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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) .
| 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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