Second Sem - British History

 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN - HISTORY OF TUDORS AND STUARTS
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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 of
the Tudors.
a) Elizabeth I b) Henry VII c)Edward VI d) James I
2. In his book ‘England under Tudors and Stuarts’, ……………. remarks
that, "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
3………………….. was the Founder of the Tudor Dynasty.
a) Henry VII b) Elizabeth I c)James I d) Charles I
4. ………………..became the King of England after the death of his
father Henry VII.
a) Henry VIII b) Louis XII c) Charles I d) Edward VI
5. Henry VIII joined the Holy League with the intention of driving
…………………out of Italy.
a) France b)Germany c)Austria d)Russia
6. …………………made peace with France through the marriage alliance
of his sister Mary with Louis XII of France.
a) Henry VIII b)Charles V c)Edward VI d) Philip II
7………………… came to the throne of England by the act of succession
passed by Henry VIII. 
a) Edward VI b)Jane Grey c) Philip II d) Elizabeth I
8……………….. died in 1553 and the crown went to Mary Tudor.
a) Henry VIII b)Philip II c) Elizabeth I d) Edward VI 
9. In May …………… a massive invasion fleet or 'Armada' sailed from
the port of Lisbon.
a) 1588 b) 1592 c) 1596 d) 1688 
10. The Spanish monarch, ………….., was angry that Queen Elizabeth 
had not punished Sir Francis Drake and other English seadogs for 
plundering Spanish ships. 
a) Henry II b) Edward VI c) Louis XIV d) Philip II
11. The Levant Company was established to trade with the
………………….Empire.
a) Russian b) Prussian c) Ottoman d) French 
12. ………………attempted to prove that the sun rather than the earth
was at the center of the planetary system.
a) Henry VIII b) Copernicus c) Thomas Cromwell d) Martin Luther
13. In religion, ……………challenged and ultimately caused the division
of one of the major institutions that had united Europe throughout the
Middle Ages--the Church.
a) Martin Luther b) Henry VII c) Edward VI d) Copernicus
14. The English Reformation started in the reign of ………………..
a) Henry VIII b) Henry VII c) Edward VI d) Elizabeth I
15. Henry VIII decided to rid himself of his first wife, …………. of
Aragon, after she had failed to produce a male heir to the throne.
a) Mary b)Anne Boleyn c) Mariana Wryte d) Catherine
16. ……………was made Supreme Head of the Church by an Act of
Parliament in 1534.
a) Thomas Cromwell b) Henry VIII c)Johanna Standen d) Edward VI
17…………….. was an English lawyer, scholar, writer, Member of
Parliament and chancellor in the reign of Henry VIII.
a) Sir Thomas More b)John Morton c) John Milton d) Francis Bacon
18………….. 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
Bacon
19.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
20.The term "University Wits" was coined by …………., a 19th-century
journalist.
a) George Saintsbury b) Allardyce Nicoll c)Edward Albert d) Christopher
Marlowe
21……………… in the The Cambridge History of English
Literature (1932) has a chapter on the "The Plays of the University
Wits", in which he argues that a "pride in university training which
amounted to arrogance" was combined with "really valuable ideas and
literary methods".
a) Sir Francis Willingham b) William Shakespeare c) Adolphus William
Ward d) Ben Jonson
22. ……………produced one of the most controversial and well-known
plays of all time, "Doctor Faustus."
a) Sir Francis Willingham b)William Shakespeare c) Christopher
Marlowe d) Thomas Watson
23……………… second play was the two-part Tamburlaine the
Great ,published 1590. 
a) Marlowe's b) Ben Jonson c) William Shakespeare d) Roger Ascham’s
24. …………..is best known for the satirical play ‘Every Man in His
Humour (1598).
a) Ben Jonson b)William Shakespeare c) James I d) John Lyly
25. ……………..gained fame with the publication of two prose
romances, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and His
England (1580). 
a) Christopher Marlowe b)Thomas Kyd c) John Lyly d) William
Shakespeare
26………………… was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and
was baptized a few days later on 26 April 1564.
a) William Shakespeare b)Robert Green c) Henry VI d) Roger Ascham
27……………. Toxophilus (“Lover of the Bow”), written in the form of a
dialogue, was published in 1545. 
a) Philip Sidney’s b) Sir Richard Morison’s c) Roger Ascham’s
d) Edmund Spenser’s
28. The Faerie Queene was the work of ………………..
a) Edmund Spenser b) Robert Dudley c)Arthur Lord Grey d) Walter
Raleigh
29…………….. published his first important work, The Shepheardes
Calender in 1580. 
a) Edmund Spenser b)Robert Dudley c)Arthur Lord Grey d) Sir Isaac
Newton
30.Walter Raleigh was an adventurer, courtier to…………….., navigator,
author and poet.
a) Elizabeth I b)James II c) Charles I d) Oliver Cromwell
31…………….. published his single greatest work, the 'Philosophiae
Naturalis Principia Mathematica' ('Mathematical Principles of Natural
Philosophy').
a) Roger Ascham b) Edmund Spenser c) Robert Dudley d) Sir Isaac
Newton
32. After the death of …………..her nephew James I, the succeeded to
the English throne in 1603..
a) Queen Elizabeth I b) Charles I c) Oliver Cromwell d)Henry VIII
33. king's supporters known as …………….
a)Cavaliers b) Roundheads c) Puritans d)Huguenotes
34. The Parliamentary forces known as ………………
a) Roundheads b) Puritans c) Cavaliers d) Huguenotes 
35.The king ………………was arrested and executed in 1649 and
England became a republic (Commonwealth). 
a) Charles I b) Charles II c) Louis XIV d) James I 
36………………, who called himself the Lord Protector (1653-1658),
behaved like a dictator. 
a) William III b)Charles II c) James I d) Oliver Cromwell 
37……………. had to flee the country when Parliament invited William
of Orange and his wife Mary to take the English throne in 1688.. 
a) James II b)Louis XIV c) Charles I d) Oliver Cromwell 
38.After the death of Elizabeth I, ………….became the King of England.
a) James I b) Charles I c) William III d)Henry VIII
39. The Line of the Stuarts stretched from ………….. to 1714 AD in
England . 
a) 1603 b)1623 c)1632 d)1650
40……………… was the first ruler of the Stuart period.
a) Charles I b) James I c) Queen Anne d) William III
41. ………..was a Scot and was considered as the ’wisest fool’ in
Europe.
a) Queen Anne b)Charles I c) James I d) William III
42. After a formal trial …………..was accused of treason and was
executed, on January 30, 1649.
a) Charles I b)Oliver Cromwell c) James I d)Elizabeth I 
43.John Milton wrote the epic, Paradise Lost.
a) John Milton b) John Bunyan c) Ben Johnson d) Dryden 
44……………… wrote Pilgrim’s Progress
a) John Bunyan b) John Milton c) Ben Johnson d) Samuel Johnson 
45. The term "Metaphysical Poet" was first coined by the critic
…………….in his book ‘Life of Cowley’.
a) Dryden b) Ben Johnson c) Samuel Johnson d) John Donne 
46. ……………………..wrote the book ‘Life of Cowley’
a) Samuel Johnson b) John Donne c) George Herbert d) 
Andrew Marvell
47. …………….displayed his talent as a poet, publishing his first
collection of poetry, Poetical Blossoms (1633), at the age of 15.
a) Abraham Cowley b)Geoffrey Chaucer c) Edmund Spenser d)George
Herbert
48………………….. famous work, The Anatomy of Melancholy, appeared
in 1621 under the pen name Democritus Junior.
a) Robert Burton’s b) Henry Vaughan c) Andrew Marvell d) Richard
Crashaw
49. In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at
Bosworth Field and ascended the throne as Henry VII.
a) 1485 b) 1490 c) 1495 d) 1498
50.Oliver Cromwell was determined to execute Charles I and on
January 30,………….. , the king was beheaded in London.
a)1549 b)1639 c) 1649 d)1749
51. Monarchy in England was restored in………….
a)1560 b) 1660 c)1669 d)1760
52. Henry VII was the founder of the ……………….dynasty.
a) Stuart b) Tudor c) Hanoverians d) Windsor
53. Henry VIII was the ruler of the ……………….dynasty.
a) Stuart b) Tudor c) Windsor d) Plantagenet
54. Elizabeth I was the daughter of ……………….
a) James I b) Henry VIII c) Charles V d) Sir Thomas More
55. Who was the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty?
a) Elizabeth I b) Charles V c) Henry VIII d) Mary the Tudor
56. Who is the author of the book ‘England under Tudors and Stuarts?’
a) Robert Raynes b) Sir Thomas More c) John Milton d) William
Shakespeare.
57. Who was the First Tudor King? 
a) Queen Mary I b) Henry VII c) James I d) Charles I
58. ………………defeated the Spanish Armada.
a) Henry VIII b) Elizabeth I c) Queen Marry d) Charles I
59. Who was the second Tudor King?
a) Queen Mary I b) Henry VIII c) James I d) Charles I
60. The Reformation in England under ………….was more of a political 
and personal movement.
a) Henry VIII b) Martin Luther c) Queen Mary I d) Charles I
61. Who was awarded the title of Defender of the Faith by the Pope?
a) Henry VIII b) Sir Thomas More c) Martin Luther d) Charles I
62. Catherine of Aragon was the wife of ……………..
a) Henry VIII b) Sir Thomas More c) John Milton d) Charles I
63. Who summoned Reformation Parliament in 1529 in England?
a) Henry VIII b) Queen Mary I c) Charles I d) Charles II
64. …………..came to the throne of England by the act of succession 
passed by Henry VIII.
a) Edward VI b) Queen Mary I c) Charles I d) James I
65.Who was the author of the Paradise Lost?
a)Shelly b) William Shakespeare c) Sir Thomas More d) John Milton
66. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
a) Elizabeth I b) Henry VIII c) Queen Marry d) Charles I
67. When the Spanish Armada was defeated?
a) 1585 b) 1588 c) 1603 d) 1688
68. English East India Company, the British maritime organization 
chartered by ……………in 1600 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
69. In 1615 King James I sent Sir Thomas Roe as his ambassador to the
court of Emperor ……………………
a)Jahangir b) Aurangzeb c)Baber d) Humayun
70. Who developed the ‘Theory of Universal Gravitation?’
a) Sir Isaac Newton b) Edmund Spenser c) Marlowe d) John Dryden
71. The Principia made …………one of the best known intellectual 
figures in Europe.
a) Newton b) Marlowe c) John Dryden d) Jonathan Swift
72. ‘Age of Faith’ is the work of ………………..
a)G.M.Trevelyan b)Edward Gibbon c) Winston Churchill d) Will Durant 
73. Who was the author of the Paradise Lost?
a)Shelly b) William Shakespeare c) Sir Thomas More d) John Milton
74. Oliver Cromwell fought against the king…………
a) William III b) Charles II c) James I d) Charles I
75. Charles II became the ruler of England in …………….
a) 1660 b) 1664 c) 1670 d) 1760
a) Francis Bacon b) Edmund Spenser c) Marlowe d) John Dryden
76. Who developed the ‘Theory of Universal Gravitation?’
a) Sir Isaac Newton b) Edmund Spenser c) Marlowe d) John Dryden
77. The Principia made …………one of the best known intellectual 
figures in Europe.
a) Newton b) Marlowe c) John Dryden d) Jonathan Swift
78. Who was the founder of the Stuart Dynasty in England?
a)Henry VII b) James I c) George I d) William I
79. When the Stuart Dynasty came to power in England?
a) 1601 b) 1603 c) 1654 d) 1678
80. Who signed in the Petition of Rights?
a) Charles I b) Henry I c) James I d) James II
                     Answer Key
1.d              2.a                3.a                4.a
5.a              6.a                7.a                8.d
9.a            10.d              11.c              12.b
13.a          14.a              15.d              16.b
17.a          18.d              19.b              20.a
21.c          22.c              23.a              24.a
25.c          26.a              27.c              28.a
29.a          30.a              31.d              32.a
33.a          34.a              35.a              36.d
37.a          38.a              39.a              40.b
41.c          42.a              43.a              44.a
45.c          46.a              47.a              48.a
49.a          50.c              51.b              52.b
53.b          54.b              55.a              56.a
57.b          58.b              59.b              60.a
61.a          62.a              63.a              64.a
65.d          66.a              67.b              68.a
69.a          70.a              71.a              72.d
73.d          74.d              75.a              76.a
77.a          78.b              79.b              80.a

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