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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 501. |
The fifteenth century is traditionally described as……. |
| A. | the barren period of english literature. |
| B. | tthe wholesome period of english literature. |
| C. | tthe inferior period of english literature. |
| D. | tthe dark period of english literature. |
| Answer» B. tthe wholesome period of english literature. | |
| 502. |
The War of the Roses took place during the period ……. |
| A. | 1380 – 1410 |
| B. | 1455 – 1485 |
| C. | 1400 – 1430 |
| D. | 1425 – 1455 |
| Answer» C. 1400 – 1430 | |
| 503. |
The last tale told by Parson on the last day of pilgrimage in The Prologue to the CanterburyTales was a prose sermon on ……… |
| A. | penintence, with emphasis upon the seven sins. |
| B. | a contemporaneous tale, exploding the impostures of alchemy |
| C. | a fable of why the crow is black. |
| D. | a tragic story of appius and virginia. |
| Answer» B. a contemporaneous tale, exploding the impostures of alchemy | |
| 504. |
In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, who amongst the following characterstold the first tale on their way to Canterbury……….. |
| A. | shipman |
| B. | cook |
| C. | knight |
| D. | reeve |
| Answer» D. reeve | |
| 505. |
John Wyclif is called……………… |
| A. | the morning star of reformation. |
| B. | the morning star of resurrection. |
| C. | the morning star of restoration. |
| D. | tthe morning star of redemption. |
| Answer» B. the morning star of resurrection. | |
| 506. |
In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims started a sixty-mile ride toCanterbury in the month of ……. |
| A. | march |
| B. | april |
| C. | may |
| D. | june |
| Answer» C. may | |
| 507. |
Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a literary form of enclosing a number of tales within onenarrative is …….. |
| A. | oriental in origin. |
| B. | european in origin. |
| C. | scandinavian in origin |
| D. | latinic in origin. |
| Answer» B. european in origin. | |
| 508. |
Who is called the real originator of European Protestantism? |
| A. | john wyclife |
| B. | john ball |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | wat tyler |
| Answer» B. john ball | |
| 509. |
Who are called Lollards? |
| A. | john tyler and his followers. |
| B. | john wyclif and his followers |
| C. | jack straw and his followers. |
| D. | john ball and his followers. |
| Answer» C. jack straw and his followers. | |
| 510. |
The Peasants’ Revolt was based on the theory of democracy and socialism of whose text……….. |
| A. | wat tyler |
| B. | john cairne |
| C. | king richard ii |
| D. | king edward ii |
| Answer» B. john cairne | |
| 511. |
The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 is also called ………. |
| A. | tyler’s rebellion |
| B. | tyler’s mutiny |
| C. | tyler’s strike |
| D. | tyler’s war |
| Answer» B. tyler’s mutiny | |
| 512. |
The Statute of Labourers was enacted in English in …….. |
| A. | 1348 |
| B. | 1349 |
| C. | 1350 |
| D. | 1351 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 513. |
The sole cause of the Hundred Years’ War was ……… |
| A. | the commercial rivalry between france and england. |
| B. | the commercial rivalry between france and italy. |
| C. | the social rivalry between france and greece. |
| D. | the cultural rivalry between england and ireland. |
| Answer» B. the commercial rivalry between france and italy. | |
| 514. |
The Hundred Years’ War was originated in |
| A. | the conquest of 1066. |
| B. | the conquest of 1067. |
| C. | tthe conquest of 1068. |
| D. | the conquest of 1069 |
| Answer» B. the conquest of 1067. | |
| 515. |
Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is also known as ………… |
| A. | decasyllabic lines |
| B. | octosyllabic lines |
| C. | rime royale |
| D. | heroic couplet |
| Answer» D. heroic couplet | |
| 516. |
The prevailing feature of Chaucer’s humour is its …… |
| A. | urbanity |
| B. | crudity |
| C. | triviality |
| D. | sanctity |
| Answer» B. crudity | |
| 517. |
Chaucer virtually imported the decasyllabic lines in his poetry from ……… |
| A. | france |
| B. | italy |
| C. | greece |
| D. | ireland |
| Answer» B. italy | |
| 518. |
The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales go on a pilgrimage to the tomb of…….. |
| A. | st. john francis |
| B. | st. nicholas |
| C. | st. thomas a becket |
| D. | st. joseph |
| Answer» D. st. joseph | |
| 519. |
Chaucer’s first attempt in English to use the heroic couplet occurs in which of the followingpoems. |
| A. | prologue to the canterbury tales |
| B. | tale of melibeus |
| C. | the legend of good women |
| D. | the lack of steadfastness |
| Answer» D. the lack of steadfastness | |
| 520. |
Chaucer’s poem ‘The House of Fame’ is written in ……. |
| A. | lambic pentameter |
| B. | octosyllabic couplet |
| C. | free verse |
| D. | blank verse |
| Answer» C. free verse | |
| 521. |
Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer’s long poem adopted from ……. |
| A. | lazamon |
| B. | dan michel |
| C. | annonymous |
| D. | boccaccio |
| Answer» E. | |
| 522. |
Chaucer’s The Romaunt of the Rose is |
| A. | a ballad |
| B. | a lengthy allegorical poem |
| C. | a satire on society. |
| D. | an ode on transition. |
| Answer» C. a satire on society. | |
| 523. |
King Richard II Succeeded to the Crown in ……… |
| A. | 1377 |
| B. | 1378 |
| C. | 1379 |
| D. | 1380 |
| Answer» B. 1378 | |
| 524. |
The Black Death was ……. |
| A. | a literary intellectual movement |
| B. | a social movement. |
| C. | the terrible plague bringing poverty and unrest. |
| D. | a revolt against edward iii. |
| Answer» D. a revolt against edward iii. | |
| 525. |
Who wrote the novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’? |
| A. | austen |
| B. | milton |
| C. | bunyan |
| D. | dryden |
| Answer» B. milton | |
| 526. |
Sense and Sensibility is the novel of ………….. |
| A. | austen |
| B. | richardson |
| C. | fielding |
| D. | smollett |
| Answer» B. richardson | |
| 527. |
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a famous poem of …………….. |
| A. | samuel taylor coleridge |
| B. | dr. samuel johnson |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | austen |
| Answer» B. dr. samuel johnson | |
| 528. |
Who wrote 'Lyrical Ballads' with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798? |
| A. | william wordsworth |
| B. | t. s. eliot |
| C. | bunyan |
| D. | austen |
| Answer» B. t. s. eliot | |
| 529. |
………'s longest poem, THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, appeared in 1749. |
| A. | johnson |
| B. | wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» B. wordsworth | |
| 530. |
……………….. wrote ‘The French Revolution: A History’, |
| A. | thomas carlyle |
| B. | edward gibbon |
| C. | austen |
| D. | toynbee |
| Answer» B. edward gibbon | |
| 531. |
On 21 January 1793, ……….was executed and the Jacobins set up a dictatorship through theCommittee of Public Safety. |
| A. | louis xvi |
| B. | louis xvii |
| C. | louis xviii |
| D. | louis xv |
| Answer» B. louis xvii | |
| 532. |
The ………….mob stormed the Bastille (the state Prison) and all the prisoners wereset free. |
| A. | vienna |
| B. | london |
| C. | bologna |
| D. | paris |
| Answer» E. | |
| 533. |
At the Battle of Waterloo ………. in Napolean was completely crushed by the Dukeof Wellington. |
| A. | 1815 |
| B. | 1825 |
| C. | 1835 |
| D. | 1855 |
| Answer» B. 1825 | |
| 534. |
The Peninsular War was the last of the wars the English fought against………………… |
| A. | napolean bonoparte |
| B. | wellington |
| C. | washington |
| D. | louis xvi |
| Answer» B. wellington | |
| 535. |
………….’s Social Contract made a profound impact on the reading and thinkingcommunity of France. |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | edmund burke |
| C. | carlyle |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» E. | |
| 536. |
Who said “man is born free but everywhere he is in chains”? |
| A. | montesque |
| B. | voltaire |
| C. | tilak |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» E. | |
| 537. |
French Revolution occurred in …………… |
| A. | 1789 |
| B. | 1795 |
| C. | 1799 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» B. 1795 | |
| 538. |
Who is the author of the “Age of Reason?” |
| A. | carlyle |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | edmund burke |
| D. | thomas paine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 539. |
Who wrote ‘Reflexions on the Revolution’? |
| A. | carlyle |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | voltaire |
| D. | edmund burke |
| Answer» E. | |
| 540. |
‘Rights of Man’is the work of …………… |
| A. | montesque |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | voltaire |
| D. | thomas paine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 541. |
Who was the leader of the American War of Independence? |
| A. | robert walpole |
| B. | tomas jefferson |
| C. | thomas paine |
| D. | george washington |
| Answer» E. | |
| 542. |
…………..was actually the child of the American War of Independence. |
| A. | the french revolution of 1789 |
| B. | glorious revolution |
| C. | seven years war |
| D. | boston massacre |
| Answer» B. glorious revolution | |
| 543. |
Who was considered the first "prime minister’ of England? |
| A. | margarett thatcher |
| B. | wolsey |
| C. | george iii |
| D. | robert walpole |
| Answer» E. | |
| 544. |
Whose accession marked the beginning of Hanoverian Dynasty in England? |
| A. | george i |
| B. | george ii |
| C. | edward vi |
| D. | william iii |
| Answer» B. george ii | |
| 545. |
The Bank of England was first established in …………… |
| A. | 1694 |
| B. | 1699 |
| C. | 1794 |
| D. | 1894 |
| Answer» B. 1699 | |
| 546. |
Who was Founder of the Hannoverian dynasty? |
| A. | henry i |
| B. | elizebeth i |
| C. | george i |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» D. james i | |
| 547. |
Who was the last ruler of the Hannoverian dynasty? |
| A. | james i |
| B. | elizebeth i |
| C. | queen victoria |
| D. | edward i |
| Answer» D. edward i | |
| 548. |
Coffee became a usual drink in………..’s reign. |
| A. | george iii |
| B. | queen elizabeth |
| C. | queen anne |
| D. | margarett thatcher |
| Answer» D. margarett thatcher | |
| 549. |
………………, 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 ofEngland 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» B. petition of rights 1628 | |
| 550. |
Year of the Bill of Rights was…………….. |
| A. | 1659 |
| B. | 1679 |
| C. | 1689 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» D. 1889 | |