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This set of Roots of the Modern World Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Roots Of The Modern World Set 2

Q1 | Martin Luther was connected with ………………
  • crusades
  • science
  • renaissance
  • reformation
Q2 | ………….is regarded as the "Morning star of the Reformation".
  • racine
  • robert fulton
  • thomas newcomen
  • john wycliff
Q3 | ‘The Lollards’ grew in numbers in ………….
  • belgium
  • geneva
  • u.s.a.
  • england
Q4 | The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund invited …………to attend a general church council atConstance where he was burned at the stake in 1415.
  • wyclife
  • thomas newcomen
  • shakespeare
  • john huss
Q5 | Luther wrote his 95 Thesis and nailing them to the door of the Castle Church of …………onOctober 31, 1517.
  • cambridge
  • edinburg
  • oxford
  • wittenberg
Q6 | Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) led a revolt against the Catholic Church in ………….
  • england
  • holland
  • germany
  • switzerland
Q7 | The French Protestants were called the ………….
  • puritans
  • presbyterians
  • huguenots
  • cavelliers
Q8 | …………….introduced Calvinism in Scotland
  • racine
  • thomas newcomen
  • john knox
  • moliere
Q9 | John Knox introduced Calvinism in Scotland, where it was called ……………………….
  • presbyterianism
  • puritans
  • round heads
  • huguenots
Q10 | In 1534 the King ……………..induced Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy whichsubstituted the king for the Pope as head of the Church in England.
  • henry viii
  • henry iv
  • henry v
  • edward vi
Q11 | The most significant agency of the Catholic reform was ………….
  • the society of jesus
  • calvinism
  • puritanism
  • socialist society
Q12 | The Society of Jesus was founded by ……………
  • st. ignatius loyola
  • robert fulton
  • martin luther
  • john calvin
Q13 | The Edict of Nantes was issued by King Henry IV in 1598 restored peace in …………
  • france
  • germany
  • britain
  • poland
Q14 | Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
  • elizabeth i
  • victoria
  • charles x
  • queen anne
Q15 | Who questioned the sale of indulgences in 1517 by the agents of Pope X?
  • jaques cartier
  • martin luther
  • thomas newcomen
  • queen anne
Q16 | The ……………aroused a spirit of adventure as well as a great deal of curiosity among theEuropeans.
  • french revolution
  • renaissance
  • american revolution
  • reformation
Q17 | ……………was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453
  • gerusalem
  • constantinople
  • western roman empire
  • italy
Q18 | The ………….had fostered a spirit of inquiry that had revolutionized geographical ideas.
  • reformation
  • renaissance
  • english revolution
  • american revolution
Q19 | Prince Henry, commonly called Henry the navigator, was a great patron of navigation in………………
  • france
  • portugal
  • poland
  • spain
Q20 | Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator sailed around the cape up the east coast of Africa,across the Indian Ocean and landed at …………..
  • cochi
  • calicut
  • bombay
  • cape of good hope
Q21 | After Prince Henry’s death ……………….crossed the Equator in 1472.
  • lopo gonsalves
  • diego cao
  • columbus
  • john cabot
Q22 | In 1488, a brave captain named ………….sailed up to Africa’s southern most tips which henamed the "Cape of Storms".
  • bartholomew diaz
  • thomas newcomen
  • columbus
  • robert fulton
Q23 | John of Plano Carpini was sent to the court of the Great Khan in Mongolia in ……………..
  • 1145
  • 1245
  • 1257
  • 1269
Q24 | The Polo brothers reach the court of Kublai Khan in China in…………
  • 1250
  • 1256
  • 1260
  • 1268
Q25 | ……….Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa.
  • 1468
  • 1477
  • 1488
  • 1498