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This section includes 2981 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1801. |
In 1785, ……………..wrote the Essay on the Application of Analysis to the Probability ofMajority Decisions, one of his most important works. |
| A. | churchill |
| B. | montesquieu |
| C. | john cabot |
| D. | condorcet |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1802. |
………………….’s main work was ‘The Spirit of the Laws’ (1753). |
| A. | montesquieu |
| B. | condorcet |
| C. | churchill |
| D. | john cabot |
| Answer» B. condorcet | |
| 1803. |
"Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains"is the words of ……………….. |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | voltaire |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» B. voltaire | |
| 1804. |
The colonial army Commanded by ……………..trapped the British army at York Town andforced Lord Cornwallis, the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces to surrender in 1781. |
| A. | vasco da-gama |
| B. | ferdinand magellan |
| C. | george washington |
| D. | john cabot |
| Answer» D. john cabot | |
| 1805. |
‘The Social Contract’ was the work of …………….. |
| A. | montesquieu |
| B. | voltaire |
| C. | ferdinand magellan |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1806. |
Louis XVI was completely under the control of his beautiful but proud, willful and wickedqueen Marie Antoinette who was notorious for her unsympathetic attitude towards the people. |
| A. | louis xiii |
| B. | louis xiv |
| C. | louis xv |
| D. | louis xvi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1807. |
The colonial army Commanded by George Washington trapped the British army at YorkTown and forced………………, the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces to surrender in 1781. |
| A. | john cabot |
| B. | lord cornwallis |
| C. | churchill |
| D. | lord lytton |
| Answer» C. churchill | |
| 1808. |
The British conquest of Canada after the Seven Year War reduced the …………………dangerand hence the colonies turned against England. |
| A. | german |
| B. | american |
| C. | french |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» D. spanish | |
| 1809. |
The American Revolution or the War of American Independence broke out in the year …….. A.D during the reign of the English King George III and came to a close in 1783 A.D. |
| A. | 1675 |
| B. | 1685 |
| C. | 1689 |
| D. | 1775 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1810. |
Bloodless Revolution of ……… marked the end of the struggle between king and parliament. |
| A. | 1688 |
| B. | 1689 |
| C. | 1699 |
| D. | 1788 |
| Answer» B. 1689 | |
| 1811. |
Bloodless Revolution of …………… resulted in the supremacy of the parliament and gave ablow to Absolute Monarchy in England. |
| A. | 1688 |
| B. | 1689 |
| C. | 1788 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» B. 1689 | |
| 1812. |
The Bloodless Revolution of 1688 was a great land mark in the constitutional history of….. |
| A. | italy |
| B. | america |
| C. | germany |
| D. | england |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1813. |
Huguenots were ……………….Protestants. |
| A. | french |
| B. | america |
| C. | germany |
| D. | holland |
| Answer» B. america | |
| 1814. |
James II established friendly relation with Louis XIV of……………….. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | france |
| C. | america |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» C. america | |
| 1815. |
The protracted struggle began with James I, “the wisest fool of Christendom” and endedwith the glorious or Bloodless Revolution of 1688 A.D. during the reign of………………... |
| A. | john adams |
| B. | james ii |
| C. | charles townshend |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» C. charles townshend | |
| 1816. |
……………….inaugurated the Stuart Dynasty. |
| A. | james i |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | william of orange |
| D. | george i |
| Answer» B. charles i | |
| 1817. |
The death of Elizabeth I in ……………. A.D ended the glorious period of the Tudors. |
| A. | 1503 |
| B. | 1603 |
| C. | 1608 |
| D. | 1628 |
| Answer» C. 1608 | |
| 1818. |
…………………wrote an important book entitled ‘Two Treatises of Government’. |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | thomas jefferson |
| C. | ferdinand magellan |
| D. | columbus |
| Answer» B. thomas jefferson | |
| 1819. |
In 1904, …………………published his monumental work ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit ofCapitalism’ in which he argued that capitalism was the product of Protestantism. |
| A. | marx |
| B. | weber |
| C. | eric hobsbawm |
| D. | thomas jefferson e) vasco da-gama |
| Answer» C. eric hobsbawm | |
| 1820. |
According to Weber the emergence of Protestantism, particularly Calvinism, during the 16th and 17th centuries created the necessary condition for the origin of…………………. |
| A. | colonialism |
| B. | capitalism |
| C. | mercantilism |
| D. | socialism |
| Answer» C. mercantilism | |
| 1821. |
The …………………historian Henrie Pirenne formulated the theory of the ‘revival of longdistance trade’ for the decline of feudalism. |
| A. | british |
| B. | belgian |
| C. | german |
| D. | american |
| Answer» C. german | |
| 1822. |
John Stuart Mill, a ……….philosopher and economist led the utilitarian movement in 1800s. |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | german |
| Answer» C. dutch | |
| 1823. |
Utilitarianism was a philosophical theory of ethics outlined by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham and developed by…………………. |
| A. | john stuart mill |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | thomas jefferson |
| D. | columbus |
| Answer» B. karl marx | |
| 1824. |
In………………….., Jean-Baptiste Colbert was the minister of finance under Louis XIV |
| A. | france |
| B. | britain |
| C. | spain |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» B. britain | |
| 1825. |
…………………. coined the term “mercantile system” to describe the system of political economy that sought to enrich the country by restraining imports and encouraging exports. |
| A. | adam smith |
| B. | thomas jefferson |
| C. | ferdinand magellan |
| D. | vasco da-gama |
| Answer» B. thomas jefferson | |
| 1826. |
…………………..is economic nationalism for the purpose of building a wealthy and powerful state. |
| A. | mercantilism |
| B. | laissez-faire |
| C. | utilitarianism |
| D. | renaissance |
| Answer» B. laissez-faire | |
| 1827. |
Jacques Carter, the ………………..Sailor reached the mouth of St. Laurence River and laid thefoundation of the city of Montreal. |
| A. | dutch |
| B. | portuguese |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | french |
| Answer» C. spanish | |
| 1828. |
Cortez discovered ………………..in 1519 A.D. |
| A. | mexico |
| B. | holland |
| C. | france |
| D. | england |
| Answer» B. holland | |
| 1829. |
In 1497 A.D…………………., an Italian in the service of the Tudor king, Henry VIII of England,discovered New found land. |
| A. | john cabot |
| B. | john locke |
| C. | thomas jefferson |
| D. | ferdinand magellan |
| Answer» B. john locke | |
| 1830. |
With the help of the Spanish King, Charles II, …………….started the historic journey inSeptember 1519 A.D. and after two years landed at the Islands of Philippines where he was killed by the natives. |
| A. | ferdinand magellan |
| B. | columbus |
| C. | vasco da-gama |
| D. | john cabot |
| Answer» B. columbus | |
| 1831. |
An ………………sailor, Christopher Columbus, with the help of Queen Isabella of Spain, left theSpanish port of Palos in August 1492 and set foot on Small Island in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D. |
| A. | british |
| B. | spanish |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | italian |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1832. |
The great distinction of circumnavigating the world goes to a ……………………navigatorFerdinand Magellan. |
| A. | portuguese |
| B. | italian |
| C. | british |
| D. | french |
| Answer» B. italian | |
| 1833. |
An Italian sailor, Christopher Columbus, with the help of Queen Isabella of Spain, left theSpanish port of …………..in August 1492 and set foot on Small Island in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D. |
| A. | palos |
| B. | pearlharbour |
| C. | lisbon |
| D. | st.helena |
| Answer» B. pearlharbour | |
| 1834. |
………………….. sailed round the African continent and reached kappad, a few miles north ofCalicut 1498 A.D. |
| A. | vasco da-gama |
| B. | amerigo vespucci |
| C. | ferdinand magellan |
| D. | columbus |
| Answer» B. amerigo vespucci | |
| 1835. |
In 1486 A.D …………………sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape ofstorms, renamed as the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese King as it gave definite hope of discovering a new sea-route to the East. |
| A. | bartolommeo diaz |
| B. | amerigo vespucci |
| C. | ferdinand magellan |
| D. | vasco da-gama |
| Answer» B. amerigo vespucci | |
| 1836. |
The advantageous location of Portugal on the Atlantic sea board was fully utilized by Henry,the Navigator of……………………. |
| A. | spain |
| B. | france |
| C. | britain |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1837. |
The introduction of ……………………..made voyages to the distant and unknown lands easier and safer. |
| A. | marines compass |
| B. | gunpowder |
| C. | printing |
| D. | paper |
| Answer» B. gunpowder | |
| 1838. |
The Turks conquered much of the Arab world, seized Constantinople in ……………….. with theeffective use of gunpowder. |
| A. | 1153 |
| B. | 1256 |
| C. | 1353 |
| D. | 1453 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1839. |
The first European to describe gunpowder was the ………………Friar Roger Bacon. |
| A. | english |
| B. | portuguese |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | french |
| Answer» B. portuguese | |
| 1840. |
The invention of true paper made of pulped rags is credited to a Chinese named ……………..inthe year A.D. 105. |
| A. | chuteh |
| B. | marco polo |
| C. | dr.sunyatsen |
| D. | tsai lun |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1841. |
The credit for the invention of printing in Europe goes to Johannes Gutenberg, a……………….craftsman. |
| A. | chinese |
| B. | french |
| C. | american |
| D. | german |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1842. |
Printing was invented in …………..in 770 AD by the Buddhists. |
| A. | china |
| B. | egypt |
| C. | india |
| D. | burma |
| Answer» B. egypt | |
| 1843. |
The writers who spread the ideas of the Enlightenment were known as…………………... |
| A. | philosophes |
| B. | scientists |
| C. | journalists |
| D. | historians |
| Answer» B. scientists | |
| 1844. |
The chief exponent of the idea of progress was Marquis de Condorcet, the……………….mathematician and philosopher. |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 1845. |
………………… was an intellectual and Cultural Revolution which is usually associated with the18th century. |
| A. | enlightenment |
| B. | long march |
| C. | paris commune |
| D. | reformation |
| Answer» B. long march | |
| 1846. |
……………….. was the product of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. |
| A. | reformation |
| B. | enlightenment |
| C. | paris commune |
| D. | long march |
| Answer» C. paris commune | |
| 1847. |
The issue was the divorce of …………….wife Catherine of Aragon who bore no son for himand the proposal to marry Annie Boleyn. |
| A. | edward vi |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | henry vii |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» C. henry vii | |
| 1848. |
………………. published a refutation of Luther’s Thesis for which Pope conferred on him thetitle, ‘the Defender of Faith’. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | edward vi |
| C. | james ii |
| D. | queen elizabeth |
| Answer» B. edward vi | |
| 1849. |
John Knox, a staunch follower of Calvin popularized ‘Presbyterianism’ in……………….. |
| A. | scotland |
| B. | france |
| C. | britain |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 1850. |
………………….gave a clear exposition of the religious beliefs of the Protestants in his Book,‘The Institutes of Christian Religion’. |
| A. | john calvin |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | john wycliffe |
| D. | john huss |
| Answer» B. henry viii | |