Stratified Societies Medieval World Set 8
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This set of Stratified Societies- Medieval World Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Stratified Societies Medieval World Set 8
Q1 | The introduction of clinical pharmacology was the contribution of……………….
- avicenna
- thomas aquinas
- robert grosseteste
- peter abelard
Q2 | …………………..’s two most important works in medicine are the ‘Book of Healing’and the ‘Canon of Medicine’, both used as the standard medicinal texts in both the Arab world and Europe for a long time.
- averroes
- aristotle
- plato
- avicenna
Q3 | The Greek Scholar ……………had established the fundamentals of the Unani onwhich the Arab physicians like Rhaza in 10th century and Avicenna in the 11th century constructed an imposing edifice.
- galen
- aristotle
- plato
- avicenna
Q4 | The science in West Asia began its decline by the 13th century itself mainly due to the ……………..attacks on the entire Arab world.
- british
- mongol
- portuguese
- spanish
Q5 | Around 800, ……………….assisted by the English monk Alcuin of York undertookwhat has come to be known as the ‘Carolingian Renaissance’, a programme of cultural revitalization and educational reforms.
- charlemagne
- avicenna
- averroes
- thomas aquinas
Q6 | By the 12th century centers of learning known as the ……………..sprang up across western Europe, drawing scholars from different fields and mixing the knowledge of the ancient Greeks with the new discoveries of the Arab philosophers and scientists.
- madrasas
- universities
- salais
- stadium generals
Q7 | The logic studies by …………….of Ockham led him to postulate specific formulation of the principle of ‘parsimony’ known as the ‘Ochan’s Razor’.
- william
- peter abelard
- roger bacon
- nilakanta somayaji
Q8 | …………….developed the theory of impetus which was the first step towards themodern concept of ‘inertia’.
- jean buridan
- thomas b wardine
- varahamihira
- thomas aquinas
Q9 | ………………. stated that the earth moves and not the heaven.
- nicole ores me
- nilakanta somayaji
- jean buridan
- avicenna
Q10 | ………………… was the first to assume that colour and light are of the same nature and the discoverer of the curvature of light through atmospheric refraction.
- ramanuja
- varahamihira
- nicole ores me
- nilakanta somayaji
Q11 | In the year………………., the ‘Black Death’ and other disasters sealed a sudden endof the period of scientific and philosophic development in medieval Europe.
- 1338
- 1348
- 1368
- 1378
Q12 | The rediscovery of the ancient classics was improved after the fall of………………., which led to the opening of the modern period and the Renaissance in Europe.
- oxford
- constantinople
- belgium
- switzerland
Q13 | ……………… astronomy became an established tradition by the first millenniumBC, when ‘Jyotisha Vedanga’ took shape.
- indian
- portuguese
- spanish
- britain
Q14 | The ‘Sulba Sutra’ of …………….millennium BC contains mathematical applicationsused for altar construction.
- first
- second
- third
- fourth
Q15 | The ‘Panchaka Sidhanta’ of ……………….of 505 BC approximates the method forthe determination of the meridian direction from any three positions of the shadow.
- varahamihira
- ramanuja
- nilakanta somayaji
- aryabhatta
Q16 | Ancient ……………….had kept a ‘Panchanga’ for calculation of ‘Tithi’ or the lunarday, ‘varna’ or the week day, ‘nakshatra’ or asterism for social and religious events.
- portugal
- belgium
- switzerland
- india
Q17 | Aryabhatta of ……………. century AD, author of ‘Aryabattiya’ and ‘AryabhataSidhanta’, was the significant astronomer of early medieval India.
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- 6th
Q18 | ………………….’s ‘Panchasidhantika’ is a treatise drawing from several knowledgesystems.
- roger bacon
- ramanuja
- peter abelard
- varahamihira
Q19 | Brahmagupta of ……………..century wrote ‘Bramasphuta Sidhanta’ which dealtwith both Indian mathematics and astronomy.
- 4th
- 5th
- 6th
- 7th
Q20 | ‘Bramasphuta Sidhanta’ was translated into Arabic in ……………..about 771 andhad a profound impact on Arabic mathematics and astronomy.
- baghdad
- oxford
- cambridge
- tokyo
Q21 | In ‘Khandakhadhyaka’, ……………….reinforced Aryabhatta’s idea of another day beginning at mid-night.
- nilakanta somayaji
- ramanuja
- dante
- brahmagupta
Q22 | ………………of 8th century, the authority of ‘Sishyadi Vridhita’ discusses the planetary calculations, rising and settings of the planets, planetary and asteral conjunctions and complementary situations of the sun and the moon.
- lalla
- dante
- nilakanta somayaji
- varahamihira
Q23 | ………………..of the 12th century authored two important astronomical works:‘Sidhanta Siromani’ and ‘Karana Kuttuhala’.
- varahamihira
- nilakanta somayaji
- bhaskara ii
- brahmagupta
Q24 | ……………….was the head of the observatory at Ujjain.
- bhaskara ii
- peter abelard
- roger bacon
- nilakanta somayaji
Q25 | Mahendra Suri of 14th century wrote the astronomical work called ‘Yantra Raja’ inverse in……………….
- tamil
- malayalam
- sanskrit
- hindi