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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 History (BA History) .
| 151. |
The guilds during the …………………period (300-500) were known as the ‘Shrenia’. |
| A. | vedic |
| B. | maurya |
| C. | harappan |
| D. | gupta |
| Answer» D. gupta | |
| 152. |
All those guilds in Japan were swept away in the Meiji restoration of……………… |
| A. | 1848 |
| B. | 1858 |
| C. | 1868 |
| D. | 1886 |
| Answer» C. 1868 | |
| 153. |
The first recorded observations of comets, solar eclipses and supernova were made in……………. |
| A. | switzerland |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | china |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» C. china | |
| 154. |
Ceramic movable type printing was developed by Bi Sheng in the ……………….century. |
| A. | 9th |
| B. | 10th |
| C. | 11th |
| D. | 12th |
| Answer» C. 11th | |
| 155. |
One of the most important military treatises of all ……………..history was ‘Hua Long Jing’ written by Jiao Yu in the 14th century, which provides the details of gun powder use and related weapons. |
| A. | american |
| B. | japanese |
| C. | british |
| D. | chinese |
| Answer» D. chinese | |
| 156. |
The two most important scientists of the medieval …………..were Shen Kuo and Subsistence Song; both lived in the 11th century. |
| A. | china |
| B. | syria |
| C. | baghdad |
| D. | iraq |
| Answer» A. china | |
| 157. |
……………., a Polymath scientist and statesman was the first to describe the magnetic needle compass used for navigation. |
| A. | shen kuo |
| B. | jiao yu |
| C. | bi sheng |
| D. | wang zhen |
| Answer» A. shen kuo | |
| 158. |
……………. discovered the concept of ‘true north’ and improved the design of ‘armillary sphere’. |
| A. | shen kuo |
| B. | bi sheng |
| C. | jiao yu |
| D. | wang zhen |
| Answer» A. shen kuo | |
| 159. |
……………….was a polymath and astronomer, who created a celestial atlas of star maps and prepared a pharmaceutical treatise with related subjects of botany, zoology, mineralogy and metallurgy. |
| A. | subsistence song |
| B. | shen kuo |
| C. | jiao yu |
| D. | wang zhen |
| Answer» A. subsistence song | |
| 160. |
………..had erected a large astronomical Clock Tower in Kaifeng city in 1088 AD. |
| A. | bi sheng |
| B. | subsistence song |
| C. | jiao yu |
| D. | wang zhen |
| Answer» B. subsistence song | |
| 161. |
………………of 11th century proposed the idea that rainbows were the result of the contacts between sunlight and moisture in the air, while Shen Kuo expanded upon this with the description of atmospheric refraction. |
| A. | sun sikong |
| B. | bi sheng |
| C. | subsistence song |
| D. | jiao yu |
| Answer» A. sun sikong | |
| 162. |
Arab astronomers worked in the Chinese Astronomical Bureau established by …… |
| A. | roger bacon |
| B. | al-batari |
| C. | peter abelard |
| D. | kublai khan |
| Answer» D. kublai khan | |
| 163. |
The Chinese mathematician, ……………..of 13th century had criticised earlier mathematicians who were content with using methods, without working out their theoretical origins and principles. |
| A. | yang hui |
| B. | gaozong |
| C. | subsistence song |
| D. | kublai khan |
| Answer» A. yang hui | |
| 164. |
Emperor Gaozong of 7th century of ……………dynasty had commissioned a scholarly compilation of a ‘materia medica’. |
| A. | romanov |
| B. | manchu |
| C. | ming |
| D. | tang |
| Answer» D. tang | |
| 165. |
The scholar official ………………..of 11th century, in his ‘Bencao Tujing’ not only systematically categorized herbs and minerals according to their pharmaceutical uses, but regions they could be found. |
| A. | grosesteste |
| B. | gaozong |
| C. | al-tusi |
| D. | subsistence song |
| Answer» D. subsistence song | |
| 166. |
The growth of …………….industry during the 11th century paved way for vast deforestation due to the use of charcoal in the smelting process. |
| A. | iron |
| B. | steel |
| C. | wood |
| D. | metal |
| Answer» A. iron | |
| 167. |
As a part of the search for remedy of the problem of deforestation, the ……………..discovered how to produce cake from bituminous coal as a substitute for charcoal. |
| A. | chinese |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» A. chinese | |
| 168. |
Progress in methodology with the beginning of experiments was started by …………….on optics from 1000 CE in his ‘Book of Optics”. |
| A. | pierre duhem |
| B. | al-batari |
| C. | al-razi |
| D. | al hazen |
| Answer» D. al hazen | |
| 169. |
………………is generally regarded as the ‘father of optics’ especially for his empirical proof of the intromission theory of light. |
| A. | al hazen |
| B. | al-batari |
| C. | al-razi |
| D. | pierre duhem |
| Answer» A. al hazen | |
| 170. |
Ibn Musa of Khwarismi, the ……………..mathematician developed the concept of ‘algoritham’. |
| A. | belgian |
| B. | persian |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» B. persian | |
| 171. |
In astronomy, …………..improved the measurements of Hipparchus. |
| A. | al battari |
| B. | thomas aquinas |
| C. | robert grosseteste |
| D. | pierre duhem |
| Answer» A. al battari | |
| 172. |
……………translated Ptolemy’s ‘The Great Treatise’ into Arabic with the new title ‘Almagest’. |
| A. | al battari |
| B. | thomas aquinas |
| C. | robert grosseteste |
| D. | peter abelard |
| Answer» A. al battari | |
| 173. |
………………… is considered by many to be the ‘father of chemistry’. |
| A. | jabbir ibn hayyam |
| B. | thomas aquinas |
| C. | robert grosseteste |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. jabbir ibn hayyam | |
| 174. |
…………….introduced the empirical method to Europe is said to have influenced greatly by the Arab scientists. |
| A. | roger bacon |
| B. | omar khayyam |
| C. | thomas aquinas |
| D. | robert grosseteste |
| Answer» A. roger bacon | |
| 175. |
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) is regarded as the most influential scientist and philosopher of……………….. |
| A. | switzerland |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | arabia |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» C. arabia | |
| 176. |
The introduction of clinical pharmacology was the contribution of………………. |
| A. | avicenna |
| B. | thomas aquinas |
| C. | robert grosseteste |
| D. | peter abelard |
| Answer» A. avicenna | |
| 177. |
…………………..’s two most important works in medicine are the ‘Book of Healing’ and the ‘Canon of Medicine’, both used as the standard medicinal texts in both the Arab world and Europe for a long time. |
| A. | averroes |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | avicenna |
| Answer» D. avicenna | |
| 178. |
The Greek Scholar ……………had established the fundamentals of the Unani on which the Arab physicians like Rhaza in 10th century and Avicenna in the 11th century constructed an imposing edifice. |
| A. | galen |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | avicenna |
| Answer» A. galen | |
| 179. |
The science in West Asia began its decline by the 13th century itself mainly due to the ……………..attacks on the entire Arab world. |
| A. | british |
| B. | mongol |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» B. mongol | |
| 180. |
Around 800, ……………….assisted by the English monk Alcuin of York undertook what has come to be known as the ‘Carolingian Renaissance’, a programme of cultural revitalization and educational reforms. |
| A. | charlemagne |
| B. | avicenna |
| C. | averroes |
| D. | thomas aquinas |
| Answer» A. charlemagne | |
| 181. |
By the 12th century centers of learning known as the ……………..sprang up across western Europe, drawing scholars from different fields and mixing the knowledge of the ancient Greeks with the new discoveries of the Arab philosophers and scientists. |
| A. | madrasas |
| B. | universities |
| C. | salais |
| D. | stadium generals |
| Answer» D. stadium generals | |
| 182. |
The logic studies by …………….of Ockham led him to postulate specific formulation of the principle of ‘parsimony’ known as the ‘Ochan’s Razor’. |
| A. | william |
| B. | peter abelard |
| C. | roger bacon |
| D. | nilakanta somayaji |
| Answer» A. william | |
| 183. |
…………….developed the theory of impetus which was the first step towards the modern concept of ‘inertia’. |
| A. | jean buridan |
| B. | thomas b wardine |
| C. | varahamihira |
| D. | thomas aquinas |
| Answer» A. jean buridan | |
| 184. |
………………. stated that the earth moves and not the heaven. |
| A. | nicole ores me |
| B. | nilakanta somayaji |
| C. | jean buridan |
| D. | avicenna |
| Answer» A. nicole ores me | |
| 185. |
………………… was the first to assume that colour and light are of the same nature and the discoverer of the curvature of light through atmospheric refraction. |
| A. | ramanuja |
| B. | varahamihira |
| C. | nicole ores me |
| D. | nilakanta somayaji |
| Answer» C. nicole ores me | |
| 186. |
In the year………………., the ‘Black Death’ and other disasters sealed a sudden end of the period of scientific and philosophic development in medieval Europe. |
| A. | 1338 |
| B. | 1348 |
| C. | 1368 |
| D. | 1378 |
| Answer» B. 1348 | |
| 187. |
The rediscovery of the ancient classics was improved after the fall of………………., which led to the opening of the modern period and the Renaissance in Europe. |
| A. | oxford |
| B. | constantinople |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | switzerland |
| Answer» B. constantinople | |
| 188. |
……………… astronomy became an established tradition by the first millennium BC, when ‘Jyotisha Vedanga’ took shape. |
| A. | indian |
| B. | portuguese |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» A. indian | |
| 189. |
The ‘Sulba Sutra’ of …………….millennium BC contains mathematical applications used for altar construction. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» A. first | |
| 190. |
The ‘Panchaka Sidhanta’ of ……………….of 505 BC approximates the method for the determination of the meridian direction from any three positions of the shadow. |
| A. | varahamihira |
| B. | ramanuja |
| C. | nilakanta somayaji |
| D. | aryabhatta |
| Answer» A. varahamihira | |
| 191. |
Ancient ……………….had kept a ‘Panchanga’ for calculation of ‘Tithi’ or the lunar day, ‘varna’ or the week day, ‘nakshatra’ or asterism for social and religious events. |
| A. | portugal |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | switzerland |
| D. | india |
| Answer» D. india | |
| 192. |
Aryabhatta of ……………. century AD, author of ‘Aryabattiya’ and ‘Aryabhata Sidhanta’, was the significant astronomer of early medieval India. |
| A. | 3rd |
| B. | 4th |
| C. | 5th |
| D. | 6th |
| Answer» D. 6th | |
| 193. |
………………….’s ‘Panchasidhantika’ is a treatise drawing from several knowledge systems. |
| A. | roger bacon |
| B. | ramanuja |
| C. | peter abelard |
| D. | varahamihira |
| Answer» D. varahamihira | |
| 194. |
Brahmagupta of ……………..century wrote ‘Bramasphuta Sidhanta’ which dealt with both Indian mathematics and astronomy. |
| A. | 4th |
| B. | 5th |
| C. | 6th |
| D. | 7th |
| Answer» D. 7th | |
| 195. |
‘Bramasphuta Sidhanta’ was translated into Arabic in ……………..about 771 and had a profound impact on Arabic mathematics and astronomy. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | oxford |
| C. | cambridge |
| D. | tokyo |
| Answer» A. baghdad | |
| 196. |
In ‘Khandakhadhyaka’, ……………….reinforced Aryabhatta’s idea of another day beginning at mid-night. |
| A. | nilakanta somayaji |
| B. | ramanuja |
| C. | dante |
| D. | brahmagupta |
| Answer» D. brahmagupta | |
| 197. |
………………of 8th century, the authority of ‘Sishyadi Vridhita’ discusses the planetary calculations, rising and settings of the planets, planetary and asteral conjunctions and complementary situations of the sun and the moon. |
| A. | lalla |
| B. | dante |
| C. | nilakanta somayaji |
| D. | varahamihira |
| Answer» A. lalla | |
| 198. |
………………..of the 12th century authored two important astronomical works: ‘Sidhanta Siromani’ and ‘Karana Kuttuhala’. |
| A. | varahamihira |
| B. | nilakanta somayaji |
| C. | bhaskara ii |
| D. | brahmagupta |
| Answer» C. bhaskara ii | |
| 199. |
……………….was the head of the observatory at Ujjain. |
| A. | bhaskara ii |
| B. | peter abelard |
| C. | roger bacon |
| D. | nilakanta somayaji |
| Answer» A. bhaskara ii | |
| 200. |
Mahendra Suri of 14th century wrote the astronomical work called ‘Yantra Raja’ in verse in………………. |
| A. | tamil |
| B. | malayalam |
| C. | sanskrit |
| D. | hindi |
| Answer» C. sanskrit | |
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