who was awarded the title of Defender of the Faith by the Pope?
Correct : C. henry viii
66. The Black Death was …….
Correct : C. the terrible plague bringing poverty and unrest.
67. King Richard II Succeeded to the Crown in ………
Correct : A. 1377
68. Chaucer’s The Remount of the Rose is
Correct : B. a lengthy allegorical poem
69. Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer’s long poem adopted from …….
Correct : D. boccaccio
70. Chaucer’s poem ‘The House of Fame’ is written in …….
Correct : B. octosyllabic couplet
71. Chaucer’s first attempt in English to use the heroic couplet occurs in which of the
followingpoems.
Correct : B. tale of melibeus
72. The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales go on a pilgrimage to the tomb
of……..
Correct : C. st. thomas a becket
73. Chaucer virtually imported the decasyllabic lines in his poetry from ………
Correct : A. france
74. Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is also known as …………
Correct : A. decasyllabic lines
75. The prevailing feature of Chaucer’s humour is its ……
Correct : A. urbanity
76. The Hundred Years’ War was originated in
Correct : A. the conquest of 1066.
77. The sole cause of the Hundred Years’ War was ………
Correct : A. the commercial rivalry between france and england.
78. The Statute of Labourers was enacted in English in ……..
Correct : D. 1351
79. The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 is also called ……….
Correct : A. tyler’s rebellion
80. The Peasants’ Revolt was based on the theory of democracy and socialism of whose
text………..
Correct : A. watt tyler
81. Who are called Lollards?
Correct : B. john wycliffe and his followers
82. Who superintended the first complete English translation of the Bible?
Correct : D. john wycliffe.
83. Who is called the real originator of European Protestantism?
Correct : A. john wycliffe
84. John Wycliffe is called………………
Correct : A. the morning star of reformation.
85. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a literary form of enclosing a number of tales within
onenarrative is ……..
Correct : A. oriental in origin.
86. In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims started a sixty-mile ride
toCanterbury in the month of …….
Correct : B. april
87. In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, who amongst the following characterstold the
first tale on their way to Canterbury………..
Correct : C. knight
88. The last tale told by Parson on the last day of pilgrimage in The Prologue to the CanterburyTales
was a prose sermon on ………
Correct : A. penitence, with emphasis upon the seven sins.
89. Point out the kingdom ruled by Alfred, the Great
Correct : D. wessex.
90. who is known as Wessex darling.
Correct : B. alfred the great
91. Name the document that mentions about the origin of feudalism:
Correct : B. doomsday book
92. The founder of the Tudor Monarchy was:
Correct : A. henry vii
93. The leader of the Reformation Movement in Scotland was:
Correct : B. john knox
94. Who occupied the bottom section of feudal Hierarchy.?
Correct : B. serf
95. The aim of Doom’s Day Book was
Correct : A. to destroy the power of barons
96. who is the author of the book “ConfessioAmantis”
Correct : B. john gower
97. who among the following questioned the value of indulgence and pilgrimage, promote use of
vernacular languages and attack clerical corruption.
Correct : A. william langland
98. who among the following is called as “The Maid of Orleans” .