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| 1. |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of the continent of ………………… |
| A. | europe |
| B. | africa |
| C. | north america |
| D. | asia |
| Answer» A. europe | |
| 2. |
A later Neolithic group, the Beaker Folk, migrated from…………, probably between 2500 and 2000 B.C. |
| A. | northern europe |
| B. | southern europe |
| C. | western europe |
| D. | south america |
| Answer» A. northern europe | |
| 3. |
The art of working iron came to Britain about……………... |
| A. | 1000 |
| B. | c b) 1000 ad |
| C. | 2000 bc |
| D. | 2000 ad |
| Answer» A. 1000 | |
| 4. |
The last pre-historic invaders of Britain were ……………… |
| A. | the celts |
| B. | romans |
| C. | normans |
| D. | danes |
| Answer» A. the celts | |
| 5. |
‘Gallic wars’ were the account of …………… |
| A. | julius caesar |
| B. | juius agricola |
| C. | claudius |
| D. | honorius |
| Answer» A. julius caesar | |
| 6. |
…………….were the priests of the Celtic tribes in Britain. |
| A. | the druids |
| B. | the picts |
| C. | the saxons |
| D. | britons |
| Answer» A. the druids | |
| 7. |
Roman contact with the Celts in the British Isles began with the invasion by ……….in 55 B.C. |
| A. | julius caesar |
| B. | clodius albinus |
| C. | diocletian |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» A. julius caesar | |
| 8. |
King Ethelbert of ………….had married Bertha; a Christian Princess of France. |
| A. | kent |
| B. | essex |
| C. | wessex |
| D. | northumberia |
| Answer» A. kent | |
| 9. |
……………… was the first English poet. |
| A. | caedmon |
| B. | edwin |
| C. | gregory |
| D. | augustine |
| Answer» A. caedmon | |
| 10. |
The Jutes occupied the region called…………….., between the Thames River and the Strait of Dover. |
| A. | kent |
| B. | sussex |
| C. | essex |
| D. | wessex. |
| Answer» A. kent | |
| 11. |
Heptarchy means…………..kingdoms |
| A. | five |
| B. | six |
| C. | seven |
| D. | eight |
| Answer» C. seven | |
| 12. |
Alfred the Great was the king of …………… |
| A. | northumbria |
| B. | wessex |
| C. | mercia |
| D. | essex |
| Answer» B. wessex | |
| 13. |
In 597 ……………was sent by Pope Gregory I, arrived in Kent to convert the people of the British Isles to Christianity. |
| A. | st. benedict |
| B. | saint augustine |
| C. | st. martin |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» B. saint augustine | |
| 14. |
The language of the Anglo-Saxons, commonly called ……………. |
| A. | old english |
| B. | middle english |
| C. | modern english |
| D. | post-modern english |
| Answer» A. old english | |
| 15. |
……………was the youngest son of King Aethelwulf and his wife, Osberga. |
| A. | alfred the great |
| B. | guthrum |
| C. | william i |
| D. | king john |
| Answer» A. alfred the great | |
| 16. |
The Treaty of Wedmore was between Alfred the Great and …………….. |
| A. | henry i |
| B. | guthrum |
| C. | edward i |
| D. | charls i |
| Answer» B. guthrum | |
| 17. |
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain was prepared under the guidance of …………………. |
| A. | alfred the great |
| B. | queen mary i. |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | cranmer |
| Answer» A. alfred the great | |
| 18. |
Who were known as Vikings? |
| A. | saxons |
| B. | english |
| C. | jutes |
| D. | danes |
| Answer» D. danes | |
| 19. |
The ………….conquest of England began on 28 September 1066 with the invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy. |
| A. | jutes |
| B. | norman |
| C. | saxon |
| D. | roman |
| Answer» B. norman | |
| 20. |
William became known as William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October ………………. |
| A. | 1066 |
| B. | 1076 |
| C. | 1086 |
| D. | 1096 |
| Answer» A. 1066 | |
| 21. |
William the Conqueror won victory at the …………….on 14 October 1066, defeating King Harold II of England. |
| A. | battle of hastings |
| B. | battle of stamford bridge |
| C. | battle of trafalgr |
| D. | battle of bosworth |
| Answer» A. battle of hastings | |
| 22. |
Normandy was a territory of …………………. |
| A. | prussia |
| B. | england |
| C. | france |
| D. | scotland |
| Answer» C. france | |
| 23. |
The Domesday Book is connected with the king………………… |
| A. | sir thomas more |
| B. | queen mary i. |
| C. | william the conqueror |
| D. | alfred the great |
| Answer» C. william the conqueror | |
| 24. |
The feudal hierarchy was an arrangement of rank resembling a………… |
| A. | sergeanty |
| B. | jurisdiction |
| C. | pyramid |
| D. | circle |
| Answer» C. pyramid | |
| 25. |
Noblemen had to swear an oath of loyalty to William known as ………… |
| A. | oath of salibury |
| B. | oath of canterbury |
| C. | oath of jerusalem |
| D. | oath of trent |
| Answer» A. oath of salibury | |
| 26. |
Thomas Becket was the Archbishop of …………….. |
| A. | london |
| B. | york |
| C. | canterbury |
| D. | aberdeen |
| Answer» C. canterbury | |
| 27. |
The Second crusade was almost crushed by……….., the Muslim leader. |
| A. | albuquerk |
| B. | muhammed |
| C. | saldin |
| D. | salam |
| Answer» C. saldin | |
| 28. |
Who was the ruler of England during the third crusade? |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | queen mary i |
| C. | richard i |
| D. | james ii |
| Answer» C. richard i | |
| 29. |
………………..agreed to the demands of the barons by signing a document known as the Magna Carta in 1215 Runnymede on the river Thames. |
| A. | richard i |
| B. | henry ii |
| C. | edwar vi |
| D. | king john |
| Answer» D. king john | |
| 30. |
The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and …………..over succession to the French throne. |
| A. | sweden |
| B. | denmark |
| C. | norway |
| D. | france |
| Answer» D. france | |
| 31. |
The Battle of Crécy occurred in …………….. |
| A. | 1346 |
| B. | 1349 |
| C. | 1400 |
| D. | 1436 |
| Answer» A. 1346 | |
| 32. |
The Black Death reaches England in ……………… |
| A. | 1348 |
| B. | 1353 |
| C. | 1356 |
| D. | 1359 |
| Answer» A. 1348 | |
| 33. |
Importance of the year 1381 in the history of England …………. |
| A. | the peasants’ revolt |
| B. | feudal revolt |
| C. | revolt of the slaves |
| D. | battle of bosworth |
| Answer» A. the peasants’ revolt | |
| 34. |
The Statute of Labourers, 1351 was passed at the end of …………….. |
| A. | black death |
| B. | peasants revolt |
| C. | feudal revolt |
| D. | peoples revolt |
| Answer» A. black death | |
| 35. |
During the course of the Black Death and the years following it, England had a strong and warlike king………… |
| A. | james i |
| B. | queen mary i |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | edward iii |
| Answer» D. edward iii | |
| 36. |
John of Gaunt was the Duke of ………………….. |
| A. | london |
| B. | york |
| C. | canterbury |
| D. | lancaster |
| Answer» D. lancaster | |
| 37. |
In 1377, ……………imposed a new tax, the Poll (head) Tax that was to cover the cost of the Hundred Years War. |
| A. | john of gaunt |
| B. | sir thomas more |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» A. john of gaunt | |
| 38. |
………….who roused the conscience ofEnglish against the corruption among the clergy. |
| A. | boccaccio |
| B. | dante |
| C. | petrarch |
| D. | john wycliff |
| Answer» D. john wycliff | |
| 39. |
……………..is best remembered for The Canterbury Tales. |
| A. | geoffrey chaucer |
| B. | sir thomas more |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» A. geoffrey chaucer | |
| 40. |
Who is the father of English poetry? |
| A. | chaucer |
| B. | william shakespeare |
| C. | edmund spenser |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» A. chaucer | |
| 41. |
Who was the English Homer? |
| A. | geoffrey chaucer |
| B. | charles v |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» A. geoffrey chaucer | |
| 42. |
………….attacked the doctrine of transubstantiation (the belief that during mass bread becomes the body of Christ). |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | henry iv |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | john milton |
| Answer» A. john wycliffe | |
| 43. |
Who translated the Bible from Latin to English? |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | henry iv |
| C. | charles v |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» A. john wycliffe | |
| 44. |
………………..followers were called Lollards. |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | henry iv |
| C. | martin luther |
| D. | chaucer |
| Answer» A. john wycliffe | |
| 45. |
Jan Hus was a ……………priest ordained in 1401, who shared similar views with John Wycliffe concerning the excesses of the medieval Catholic Church. |
| A. | bohemian |
| B. | france |
| C. | genoa |
| D. | london |
| Answer» A. bohemian | |
| 46. |
Wars of the Roses, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle for the throne of England between the noble houses of York and ……………… |
| A. | lancaster |
| B. | tudor |
| C. | stuart |
| D. | hannover |
| Answer» A. lancaster | |
| 47. |
In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field, and ascended the throne as Henry VII. |
| A. | 1485 |
| B. | 1489 |
| C. | 1495 |
| D. | 1498 |
| Answer» A. 1485 | |
| 48. |
The Feudal System was introduced to England following the invasion and conquest of the country by ………………… |
| A. | william i |
| B. | james iv |
| C. | elizabeth |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» A. william i | |
| 49. |
The ………….. Was the war between the christains and the Muslims? |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | crusades |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | hundred year’s war |
| Answer» B. crusades | |
| 50. |
Henry VII was the founder of the ……………….dynasty. |
| A. | stuarts |
| B. | tudor |
| C. | hannoverians |
| D. | windsor |
| Answer» B. tudor | |
| 51. |
Henry VIII was the ruler of the ……………….dynasty. |
| A. | stuarts |
| B. | tudor |
| C. | windsor |
| D. | plentagenete |
| Answer» B. tudor | |
| 52. |
Elizabeth I was the daughter of ………………. |
| A. | james i |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | charles v |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» B. henry viii | |
| 53. |
Who was the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty? |
| A. | charles v |
| B. | elizabeth i |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | queen mary i |
| Answer» B. elizabeth i | |
| 54. |
Who is the author of the book ‘England under Tudors and Stuarts?’ |
| A. | sir thomas more |
| B. | robert raynes |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» B. robert raynes | |
| 55. |
Who superintended the first complete English translation of the Bible? |
| A. | barbour |
| B. | john gower |
| C. | geoffrey chaucer |
| D. | john wyclif |
| Answer» D. john wyclif | |
| 56. |
The Reformation in England under ………….was more of a political and personal movement. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | martin luther |
| C. | queen mary i |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» A. henry viii | |
| 57. |
Who was awarded the title of Defender of the Faith by the Pope? |
| A. | martin luther |
| B. | sir thomas more |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» C. henry viii | |
| 58. |
Catherine of Aragon was the wife of …………….. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | sir thomas more |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» A. henry viii | |
| 59. |
Who summoned Reformation Parliament in 1529 in England? |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | queen mary i |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | charles ii |
| Answer» C. henry viii | |
| 60. |
…………..came to the throne of England by the act of succession passed by Henry VIII. |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | queen mary i |
| C. | edward vi |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» C. edward vi | |
| 61. |
Who led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland? |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | john calvin |
| C. | john knox |
| D. | queen mary i. |
| Answer» C. john knox | |
| 62. |
Who defeated the Spanish Armada? |
| A. | queen marrey |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | elizabeth i |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» C. elizabeth i | |
| 63. |
English East India Company, the British maritime organisation chartered by ……………in 1600 AD with rights of monopoly trading in the eastern waters and later founding a colonial state in India. |
| A. | queen elizabeth i |
| B. | king james i |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | queen mary i |
| Answer» A. queen elizabeth i | |
| 64. |
In 1615 King James I sent Sir Thomas Roe as his ambassador to the court of Emperor …………………… |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | aurangzeb |
| C. | jahangir |
| D. | queen mary i |
| Answer» C. jahangir | |
| 65. |
Aurangzeb ,the Mughal emperor died in ………………. |
| A. | 1707 |
| B. | 1717 |
| C. | 1727 |
| D. | 1747 |
| Answer» A. 1707 | |
| 66. |
The Regulating Act was passed in ……………….. |
| A. | 1773 |
| B. | 1783 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1903 |
| Answer» A. 1773 | |
| 67. |
Who is the author of "Utopia? |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | william shakespeare |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» D. sir thomas more | |
| 68. |
Who was the author of the Paradise Lost? |
| A. | shelly |
| B. | william shakespeare |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | john milton |
| Answer» D. john milton | |
| 69. |
Oliver Cromwell fought against the king………… |
| A. | william iii |
| B. | charles ii |
| C. | james i |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» D. charles i | |
| 70. |
Hamlet is a work of …………………… |
| A. | milton |
| B. | shelly |
| C. | keats |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» D. william shakespeare | |
| 71. |
Who wrote Macbeth? |
| A. | john dryden |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | marlowe |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» D. william shakespeare | |
| 72. |
……………………..wrote King Lear |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | edmund spenser |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» A. william shakespeare | |
| 73. |
……………, English poet, author of The Faery Queen, was born in London about the year 1552. |
| A. | jonathan swift |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | edmund spenser |
| Answer» D. edmund spenser | |
| 74. |
Who is called as the father of English tragedy? |
| A. | thomas beard |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | christopher marlowe |
| Answer» D. christopher marlowe | |
| 75. |
………….was the Puritan author of The Theatre of God's Judgements |
| A. | edmund spenser |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | thomas beard |
| Answer» D. thomas beard | |
| 76. |
Tamburlaine the Great is the work of …………. |
| A. | christopher marlowe |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | jonathan swift |
| Answer» A. christopher marlowe | |
| 77. |
Who is the author of Dr Faustus? |
| A. | christopher marlowe |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» A. christopher marlowe | |
| 78. |
Who wrote The Alchemist? |
| A. | ben johnson |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | jonathan swift |
| Answer» A. ben johnson | |
| 79. |
Novum Organum is a work of …………….. |
| A. | francis bacon |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | marlowe |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» A. francis bacon | |
| 80. |
Who developed the ‘Theory of Universal Gravitation?’ |
| A. | sir isaac newton |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | marlowe |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» A. sir isaac newton | |
| 81. |
The Principia made …………one of the best known intellectual figures in Europe. |
| A. | newton |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | jonathan swift |
| Answer» A. newton | |
| 82. |
Who was the founder of the Stuart Dynasty in England? |
| A. | james i |
| B. | elizabeth i |
| C. | george i |
| D. | william i |
| Answer» A. james i | |
| 83. |
When the Stuart Dynasty came to power in England? |
| A. | 1603 |
| B. | 1608 |
| C. | 1654 |
| D. | 1678 |
| Answer» A. 1603 | |
| 84. |
Petition of Rights was in the year………….. |
| A. | 1628 |
| B. | 1638 |
| C. | 1648 |
| D. | 1728 |
| Answer» A. 1628 | |
| 85. |
Who signed in the Petition of Rights? |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | henry i |
| C. | james i |
| D. | james ii |
| Answer» A. charles i | |
| 86. |
Charles I was accused of treason and was executed, on January 30, …………….. |
| A. | 1649 |
| B. | 1659 |
| C. | 1660 |
| D. | 1749 |
| Answer» A. 1649 | |
| 87. |
Oliver Cromwell became protector in …………….. |
| A. | 1649 |
| B. | 1659 |
| C. | 1661 |
| D. | 1669 |
| Answer» A. 1649 | |
| 88. |
Charles II became the ruler of England in ……………. |
| A. | 1660 |
| B. | 1664 |
| C. | 1670 |
| D. | 1760 |
| Answer» A. 1660 | |
| 89. |
The Rape of the Lock immediately made …………..famous as a poet. |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | alexander pope |
| C. | coleridege |
| D. | marlowe |
| Answer» B. alexander pope | |
| 90. |
When the Glorious Revolution occurred? |
| A. | 1688 |
| B. | 1698 |
| C. | 1788 |
| D. | 1798 |
| Answer» A. 1688 | |
| 91. |
Who was the ruler of England during the Glorious Revolution of 1688? |
| A. | james i |
| B. | james ii |
| C. | charles i |
| D. | henry ii |
| Answer» B. james ii | |
| 92. |
James II came to the throne of England in ………………. |
| A. | 1685 |
| B. | 1688 |
| C. | 1698 |
| D. | 1785 |
| Answer» A. 1685 | |
| 93. |
James II was a………………………. |
| A. | protestant |
| B. | roman catholic |
| C. | anglican |
| D. | puritan |
| Answer» B. roman catholic | |
| 94. |
………..issued his first "Declaration of Indulgence" in 1687 which he suspended wholesale the penal laws against the Roman Catholics. |
| A. | james i |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | james ii |
| D. | henry ii |
| Answer» C. james ii | |
| 95. |
…………….' "way of ideas" was a major influence on Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | carlyle |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 96. |
Year of the Bill of Rights was…………….. |
| A. | 1659 |
| B. | 1679 |
| C. | 1689 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» C. 1689 | |
| 97. |
………………, entitled "An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown", is one of the basic documents of English constitutional law. It was signed in 1689 by William of Orange and Mary II in return for their being affirmed as co-rulers of England and Ireland by the English Parliament after the Glorious Revolution. |
| A. | the bill of rights of 1689 |
| B. | petition of rights 1628 |
| C. | human rights |
| D. | charter act |
| Answer» A. the bill of rights of 1689 | |
| 98. |
Coffee became a usual drink in………..’s reign. |
| A. | george iii |
| B. | queen elizabeth |
| C. | queen anne |
| D. | margarett thatcher |
| Answer» C. queen anne | |
| 99. |
The Bank of England was first established in …………… |
| A. | 1694 |
| B. | 1699 |
| C. | 1794 |
| D. | 1894 |
| Answer» A. 1694 | |
| 100. |
Who was the last ruler of the Hannoverian dynasty? |
| A. | james i |
| B. | elizebeth i |
| C. | queen victoria |
| D. | edward i |
| Answer» C. queen victoria | |
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