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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 Glorious Revolution is the name given to a series of events that took place in the late 17th century in................... |
| A. | england |
| B. | france |
| C. | america |
| D. | holland |
| Answer» A. england | |
| 2. |
Through the Restoration, ………………became the king of England. |
| A. | charles ii |
| B. | robert owen |
| C. | james-i |
| D. | james ii |
| Answer» A. charles ii | |
| 3. |
………………., an avowed Catholic and believer of the Devine Right, like previous Stuart kings, came into throne in 1685. |
| A. | james ii |
| B. | robert owen |
| C. | john russell |
| D. | charles ii |
| Answer» A. james ii | |
| 4. |
In………………., a revolution without bloodshed took place against James II’s activities. |
| A. | 1688 |
| B. | 1693 |
| C. | 1694 |
| D. | 1697 |
| Answer» A. 1688 | |
| 5. |
The main cause behind the Glorious revolution was ………………attempt to revive Catholicism in England. |
| A. | james ii’s |
| B. | robert owens |
| C. | john russell’s |
| D. | charles ii’s |
| Answer» A. james ii’s | |
| 6. |
In 1686, ……………. founded the “Court of Ecclesiastical Commission” like previous ‘High Commission Court’ (cancelled in 1641) in order to punish the people, opposite to his religious doctrine. |
| A. | james ii |
| B. | sir isaac newton |
| C. | elias howe |
| D. | thomas edison |
| Answer» A. james ii | |
| 7. |
In 1687, ……………. issued the first ‘Declaration of Indulgence’ suspending the penal laws against both Catholics and Dissenters. |
| A. | james ii |
| B. | g.m. trevelyan |
| C. | elias howe |
| D. | thomas edison |
| Answer» A. james ii | |
| 8. |
William with his soldiers arrived England and when marched upon London, on 5th November, 1688, “James was deserted by the offices of his own regiment as well as by his friends and so fled to…………”. |
| A. | france |
| B. | africa |
| C. | america |
| D. | holland |
| Answer» A. france | |
| 9. |
Glorious Revolution of ………. marked the end of long struggle between the king and Parliament. |
| A. | 1688 |
| B. | 1693 |
| C. | 1694 |
| D. | 1697 |
| Answer» A. 1688 | |
| 10. |
the Glorious Revolution of ............ reduced the power of the king and established the supremacy of the Parliament. |
| A. | 1688 |
| B. | 1693 |
| C. | 1694 |
| D. | 1697 |
| Answer» A. 1688 | |
| 11. |
“In short, the Glorious Revolution of ............ closed the era of monarchical despotism and introduced the era of constitutionalism.” |
| A. | 1688 |
| B. | 1693 |
| C. | 1694 |
| D. | 1697 |
| Answer» A. 1688 | |
| 12. |
................ is often regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism. |
| A. | robert owen |
| B. | elias howe |
| C. | thomas edison |
| D. | john locke |
| Answer» D. john locke | |
| 13. |
...............most important work is ‘the Essay Concerning Human Understanding’, |
| A. | elias howe’s |
| B. | john locke’s |
| C. | thomas edison’s |
| D. | robert owen’s |
| Answer» B. john locke’s | |
| 14. |
Locke’s Two Treatises of Government was published in 1689. |
| A. | john locke’s |
| B. | william |
| C. | robert filmer c) elias howe |
| D. | thomas edison |
| Answer» A. john locke’s | |
| 15. |
The Hanoverian succession came about as a result of the Act of Settlement ................, passed by the Parliament of England. |
| A. | 1601 |
| B. | 1654 |
| C. | 1678 |
| D. | 1701 |
| Answer» D. 1701 | |
| 16. |
After the death of Queen Anne, ....................became the ruler of England. |
| A. | sophia |
| B. | george i |
| C. | james vi |
| D. | elizabeth |
| Answer» B. george i | |
| 17. |
In ............... the Second Continental Congress declared the independence of the United States from Great Britain. |
| A. | 1776 |
| B. | 1779 |
| C. | 1789 |
| D. | 1785 |
| Answer» A. 1776 | |
| 18. |
The first shot fired in the American Revolution was on April 19, ...........and is called the "shot heard round the world". |
| A. | 1765 |
| B. | 1768 |
| C. | 1772 |
| D. | 1775 |
| Answer» D. 1775 | |
| 19. |
George Washington was the first President.................... |
| A. | france |
| B. | usa |
| C. | russia |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» B. usa | |
| 20. |
Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, ..............on January 29, 1737. |
| A. | england |
| B. | usa |
| C. | russia |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» A. england | |
| 21. |
Thomas Paine met an American named ............... in London who told him he should move to America. |
| A. | elias howe |
| B. | richard price |
| C. | benjamin franklin |
| D. | thomas edison |
| Answer» C. benjamin franklin | |
| 22. |
Thomas Paine got his first job in .............as the editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine. |
| A. | russia |
| B. | england |
| C. | america |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» C. america | |
| 23. |
The neoclassical period ended in 1798 when ...............published the Romantic 'Lyrical Ballads'. |
| A. | edmund cartwright |
| B. | richard price |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | elias howe |
| Answer» C. wordsworth | |
| 24. |
The ..................Age (1660-1700) introducing the comedy of manner (a play about the manners and conventions of a highly sophisticated aristocratic society.) |
| A. | restoration |
| B. | augustan |
| C. | tudor |
| D. | stuart |
| Answer» A. restoration | |
| 25. |
The ...............(1700-1750) introducing poetry of personal exploration, and serious development of the novel, melodrama, and satire. |
| A. | tudor |
| B. | restoration |
| C. | augustan age |
| D. | stuart |
| Answer» C. augustan age | |
| 26. |
....................... invented the power loom in 1785. |
| A. | edmund cartwright |
| B. | robert owen |
| C. | samuel f. b. |
| D. | elias howe |
| Answer» A. edmund cartwright | |
| 27. |
........................ patented the cotton gin (short for cotton engine) in 1794. |
| A. | eli whitney |
| B. | samuel f. b. |
| C. | elias howe |
| D. | jean lenoir |
| Answer» A. eli whitney | |
| 28. |
............................Morse created the telegraph in 1836. |
| A. | alexander graham bell |
| B. | elias howe |
| C. | jean lenoir |
| D. | samuel f. b. |
| Answer» D. samuel f. b. | |
| 29. |
........................ created the sewing machine in 1844. |
| A. | elias howe |
| B. | isaac singer |
| C. | jean lenoir c) alexander graham bell |
| D. | thomas |
| Answer» A. elias howe | |
| 30. |
...................... invented the internal combustion engine in 1858. |
| A. | jean lenoir |
| B. | alexander graham bell |
| C. | thomas edison |
| D. | robert owen |
| Answer» A. jean lenoir | |
| 31. |
.............................. created the telephone in 1876. |
| A. | henry hetherington |
| B. | thomas edison |
| C. | robert owen |
| D. | alexander graham bell |
| Answer» D. alexander graham bell | |
| 32. |
.......................... created the phonograph in 1877. |
| A. | thomas edison |
| B. | robert owen |
| C. | henry hetherington |
| D. | william lovett |
| Answer» A. thomas edison | |
| 33. |
Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright created the first airplane in.............. |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1905 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1923 |
| Answer» A. 1903 | |
| 34. |
............................ wrote a book ‘Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (1867). |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | william pitt |
| C. | robert owen |
| D. | henry hetherington |
| Answer» A. karl marx | |
| 35. |
.......................... is often termed the ‘father of British socialism’. |
| A. | robert owen |
| B. | henry hetherington |
| C. | john cleave |
| D. | james watson |
| Answer» A. robert owen | |
| 36. |
In 1836 Cornish cabinet-maker .................formed the London Working Men’s Association. |
| A. | william lovett |
| B. | oliver cromwell |
| C. | william iii |
| D. | robert peel |
| Answer» A. william lovett | |
| 37. |
After the English Civil War had established a protectorate under...................... |
| A. | robert peel |
| B. | william ii |
| C. | charles |
| D. | oliver cromwell |
| Answer» D. oliver cromwell | |
| 38. |
The Bill of Rights was enacted in......................... |
| A. | 1689 |
| B. | 1692 |
| C. | 1685 |
| D. | 1698 |
| Answer» A. 1689 | |
| 39. |
The death of Queen Anne in ................. led her successor, George I Duke of Hannover to the throne of England. |
| A. | 1714 |
| B. | 1718 |
| C. | 1724 |
| D. | 1734 |
| Answer» A. 1714 | |
| 40. |
...................... is a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society. |
| A. | globalisation |
| B. | laissez-faire |
| C. | communism |
| D. | socialism |
| Answer» B. laissez-faire | |
| 41. |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, controller general of finance under King Louis XIV of ......................... |
| A. | britain |
| B. | france |
| C. | china |
| D. | usa |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 42. |
The doctrine of laissez-faire is usually associated with the ...........................known as Physiocrats, who flourished in France from about 1756 to 1778. |
| A. | sociologists |
| B. | economists |
| C. | historians |
| D. | anthropologists |
| Answer» B. economists | |
| 43. |
The British economist ................. wrote Principles of Political Economy (1848), |
| A. | adam smith |
| B. | john stuart mill |
| C. | turgot |
| D. | robert owen |
| Answer» B. john stuart mill | |
| 44. |
.....................is known as the father of modern economics. |
| A. | adam smith |
| B. | voltaire |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | quesnay |
| Answer» A. adam smith | |
| 45. |
..................produced ‘An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776. |
| A. | adam smith |
| B. | david ricardo |
| C. | sir robert peel |
| D. | thomas malthus |
| Answer» A. adam smith | |
| 46. |
In 1810, ..........................produced his first publication, The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Note, which argued for the use of metallic currency. |
| A. | david ricardo |
| B. | thomas malthus |
| C. | charles darwin |
| D. | alfred russell wallace. |
| Answer» A. david ricardo | |
| 47. |
Methodism was an 18th-century movement founded by ........... that sought to reform the Church of England from within. |
| A. | john wesley |
| B. | william ewart gladstone |
| C. | david ricardo |
| D. | john russell |
| Answer» A. john wesley | |
| 48. |
Repeal of the Corn Act in ...................... |
| A. | 1846 |
| B. | 1856 |
| C. | 1866 |
| D. | 1876 |
| Answer» A. 1846 | |
| 49. |
................... produced ‘An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776. |
| A. | queen victoria |
| B. | benjamin disraeli |
| C. | adam smith |
| D. | bismarckian. |
| Answer» C. adam smith | |
| 50. |
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January........................ |
| A. | 1801 |
| B. | 1876 |
| C. | 1897 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» D. 1901 | |
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