1. The Renaissance, a movement which stressed the ideas of the classical world, has been
described as ending the………………….
Correct : B. medieval era
2. The word ………means the revival or rebirth of the freedom loving, adventurous thought of man.
Correct : A. renaissance
3. During the …………..Ages faith dominated over Reason and consequently there was no
intellectual freedom.
Correct : B. middle
4. The Renaissance produced a new spirit of creativity and rationalism and the scholars began to
study …………..and Latin classics.
Correct : A. greek
5. Original Thinking and the critical spirit of enquiry made Abelard, Roger Bacon and Thomas
Aquinas as the harbingers of the……………..
Correct : A. renaissance
6. The…………….., the war between the cross and the crescent brought the Europeans of the
Dark Ages into contact with the highly developed cultural of the Orient.
Correct : A. crusades
7. Before the invention of the…………., Knowledge was the privilege of the wealthy people.
Correct : A. printing press
8. In…………….., Constantinople, the capital of Eastern Roman Empire was captured by the Turks.
Correct : C. 1453
9. In 1453……………., the capital of Eastern Roman Empire was captured by the Turks.
Correct : A. constantinople
10. Humanism means a systematic study of……………...
Correct : A. man
11. In the middle Ages, …………….became the centre of learning and education.
Correct : A. theology
12. ………………….brought about a transition from the religious approach to the humanistic
approach to the problems of the world.
Correct : A. renaissance
13. Renaissance initially started in …………………
Correct : B. italy
14. When Constantinople was captured by …………….most of the Greek scholars migrated to Italy
Correct : A. turks
15. The …………..cities like Venice, Milan and Florence were rich and prosperous due to trade
with the East.
Correct : A. italian
16. ……………actually came to be known as the “Athens of Italy”.
Correct : B. florence
17. Machiavelli was the great political writer of ……………..
Correct : A. italy
18. Who was author of the book ‘The Prince’?
Correct : A. machiavelli
19. ……………… was called “the Morning star of Renaissance”
Correct : B. dante
20. Who wrote ‘Divine Comedy’?
Correct : A. dante
21. ………………was called the ‘Father of Humanism’
Correct : C. petrarch
22. ……………….. broke the monopoly of Latin and wrote his world famous love sonnets to “Laura”
in Italian language.
Correct : C. petrarch
23. Who wrote ‘Utopia’?
Correct : A. thomas moore
24. ………………. was the “Father of Italian Prose”.
Correct : A. boccaccio
25. Whose master piece was ‘De-Cameron’?
Correct : C. boccaccio
26. The greatest Renaissance scholar of ………………was Erasmus.
Correct : A. holland
27. ………………..was the author of ‘The Praise of Folly’.
Correct : C. erasmus
28. ……………..was author of ‘Don Quixote’.
Correct : A. cervantes
29. The …………….writer Camoes described the wonderful voyages of Vasco-De Gama in his epic
Luciads.
Correct : A. portuguese
30. St. Peters church in Rome, the huge dome of which was designed by …………………….was the
finest example of the Renaissance architecture.
Correct : A. michael angelo
31. Two important styles or schools of painting that flourished in …………..were the Florentine
School and the Venetian School.
Correct : D. italy
32. Founded by Giotto, the …………….School produced three eminent painters known as
Leonardo Da Vinci, Michael Angelo and Raphael.
Correct : A. florentine
33. Whose immortal painting is ‘Last Supper’?
Correct : A. leonardo davinci
34. Whose immortal painting is ‘Monolisa’?
Correct : D. leonardo davinci
35. Whose immortal painting is ‘Virgin of the Rock’?
Correct : A. leonardo davinci
36. ‘The Last Judgment’ was the painting of ……………..
Correct : A. michael angelo
37. The ‘Madonna’ is the greatest of the paintings of……………..
Correct : D. raphael
38. ………………..was “the Father of Modern Science”
Correct : D. roger bacon
39. Nicholas Copernicus was a great scientist of …………….created a sensation by his theory that
the earth is round in shape and it moves round the sun.
Correct : A. poland
40. ………………was a great scientist of Poland created a sensation by his theory that the earth is
round in shape and it moves round the sun.
Correct : A. nicholas copernicus
41. ……………theory was modified by John Kepler (1571-1630) which became the foundation of
the Universe.
Correct : A. nicholas copernicus
42. Who proved that the planets including the Earth revolve round the Sun in elliptical Orbits
and not in a circle as indicated by Copernicus?
Correct : A. john kepler
43. ………………., the Italian scientist studied the Solar System and perfected the ‘Copernican
Theory’ rebuked the theory of Aristotle that heavier bodies fall at quicker speed than lighter bodies.
Correct : A. galileo
44. …………………..established the Laws of Gravitation.
Correct : A. sir isaac newton
45. ………………asserted that science depends upon observation of facts.
Correct : A. descartes
46. The English Physician, …………………..discovered how blood circulates from the heart through
arteries to different parts of the body and comes back to the heart through veins.
Correct : A. william harvey
47. The ………………..Physician, William Harvey discovered how blood circulates from the heart
through arteries to different parts of the body and comes back to the heart through veins.
Correct : A. english
48. The invention of Gun Powder by ………………revolutionized the art of warfare and gave a
death blow to feudalism.
Correct : A. roger bacon
49. The invention of Printing Press by …………………helped the rapid spread of knowledge.
Correct : B. john guttenberg
50. ………….perfected the idea of Roger Bacon and set up his improved Telescope at the
University of Padua.
Correct : A. galileo
51. The………………….., was an instrument which indicated direction and helped the daring
navigators, who explored new lands which later changed the very face of the Earth.
Correct : B. mariners compass
52. ………………….. is the name given to the great religious revolt of the 16th century, which
permanently divided the Christendom into great sects.
Correct : B. reformation
53. In his book, “In praise of folly”, ……………..bitterly denounced the worldliness and vulgarity of
the churchmen and ridiculed superstition.
Correct : B. erasmus
54. ‘The Morning Star of Reformation’ was ……………………
Correct : B. john wycliffe
55. John Wycliffe was an ………………Priest
Correct : A. english
56. ……………….. followers were known as ‘Lollards’ or ‘poor Priests’.
Correct : B. john wycliffe’s
57. ……………………was a follower of Wycliffe in Bohemia.
Correct : B. john huss
58. Martin Luther was the greatest leader of the Reformation Movement in ……………………
Correct : A. germany
59. To expose the malpractice, ………………..wrote his famous ‘Ninety Five Thesis’ and nailed it on
the church door of Wittenberg in 1517 A.D.
Correct : B. martin luther
60. Ulrich Zwingli was inspired by the teachings of Luther started the reform movement
in………………….
Correct : A. switzerland
61. The work of Zwingli was continued by ……………..a French lawyer, who fled to Switzerland
when the French king opposed him for his support to Lutheranism.
Correct : A. john calvin
62. ………………….gave a clear exposition of the religious beliefs of the Protestants in his Book,
‘The Institutes of Christian Religion’.
Correct : A. john calvin
63. John Knox, a staunch follower of Calvin popularized ‘Presbyterianism’ in………………..
Correct : A. scotland
64. ………………. published a refutation of Luther’s Thesis for which Pope conferred on him the
title, ‘the Defender of Faith’.
Correct : A. henry viii
65. The issue was the divorce of …………….wife Catherine of Aragon who bore no son for him
and the proposal to marry Annie Boleyn.
Correct : B. henry viii
66. ………………… was an intellectual and Cultural Revolution which is usually associated with the
18th century.
Correct : A. enlightenment
67. ……………….. was the product of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century.
Correct : B. enlightenment
68. The chief exponent of the idea of progress was Marquis de Condorcet, the
……………….mathematician and philosopher.
Correct : A. french
69. The writers who spread the ideas of the Enlightenment were known as…………………...
Correct : A. philosophes
70. Printing was invented in …………..in 770 AD by the Buddhists.
Correct : A. china
71. The credit for the invention of printing in Europe goes to Johannes Gutenberg, a
……………….craftsman.
Correct : D. german
72. The invention of true paper made of pulped rags is credited to a Chinese named ……………..in
the year A.D. 105.
Correct : D. tsai lun
73. The first European to describe gunpowder was the ………………Friar Roger Bacon.
Correct : A. english
74. The Turks conquered much of the Arab world, seized Constantinople in ……………….. with the
effective use of gunpowder.
Correct : D. 1453
75. The introduction of ……………………..made voyages to the distant and unknown lands easier and safer.
Correct : A. marines compass
76. The advantageous location of Portugal on the Atlantic sea board was fully utilized by Henry,
the Navigator of…………………….
Correct : D. portugal
77. In 1486 A.D …………………sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape of
storms, renamed as the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese King as it gave definite hope of discovering a new sea-route to the East.
Correct : A. bartolommeo diaz
78. ………………….. sailed round the African continent and reached kappad, a few miles north of
Calicut 1498 A.D.
Correct : A. vasco da-gama
79. An Italian sailor, Christopher Columbus, with the help of Queen Isabella of Spain, left the
Spanish port of …………..in August 1492 and set foot on Small Island in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D.
Correct : A. palos
80. An ………………sailor, Christopher Columbus, with the help of Queen Isabella of Spain, left the
Spanish port of Palos in August 1492 and set foot on Small Island in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D.
Correct : D. italian
81. The great distinction of circumnavigating the world goes to a ……………………navigator
Ferdinand Magellan.
Correct : A. portuguese
82. With the help of the Spanish King, Charles II, …………….started the historic journey in
September 1519 A.D. and after two years landed at the Islands of Philippines where he was killed by the natives.
Correct : A. ferdinand magellan
83. In 1497 A.D…………………., an Italian in the service of the Tudor king, Henry VIII of England,
discovered New found land.
Correct : A. john cabot
84. Jacques Carter, the ………………..Sailor reached the mouth of St. Laurence River and laid the
foundation of the city of Montreal.
Correct : B. portuguese
85. Cortez discovered ………………..in 1519 A.D.
Correct : A. mexico
86. …………………..is economic nationalism for the purpose of building a wealthy and powerful state.
Correct : A. mercantilism
87. …………………. coined the term “mercantile system” to describe the system of political economy that sought to enrich the country by restraining imports and encouraging exports.
Correct : A. adam smith
88. In………………….., Jean-Baptiste Colbert was the minister of finance under Louis XIV
Correct : A. france
89. The term ‘Laissez faire’ was coined by the ……………economic philosophers of the
Enlightenment (Physiocrates).
Correct : A. french
90. Utilitarianism was a philosophical theory of ethics outlined by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham and developed by………………….
Correct : A. john stuart mill
91. John Stuart Mill, a ……….philosopher and economist led the utilitarian movement in 1800s.
Correct : B. british
92. The …………………historian Henrie Pirenne formulated the theory of the ‘revival of long
distance trade’ for the decline of feudalism.
Correct : B. belgian
93. In 1904, …………………published his monumental work ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism’ in which he argued that capitalism was the product of Protestantism.
Correct : B. weber
94. According to Weber the emergence of Protestantism, particularly Calvinism, during the 16th and 17th centuries created the necessary condition for the origin of………………….
Correct : B. capitalism
95. …………………wrote an important book entitled ‘Two Treatises of Government’.
Correct : A. john locke
96. The death of Elizabeth I in ……………. A.D ended the glorious period of the Tudors.
Correct : B. 1603
97. ……………….inaugurated the Stuart Dynasty.
Correct : A. james i
98. The protracted struggle began with James I, “the wisest fool of Christendom” and ended
with the glorious or Bloodless Revolution of 1688 A.D. during the reign of………………...
Correct : B. james ii
99. James II established friendly relation with Louis XIV of………………..