Top 550+ Solved Social and Cultural History of Britain MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The War of the Roses is a thirty-year struggle between the houses of ……….
a. york and tudor.
b. lancaster and surrey.
c. lancaster and lancashire.
d. lancaster and york.
Q. The fifteenth century is traditionally described as…….
a. the barren period of english literature.
b. tthe wholesome period of english literature.
c. tthe inferior period of english literature.
d. tthe dark period of english literature.
Q. Who was imprisoned for participation in the War of the Roses?
a. sir david lindsay
b. sir john mandeville
c. william caxton
d. sir thomas malory
Q. Who was led to imprisonment in 1534 for his refusal to accept the Act of Supremacy?
a. lord barners
b. william tyndale
c. sir thomas more
d. cranmer
Q. Utopia is a fine description of “Imaginative Ideal State” written by
a. edmund spenser
b. thomas occleve
c. geoggrey chaucer
d. sir thomas more
Q. Who succeeded Wyclife as a Leader of Lollard Movement?
a. fortescue
b. john purvey
c. lord barners
d. john rogers
Q. W.H. Hudson’s statement “essentially the poet of the people” reveals the personality of……….
a. william langland
b. geoggrey chaucer
c. alexander barclay
d. edmund spenser
Q. What was the name of Edmund Spenser’s father?
a. william spenser
b. edward spenser
c. reginald spenser
d. john spenser
Q. Edmund Spenser’s Epithalamion is ………..
a. a lyric in petrarchan form.
b. a dirge in the greek form.
c. a nuptial hymn modelled upon the catullan form, influenced by the italian or provencal canzone.
d. a song to be sung in the festival.
Q. Who was apostrophized by Shakespeare in As You Like It?
a. sir philip sideny
b. edmund spenser
c. christopher marlowe
d. sir thomas wyatt
Q. What is the period of Queen Elizabeth’s reign?
a. 1550 – 1600
b. 1545 – 1590
c. 1567 – 1599
d. 1558 – 1603
Q. Humanism is a term ……….
a. strictly applies to the revival of interest in the classic literature of greece and rome.
b. strictly applies to the nature of humanitarian approach to literature.
Q. Sir Thomas More’s Utopia is …….
a. a tragic history of king henry viii.
b. a political essay-romance describing an imaginary commonwealth.
c. a love song for the queen elizabeth.
d. a hymn sung at the court of king henry viii.
Q. What is the meaning of Utopia?
a. “no place” in greek language.
b. “imaginary kingdom” in latin language.
c. “welfare state” in english language
d. “complete liberty” in french language.
Q. The chief characteristic of the Renaissance was ………
a. its emphasis on humanism
b. its emphasis on high imagination
c. its refusal of cultural progress
d. its refusal of scientific achievements