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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 1. |
The Renaissance, a movement which stressed the ideas of the classical world had its origin in…………… |
| A. | germany |
| B. | italy |
| C. | france |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» B. italy | |
| 2. |
………………….brought about a transition from the religious approach to the humanistic approach to the problems of the world. |
| A. | reformation |
| B. | renaissance |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | romanticism |
| Answer» B. renaissance | |
| 3. |
In the middle of the 15th Century, ……………was successful in operating the first printing press with movable types at Mainz in Germany. |
| A. | john gutenberg |
| B. | caxton |
| C. | nicholas v |
| D. | peter burke |
| Answer» A. john gutenberg | |
| 4. |
Before the invention of the…………., Knowledge was the privilege of the wealthy people |
| A. | gun powder |
| B. | mariner’s compass |
| C. | printing press |
| D. | computer |
| Answer» C. printing press | |
| 5. |
……………actually came to be known as the “Athens of Italy”. |
| A. | cambridge |
| B. | florence |
| C. | venice |
| D. | milan |
| Answer» B. florence | |
| 6. |
Machiavelli was the great political writer of …………….. |
| A. | italy |
| B. | france |
| C. | germany |
| D. | england |
| Answer» A. italy | |
| 7. |
……………… was called “the Morning star of Renaissance” |
| A. | dante |
| B. | bacon |
| C. | john wycliff |
| D. | thomas more |
| Answer» A. dante | |
| 8. |
Who wrote ‘Divine Comedy’? |
| A. | dante |
| B. | petrarch |
| C. | machiavelli |
| D. | boccaccio |
| Answer» A. dante | |
| 9. |
……………………was the Italian poet who is considered as the father of humanism. |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | voltaire |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | petrarch |
| Answer» D. petrarch | |
| 10. |
……………………..’s well-known work is the “Mona Lisa" |
| A. | boccaccio |
| B. | petrarch |
| C. | machiavelli |
| D. | leonardo davinci |
| Answer» D. leonardo davinci | |
| 11. |
"The Last Supper" is connected with ………………… |
| A. | leonardo davinci |
| B. | voltaire |
| C. | diderot |
| D. | condorcet |
| Answer» A. leonardo davinci | |
| 12. |
Whose most excellent painting is ‘The Last Judgment’? |
| A. | michelangelo |
| B. | leonardo da vinci |
| C. | raphael |
| D. | dederot |
| Answer» A. michelangelo | |
| 13. |
Desiderius Erasmus was the greatest Renaissance scholar in …………….. |
| A. | holland |
| B. | italy |
| C. | england |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» A. holland | |
| 14. |
‘Praise of Folly’ was written by ……….. |
| A. | erasmus |
| B. | thomas more |
| C. | chaucer |
| D. | boccaccio |
| Answer» A. erasmus | |
| 15. |
. …………….Canterbury Tales was written by …………….. |
| A. | shakespeare |
| B. | erasmus |
| C. | chaucer |
| D. | boccaccio |
| Answer» C. chaucer | |
| 16. |
………………. was the “Father of Italian Prose”. |
| A. | shakespeare |
| B. | boccaccio |
| C. | chaucer |
| D. | erasmus |
| Answer» B. boccaccio | |
| 17. |
St. Peters church in Rome, the huge dome of which was designed by …………………….was the finest example of the Renaissance architecture. |
| A. | michael angelo |
| B. | leonardo da vinci |
| C. | raphael |
| D. | diderot |
| Answer» A. michael angelo | |
| 18. |
‘Paradise Los’t is the work of ………………….. |
| A. | milton |
| B. | boccaccio |
| C. | chaucer |
| D. | william langland |
| Answer» A. milton | |
| 19. |
Galileo was an …………… astronomer |
| A. | italian |
| B. | french |
| C. | english |
| D. | german |
| Answer» A. italian | |
| 20. |
The term Renaissance was first used by the Italian artist and critic …………in his book ‘The Lives of the Artists’ |
| A. | giorgio vasari |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | thomas newcomend |
| D. | corneille |
| Answer» A. giorgio vasari | |
| 21. |
The Florentine School and the Venetian School were two important schools of painting that flourished during the renaissance period in ………….. |
| A. | england |
| B. | germany |
| C. | scotland |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» D. italy | |
| 22. |
Three eminent painters of renaissance period, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michael Angelo and Raphael, belonged to the ………………….school of painting founded by Giotto |
| A. | florentine |
| B. | venetian |
| C. | cambridge |
| D. | oxford |
| Answer» A. florentine | |
| 23. |
………………..was “the Father of Modern Science” |
| A. | issac newton |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | roger bacon |
| D. | thucidides |
| Answer» C. roger bacon | |
| 24. |
………………asserted that science depends upon observation of facts. |
| A. | vico |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | roger bacon |
| D. | galileo |
| Answer» B. descartes | |
| 25. |
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. |
| A. | william harvey |
| B. | adam smith |
| C. | david hume |
| D. | immanuel kant |
| Answer» A. william harvey | |
| 26. |
The invention of Gun Powder by ………………revolutionized the art of warfare and became an important factor for the beginning of modern period |
| A. | boccaccio |
| B. | william harvey |
| C. | roger bacon |
| D. | tetzel |
| Answer» C. roger bacon | |
| 27. |
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. |
| A. | mariners compass |
| B. | barometer |
| C. | telescope |
| D. | thermo meter |
| Answer» A. mariners compass | |
| 28. |
………………….. is the name given to the great religious revolt of the 16th century, which permanently divided the Christendom into great sects. |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | enlightenment |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | positivism |
| Answer» C. reformation | |
| 29. |
In his book, “In praise of folly”, ……………..bitterly denounced the worldliness and vulgarity of the churchmen and ridiculed superstition. |
| A. | thomas more |
| B. | erasmus |
| C. | martin luther |
| D. | john whycliff |
| Answer» B. erasmus | |
| 30. |
…………………… the English priest who is called as ‘the Morning Star of Reformation’ |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | martin luther |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | erasmus |
| Answer» A. john wycliffe | |
| 31. |
The followers of…………………. were known as ‘Lollards’ or ‘poor Priests’. |
| A. | john huss |
| B. | john wycliffe |
| C. | thomas more |
| D. | martin luther |
| Answer» B. john wycliffe | |
| 32. |
Martin Luther was the greatest leader of the Reformation Movement in …………………… |
| A. | italy |
| B. | germany |
| C. | england |
| D. | scotland |
| Answer» B. germany | |
| 33. |
To expose the malpractice, ………………..wrote his famous ‘Ninety Five Thesis’ and nailed it on the church door of Wittenberg in 1517 A.D. |
| A. | martin luther |
| B. | john wycliffe |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | john huss |
| Answer» A. martin luther | |
| 34. |
The French Protestants were called the …………. |
| A. | protestants |
| B. | anglicans |
| C. | puritance |
| D. | huguenots |
| Answer» D. huguenots | |
| 35. |
……………… published a refutation of Luther’s Thesis for which Pope conferred on him the title, ‘the Defender of Faith’. |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | charles ii |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | william ii |
| Answer» C. henry viii | |
| 36. |
King ………….of England broke with the Pope who did not agree with his decision to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | charles ii |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | william ii |
| Answer» C. henry viii | |
| 37. |
In 1618, a war broke out in …………..between the Catholics and the Protestants, which lasted for thirty years. Hence it is known as the Thirty Years War. |
| A. | italy |
| B. | germany |
| C. | england |
| D. | scotland |
| Answer» B. germany | |
| 38. |
………………… was an intellectual and Cultural Revolution which is usually associated with the 18th century. |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | reformation |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | romanticism |
| Answer» C. enlightenment | |
| 39. |
The writers who spread the ideas of the Enlightenment were known as …………………... |
| A. | romanists |
| B. | positivists |
| C. | ) philosophes |
| D. | theologians |
| Answer» C. ) philosophes | |
| 40. |
…………………….was the Portuguese ruler who gave encouragement and helps to navigators to explore new sea routes to east |
| A. | henry, the navigator |
| B. | william, the navigator |
| C. | charles, the navigator |
| D. | philip, the navigator |
| Answer» A. henry, the navigator | |
| 41. |
In 1486 A.D …………………sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape of storms, which later 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. |
| A. | vasco d agama |
| B. | barthalomio dias |
| C. | amerigo vespucci |
| D. | ferdinand magellan |
| Answer» B. barthalomio dias | |
| 42. |
An Italian sailor……………………. left the Spanish port in August 1492 and set foot on Small Island in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D. |
| A. | ferdinand magellan |
| B. | vasco d agama |
| C. | christopher columbus |
| D. | amerigo vespucci |
| Answer» C. christopher columbus | |
| 43. |
The great distinction of circumnavigating the world goes to the navigator………………………. |
| A. | vasco d agama |
| B. | christopher columbus |
| C. | ferdinand magellan |
| D. | non of the above |
| Answer» C. ferdinand magellan | |
| 44. |
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. |
| A. | vasco d agama |
| B. | christopher columbus |
| C. | ferdinand magellan |
| D. | amerigo vespucci |
| Answer» C. ferdinand magellan | |
| 45. |
…………………. coined the term “mercantile system” to describe the system of political economy that sought to enrich the country by restraining imports and encouraging exports. |
| A. | alfred marshal |
| B. | adam smith |
| C. | dadabai naoroji |
| D. | r.c dutt |
| Answer» B. adam smith | |
| 46. |
The term ‘Laissez faire’ was coined by the ……………economic philosophers of the Enlightenment (Physiocrates). |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | german |
| D. | italian |
| Answer» A. french | |
| 47. |
John Stuart Mill, a ……….philosopher and economist led the utilitarian movement in 1800s. |
| A. | american |
| B. | british |
| C. | french |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 48. |
The Belgian historian…………………… formulated the theory of the ‘revival of long distance trade’ for the decline of feudalism. |
| A. | henrie pirenne |
| B. | march bloc |
| C. | arnold j toyenbee |
| D. | francis bacon |
| Answer» A. henrie pirenne | |
| 49. |
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. |
| A. | marx |
| B. | bacon |
| C. | weber |
| D. | vico |
| Answer» C. weber | |
| 50. |
The death of………………. in 1603 A.D ended the glorious period of the Tudors. |
| A. | elizabeth i |
| B. | elizabeth ii |
| C. | victoria i |
| D. | victoria ii |
| Answer» A. elizabeth i | |
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