Roots Of The Modern World Set 3

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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 3

Q1 | In 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sponsors ……………..to find a route to India.
  • bartholomeu dias
  • john cabot
  • christopher columbus
  • vasco da gama
Answer: christopher columbus
Q2 | Vasco da Gama went around the cape and across the Indian Ocean to reach India (Calicut) in………..
  • 1458
  • 1468
  • 1498
  • 1598
Answer: 1498
Q3 | In 1499 ………………landed in America.
  • amerigo vespucci
  • cabral
  • robert fulton
  • vasco da gama
Answer: amerigo vespucci
Q4 | In 1500 ………..reached South America (Brazil)
  • cabral
  • robert fulton
  • vasco da gama
  • balboa
Answer: cabral
Q5 | In 1510 Goa became the capital of the …………..Eastern Empire.
  • british
  • french
  • portuguese
  • dutch
Answer: portuguese
Q6 | Balboa crossed the Isthimus of Panama in …………
  • 1465
  • 1508
  • 1513
  • 1623
Answer: 1513
Q7 | From 1515 to 1547 - The French king Francis I extended his colonies to …………and theMississipi Valley.
  • new hampshire
  • vermont
  • canada
  • maine
Answer: canada
Q8 | The Portuguese reached China in ………..
  • 1510
  • 1512
  • 1517
  • 1534
Answer: 1517
Q9 | In 1519 ………….discovered Mexico.
  • hernando cortez
  • robert fulton
  • cabral
  • amerigo vespucci
Answer: hernando cortez
Q10 | The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the courtof……………, about 1260.
  • kublai khan
  • alfred the great
  • henry viii
  • akbar
Answer: kublai khan
Q11 | ……………the navigator encouraged navigation by establishing a school for geographers.
  • george sarton
  • amerigo vespucci
  • randolph starn
  • henry
Answer: henry
Q12 | Goa was conquered by the……………, who made it the capital of their Eastern Empire.
  • british
  • dutch
  • french
  • portuguese
Answer: portuguese
Q13 | …………….patronized by Queen Isaballa of Spain set off on a voyage and reached the WestIndies, thinking he had landed on India.
  • christopher columbus
  • ferdinand magellan
  • robert fulton
  • robert s. lopez
Answer: christopher columbus
Q14 | ……………in his ‘The Prince’ projected the need of an absolute king because he alone couldprovide security to people.
  • lynn thorndike
  • joan kelly
  • mac-antoine charpentier
  • machia velli
Answer: machia velli
Q15 | When the French Revolution broke out?
  • 1689
  • 1768
  • 1769
  • 1789
Answer: 1789
Q16 | Louis XIV was the ruler of ……………..
  • germany
  • poland
  • italy
  • france
Answer: france
Q17 | Frederick, the Great was the ruler ……………….
  • austria
  • rome
  • holland
  • prussia
Answer: prussia
Q18 | Peter, the Great was the ruler of…………..
  • russia
  • spain
  • austria
  • portugal
Answer: russia
Q19 | Who aptly predicted"After me, the flood."?
  • louis xiv
  • victoria
  • james i
  • frederick, the great
Answer: louis xiv
Q20 | Who appointed Jean Baptiste Colbert as controller general of finances in France?
  • louis xiv
  • william of orange
  • victoria
  • elizabeth i
Answer: louis xiv
Q21 | The Treaty of Utrecht was concluded in …………..
  • 1703
  • 1713
  • 1768
  • 1776
Answer: 1713
Q22 | Nicholas Poussin is generally considered the best example of …………….classicist painting.
  • french
  • british
  • dutch
  • russian
Answer: french
Q23 | The credit for establishing absolute monarchy in Prussia goes to………….
  • frederick, the great
  • michaelangelo
  • peter ,the great
  • henry vii
Answer: frederick, the great
Q24 | Frederick was involved in a war which lasted from 1756-63 and is popularly known as………………
  • seven years war
  • american civil war
  • the war of the spanish succession
  • mexican
Answer: seven years war
Q25 | The Peace of Hubertsburg was concluded in ……………
  • 1703
  • 1763
  • 1767
  • 1769
Answer: 1763
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