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Roots of the Modern World | Set 1

1. Printing press was set up in 1477 in England by ……………

Correct : A. caxton

2. The Renaissance had its origin in……………

Correct : A. italy

3. …………….created the lifelike statue of ’St. Mark’ in Venice.

Correct : A. donatello

4. ……………..fashioned the statue of ’Perseus and the slain Medusa’.

Correct : A. cellini

5. Michelangelo, great sculptor, painter and architect had many achievements to his credit, among which his statue of ’David’ at…………, is a masterpiece of classical dignity.

Correct : A. florence

6. ……………………..’s well-known work is the “Mona Lisa"

Correct : A. leonardo da vinci

7. "The Last Supper" is connected with …………………

Correct : A. leonardo da vinci

8. Whose most excellent painting is the grand fresco of ’The Last Judgement’ in the same chapel?

Correct : A. michelangelo

9. ……………..wrote ‘The Divine Comedy in Italian rather than Latin.

Correct : C. dante

10. …………………….wrote a series of love sonnets to "Laura".

Correct : B. patriarch

11. ………………… wrote "his racy stories in Italian", the Decameron.

Correct : B. bocaccio

12. Who wrote ‘The Prince’ as a guide for rulers?

Correct : C. machiavelli

13. Desiderius Erasmus was the greatest Renaissance scholar in ……………..

Correct : A. holland

14. ‘Praise of Folly’ was written by ………..

Correct : D. erasmus

15. In England…………..’s Utopia appeared in English in 1551.

Correct : B. sir thomas more

16. …………….Canterbury Tales was written by ……………..

Correct : A. chaucer

17. ‘Paradise Los’t is the work of …………………..

Correct : C. milton

18. Book of Common Prayers was the work of …………………….

Correct : C. cranmer

19. ‘Faerie Queen’ is the work of ………………

Correct : A. edmund spencer

20. In the 13th century, ……………..laid the foundations of modern science, by insisting on the experimental method, and discovered the uses of gunpowder and the magnifying lens.

Correct : C. roger bacon

21. Galileo was an …………… astronomer

Correct : C. italian

22. John Kepler was an ……………… astronomer

Correct : A. german

23. The Renaissance was first defined by ………….historian Jules Michelet (1798–1874), in his work, ‘Histoire de France’.

Correct : C. french

24. Who wrote the book ‘The Waning of the Middle Ages’?

Correct : D. johan huizinga

25. ………..was credited with discovering ‘the law of gravitation’.

Correct : D. sir isaac newton

26. Martin Luther was connected with ………………

Correct : D. reformation

27. ………….is regarded as the "Morning star of the Reformation".

Correct : D. john wycliff

28. ‘The Lollards’ grew in numbers in ………….

Correct : D. england

29. The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund invited …………to attend a general church council at Constance where he was burned at the stake in 1415.

Correct : D. john huss

30. Luther wrote his 95 Thesis and nailing them to the door of the Castle Church of …………on October 31, 1517.

Correct : D. wittenberg

31. Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) led a revolt against the Catholic Church in ………….

Correct : D. switzerland

32. The French Protestants were called the ………….

Correct : C. huguenots

33. …………….introduced Calvinism in Scotland

Correct : C. john knox

34. John Knox introduced Calvinism in Scotland, where it was called ……………………….

Correct : A. presbyterianism

35. In 1534 the King ……………..induced Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy which substituted the king for the Pope as head of the Church in England.

Correct : A. henry viii

36. The most significant agency of the Catholic reform was ………….

Correct : A. the society of jesus

37. The Society of Jesus was founded by ……………

Correct : A. st. ignatius loyola

38. The Edict of Nantes was issued by King Henry IV in 1598 restored peace in …………

Correct : A. france

39. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?

Correct : A. elizabeth i

40. Who questioned the sale of indulgences in 1517 by the agents of Pope X?

Correct : B. martin luther

41. The ……………aroused a spirit of adventure as well as a great deal of curiosity among the Europeans.

Correct : B. renaissance

42. ……………was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453

Correct : B. constantinople

43. The ………….had fostered a spirit of inquiry that had revolutionized geographical ideas.

Correct : B. renaissance

44. Prince Henry, commonly called Henry the navigator, was a great patron of navigation in ………………

Correct : B. portugal

45. Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator sailed around the cape up the east coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean and landed at …………..

Correct : B. calicut

46. After Prince Henry’s death ……………….crossed the Equator in 1472.

Correct : A. lopo gonsalves

47. In 1488, a brave captain named ………….sailed up to Africa’s southern most tips which he named the "Cape of Storms".

Correct : A. bartholomew diaz

48. John of Plano Carpini was sent to the court of the Great Khan in Mongolia in ……………..

Correct : B. 1245

49. The Polo brothers reach the court of Kublai Khan in China in…………

Correct : C. 1260

50. ……….Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa.

Correct : C. 1488

51. In 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sponsors ……………..to find a route to India.

Correct : C. christopher columbus

52. Vasco da Gama went around the cape and across the Indian Ocean to reach India (Calicut) in ………..

Correct : C. 1498

53. In 1499 ………………landed in America.

Correct : A. amerigo vespucci

54. In 1500 ………..reached South America (Brazil)

Correct : A. cabral

55. In 1510 Goa became the capital of the …………..Eastern Empire.

Correct : C. portuguese

56. Balboa crossed the Isthimus of Panama in …………

Correct : C. 1513

57. From 1515 to 1547 - The French king Francis I extended his colonies to …………and the Mississipi Valley.

Correct : C. canada

58. The Portuguese reached China in ………..

Correct : C. 1517

59. In 1519 ………….discovered Mexico.

Correct : A. hernando cortez

60. The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the court of……………, about 1260.

Correct : A. kublai khan

61. ……………the navigator encouraged navigation by establishing a school for geographers.

Correct : D. henry

62. Goa was conquered by the……………, who made it the capital of their Eastern Empire.

Correct : D. portuguese

63. …………….patronized by Queen Isaballa of Spain set off on a voyage and reached the West Indies, thinking he had landed on India.

Correct : A. christopher columbus

64. ……………in his ‘The Prince’ projected the need of an absolute king because he alone could provide security to people.

Correct : D. machia velli

65. When the French Revolution broke out?

Correct : D. 1789

66. Louis XIV was the ruler of ……………..

Correct : D. france

67. Frederick, the Great was the ruler ……………….

Correct : D. prussia

68. Peter, the Great was the ruler of…………..

Correct : A. russia

69. Who aptly predicted"After me, the flood."?

Correct : A. louis xiv

70. Who appointed Jean Baptiste Colbert as controller general of finances in France?

Correct : A. louis xiv

71. The Treaty of Utrecht was concluded in …………..

Correct : B. 1713

72. Nicholas Poussin is generally considered the best example of …………….classicist painting.

Correct : A. french

73. The credit for establishing absolute monarchy in Prussia goes to………….

Correct : A. frederick, the great

74. Frederick was involved in a war which lasted from 1756-63 and is popularly known as ………………

Correct : A. seven years war

75. The Peace of Hubertsburg was concluded in ……………

Correct : B. 1763

76. James I was the ruler of …………….

Correct : B. england

77. First Bourbon king of France was …………………

Correct : B. henry iv

78. Louis XIV belonged to the ……………dynasty.

Correct : B. bourbon

79. The French Protestants known as ……………..

Correct : B. huguenots

80. The first English settlement in ……………was Jamestown, in Virginia.

Correct : A. north america

81. The ………… century is often called the ‘Age of Reason’ because it was a period of enlightenment during which philosophy was in vogue throughout Europe.

Correct : D. 18th

82. ‘Wealth of Nations’was the work of ………..

Correct : D. adam smith

83. ………….., one of the best scientists of his time, wrote an essay entitled, "On Liberty and Necessity: Man in the Newtonian Universe."

Correct : A. benjamin franklin

84. ……………..was "the founder of liberalism”.

Correct : A. john locke

85. The Advancement of Learning was written by ………………..

Correct : A. francis bacon

86. Who wrote’Novum Organum Scientiarum’?

Correct : C. francis bacon

87. Thomas Hobbes was an……………. Philosopher

Correct : C. english

88. Whose masterwork was Leviathan?

Correct : C. thomas hobbes

89. ‘Meditations on First Philosophy’ was written by ……………….

Correct : C. descartes

90. Whose masterpiece was ‘The Spirit of the Laws’?

Correct : D. montesquieu

91. Persian Letters was written by ………………

Correct : A. montesquieu

92. Who wrote the philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts?

Correct : A. jean-jacques rousseau

93. The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality was written by ………………..

Correct : A. rousseau

94. Whose major work on political philosophy was the The Social Contract?

Correct : D. rousseau

95. ‘The Confessions’ was the Autobiography of ………………..

Correct : D. rousseau

96. Who Wrote Philosophical Dictionary?

Correct : D. voltaire

97. Who were The Physiocrats?

Correct : D. economists

98. Colbert was served as a minister in the Court of…………..

Correct : A. louis xiv

99. Thomas Paine was a radical writer who emigrated from …………to America in 1774.

Correct : A. england

100. Who wrote the controversial work, The Age of Reason?

Correct : A. thomas paine