Top 80+ Solved Modern World History from AD 1500 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The followers of…………………. were known as ‘Lollards’ or ‘poor Priests’.
a. john huss
b. john wycliffe
c. thomas more
d. martin luther
Q. Martin Luther was the greatest leader of the Reformation Movement in ……………………
a. italy
b. germany
c. england
d. scotland
Q. To expose the malpractice, ………………..wrote his famous ‘Ninety Five Thesis’ and nailed it on the church door of Wittenberg in 1517 A.D.
a. martin luther
b. john wycliffe
c. henry viii
d. john huss
Q. The French Protestants were called the ………….
a. protestants
b. anglicans
c. puritance
d. huguenots
Q. ……………… published a refutation of Luther’s Thesis for which Pope conferred on him thetitle, ‘the Defender of Faith’.
a. charles i
b. charles ii
c. henry viii
d. william ii
Q. King ………….of England broke with the Pope who did not agree with his decision todivorce his wife Catherine of Aragon
a. charles i
b. charles ii
c. henry viii
d. william ii
Q. In 1618, a war broke out in …………..between the Catholics and the Protestants, which lastedfor thirty years. Hence it is known as the Thirty Years War.
a. italy
b. germany
c. england
d. scotland
Q. ………………… was an intellectual and Cultural Revolution which is usually associatedwith the 18th century.
a. renaissance
b. reformation
c. enlightenment
d. romanticism
Q. The writers who spread the ideas of the Enlightenment were known as …………………...
a. romanists
b. positivists
c. ) philosophes
d. theologians
Q. …………………….was the Portuguese ruler who gave encouragement and helps to navigatorsto explore new sea routes to east
a. henry, the navigator
b. william, the navigator
c. charles, the navigator
d. philip, the navigator
Q. In 1486 A.D …………………sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape of storms, which later renamed as the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese King as itgave definite hope of discovering a new sea-route to the East.
a. vasco d agama
b. barthalomio dias
c. amerigo vespucci
d. ferdinand magellan
Q. An Italian sailor……………………. left the Spanish port in August 1492 and set foot on SmallIsland in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D.
a. ferdinand magellan
b. vasco d agama
c. christopher columbus
d. amerigo vespucci
Q. The great distinction of circumnavigating the world goes to thenavigator……………………….
a. vasco d agama
b. christopher columbus
c. ferdinand magellan
d. non of the above
Q. With the help of the Spanish King, Charles II, ………….started the historic journey inSeptember 1519 A.D. and after two years landed at the Islands of Philippines where he was killed by the natives.
a. vasco d agama
b. christopher columbus
c. ferdinand magellan
d. amerigo vespucci
Q. …………………. coined the term “mercantile system” to describe the system of politicaleconomy that sought to enrich the country by restraining imports and encouraging exports.
a. alfred marshal
b. adam smith
c. dadabai naoroji
d. r.c dutt