1. Among the following agriculturalists who played a remarkable role to work for “Enclosure
Acts”?
Correct : B. Arthur Young
2. The term “Laissez‐faire” was first coined by French economists known as…
Correct : B. Physiocrats
3. The term “Laissez‐faire” meant……………………..
Correct : C. Leave Things Alone
4. ……………………… played a pivotal role in popularising Laissez‐faire economic theory in
England.
Correct : C. Adam Smith
5. ………………………..is known as the “Prophet of Free Trade” in England.
Correct : B. Adam Smith
6. …………………………wrote the famous book on economic theory titled “An inquiry into the
nature and causes of wealth of nations”
Correct : B. Adam Smith
7. The Laissez‐faire theory helped to promote the vested interests of ………….
Correct : B. Capitalist class
8. “Rotten Boroughs” are ……………………………
Correct : B. Less populated constituency
9. Which Act passed by British Parliament in 19th century , known as First or Great Reform
Act?
Correct : B. Reform Act of 1832
10. “An Act to amend the representation of the people in the England andWales” is the full
title of the…………………………….
Correct : B. Reform Act of 1832
11. The Reform Act of 1832 was passed during the reign of………………………
Correct : A. Lord Grey
12. Who was the British monarch when the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed?
Correct : C. William IV
13. The violent political agitations in England during 19th century known as the “Days of May”
is associate with……………………….
Correct : C. Third Reform Bill of 1832
14. The Parliamentary Reform Bill of 1832 passed and received the Royal Assent
on…………………….
Correct : B. June 1832
15. Large industrial cities of England like Manchester, Leeds, and Glasgow were first time
granted seats in the House of Commons as per the provisions of the ………………………….
Correct : B. Act of 1832
16. Who remarked the Reform Act of 1832 as the “water shed moment at which the
sovereignty of the English people had established”?
Correct : A. G.M. Trevelyan
17. William Evart Gladstone represented…………………
Correct : B. Whig Party
18. William Gladstone was born in the year……………….
Correct : B. 1809
19. Gladstone’s ‘Disestablishment Bill ‘of 1869 was associated with…………….
Correct : C. Irish Reform Policy
20. Gladstone passed the “Irish Land Act” in the year………………….
Correct : A. 1870
21. The reforms in the educational field passed by Gladstone was commonly known
as………………………
Correct : C. Forster’s Education Act
22. Forster’s Education Act was passed in the year…………………….
Correct : B. 1870
23. By which Act a revolutionary reform imparted by Gladstone in the field of education that
threw opened universities to all including Catholics?
Correct : B. Test Act of 1871
24. Benjamin Disraeli was born in the year……………………..
Correct : A. 1804
25. The famous novels “coningsby”and “Sybil”were written by……………..
Correct : B. Benjamin Disraeli
26. Disraeli became first time the member of British Parliament in the year……
Correct : C. 1837
27. Benjamin Disraeli represented…………………..
Correct : B. Tory Party
28. The Parliamentary Reform Act of 1867 was passed during the reign of……..
Correct : D. Benjamin Disraeli
29. ………………………….was the British Monarch when the Parliamentary Reform Act of 1867
was passed.
Correct : C. Queen Victoria
30. British Parliament passed the “Public Health Act of 1867” during the reign of
…………………….
Correct : D. Benjamin Disraeli
31. Of the following Acts which Act was passed during the reign of Disraeli?
Correct : C. Artisans Dwelling Act
32. “Rochdale Pioneers” of 19th century England was associated with……………..
Correct : C. Co‐operative movement
33. Co‐operative movement in England reached at a practical level due to the efforts
of……………………….
Correct : B. Robert Owen
34. …………………………is known as the “father of co‐operative movement” in England.
Correct : A. Robert Owen
35. Robert Owen put in to practice the idea of “Co‐operative Communities”
in…………………………..
Correct : D. New Lanark
36. ………………………..gave popularity to Robert Owen’s concept of ‘Co‐operative
communities” in England.
Correct : A. Dr William King
37. Name the periodical published by William King in 1828 to popularise Co‐operative
movement in England?
Correct : B. The‐ Co‐operator
38. ……………………….is considered as the founder of “Methodist Movement” in England.
Correct : B. John Wesley
39. John Wesley was born in the year………………….
Correct : C. 1703
40. John Wesley published a pamphlet against slavery titled………………………
Correct : C. Thoughts upon Slavery
41. In 1834, who formed a “Grand National Consolidated Trade Union” in England?
Correct : B. Robert Owen
42. …………………….was the French monarch when the Revolution of 1848 was broke out in
France.
Correct : B. Louis Philip
43. The “Corn Laws” in England were introduced in the year……………….
Correct : C. 1815
44. The Corn Laws were introduced by British Parliament during the reign of………………….
Correct : C. Lord Liverpool
45. In which year an “Anti‐Corn Law League” was formed in England to fight for the import of
corn and immediate repeal of Corn Laws?
Correct : C. 1839
46. British Parliament repealed the Corn Laws during the Prime Ministership
of…………………………….
Correct : C. Robert Peel
47. In which year Corn‐Laws were repealed by the British Parliament?
Correct : B. 1846
48. Famous English novelist Charles Dickens was born in the year…………………..
Correct : A. 7th February 1812
49. Who among the following is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era?
Correct : C. Charles Dickens
50. Among the following novels which is considered as the autobiography of Dickens?
Correct : C. David Copper field
51. Charles Dickens published his most famous novel “A Tale of Two Cities” in the year …………
Correct : C. 1859
52. All the novel of Charles Dickens depicts the…………………………………
Correct : C. Predicament of poor and oppressed
53. Among the following novels which is not written by Charles Dickens?
Correct : C. Vanity Fair
54. Charles Dickens died in the year……………………………..
Correct : A. 1870
55. William Thackeray, famous English novelist of the 19th century was born in………………….
Correct : C. Calcutta
56. William Thackeray’s monumental novel was………………………….
Correct : D. Vanity Fair
57. Famous English writer Oscarwilde was born in ……………… in the year 1854.
Correct : B. Dublin
58. Who wrote “The Soul of Man under Socialism?”
Correct : C. Oscarwilde
59. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, a famous 19th century English novel was written
by………………………………
Correct : C. Oscarwilde
60. The “Pre‐Raphaelite Brotherhood” was a group of…………………….
Correct : C. English Painters, Poets and Critics
61. William Holman Hunt and Gabriel Rossetti were associated with………………
Correct : C. Pre‐Raphaelite Brotherhood
62. The “Pre‐Raphaelites” popularised their ideas among the English people through the
publication of a periodical named……………………………
Correct : B. The Germ
63. …………………………..was a great leader of abolition of slave trade in England in the 19th
century.
Correct : C. William Wilberforce
64. British Parliament passed the “Slavery Abolition Act” in the year………………
Correct : B. 1833
65. William Wilberforce was died in the year……………….
Correct : A. 1833
66. First World War broke out in the year……………….
Correct : B. 28th July 1914
67. Which among the following country was not included in the “Triple Entente”?
Correct : D. Germany
68. Which among the following country was not included in the “Triple Alliance”?
Correct : C. France
69. The issue over Alsace‐Lorraine was closely associated with……………………
Correct : A. First World War
70. The problem of the Alsace‐Lorraine was between the countries of…………..
Correct : B. France &Germany
71. After which battle of 1870 that France was forced to surrender the provinces of Alsace‐
Lorraine to Germany?
Correct : A. Battle of Sedan
72. Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro‐Hungarian throne, was killed in the
year…………………………..
Correct : C. 28th June 1914
73. Who was the murderer of Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie?
Correct : B. Gavrilo Principe
74. Expand WSPU
Correct : A. Women’s Social and Political Union
75. The “Suffragettes” worked in England for the……………………….
Correct : D. Right for women to vote
76. ………………………. was the founder of “National Union of Women’s Suffrage”.
Correct : B. Millicent Fawcett
77. WSPU was founded by………………..
Correct : C. Emmeline Pankhurst
78. WSPU was formed in the year……………..
Correct : B. 1903
79. The name “Fabian Society” is derived from in honour of the Roman General……………
Correct : B. Quintus Fabius Maximus
80. The name ‘Fabian Society was’ suggested by…………………….
Correct : B. Frank Podmore
81. Who among the following activist was not included in the early members of Fabian
Society?
Correct : C. J.S. Mill
82. The ‘Fabian Society’ was founded on……………………
Correct : A. 4thJanuary 1884
83. The first meeting of ‘Fabian Society was held in…………………….
Correct : B. London
84. The Fabian Society was an offshoot a society founded in 1883 called………
Correct : C. The Fellowship of the New Life
85. ……………………… popularised the concept of ‘welfare state’ during the time of Second
World War.
Correct : B. William Temple
86. In the United Kingdom, the ‘modern welfare state’ started to emerge with the Liberal
Welfare Reforms of 1906‐1914 under the Prime Minister………………..
Correct : C. Herbert Asquith
87. The “Report of the Inter‐Departmental Committee on social Insurance and Allied Services”
was commonly known as………………….
Correct : B. Beveridge Report
88. Beveridge Report was published in the year……………………..
Correct : B. December 1942
89. Labour Party was formed in England in the year……………………
Correct : B. 1900
90. A Historic conference at “London’s Memorial Hall” in February 1900 marks
the…………………………….
Correct : B. Formation of Labour Party
91. Who among the following leader of Fabian society was played pivotal role to prepare the
constitution of Labour party?
Correct : B. Sidney Webb
92. In which year Labour party first time came into power in Great Britain?
Correct : B. 1924
93. The first ‘Labour Government’ in Great Britain was headed by………………....
Correct : D. Ramsey Macdonald
94. Who criticised the Labour Party as “a capitalist workers’ party which defends the interests
of capitalism”?
Correct : A. Tony Cliff
95. The Second World War was broke out in the year…………………….
Correct : C. 1939
96. The Second World War came in to an end in the year………………………
Correct : C. 1945
97. T.S. Eliot’s…………………......depicts the aftermath of the Second World War.
Correct : B. The Hollow men
98. T.S. Elliot was born in……………………………….
Correct : B. America
99. T.S. Eliot was born in the year…………………….
Correct : B. 1888
100. The poem, titled ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ was written by………………..