1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United
Kingdom, the UK or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of the continent of …………………
Correct : A. europe
2. A later Neolithic group, the Beaker Folk, migrated from…………, probably between 2500 and
2000 B.C.
Correct : A. northern europe
3. The art of working iron came to Britain about……………...
Correct : A. 1000
4. The last pre-historic invaders of Britain were ………………
Correct : A. the celts
5. ‘Gallic wars’ were the account of ……………
Correct : A. julius caesar
6. …………….were the priests of the Celtic tribes in Britain.
Correct : A. the druids
7. Roman contact with the Celts in the British Isles began with the invasion by ……….in 55 B.C.
Correct : A. julius caesar
8. King Ethelbert of ………….had married Bertha; a Christian Princess of France.
Correct : A. kent
9. ……………… was the first English poet.
Correct : A. caedmon
10. The Jutes occupied the region called…………….., between the Thames River and the Strait of
Dover.
Correct : A. kent
11. Heptarchy means…………..kingdoms
Correct : C. seven
12. Alfred the Great was the king of ……………
Correct : B. wessex
13. In 597 ……………was sent by Pope Gregory I, arrived in Kent to convert the people of the
British Isles to Christianity.
Correct : B. saint augustine
14. The language of the Anglo-Saxons, commonly called …………….
Correct : A. old english
15. ……………was the youngest son of King Aethelwulf and his wife, Osberga.
Correct : A. alfred the great
16. The Treaty of Wedmore was between Alfred the Great and ……………..
Correct : B. guthrum
17. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating
the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain was prepared under the guidance of ………………….
Correct : A. alfred the great
18. Who were known as Vikings?
Correct : D. danes
19. The ………….conquest of England began on 28 September 1066 with the invasion of
England by William, Duke of Normandy.
Correct : B. norman
20. William became known as William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings on
14 October ……………….
Correct : A. 1066
21. William the Conqueror won victory at the …………….on 14 October 1066, defeating King
Harold II of England.
Correct : A. battle of hastings
22. Normandy was a territory of ………………….
Correct : C. france
23. The Domesday Book is connected with the king…………………
Correct : C. william the conqueror
24. The feudal hierarchy was an arrangement of rank resembling a…………
Correct : C. pyramid
25. Noblemen had to swear an oath of loyalty to William known as …………
Correct : A. oath of salibury
26. Thomas Becket was the Archbishop of ……………..
Correct : C. canterbury
27. The Second crusade was almost crushed by……….., the Muslim leader.
Correct : C. saldin
28. Who was the ruler of England during the third crusade?
Correct : C. richard i
29. ………………..agreed to the demands of the barons by signing a document known as the
Magna Carta in 1215 Runnymede on the river Thames.
Correct : D. king john
30. The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and …………..over succession
to the French throne.
Correct : D. france
31. The Battle of Crécy occurred in ……………..
Correct : A. 1346
32. The Black Death reaches England in ………………
Correct : A. 1348
33. Importance of the year 1381 in the history of England ………….
Correct : A. the peasants’ revolt
34. The Statute of Labourers, 1351 was passed at the end of ……………..
Correct : A. black death
35. During the course of the Black Death and the years following it, England had a strong and
warlike king…………
Correct : D. edward iii
36. John of Gaunt was the Duke of …………………..
Correct : D. lancaster
37. 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
38. ………….who roused the conscience ofEnglish against the corruption among the
clergy.
Correct : D. john wycliff
39. ……………..is best remembered for The Canterbury Tales.
Correct : A. geoffrey chaucer
40. Who is the father of English poetry?
Correct : A. chaucer
41. Who was the English Homer?
Correct : A. geoffrey chaucer
42. ………….attacked the doctrine of transubstantiation (the belief that during mass bread becomes
the body of Christ).
Correct : A. john wycliffe
43. Who translated the Bible from Latin to English?
Correct : A. john wycliffe
44. ………………..followers were called Lollards.
Correct : A. john wycliffe
45. Jan Hus was a ……………priest ordained in 1401, who shared similar views with John
Wycliffe concerning the excesses of the medieval Catholic Church.
Correct : A. bohemian
46. Wars of the Roses, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle for the throne of England
between the noble houses of York and ………………
Correct : A. lancaster
47. In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field, and
ascended the throne as Henry VII.
Correct : A. 1485
48. The Feudal System was introduced to England following the invasion and conquest of the
country by …………………
Correct : A. william i
49. The ………….. Was the war between the christains and the Muslims?
Correct : B. crusades
50. Henry VII was the founder of the ……………….dynasty.
Correct : B. tudor
51. Henry VIII was the ruler of the ……………….dynasty.
Correct : B. tudor
52. Elizabeth I was the daughter of ……………….
Correct : B. henry viii
53. Who was the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty?
Correct : B. elizabeth i
54. Who is the author of the book ‘England under Tudors and Stuarts?’
Correct : B. robert raynes
55. Who superintended the first complete English translation of the Bible?
Correct : D. john wyclif
56. The Reformation in England under ………….was more of a political and personal
movement.
Correct : A. henry viii
57. Who was awarded the title of Defender of the Faith by the Pope?
Correct : C. henry viii
58. Catherine of Aragon was the wife of ……………..
Correct : A. henry viii
59. Who summoned Reformation Parliament in 1529 in England?
Correct : C. henry viii
60. …………..came to the throne of England by the act of succession passed by Henry VIII.
Correct : C. edward vi
61. Who led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland?
Correct : C. john knox
62. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
Correct : C. elizabeth i
63. English East India Company, the British maritime organisation chartered by ……………in
1600 AD with rights of monopoly trading in the eastern waters and later founding a colonial state in India.
Correct : A. queen elizabeth i
64. In 1615 King James I sent Sir Thomas Roe as his ambassador to the court of Emperor
……………………
Correct : C. jahangir
65. Aurangzeb ,the Mughal emperor died in ……………….
Correct : A. 1707
66. The Regulating Act was passed in ………………..
Correct : A. 1773
67. Who is the author of "Utopia?
Correct : D. sir thomas more
68. Who was the author of the Paradise Lost?
Correct : D. john milton
69. Oliver Cromwell fought against the king…………
Correct : D. charles i
70. Hamlet is a work of ……………………
Correct : D. william shakespeare
71. Who wrote Macbeth?
Correct : D. william shakespeare
72. ……………………..wrote King Lear
Correct : A. william shakespeare
73. ……………, English poet, author of The Faery Queen, was born in London about the year 1552.
Correct : D. edmund spenser
74. Who is called as the father of English tragedy?
Correct : D. christopher marlowe
75. ………….was the Puritan author of The Theatre of God's Judgements
Correct : D. thomas beard
76. Tamburlaine the Great is the work of ………….
Correct : A. christopher marlowe
77. Who is the author of Dr Faustus?
Correct : A. christopher marlowe
78. Who wrote The Alchemist?
Correct : A. ben johnson
79. Novum Organum is a work of ……………..
Correct : A. francis bacon
80. Who developed the ‘Theory of Universal Gravitation?’
Correct : A. sir isaac newton
81. The Principia made …………one of the best known intellectual figures in Europe.
Correct : A. newton
82. Who was the founder of the Stuart Dynasty in England?
Correct : A. james i
83. When the Stuart Dynasty came to power in England?
Correct : A. 1603
84. Petition of Rights was in the year…………..
Correct : A. 1628
85. Who signed in the Petition of Rights?
Correct : A. charles i
86. Charles I was accused of treason and was executed, on January 30, ……………..
Correct : A. 1649
87. Oliver Cromwell became protector in ……………..
Correct : A. 1649
88. Charles II became the ruler of England in …………….
Correct : A. 1660
89. The Rape of the Lock immediately made …………..famous as a poet.
Correct : B. alexander pope
90. When the Glorious Revolution occurred?
Correct : A. 1688
91. Who was the ruler of England during the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
Correct : B. james ii
92. James II came to the throne of England in ……………….
Correct : A. 1685
93. James II was a……………………….
Correct : B. roman catholic
94. ………..issued his first "Declaration of Indulgence" in 1687 which he suspended wholesale
the penal laws against the Roman Catholics.
Correct : C. james ii
95. …………….' "way of ideas" was a major influence on Locke's An Essay Concerning Human
Understanding.
Correct : C. descartes
96. Year of the Bill of Rights was……………..
Correct : C. 1689
97. ………………, entitled "An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown", is one of the basic documents of English constitutional law. It was signed in 1689 by William of Orange and Mary II in return for their being affirmed as co-rulers of
England and Ireland by the English Parliament after the Glorious Revolution.
Correct : A. the bill of rights of 1689
98. Coffee became a usual drink in………..’s reign.
Correct : C. queen anne
99. The Bank of England was first established in ……………
Correct : A. 1694
100. Who was the last ruler of the Hannoverian dynasty?