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?