Top 250+ Solved Modern World in Transition MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The credit for the invention of printing in Europe goes to Johannes Gutenberg, a……………….craftsman.
a. chinese
b. french
c. american
d. german
Q. The invention of true paper made of pulped rags is credited to a Chinese named ……………..inthe year A.D. 105.
a. chuteh
b. marco polo
c. dr.sunyatsen
d. tsai lun
Q. The first European to describe gunpowder was the ………………Friar Roger Bacon.
a. english
b. portuguese
c. spanish
d. french
Q. The Turks conquered much of the Arab world, seized Constantinople in ……………….. with theeffective use of gunpowder.
a. 1153
b. 1256
c. 1353
d. 1453
Q. The introduction of ……………………..made voyages to the distant and unknown lands easier and safer.
a. marines compass
b. gunpowder
c. printing
d. paper
Q. The advantageous location of Portugal on the Atlantic sea board was fully utilized by Henry,the Navigator of…………………….
a. spain
b. france
c. britain
d. portugal
Q. In 1486 A.D …………………sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape ofstorms, renamed as the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese King as it gave definite hope of discovering a new sea-route to the East.
a. bartolommeo diaz
b. amerigo vespucci
c. ferdinand magellan
d. vasco da-gama
Q. ………………….. sailed round the African continent and reached kappad, a few miles north ofCalicut 1498 A.D.
a. vasco da-gama
b. amerigo vespucci
c. ferdinand magellan
d. columbus
Q. The great distinction of circumnavigating the world goes to a ……………………navigatorFerdinand Magellan.
a. portuguese
b. italian
c. british
d. french
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. ferdinand magellan
b. columbus
c. vasco da-gama
d. john cabot
Q. In 1497 A.D…………………., an Italian in the service of the Tudor king, Henry VIII of England,discovered New found land.
a. john cabot
b. john locke
c. thomas jefferson
d. ferdinand magellan
Q. Jacques Carter, the ………………..Sailor reached the mouth of St. Laurence River and laid thefoundation of the city of Montreal.
a. dutch
b. portuguese
c. spanish
d. french