English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-II Male) History
Q1181. Tycho Brahe and Copernicus were forerunners of _______.
A Galileo
B Francis Bacon
C Sir Isaac Newton
D Descartes
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Correct answer: Galileo
Q1182. From among the following statements regarding Renaissane movement, which is/are correct? ? (A) The scholars of the Renaissance were criticial of Scholasticism (B) Scholasticism laid great emphasis on the rational justification of religious beliefs (C) The Enlightenment writers believed that liberty discouraged commerce that in turn discouraged culture. (D) The Renaiassance as a movement was the product of an rural movement Choose the appropriate answer from the code given below.
A (A), (C) and (D) only
B (B), (C) and (D) only
C (A) and (D) only
D (A) and (B) only
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Correct answer: (A) and (B) only
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q1183. The renaissance put _____ at the centre of the world.
A ideas of man
B nature
C cities
D discoveries
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Correct answer: ideas of man
English BPSC TRE 3.0 Exam-2024 (11-12)
Q1184. One of the most significant contributions of the Renaissance was the establishment of the
A Promotion of Art and Literature in Italy
B Civil Society
C Individualism
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Promotion of Art and Literature in Italy
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-II Male) History
Q1185. _______ is an author who has written extensively on the European Renaissance.
A E P Thompson
B E J Hobsbawm
C Peter Burke
D Michael Burke
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Correct answer: Peter Burke
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q1186. The birthplace of the renaissance is:
A France
B Italy
C Spain
D Germany
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Correct answer: Italy
English NVS PGT 2022 (History) 16/12/2022 shift-II
Q1187. In historical context, which one of the following statements regarding the term ‘Renaissance’ is not correct ?
A It was a cultural movement marked by the revival of interest in the classical age of the Romans and the Greeks.
B It meant application of the classical knowledge of arts, literature and social values,individual from Papal bondage.
C It meant application of the classical knowledge of arts, literature and social values,
D The writers of the Renaissance displayed a strong dislike for the culture of the Middle Ages.
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Correct answer: It meant application of the classical knowledge of arts, literature and social values,individual from Papal bondage.
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-II Male) History
Q1188. Which of NOT true for the Italian renaissance?
A It was marked by a liking for classical art
B It was market by an avid thirst for recovering the Greek classics
C It wanted to recover Aristotelian texts
D It enjoyed medieval frescoes
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Correct answer: It enjoyed medieval frescoes
English BPSC School Teacher 2023 (History)
Q1189. In which country of Europe, Civil Society was started soon after the Renaissance?
A Britain
B France
C Italy
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Italy
English KVS PGT (18-02-2023 Shift-I) History
Q1190. Which one of the following statements regarding renaissance is not correct?
A Renaissance has been as the line dividing modern Europe from Medieval Europe
B The scholrs of the Renaissance were very critical of the earlier scholasticism
C The Renaissance intellectuals made sustained attack on Humanism
D Karl Marx and Engels saw the Renaissance movement as a relation between cultural production (Arts) and material production (the economy)
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Correct answer: The Renaissance intellectuals made sustained attack on Humanism
English BPSC TRE 2.0 Exam 2023 (6-8)
Q1191. Which of the following European countries started geographical exploration which resulted in the colonization of America, Asia and Africa?
A Portugal and Spain
B France and England
C Germany and Italy
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Portugal and Spain
English BPSC TRE 2.0 Exam 2023 (6-8)
Q1192. What is the traditional explanation of the early geographical explorations?
A Economic causes
B Search for new territories
C Expansion of Christianity
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: More than one of the above
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q1193. The 'discoveries' of the world beyond Europe were led in the fifteenth century by:
A Portugal and Spain
B Portugal
C Spain
D Catalan
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Correct answer: Portugal and Spain
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q1194. Portugal's map and atlas making tradition was inherited from:
A Spain
B The Catalans of Mallorca by way of the Arabs
C Mathematicians
D Scientists at Sagres
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Correct answer: The Catalans of Mallorca by way of the Arabs
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q1195. The European nation that first discovered the sea route to India was:
A England under the Tudors
B Portugal under the Aviz dynasty
C Netherlands under the Spanish Hapsburgs
D Spain via Manila
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Correct answer: Portugal under the Aviz dynasty
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q1196. Prince Henry of Portugal set up a laboratory for the discovery project at:
A Lagos
B Sagres
C Lisbon
D Tagus
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Correct answer: Sagres
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q1197. Christopher Columbus's voyage was financed by:
A The republic of Genoa
B Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
C King Ferdinand of Aragon
D Calvi in Corsica
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Correct answer: Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
English KVS TGT 2013 (01/06/2014) SST
Q1198. Who first used the term Industrial revolution in France?
A Frichdrich Engels
B Kari Mars
C Georges Michelet
D Arnold Toynbee
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Correct answer: Georges Michelet
English NVS TGT 2016 (11/12/2016) SST
Q1199. The first industrial revolution happened in England during the period of
A 1780-1850
B 1750-1780
C 1700-1750
D 1600-1700
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Correct answer: 1780-1850
English DSSSB TGT 2018 16 Oct 2021 Shift-II SST
Q1200. The term "Industrial Revolution" was first used in book entitled _______, in 1884?
A Lectures on the Industrial Revolution of the Seventeenth Century in England
B Lectures on the Industrial Revolution of the Eighteenth Century in England
C Lectures on the Industrial Revolution of England
D None of the given options
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Correct answer: Lectures on the Industrial Revolution of England