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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 Sociology (BA Sociology) .
| 51. |
In 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sponsors ……………..to find a route to India. |
| A. | bartholomeu dias |
| B. | john cabot |
| C. | christopher columbus |
| D. | vasco da gama |
| Answer» C. christopher columbus | |
| 52. |
Vasco da Gama went around the cape and across the Indian Ocean to reach India (Calicut) in ……….. |
| A. | 1458 |
| B. | 1468 |
| C. | 1498 |
| D. | 1598 |
| Answer» C. 1498 | |
| 53. |
In 1499 ………………landed in America. |
| A. | amerigo vespucci |
| B. | cabral |
| C. | robert fulton |
| D. | vasco da gama |
| Answer» A. amerigo vespucci | |
| 54. |
In 1500 ………..reached South America (Brazil) |
| A. | cabral |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | vasco da gama |
| D. | balboa |
| Answer» A. cabral | |
| 55. |
In 1510 Goa became the capital of the …………..Eastern Empire. |
| A. | british |
| B. | french |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | dutch |
| Answer» C. portuguese | |
| 56. |
Balboa crossed the Isthimus of Panama in ………… |
| A. | 1465 |
| B. | 1508 |
| C. | 1513 |
| D. | 1623 |
| Answer» C. 1513 | |
| 57. |
From 1515 to 1547 - The French king Francis I extended his colonies to …………and the Mississipi Valley. |
| A. | new hampshire |
| B. | vermont |
| C. | canada |
| D. | maine |
| Answer» C. canada | |
| 58. |
The Portuguese reached China in ……….. |
| A. | 1510 |
| B. | 1512 |
| C. | 1517 |
| D. | 1534 |
| Answer» C. 1517 | |
| 59. |
In 1519 ………….discovered Mexico. |
| A. | hernando cortez |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | cabral |
| D. | amerigo vespucci |
| Answer» A. hernando cortez | |
| 60. |
The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the court of……………, about 1260. |
| A. | kublai khan |
| B. | alfred the great |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | akbar |
| Answer» A. kublai khan | |
| 61. |
……………the navigator encouraged navigation by establishing a school for geographers. |
| A. | george sarton |
| B. | amerigo vespucci |
| C. | randolph starn |
| D. | henry |
| Answer» D. henry | |
| 62. |
Goa was conquered by the……………, who made it the capital of their Eastern Empire. |
| A. | british |
| B. | dutch |
| C. | french |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» 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. |
| A. | christopher columbus |
| B. | ferdinand magellan |
| C. | robert fulton |
| D. | robert s. lopez |
| Answer» A. christopher columbus | |
| 64. |
……………in his ‘The Prince’ projected the need of an absolute king because he alone could provide security to people. |
| A. | lynn thorndike |
| B. | joan kelly |
| C. | mac-antoine charpentier |
| D. | machia velli |
| Answer» D. machia velli | |
| 65. |
When the French Revolution broke out? |
| A. | 1689 |
| B. | 1768 |
| C. | 1769 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» D. 1789 | |
| 66. |
Louis XIV was the ruler of …………….. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | poland |
| C. | italy |
| D. | france |
| Answer» D. france | |
| 67. |
Frederick, the Great was the ruler ………………. |
| A. | austria |
| B. | rome |
| C. | holland |
| D. | prussia |
| Answer» D. prussia | |
| 68. |
Peter, the Great was the ruler of………….. |
| A. | russia |
| B. | spain |
| C. | austria |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» A. russia | |
| 69. |
Who aptly predicted"After me, the flood."? |
| A. | louis xiv |
| B. | victoria |
| C. | james i |
| D. | frederick, the great |
| Answer» A. louis xiv | |
| 70. |
Who appointed Jean Baptiste Colbert as controller general of finances in France? |
| A. | louis xiv |
| B. | william of orange |
| C. | victoria |
| D. | elizabeth i |
| Answer» A. louis xiv | |
| 71. |
The Treaty of Utrecht was concluded in ………….. |
| A. | 1703 |
| B. | 1713 |
| C. | 1768 |
| D. | 1776 |
| Answer» B. 1713 | |
| 72. |
Nicholas Poussin is generally considered the best example of …………….classicist painting. |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | russian |
| Answer» A. french | |
| 73. |
The credit for establishing absolute monarchy in Prussia goes to…………. |
| A. | frederick, the great |
| B. | michaelangelo |
| C. | peter ,the great |
| D. | henry vii |
| Answer» A. frederick, the great | |
| 74. |
Frederick was involved in a war which lasted from 1756-63 and is popularly known as ……………… |
| A. | seven years war |
| B. | american civil war |
| C. | the war of the spanish succession |
| D. | mexican |
| Answer» A. seven years war | |
| 75. |
The Peace of Hubertsburg was concluded in …………… |
| A. | 1703 |
| B. | 1763 |
| C. | 1767 |
| D. | 1769 |
| Answer» B. 1763 | |
| 76. |
James I was the ruler of ……………. |
| A. | russia |
| B. | england |
| C. | saxony |
| D. | prussia |
| Answer» B. england | |
| 77. |
First Bourbon king of France was ………………… |
| A. | henryii |
| B. | henry iv |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» B. henry iv | |
| 78. |
Louis XIV belonged to the ……………dynasty. |
| A. | tudor |
| B. | bourbon |
| C. | hapsburg |
| D. | stuart |
| Answer» B. bourbon | |
| 79. |
The French Protestants known as …………….. |
| A. | puritans |
| B. | huguenots |
| C. | presbyterians |
| D. | round heads |
| Answer» B. huguenots | |
| 80. |
The first English settlement in ……………was Jamestown, in Virginia. |
| A. | north america |
| B. | south america |
| C. | africa |
| D. | canada |
| Answer» 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. |
| A. | 15th |
| B. | 16th |
| C. | 17th |
| D. | 18th |
| Answer» D. 18th | |
| 82. |
‘Wealth of Nations’was the work of ……….. |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | rene descartes |
| C. | alfred marshall |
| D. | adam smith |
| Answer» 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." |
| A. | benjamin franklin |
| B. | robert owen |
| C. | john calvin |
| D. | thomas paine |
| Answer» A. benjamin franklin | |
| 84. |
……………..was "the founder of liberalism”. |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | montesquieu |
| C. | thomas paine |
| D. | robert fulton |
| Answer» A. john locke | |
| 85. |
The Advancement of Learning was written by ……………….. |
| A. | francis bacon |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | robert fulton |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» A. francis bacon | |
| 86. |
Who wrote’Novum Organum Scientiarum’? |
| A. | newton |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | francis bacon |
| D. | montesquieu |
| Answer» C. francis bacon | |
| 87. |
Thomas Hobbes was an……………. Philosopher |
| A. | french |
| B. | russian |
| C. | english |
| D. | indian |
| Answer» C. english | |
| 88. |
Whose masterwork was Leviathan? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | thomas hobbes |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» C. thomas hobbes | |
| 89. |
‘Meditations on First Philosophy’ was written by ………………. |
| A. | montesquieu |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | charles telford |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 90. |
Whose masterpiece was ‘The Spirit of the Laws’? |
| A. | thomas paine |
| B. | thomas aquinas |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | montesquieu |
| Answer» D. montesquieu | |
| 91. |
Persian Letters was written by ……………… |
| A. | montesquieu |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | viscount townsend |
| Answer» A. montesquieu | |
| 92. |
Who wrote the philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts? |
| A. | jean-jacques rousseau |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | charles telford |
| D. | voltaire |
| Answer» A. jean-jacques rousseau | |
| 93. |
The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality was written by ……………….. |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | robert fulton |
| Answer» A. rousseau | |
| 94. |
Whose major work on political philosophy was the The Social Contract? |
| A. | michael faraday |
| B. | montesquieu |
| C. | charles telford |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» D. rousseau | |
| 95. |
‘The Confessions’ was the Autobiography of ……………….. |
| A. | jethro tull |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» D. rousseau | |
| 96. |
Who Wrote Philosophical Dictionary? |
| A. | robert fulton |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | voltaire |
| Answer» D. voltaire | |
| 97. |
Who were The Physiocrats? |
| A. | historians |
| B. | sociologists |
| C. | scientists |
| D. | economists |
| Answer» D. economists | |
| 98. |
Colbert was served as a minister in the Court of………….. |
| A. | louis xiv |
| B. | james i |
| C. | edward vi |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» A. louis xiv | |
| 99. |
Thomas Paine was a radical writer who emigrated from …………to America in 1774. |
| A. | england |
| B. | russia |
| C. | spain |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» A. england | |
| 100. |
Who wrote the controversial work, The Age of Reason? |
| A. | thomas paine |
| B. | montesquieu |
| C. | charles telford |
| D. | robert fulton |
| Answer» A. thomas paine | |
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