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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
In……………., the ’Representation of the People Act’ was passed by Parliament grantingfranchise to all men over twenty-one and to all women of thirty years and above. |
| A. | 1818 |
| B. | 1826 |
| C. | 1832 |
| D. | 1918 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
……………….was the primary author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. |
| A. | john eliot |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | thomas jefferson |
| D. | robert owen |
| Answer» D. robert owen | |
| 3. |
Prince Henry, commonly called Henry the navigator, was a great patron of navigation in……………… |
| A. | france |
| B. | portugal |
| C. | poland |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» C. poland | |
| 4. |
……………in his ‘The Prince’ projected the need of an absolute king because he alone couldprovide security to people. |
| A. | lynn thorndike |
| B. | joan kelly |
| C. | mac-antoine charpentier |
| D. | machia velli |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
After ruling France from 1792 to 1795, the National Convention was dissolved and the newconstitution came to be called the Constitution of the Year …………… |
| A. | third |
| B. | fourth |
| C. | fifth |
| D. | sixth |
| Answer» B. fourth | |
| 6. |
Feudalism and serfdom was abolished in France in August ………….. by the NationalAssembly. |
| A. | 1689 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1786 |
| D. | 1797 |
| Answer» C. 1786 | |
| 7. |
………….., by Orders in Council (1807), prohibited its trade partners from trading withFrance. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | germany |
| C. | poland |
| D. | malesia |
| Answer» B. germany | |
| 8. |
In 1488, a brave captain named ………….sailed up to Africa’s southern most tips which henamed the "Cape of Storms". |
| A. | bartholomew diaz |
| B. | thomas newcomen |
| C. | columbus |
| D. | robert fulton |
| Answer» B. thomas newcomen | |
| 9. |
Nicholas Poussin is generally considered the best example of …………….classicist painting. |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | russian |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 10. |
‘Age of Capital’ was the work of ………… |
| A. | e.j. hobsbaum |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | k.m.panikkar |
| D. | bipan chandra |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 11. |
Who gave good advice to his successor Louis XV saying "Do not imitate my fondness forbuilding and for war, but work to lessen the misery of my people?" |
| A. | louis xiv |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | james i |
| D. | elizabethi |
| Answer» B. charles i | |
| 12. |
Luther wrote his 95 Thesis and nailing them to the door of the Castle Church of …………onOctober 31, 1517. |
| A. | cambridge |
| B. | edinburg |
| C. | oxford |
| D. | wittenberg |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
………….., one of the best scientists of his time, wrote an essay entitled, "On Liberty andNecessity: Man in the Newtonian Universe." |
| A. | benjamin franklin |
| B. | robert owen |
| C. | john calvin |
| D. | thomas paine |
| Answer» B. robert owen | |
| 14. |
…………….patronized by Queen Isaballa of Spain set off on a voyage and reached the WestIndies, thinking he had landed on India. |
| A. | christopher columbus |
| B. | ferdinand magellan |
| C. | robert fulton |
| D. | robert s. lopez |
| Answer» B. ferdinand magellan | |
| 15. |
……………was a strong champion of the doctrine of the Divine Right of kings. |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | robert owen |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
In 1534 the King ……………..induced Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy whichsubstituted the king for the Pope as head of the Church in England. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | henry iv |
| C. | henry v |
| D. | edward vi |
| Answer» B. henry iv | |
| 17. |
The term 'Industrial Revolution' was first used by the historian…………, to describe theeconomic development in England, from 1760 to 1840. |
| A. | arnold toynbee |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | alexandro volta |
| D. | adam smith |
| Answer» B. robert fulton | |
| 18. |
In the 13th century, ……………..laid the foundations of modern science, by insisting on theexperimental method, and discovered the uses of gunpowder and the magnifying lens. |
| A. | abertus magus |
| B. | peter abelard |
| C. | roger bacon |
| D. | thomas aquinas |
| Answer» D. thomas aquinas | |
| 19. |
Michelangelo, great sculptor, painter and architect had many achievements to his credit, amongwhich his statue of ’David’ at…………, is a masterpiece of classical dignity. |
| A. | florence |
| B. | france |
| C. | germany |
| D. | oxford |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 20. |
The Renaissance was first defined by ………….historian Jules Michelet (1798–1874), in hiswork, ‘Histoire de France’. |
| A. | german |
| B. | portuguese |
| C. | french |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» D. spanish | |
| 21. |
Whose most excellent painting is the grand fresco of ’The Last Judgement’ in the samechapel? |
| A. | michelangelo |
| B. | leonardo da vinci |
| C. | raphael |
| D. | patriarch |
| Answer» B. leonardo da vinci | |