Top 550+ Solved Social and Cultural History of Britain MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is also known as …………
a. decasyllabic lines
b. octosyllabic lines
c. rime royale
d. heroic couplet
Q. The prevailing feature of Chaucer’s humour is its ……
a. urbanity
b. crudity
c. triviality
d. sanctity
Q. The Hundred Years’ War was originated in
a. the conquest of 1066.
b. the conquest of 1067.
c. tthe conquest of 1068.
d. the conquest of 1069
Q. The sole cause of the Hundred Years’ War was ………
a. the commercial rivalry between france and england.
b. the commercial rivalry between france and italy.
c. the social rivalry between france and greece.
d. the cultural rivalry between england and irelan
Q. The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 is also called ……….
a. tyler’s rebellion
b. tyler’s mutiny
c. tyler’s strike
d. tyler’s war
Q. The Peasants’ Revolt was based on the theory of democracy and socialism of whose text………..
a. wat tyler
b. john cairne
c. king richard ii
d. king edward ii
Q. Who are called Lollards?
a. john tyler and his followers.
b. john wyclif and his followers
c. jack straw and his followers.
d. john ball and his followers.
Q. Who is called the real originator of European Protestantism?
a. john wyclife
b. john ball
c. william langland
d. wat tyler
Q. John Wyclif is called………………
a. the morning star of reformation.
b. the morning star of resurrection.
c. the morning star of restoration.
d. tthe morning star of redemption.
Q. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a literary form of enclosing a number of tales within onenarrative is ……..
a. oriental in origin.
b. european in origin.
c. scandinavian in origin
d. latinic in origin.
Q. In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims started a sixty-mile ride toCanterbury in the month of …….
a. march
b. april
c. may
d. june
Q. In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, who amongst the following characterstold the first tale on their way to Canterbury………..
a. shipman
b. cook
c. knight
d. reeve
Q. The last tale told by Parson on the last day of pilgrimage in The Prologue to the CanterburyTales was a prose sermon on ………
a. penintence, with emphasis upon the seven sins.
b. a contemporaneous tale, exploding the impostures of alchemy
c. a fable of why the crow is black.
d. a tragic story of appius and virginia.
Q. The War of the Roses took place during the period …….
a. 1380 – 1410
b. 1455 – 1485
c. 1400 – 1430
d. 1425 – 1455