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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.
| 551. |
…………….' "way of ideas" was a major influence on Locke's An Essay Concerning HumanUnderstanding. |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | carlyle |
| Answer» D. carlyle | |
| 552. |
………..issued his first "Declaration of Indulgence" in 1687 which he suspended wholesalethe penal laws against the Roman Catholics. |
| A. | james i |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | james ii |
| D. | henry ii |
| Answer» D. henry ii | |
| 553. |
James II was a………………………. |
| A. | protestant |
| B. | roman catholic |
| C. | anglican |
| D. | puritan |
| Answer» C. anglican | |
| 554. |
James II came to the throne of England in ………………. |
| A. | 1685 |
| B. | 1688 |
| C. | 1698 |
| D. | 1785 |
| Answer» B. 1688 | |
| 555. |
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» C. charles i | |
| 556. |
When the Glorious Revolution occurred? |
| A. | 1688 |
| B. | 1698 |
| C. | 1788 |
| D. | 1798 |
| Answer» B. 1698 | |
| 557. |
The Rape of the Lock immediately made …………..famous as a poet. |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | alexander pope |
| C. | coleridege |
| D. | marlowe |
| Answer» C. coleridege | |
| 558. |
Charles II became the ruler of England in ……………. |
| A. | 1660 |
| B. | 1664 |
| C. | 1670 |
| D. | 1760 |
| Answer» B. 1664 | |
| 559. |
Oliver Cromwell became protector in …………….. |
| A. | 1649 |
| B. | 1659 |
| C. | 1661 |
| D. | 1669 |
| Answer» B. 1659 | |
| 560. |
Charles I was accused of treason and was executed, on January 30, …………….. |
| A. | 1649 |
| B. | 1659 |
| C. | 1660 |
| D. | 1749 |
| Answer» B. 1659 | |
| 561. |
Petition of Rights was in the year………….. |
| A. | 1628 |
| B. | 1638 |
| C. | 1648 |
| D. | 1728 |
| Answer» B. 1638 | |
| 562. |
The Principia made …………one of the best known intellectual figures in Europe. |
| A. | newton |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | jonathan swift |
| Answer» B. marlowe | |
| 563. |
Novum Organum is a work of …………….. |
| A. | francis bacon |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | marlowe |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» B. edmund spenser | |
| 564. |
Who wrote The Alchemist? |
| A. | ben johnson |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | jonathan swift |
| Answer» B. marlowe | |
| 565. |
Who is the author of Dr Faustus? |
| A. | christopher marlowe |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» B. edmund spenser | |
| 566. |
Tamburlaine the Great is the work of …………. |
| A. | christopher marlowe |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | jonathan swift |
| Answer» B. edmund spenser | |
| 567. |
………….was the Puritan author of The Theatre of God's Judgements |
| A. | edmund spenser |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | thomas beard |
| Answer» E. | |
| 568. |
Who is called as the father of English tragedy? |
| A. | thomas beard |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | christopher marlowe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 569. |
……………, 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» E. | |
| 570. |
……………………..wrote King Lear |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | marlowe |
| C. | edmund spenser |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» B. marlowe | |
| 571. |
Who wrote Macbeth? |
| A. | john dryden |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | marlowe |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» E. | |
| 572. |
Hamlet is a work of …………………… |
| A. | milton |
| B. | shelly |
| C. | keats |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» E. | |
| 573. |
Who is the author of "Utopia? |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | william shakespeare |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» E. | |
| 574. |
The Regulating Act was passed in ……………….. |
| A. | 1773 |
| B. | 1783 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1903 |
| Answer» B. 1783 | |
| 575. |
Aurangzeb ,the Mughal emperor died in ………………. |
| A. | 1707 |
| B. | 1717 |
| C. | 1727 |
| D. | 1747 |
| Answer» B. 1717 | |
| 576. |
English East India Company, the British maritime organisation chartered by ……………in1600 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» B. king james i | |
| 577. |
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» D. queen mary i | |
| 578. |
Who led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland? |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | john calvin |
| C. | john knox |
| D. | queen mary i. |
| Answer» D. queen mary i. | |
| 579. |
…………..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» D. james i | |
| 580. |
The Reformation in England under ………….was more of a political and personalmovement. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | martin luther |
| C. | queen mary i |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» B. martin luther | |
| 581. |
Who superintended the first complete English translation of the Bible? |
| A. | barbour |
| B. | john gower |
| C. | geoffrey chaucer |
| D. | john wyclif |
| Answer» E. | |
| 582. |
The ………….. Was the war between the christains and the Muslims? |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | crusades |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | hundred year’s war |
| Answer» C. reformation | |
| 583. |
The Feudal System was introduced to England following the invasion and conquest of thecountry by ………………… |
| A. | william i |
| B. | james iv |
| C. | elizabeth |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» B. james iv | |
| 584. |
In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field, andascended the throne as Henry VII. |
| A. | 1485 |
| B. | 1489 |
| C. | 1495 |
| D. | 1498 |
| Answer» B. 1489 | |
| 585. |
Wars of the Roses, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle for the throne of Englandbetween the noble houses of York and ……………… |
| A. | lancaster |
| B. | tudor |
| C. | stuart |
| D. | hannover |
| Answer» B. tudor | |
| 586. |
………………..followers were called Lollards. |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | henry iv |
| C. | martin luther |
| D. | chaucer |
| Answer» B. henry iv | |
| 587. |
Jan Hus was a ……………priest ordained in 1401, who shared similar views with JohnWycliffe concerning the excesses of the medieval Catholic Church. |
| A. | bohemian |
| B. | france |
| C. | genoa |
| D. | london |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 588. |
Who translated the Bible from Latin to English? |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | henry iv |
| C. | charles v |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» B. henry iv | |
| 589. |
………….attacked the doctrine of transubstantiation (the belief that during mass bread becomesthe body of Christ). |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | henry iv |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | john milton |
| Answer» B. henry iv | |
| 590. |
Who was the English Homer? |
| A. | geoffrey chaucer |
| B. | charles v |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» B. charles v | |
| 591. |
……………..is best remembered for The Canterbury Tales. |
| A. | geoffrey chaucer |
| B. | sir thomas more |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» B. sir thomas more | |
| 592. |
………….who roused the conscience ofEnglish against the corruption among theclergy. |
| A. | boccaccio |
| B. | dante |
| C. | petrarch |
| D. | john wycliff |
| Answer» E. | |
| 593. |
In 1377, ……………imposed a new tax, the Poll (head) Tax that was to cover the cost of theHundred Years War. |
| A. | john of gaunt |
| B. | sir thomas more |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» B. sir thomas more | |
| 594. |
John of Gaunt was the Duke of ………………….. |
| A. | london |
| B. | york |
| C. | canterbury |
| D. | lancaster |
| Answer» E. | |
| 595. |
During the course of the Black Death and the years following it, England had a strong andwarlike king………… |
| A. | james i |
| B. | queen mary i |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | edward iii |
| Answer» E. | |
| 596. |
The Statute of Labourers, 1351 was passed at the end of …………….. |
| A. | black death |
| B. | peasants revolt |
| C. | feudal revolt |
| D. | peoples revolt |
| Answer» B. peasants revolt | |
| 597. |
Importance of the year 1381 in the history of England …………. |
| A. | the peasants’ revolt |
| B. | feudal revolt |
| C. | revolt of the slaves |
| D. | battle of bosworth |
| Answer» B. feudal revolt | |
| 598. |
The Black Death reaches England in ……………… |
| A. | 1348 |
| B. | 1353 |
| C. | 1356 |
| D. | 1359 |
| Answer» B. 1353 | |
| 599. |
The Battle of Crécy occurred in …………….. |
| A. | 1346 |
| B. | 1349 |
| C. | 1400 |
| D. | 1436 |
| Answer» B. 1349 | |
| 600. |
The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and …………..over successionto the French throne. |
| A. | sweden |
| B. | denmark |
| C. | norway |
| D. | france |
| Answer» E. | |