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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.
| 1101. |
……………. had to flee the country when Parliament invited Williamof Orange and his wife Mary to take the English throne in 1688.. |
| A. | james ii |
| B. | louis xiv |
| C. | charles i |
| D. | oliver cromwell |
| Answer» B. louis xiv | |
| 1102. |
………………, who called himself the Lord Protector (1653-1658),behaved like a dictator. |
| A. | william iii |
| B. | charles ii |
| C. | james i |
| D. | oliver cromwell |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1103. |
The king ………………was arrested and executed in 1649 andEngland became a republic (Commonwealth). |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | charles ii |
| C. | louis xiv |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» B. charles ii | |
| 1104. |
The Parliamentary forces known as ……………… |
| A. | roundheads |
| B. | puritans |
| C. | cavaliers |
| D. | huguenotes |
| Answer» B. puritans | |
| 1105. |
king's supporters known as ……………. |
| A. | cavaliers |
| B. | roundheads |
| C. | puritans |
| D. | huguenotes |
| Answer» B. roundheads | |
| 1106. |
After the death of …………..her nephew James I, the succeeded tothe English throne in 1603.. |
| A. | queen elizabeth i |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | oliver cromwell |
| D. | henry viii |
| Answer» B. charles i | |
| 1107. |
…………….. published his single greatest work, the 'PhilosophiaeNaturalis Principia Mathematica' ('Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy'). |
| A. | roger ascham |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | robert dudley |
| D. | sir isaac newton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1108. |
Walter Raleigh was an adventurer, courtier to…………….., navigator, author and poet. |
| A. | elizabeth i |
| B. | james ii |
| C. | charles i |
| D. | oliver cromwell |
| Answer» B. james ii | |
| 1109. |
…………….. published his first important work, The Shepheardes Calender in 1580. |
| A. | edmund spenser |
| B. | robert dudley |
| C. | arthur lord grey |
| D. | sir isaac newton |
| Answer» B. robert dudley | |
| 1110. |
The Faerie Queene was the work of ……………….. |
| A. | edmund spenser |
| B. | robert dudley |
| C. | arthur lord grey |
| D. | walter raleigh |
| Answer» B. robert dudley | |
| 1111. |
……………. Toxophilus (“Lover of the Bow”), written in the form of adialogue, was published in 1545. |
| A. | philip sidney’s |
| B. | sir richard morison’s |
| C. | roger ascham’s |
| D. | edmund spenser’s |
| Answer» D. edmund spenser’s | |
| 1112. |
………………… was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire andwas baptized a few days later on 26 April 1564. |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | robert green |
| C. | henry vi |
| D. | roger ascham |
| Answer» B. robert green | |
| 1113. |
……………..gained fame with the publication of two proseromances, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and His England (1580). |
| A. | christopher marlowe |
| B. | thomas kyd |
| C. | john lyly |
| D. | william |
| Answer» D. william | |
| 1114. |
……………… second play was the two-part Tamburlaine theGreat ,published 1590. |
| A. | marlowe's |
| B. | ben jonson |
| C. | william shakespeare |
| D. | roger ascham’s |
| Answer» B. ben jonson | |
| 1115. |
…………..is best known for the satirical play ‘Every Man in HisHumour (1598). |
| A. | ben jonson |
| B. | william shakespeare |
| C. | james i |
| D. | john lyly |
| Answer» B. william shakespeare | |
| 1116. |
……………produced one of the most controversial and well-knownplays of all time, "Doctor Faustus." |
| A. | sir francis willingham |
| B. | william shakespeare |
| C. | christopher marlowe |
| D. | thomas watson |
| Answer» D. thomas watson | |
| 1117. |
The term "University Wits" was coined by …………., a 19th-centuryjournalist. |
| A. | george saintsbury |
| B. | allardyce nicoll |
| C. | edward albert |
| D. | christopher |
| Answer» B. allardyce nicoll | |
| 1118. |
The University Wits is a phrase used to name a group of late-……………..-century English playwrights and pamphleteers who were educated at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge and who became popular secular writers. |
| A. | 12th |
| B. | 16th |
| C. | 18th |
| D. | 19th |
| Answer» C. 18th | |
| 1119. |
………….. published his ideas, initially in 'Novum Organum' (1620),an account of the correct method of acquiring natural knowledge. |
| A. | john milton |
| B. | doctor faustus |
| C. | leonardo da vinci |
| D. | sir francis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1120. |
…………….. was an English lawyer, scholar, writer, Member ofParliament and chancellor in the reign of Henry VIII. |
| A. | sir thomas more |
| B. | john morton |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | francis bacon |
| Answer» B. john morton | |
| 1121. |
……………was made Supreme Head of the Church by an Act ofParliament in 1534. |
| A. | thomas cromwell |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | johanna standen |
| D. | edward vi |
| Answer» C. johanna standen | |
| 1122. |
Henry VIII decided to rid himself of his first wife, …………. ofAragon, after she had failed to produce a male heir to the throne. |
| A. | mary |
| B. | anne boleyn |
| C. | mariana wryte |
| D. | catherine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1123. |
The Levant Company was established to trade with the………………….Empire. |
| A. | russian |
| B. | prussian |
| C. | ottoman |
| D. | french |
| Answer» D. french | |
| 1124. |
The English Reformation started in the reign of ……………….. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | henry vii |
| C. | edward vi |
| D. | elizabeth i |
| Answer» B. henry vii | |
| 1125. |
………………attempted to prove that the sun rather than the earthwas at the center of the planetary system. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | copernicus |
| C. | thomas cromwell |
| D. | martin luther |
| Answer» C. thomas cromwell | |
| 1126. |
In May …………… a massive invasion fleet or 'Armada' sailed fromthe port of Lisbon. |
| A. | 1588 |
| B. | 1592 |
| C. | 1596 |
| D. | 1688 |
| Answer» B. 1592 | |
| 1127. |
……………….. died in 1553 and the crown went to Mary Tudor. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | philip ii |
| C. | elizabeth i |
| D. | edward vi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1128. |
………………… came to the throne of England by the act of successionpassed by Henry VIII. |
| A. | edward vi |
| B. | jane grey |
| C. | philip ii |
| D. | elizabeth i |
| Answer» B. jane grey | |
| 1129. |
…………………made peace with France through the marriage allianceof his sister Mary with Louis XII of France. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | charles v |
| C. | edward vi |
| D. | philip ii |
| Answer» B. charles v | |
| 1130. |
Henry VIII joined the Holy League with the intention of driving…………………out of Italy. |
| A. | france |
| B. | germany |
| C. | austria |
| D. | russia |
| Answer» B. germany | |
| 1131. |
………………..became the King of England after the death of hisfather Henry VII. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | louis xii |
| C. | charles i |
| D. | edward vi |
| Answer» B. louis xii | |
| 1132. |
In his book ‘England under Tudors and Stuarts’, ……………. remarksthat, "the advent of the Tudors marked the sunset of the Middle Ages and the sunrise of Modern times." |
| A. | robert raynes |
| B. | morton fork |
| C. | g.m.trevelyan |
| D. | arnold toynbee |
| Answer» B. morton fork | |
| 1133. |
………………….. was the Founder of the Tudor Dynasty. |
| A. | henry vii |
| B. | elizabeth i |
| C. | james i |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» B. elizabeth i | |
| 1134. |
With the end of the Wars of the Roses and the accession of Henry VII, England entered a period of renaissance under the new dynasty ofthe Tudors. |
| A. | elizabeth i |
| B. | henry vii |
| C. | edward vi |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1135. |
Name the nations dominated in the multi polar world of domination till the 1980s |
| A. | usa and britain |
| B. | china and britain |
| C. | usa and ussr |
| D. | usa and china |
| Answer» D. usa and china | |
| 1136. |
Who discovered the Law of Gravitation? |
| A. | isaac newton |
| B. | galileo |
| C. | einstein |
| D. | francis bacon |
| Answer» B. galileo | |
| 1137. |
To which country Eli Whitney belonged? |
| A. | england |
| B. | scotland |
| C. | usa |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» D. germany | |
| 1138. |
Who invented the Pudding Furnace? |
| A. | abraham durby |
| B. | henry cort |
| C. | george stephenson |
| D. | james watt |
| Answer» C. george stephenson | |
| 1139. |
In which year the Petition of Rights was accepted in the history of England? |
| A. | 1689 |
| B. | 1688 |
| C. | 1649 |
| D. | 1628 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1140. |
Who was English king during the course of the American War of Independence? |
| A. | george iii |
| B. | james iii |
| C. | charles ii |
| D. | george iv |
| Answer» B. james iii | |
| 1141. |
Who represented the Third Estate in France in the 18th century? |
| A. | clergy |
| B. | nobility |
| C. | common people |
| D. | press |
| Answer» D. press | |
| 1142. |
Name the last battle waged by Napoleon Bonaparte |
| A. | battle of vienna |
| B. | battle of munich |
| C. | battle of paris |
| D. | battle of waterloo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1143. |
The Reign of Terror in France was set up by |
| A. | napoleon |
| B. | louis xvi |
| C. | louis xiv |
| D. | robespierre |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1144. |
Gettysburg speech was delivered by |
| A. | abraham lincoln |
| B. | george washington |
| C. | thomas jefferson |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» B. george washington | |
| 1145. |
With which country, the name of Rasputin involved? |
| A. | russia |
| B. | italy |
| C. | germany |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» B. italy | |
| 1146. |
Who was responsible for developing romantic nationalism? |
| A. | bismarck |
| B. | garibaldi |
| C. | herder |
| D. | john locke |
| Answer» D. john locke | |
| 1147. |
To Herder, Volksgeist means |
| A. | german ideology |
| B. | national spirit |
| C. | romantic spirit |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. romantic spirit | |
| 1148. |
Name the newspaper published by the BolshevikParty |
| A. | avanti |
| B. | pravda |
| C. | popola |
| D. | revolt |
| Answer» C. popola | |
| 1149. |
Name the political party formed by Mussolini |
| A. | italian national party |
| B. | italian fascist party |
| C. | national socialist party |
| D. | national fascist party |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1150. |
In which country the Weimar republic existed? |
| A. | italy |
| B. | britain |
| C. | usa |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» E. | |