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School of Distance Education

Social & Cultural History of Britain

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

BA ENGLISH

(2011 Admission Onwards)

III Semester

Complementary Course

SOCIAL & CULTURAL HISTORY OF BRITIAN

QUESTION BANK

1. The word Colonialism, according to the Oxford English Dictionary comes from the ……………………… Colonia.

a) Latin b) English c) Roman d) French

2. The Spanish Armada occurred in the year…………

a) 1588 b) 1589 c) 1587 d) 1590

3. During the reign of …………………… the mercantile system in England developed in a full‐ fledged form.

a) HenryVII b) CharlesII c) JamesII d) Queen Elizabeth

4. Who was the British King when American colonies achieved independence in 1776?

a)George III b) George V c) James III d) Mary Tudor

5. Who wrote the poem White Man’s Burden?

a)George Orwell b) T.S. Elliot c) Rudyard Kipling d) Mathew Arnold

6. The poem white man’s burden was published in the year ……….



a)1899 b) 1898 c) 1897 d) 1900

7. The main theme of the poem White Man’s burden is…………….

a) Justifying Whiteman’s civilising mission over the eastern countries.

b) The war between England and Germany

c) The development of English trade and commerce

d) The authors experiences of his life in India

8. Who is known as the ‘prophet of Imperialism’?

a)Rudyard Kipling b) George Orwell c) James Mill d) Max Mueller

9. Who called Rudyard Kipling as the Prophet of Imperialism?

a) James Mill b) T.S. Eliot c) George Orwell d) John William Kay

10. Rudyard Kipling was born in December 1865 in ……………

a)London b) Manchester c) Calcutta d) Bombay

11. The famous fiction Jungle Book is authored by ………………..

a)Edwin. J .H b) John Roberts c) E.M Thomson d) Rudyard Kipling

12. ……………………… represents the body of knowledge created by the westerners about the eastern societies.

a)Indology b) Orientalism c) Imperialism d) Post‐modernism

13. Who among the following western scholar was associated with Orientalist studies in India?

a)William Jones b) John Keble c) Richards d) E.M. Forster

14. The ‘Asiatic Society of Bengal’ was established in the year………….

a)1785 b) 1786 c) 1784 d) 1783

15. The famous Palestinian‐American intellectual …………………………. posed major criticism against the oriental constructions of the east.

a)Samuel P. Huntington b) David Pipes c) Edward Said d) Fukuyama

16. Who authored the famous book titled “Orientalism”?

a)Edward Said b) Frantz Fanon c) Noam Chomsky d) Talal Asad



17. The book Orientalism was published in the year ……….

a)1978 b) 1979 c) 1973 d) 1980

18. .……………………… redefined Orientalism thus: “orientalism is a western style for dominating, restructuring and having authority over the orient”.

a)Romila Thapar b) Edward Said c) Frantz Fanon d) Aijaz Ahamed

19. The Union Jack is …………………………

a) Coin of Great Britain b) Flag of Great Britain

c) National song of Great Britain d) National tree of Great Britain

20. The name “Union Jack” became official when it was approved by British Parliament in ………

a)1907 b)1908 c) 1903 d) 1910

21. Queen Victoria ascended the British throne in the year………………

a)1837 b) 1838 c) 1840 d) 1843

22. Who was Albert of Sax‐Cobourg?

a) Military chief during the Tudor period b) German Prince, who married Queen Victoria c) Foreign Minister of England during 1900‐10 d) English working class leader

23. Queen Victoria died in the year………………….

a)1902 b) 1905 c) 1901 d) 1910

24. Queen Victoria’s reign lasted for …………………… years

a)65 years b) 63 years c) 61 years d) 66 years

25. Railway locomotive was invented by ……………………..

a)George Stephenson b) Robert Lewis c) Arthur Young d) R. Hill

26. “Penny Black”, the first postage of England, is associated with the name of ……………………..

a)Townshend b) Louis Stephenson c) Thompson d) Rowland Hill

27. The inventions of camera, gas, bicycle, and typewriter occurred in England during the reign of……………………….

a)Queen Elizabeth b) Queen Victoria c) King George d) James IV



28. John Hyatt’s celluloid was used in……………………

a) Cartridges b) Ships c) Victorian shirt collars d) Flags

29. Great Victorian poet Alfred Tennyson was born in the year…………….

a)1808 b) 1810 c) 1815 d) 1809

30. Who wrote the poem “The Princess”?

a)Mathew Arnold b)George Elliot c)Oscar Wilde d)Alfred Tennyson

31. Famous English poet Alfred Tennyson died in the year………………

a)1893 b) 1895 c) 1892 d) 1895

32. Famous English poet and prose critic of Victorian era, Mathew Arnold was born in the year?

a)1825 b) 1830 c) 1821 d) 1822

33. Which among the following poem was written by Mathew Arnold?

a)Maud b) The Idylls c) Dover Beach d) Ulysses

34. Mathew Arnold died in the year……………………..

a)1887 b) 1890 c) 1888 d) 1897

35. The books “scene of clerical life” and “the mill on the floss” were written by………………………

a)T.S. Elliot b) George Elliot c) William Thackeray d) George Meredith

36. Who wrote the novel “Sybil”?

a)Gladstone b) W.Thackaray c) Mathew Arnold d) Benjamin Disraeli

37. The Victorian era was a time when the ……………………grew rapidly in influence.

a) Lower Class b) Middle Class c) Industrial Class d) Peasants

38. The concept of “self‐made man” became dominant among the ….........

a)Victorian middle class b) Victorian Upper Class c) Aristocrats d)Working Class

39. Charles Darwin was born in the year……………….

a)1810 b)1809 c)1812 d)1813

40. In which year Charles Darwin published his famous book titled “Origin of Species”?



a)1859 b)1860 c)1861 d)1864

41. ‘HMS Beagle’ was associated with………………….

a) The voyage of Columbus b)Anglo‐French war

c) The voyage of Charles Darwin d)Spanish Armada

42. The book ‘Descent of Man’ was authored by ………………………

a)Charles Darwin b)Henry Newman c)Lamarck d) Robert John

43. In which year the book “Descent of Man” was published?

a)1874 b)1875 c)1878 d)1871

44. Who authored the famous book ‘Origin of Species’?

a)E.B Pusey b)John Keble c)Charles Darwin d)Lamarck

45. In which year famous natural scientist Charles Darwin died?

a)1883 b)1884 c)1882 d)1886

46. The other name of Anglo‐Catholic movement was……………

a)Christian Socialism b)Protestantism c)Oxford Movement d)Calvinism

47. E.B Pusey and John Henry Newman were associated with………………………

a)Presbyterianism b)Calvinism c)Oxford Movement d)FabianSocialism

48. The Oxford movement started in England in the ……………………………….

a)1830s b)1840s c)1850s d)1860s

49. Who wrote “Tract 90” to support Roman Catholic doctrine?

a)John Keble b)William Palmer c)Harrell Froude d)Henry Newman

50. ………………………………… is considered as the founder Liberalism in England.

a)Thomas Hobbes b) John Locke c)J.S. Mill d)James Mill

51. Who wrote famous book on Liberalist ideology titled “two treatises ofgovernment”?

a)Jeremy Bentham b)Henry Sid wick c)Thomas Hobbes d)John Locke

52. Utilitarian philosophy emerged in………………………

a)France b)Germany c)England d)Italy



53. “Greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people” is the slogan of……………………………

a)Liberalists b)Utilitarians c)Conservatives d)Tractarians

54. The first systematic account utilitarianism was developed by……………………

a)J. S Mill b)Henry Sid wick c)Jeremy Bentham d)Adam Smith

55. Famous English philosopher Jeremy Bentham was associated with………..

a)Liberal philosophy b)Socialism c)Utilitarian philosophy d)Oxford movement

56. Who authored the book “introduction to the principles of morals and legislation”?

a)David Hume b)Adam Smith c)David Ricardo d)Jeremy Bentham

57. John Stuart Mill was a follower of ……………………..

a)John Locke b)David Hume c)Jeremy Bentham d)Thomas Hobbes

58. The famous essay titled “Utilitarianism”, published in 1861, was authored by…………

a)John Stuart Mill b)Jeremy Bentham c)Henry Sid wick d)David Ricardo

59. …………………….wrote one of the most well‐known works on utilitarian philosophy titled “The Methods of Ethics” published in 1874.

a)James Mill b)Henry Sid wick c)H.H. Wilson d)Colebrook

60. The beginning of party system in England occurred during the reign of……….

a)George III b)Charles II c)Mary Tudor d)Queen Elizabeth

61. ……………………………..is considered as the founder of ‘Court Party’, later called Tory Party in England.

a)Anthony Ashley‐cooper b)Robert Peel c)Benjamin Disraeli d)Danby

62. ……………………… is considered as the founder of ‘Country Party’, later called Whig Party in England.

a)Danby b)William Gladstone c)Anthony Ashley‐cooper d)Disraeli

63. “Exclusion Bill Crisis” (1679‐1681) was closely associated with …………..in England.

a)British foreign policy b)Britain’s Colonial policy

c) Development of party system d) East India company affairs



64). When was the famous names Whig and Tory first appeared in English political history?

a) During the Exclusion Bill Debate b) During the King’s prerogative debate.

c) During Glorious Revolution d) During Magnacarta

65. The Tory party was later known as……………………..

a) Liberal b) Conservative c) Petitioners d) Socialists

66. The Whig Party was later known as……………………

a) Conservative b) Abhorrers c) Liberal d) Socialists

67. ………………….. Invented “Flying Shuttle”

a) John Kay b) James Hargreaves c) James Watt d) Cartwright

68. “Spinning Jenny” was invented by……………………………

a) James Watt b) Arkwright c) Whitney d) James Hargreaves

69. Of the following which was the invention of Cartwright?

a) Cotton Gin b) Power loom c) Steam Engine d) Spinning Mule

70. An instrument ,which was used to remove seeds from the cotton fibre, known as “The Cotton Gin” was invented by……………………….

a) Richard Arkwright b) Cartwright c) Whitney d) Hargreaves

71. James Watt’s name is associated with………………………..

a) Power loom b) Spinning Jenny c) Steam Engine d) Railway locomotive

72. Steam Engine was invented in the year…………………

a) 1768 b) 1769 c) 1770 d) 1780

73. In which year Cartwright invented Power loom?

a) 1785 b) 1788 c) 1790 d) 1792

74. Flying Shuttle was introduced in England in the year………………………..

a) 1733 b) 1738 c) 1734 d) 1735

75. Innovations in road‐making started in England due to the efforts of………….

a) John Mac Adam b) Crompton c) Hargreaves d) Arthur Young

76. …………………………… is considered as the founder of Railway locomotives.



a) George Stephenson b) Metcalf c) Telford d) Arkwright

77. Who suggested to introduce “penny postage” for all letters in UK?

a) Townshend b) A. Young c) Rowland Hill d) Arthur

78. “Penny postage” introduced in England in the year…………………..

a) 1839 b) 1840 c) 1848 d) 1838

79. Sir C. Wheatstone’s name is associated with the invention of ……………….

a) Telephone b) Telegraph c) Steam Engine d) Mule

80. ‘Reuter’s New Agency’ was established in London in the year…………………

a) 1850 b) 1852 c) 1851 d) 1853

81. In 1834, who formed a “Grand National Consolidated Trade Union” in England?

a) Robert Owen b) John Locke c) Karl Marx d) O’Conner

82. The newspaper that popularised the ideas of Chartist movement among the English people was …………………..

a) Chartism b) The New Avenue c) The Northern Star d) The Liberator

83. Name the organisation formed in London in 1838 to fight for universal suffrage and redress the grievances of working class?

a) Association for Universal Adult Franchise b) Working Class Union

c) Working Men Association d) Labour Union

84. In 1838, The Working Men Association of England prepared a “charter of political democracy”, which was popularly called…………………

a) Democratic Charter b) Labours Charter c) People’s Charter d) Workers charter

85. The “People’s Charter” of 1838 was prepared by……………………..

a) William Lovett and Francis Place b) George West man and John Henry c) David Arthur d) Robertson

86. The Chartist movement in England turned in to a militant physical force under the leadership of………………………….

a) Francis Place b) William Lovett c) O’Conner d) David Arthur



87. Chartist movement face strong repression during the rule of………………………

a) Benjamin Disraeli b) William Gladstone c) Russell d) Robert Peel

88. Agrarian revolution occurred in England in the ……………..century.

a) 19th century b) 18th century c)17th century d)16th century

89. Jethro Tull’s name is associated with…………………………

a) New roads in England b) Great navigator

c) Invention of machine for sowing seeds d) Rotation of crops

90. “Four‐Course System” or the rotation of crops was introduced by………………

a) Jethro Tull b) Arthur Young c) Robert Bake well d) Lord Townshend

91. Four‐course system or the rotation of crops was also known as………………..

a) Norfolk system b) Suffolk system c) Enclosure system d) Farming system

92. ………………………… succeed in breeding a new kind of sheep known as “New Leicester”.

a) Sir Arthur Young b) Robert Bake well c) John Victor d) Townshend

93. Name the magazine edited by Sir Arthur Young, to propagate his experiences and innovations in agriculture?

a) New Light b) The English Peasant c) Annals of Agriculture d) New Horizon

94. According to G.M. Trevelyan who is known as the “Prophet of New Agriculture” in England?

a) Charles Colling b) Arthur Young c) Townshend d) Bake well

95. “Enclosure Acts” in England during the 18th century were closely associated with………………………

a) Industrial Revolution b) Agrarian Revolution c) Parliamentary reforms d) Human Rights

96. Among the following agriculturalists who played a remarkable role to work for “Enclosure Acts”?

a) Charles Colling b) Arthur Young c) Townshend d) Jethro Tull

97. The term “Laissez‐faire” was first coined by French economists known as…

a) Bureaucrats b) Physiocrats c) Free Traders d) Mercantilists



98. The term “Laissez‐faire” meant……………………..

a)Liberty b) Political freedom c) Leave Things Alone d) Rationalism

99. ……………………… played a pivotal role in popularising Laissez‐faire economic theory in England.

a)Alfred Marshall b) J.M.Keynes c) Adam Smith d) J.C. Piggott

100. ………………………..is known as the “Prophet of Free Trade” in England.

a) David Ricardo b) Adam Smith c) J.M. Keynes d) Alfred Marshall

101. …………………………wrote the famous book on economic theory titled “An inquiry into the nature and causes of wealth of nations”

a) David Ricardo b) Adam Smith c) J.M. Keynes d) Marshall

102. David Ricardo formulated ideas on Laissez‐faire theory through his book….

a) Principles of Economics b) The High Price of Bullion c) On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation d) On Economics

103. The Laissez‐faire theory helped to promote the vested interests of ………….

a) Socialists b) Capitalist class c) Working class d) Middle class

104. “Rotten Boroughs” are ……………………………

a) Thickly populated constituency b) Less populated constituency c) Industrial area d) Barren lands

105. Which Act passed by British Parliament in 19th century , known as First or Great Reform Act?

a) Reform Act of 1867 b) Reform Act of 1832 c) Reform Act of 1878 d) Reform Act of 1888

106. “An Act to amend the representation of the people in the England andWales” is the full title of the…………………………….

a) Reform Act of 1867 b) Reform Act of 1832 c) Reform Act of 1878 d) Reform Act of 1888.

107. The Reform Act of 1832 was passed during the reign of………………………

a) Lord Grey b) Benjamin Disraeli c) Gladstone d) Robert Peel



108. Who was the British monarch when the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed?

a) George III b) Queen Victoria c) William IV d) George IV

109. The violent political agitations in England during 19th century known as the “Days of May” is associate with……………………….

a) First Reform Bill of 1832 b) Second Reform Bill of 1832 c) Third Reform Bill of 1832 d) Act of 1867

110. The Parliamentary Reform Bill of 1832 passed and received the Royal Assent on…………………….

a) May 1832 b) June 1832 c) Sept. 1832 d) August 1832

111. Large industrial cities of England like Manchester, Leeds, and Glasgow were first time granted seats in the House of Commons as per the provisions of the ………………………….

a) Act of 1867 b) Act of 1832 c) Act of 1888 d) Act of 1878

112. Who remarked the Reform Act of 1832 as the “water shed moment at which the sovereignty of the English people had established”?

a) G.M. Trevelyan b) A.J. Toynbee c) Winston Churchill d) Edward Gibbon

113. William Evart Gladstone represented…………………

a) Tory Party b) Whig Party c) Liberal Party d) Socialist Party

114. William Gladstone was born in the year……………….

a) 1810 b) 1809 c) 1814 d) 1812

115. Gladstone’s ‘Disestablishment Bill ‘of 1869 was associated with…………….

a) Industrial Reforms b) Labour Reforms c) Irish Reform Policy d) Scottish Reform Policy

116. Gladstone passed the “Irish Land Act” in the year………………….

a) 1870 b) 1875 c) 1873 d) 1872

117. The reforms in the educational field passed by Gladstone was commonly known as………………………

a) Education Act b) University Act c) Forster’s Education Act d) Gladstone’s Education Act

118. Forster’s Education Act was passed in the year…………………….

a) 1874 b) 1870 c) 1875 d) 1871



119. By which Act a revolutionary reform imparted by Gladstone in the field of education that threw opened universities to all including Catholics?

a) Forster’s Education Act b) Test Act of 1871 c) Act of 1867 d) University Reform Act

120. Benjamin Disraeli was born in the year……………………..

a)1804 b) 1809 c) 1808 d) 1812

121. The famous novels “coningsby”and “Sybil”were written by……………..

a) Gladstone b) Benjamin Disraeli c) Elliot d) Oscar Wilde

122. Disraeli became first time the member of British Parliament in the year……

a) 1838 b) 1839 c) 1837 d) 1840

123. Benjamin Disraeli represented…………………..

a) Whig Party b) Tory Party c) Fabian Socialism d) Labour Party

124. The Parliamentary Reform Act of 1867 was passed during the reign of……..

a) William Gladstone b) Lord Grey c) Robert Peel d) Benjamin Disraeli

125. ………………………….was the British Monarch when the Parliamentary Reform Act of 1867 was passed.

a) George IV b) King William IV c) Queen Victoria d) George III

126. British Parliament passed the “Public Health Act of 1867” during the reign of …………………….

a) Russell b) Gladstone c) Duke of Wellington d) Benjamin Disraeli

127. Of the following Acts which Act was passed during the reign of Disraeli?

a) Test Act b) Reform Act of 1832 c) Artisans Dwelling Act d) Human Right Act

128. “Rochdale Pioneers” of 19th century England was associated with……………..

a) Abolition of slavery b) Enfranchisement movement c) Co‐operative movement d) Radical revolutionary movements

129. Co‐operative movement in England reached at a practical level due to the efforts of……………………….

a) William King b) Robert Owen c) John Wesley d) Arthur Young



130. …………………………is known as the “father of co‐operative movement” in England.

a) Robert Owen b) William King c) John Wesley d) William Wilberforce

131. Robert Owen put in to practice the idea of “Co‐operative Communities” in…………………………..

a) Lancashire b) Norfolk c) Manchester d) New Lanark

132. ………………………..gave popularity to Robert Owen’s concept of ‘Co‐operative communities” in England.

a) Dr William King b) John Wesley c) Wilberforce d) John Russell

133. Name the periodical published by William King in 1828 to popularise Co‐operative movement in England?

a) The Co‐operative movement b) The‐ Co‐operator c) The Liberal d) New Lanark

134. ……………………….is considered as the founder of “Methodist Movement” in England.

a) Wilberforce b) John Wesley c) Father Henry Newman d) John Keble

135. John Wesley was born in the year………………….

a) 1705 b) 1704 c) 1703 d) 1710

136. John Wesley published a pamphlet against slavery titled………………………

a) On Slavery b) Slave and Master c) Thoughts upon Slavery d) The Unfortunate

137. In 1834, who formed a “Grand National Consolidated Trade Union” in England?

a) William King b) Robert Owen c) Francis Place d) William Lovett

138. “Liberty is the right of every human creature, no human can deprive him of that right which he derives from the law of nature”, a famous statement against slavery in England, was made by……………………….

a) William Wilberforce b) John Wesley c) Robert Owen d) Henry Newman

139. …………………….was the French monarch when the Revolution of 1848 was broke out in France.

a) Napoleon III b) Louis Philip c) Ferdinand d) Philip VI

140. British Foreign Minister, Lord Palmerstone was removed from his post by Queen Victoria in connection with the issue over…………………………



a) Trade Unionism b) Support of 1848 Revolution c) Corruption d) Irish Policy

141… ………………………….was the British Prime Minister when the 1848 Revolution was broke out in France.

a) Lord Grey b) Robert Peel c) Lord Russell d) Disraeli

142. The “Corn Laws” in England were introduced in the year……………….

a) 1818 b) 1816 c) 1815 d) 11819

143. The Corn Laws were introduced by British Parliament during the reign of………………….

a) Lord Russell b) Walpole c) Lord Liverpool d) Gladstone

144. “Corn Law” is …………………………

a) English Export Laws b) Food Security Laws c) An Act to prohibit import of corn into England d) An Act to prohibit export of goods

145. In which year an “Anti‐Corn Law League” was formed in England to fight for the import of corn and immediate repeal of Corn Laws?

a) 1840 b) 1842 c) 1839 d) 1836

146. The ‘Anti‐Corn Law League’ was founded at Manchester by…………………….

a) Richard Cobden and John Bright b) Francis Place and William Lovett c) Robert Owen d) William Wilberforce

147. British Parliament repealed the Corn Laws during the Prime Ministership of…………………………….

a) John Russell b) Lord Grey c) Robert Peel d) Wellington

148. In which year Corn‐Laws were repealed by the British Parliament?

a) 1848 b) 1846 c) 1850 d) 1849

149. Famous English novelist Charles Dickens was born in the year…………………..

a) 7th February 1812 b) 8th June 1814 c) 19th Jan. 1815 d) 6th July 1815

150. Who among the following is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era?

a) William Thackeray b) Oscar Wilde c) Charles Dickensd) Arnold



151. Among the following novels which is considered as the autobiography of Dickens?

a) Oliver Twist b) Great Expectations c) David Copper field d)Nicholas Nickleby

152. Charles Dickens published his most famous novel “A Tale of Two Cities” in the year …………

a) 1858 b) 1860 c) 1859 d) 1863

153. All the novel of Charles Dickens depicts the…………………………………

a) Story of aristocrats b) Story of Monarchs c) Predicament of poor and oppressed d) British wars and colonial expansion

154. Among the following novels which is not written by Charles Dickens?

a) Great Expectations b) The Old Curiosity Shop c) Vanity Fair d) A Christmas Carol

155. Charles Dickens died in the year……………………………..

a) 1870 b) 1875 c) 1868 d) 1864

156. William Thackeray, famous English novelist of the 19th century was born in………………….

a) London b) Glasgow c) Calcutta d) Bombay

157. William Thackeray’s monumental novel was………………………….

a) Henry Esmond b) The New comes c) The Virginians d) Vanity Fair

158. Famous English writer Oscarwilde was born in ……………… in the year 1854.

a) Wales b) Dublin c) Suffolk d) London

159. Who wrote “The Soul of Man under Socialism?”

a) Karl Marx b) Engels c) Oscarwilde d) T.S. Elliot

160. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, a famous 19th century English novel was written by………………………………

a) Charles Dickens b) William Thackeray c) Oscarwilde d) Mathew Arnold

161. The “Pre‐Raphaelite Brotherhood” was a group of…………………….

a) English working class b) Political Radicals c) English Painters, Poets and Critics d)English Journalists

162. The “Pre‐Raphaelite Brotherhood” was founded in the year……………………



a) 1850 b) 1848 c) 1851 d) 1852

163. William Holman Hunt and Gabriel Rossetti were associated with………………

a) Chartist movement b) Enfranchisement movement c) Pre‐Raphaelite Brotherhood d) Oxford movement

164. The “Pre‐Raphaelites” popularised their ideas among the English people through the publication of a periodical named……………………………

a) The Grace b) The Germ c) Raphael d) The Jewel

165. …………………………..was a great leader of abolition of slave trade in England in the 19th century.

a) E.B. Pusey b) Harrell Froude c) William Wilberforce d) Richard Cobden

166. British Parliament passed the “Slavery Abolition Act” in the year………………

a) 1835 b) 1833 c) 1831 d) 1830

167. William Wilberforce was died in the year……………….

a) 1833 b) 1831 c) 1841 d) 1843

168. First World War broke out in the year……………….

a) 26th August 1914 b) 28th July 1914 c) 13th January 1915 d) 16th Jan. 1915

169. Which among the following country was not included in the “Triple Entente”?

a) United Kingdom b) France c) Russia d) Germany

170. Which among the following country was not included in the “Triple Alliance”?

a) Germany b) Austria‐Hungary c) France d) Italy

171. The issue over Alsace‐Lorraine was closely associated with……………………

a) First World War b) Second World War c) Gulf War d) Cold War

172. The problem of the Alsace‐Lorraine was between the countries of…………..

a) England &Germany b) France &Germany c) Italy &England d) Russia &Germany

173. After which battle of 1870 that France was forced to surrender the provinces of Alsace‐ Lorraine to Germany?

a) Battle of Sedan b) Crimean War c) War of Roses d) Franco‐Prussian war



174. The immediate cause of First World War was………………………..

a) Extreme Nationalism b) Secret Alliances c) Problem of Alsace‐Lorraine d) Assassination of Arch Duke, Francis Ferdinand

175. Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro‐Hungarian throne, was killed in the year…………………………..

a)28th July 1914 b) 28th August 1914 c) 28th June 1914 d) 22nd June 1915

176. Who was the murderer of Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie?

a) Gemoes Detrie b) Gavrilo Principe c) Jordan York d) Semoge Ditte

177. Expand NUWSS

a) National Union of World Social Security

b) National Union of Women’s Secure Society

c) National Union of Women’sSuffrage Societies

d) National Union of Women’s Secular Societies

178. Expand WSPU

a) Women’s Social and Political Union b) Worker’s Social and Political Union

c) Women’s Suffrage and Political Union d) World Social and Political Union

179. The “Suffragettes” worked in England for the……………………….

a) Right for the Industrial workers to vote b) Right for peasants to vote

c) Right for layman to vote d) Right for women to vote

180. ………………………. was the founder of “National Union of Women’s Suffrage”.

a) Christable Pankhurst b) Millicent Fawcett c) E. Pankhurst d) Emily Davison

181. WSPU was founded by………………..

a) Emily Davison b) Millicent Fawcett c) Emmeline Pankhurst d) Annie Kenny

182. WSPU was formed in the year……………..

a) 1905 b) 1903 c) 1908 d) 1910

183. The struggle for enfranchisement, conducted by various women organisations in 20th century England, finally achieved their demands by the Passage of the………………….



a) Representation of the People Act of 1918 b) Enfranchisement Act of 1919

c) Parliament Act of 1935 d) Parliament Act of 1940

184. The “Fabian Society” was a…………………………………..

a) Trade Union Movement b) Enfranchisement Movement c) British Socialist Movement d) Bourgeoisie Movement

185. The name “Fabian Society” is derived from in honour of the Roman General……………

a) Maximus Aurelius b) Quintus Fabius Maximus c) Rodrigues d) Romulus

186. The name ‘Fabian Society was’ suggested by…………………….

a) George Bernard Shaw b) Frank Podmore c) Sidney Webb d) J. Davidson

187. Who among the following activist was not included in the early members of Fabian Society?

a) George Bernard Shaw b) Annie Besant c) J.S. Mill d) Sidney Webb

188. The ‘Fabian Society’ was founded on……………………

a) 4thJanuary 1884 b) 1st January 1885 c) 3rd August 1886 d) 1stJune1886

189. The first meeting of ‘Fabian Society was held in…………………….

a) Dublin b) London c) Glasgow d) Norfolk

190. The Fabian Society was an offshoot a society founded in 1883 called………

a) Fabian Brothers b) Society for Social and Political Freedom c) The Fellowship of the New Life d) Anti‐slavery society

191. ……………………… popularised the concept of ‘welfare state’ during the time of Second World War.

a) William Beveridge b) William Temple c) Winston Churchill d) Lloyd George

192. In the United Kingdom, the ‘modern welfare state’ started to emerge with the Liberal Welfare Reforms of 1906‐1914 under the Prime Minister………………..

a) Lloyd George b) Winston Churchill c) Herbert Asquith d) Gladstone



193. The “Report of the Inter‐Departmental Committee on social Insurance and Allied Services” was commonly known as………………….

a) William temple Report b) Beveridge Report c) Social Reform Report d) Political Reform Report

194. Beveridge Report was published in the year……………………..

a) December 1943 b) December 1942 c) January 1943 d) February 1943

195. Labour Party was formed in England in the year……………………

a) 1902 b) 1900 c) 1903 d) 1905

196. A Historic conference at “London’s Memorial Hall” in February 1900 marks the…………………………….

a) Formation of Liberal Party b) Formation of Labour Party c) Formation of Fabian Society d) Formation of Chartist Movement

197. Who among the following leader of Fabian society was played pivotal role to prepare the constitution of Labour party?

a) George Bernard Shaw b) Sidney Webb c) Frank Podmore d) T. Davidson

198. In which year Labour party first time came into power in Great Britain?

a) 1926 b) 1924 c) 1923 d) 1925

199. The first ‘Labour Government’ in Great Britain was headed by………………....

a) P. Hastings b) Clement Attlee c) Sidney Webb d) Ramsey Macdonald

200. Who criticised the Labour Party as “a capitalist workers’ party which defends the interests of capitalism”?

a) Tony Cliff b) Rodney Hilton c) Eric Hobsbawm d) A.J. Toynbee

201. The Second World War was broke out in the year…………………….

a) 1940 b) 1945 c) 1939 d) 1938

202. The Second World War came in to an end in the year………………………

a) 1940 b) 1943 c) 1945 d) 1946

203. The ‘Keynesian Economics’ received much popularity in England after……………..



a) First World War b) Second World War c) Cold War d) Post‐colonial period

204. T.S. Eliot’s…………………......depicts the aftermath of the Second World War.

a) Four Quartets b) The Hollow men c) Waste Land d) Murder in the Cathedral

205. T.S. Elliot was born in……………………………….

a) England b) America c) Scotland d) France

206. T.S. Eliot was born in the year…………………….

a) 1885 b) 1888 c) 1890 d) 1891

207. The poem, titled ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ was written by………………..

a) Mathew Arnold b) Alfred Tennyson c) W.B.Yeats d) T.S. Eliot

208. T.S. Eliot received Nobel Prize for literature in……………………

a) 1950 b) 1949 c) 1948 d) 1953

209. “This is the way the world ends; Not with a bang but a whimper”‐ is the famous lines of T.S. Eliot’s ………………………….

a) The Wasteland b) The Hollow men c) Ash Wednesday d) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

210. ………………………..is the first long poem written by T.S. Eliot after his conversion to Anglicanism.

a) Hollow men b) Ash Wednesday c) The Wasteland d) Murder in the Cathedral

211. ‘A History of Western Philosophy’ was written by……………………..

a) A.J. Toynbee b) G.M. Trevelyan c) Bertrand Russell d) Gibbon

212. Who among the following British scholar was famous for his anti‐war activities and campaigns against the proliferation of nuclear weapons?

a) Bertrand Russell b) G.M. Trevelyan c) A.N. Whitehead d) A.J. Toynbee

213. English people heard the death knell of “Victorianism” through the writings of…………………………

a) W.B. Yeats b) Oscar Wilde c) Thomas Hardy d) William Thackeray

214. The novel ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ was written by……………………….



a) Charles Dickens b) Oscar Wilde c) William Thackeray d) Thomas Hardy

215. Who authored a twelve volume book titled ‘A Study of History’?

a) Edward Gibbon b) Bertrand Russell c) A.J. Toynbee d) G.M. Trevelyan

216. “Challenge and Response Theory” was propounded by the famous British historian………………………….

a) Edward Gibbon b) Collingwood c)E.H. Carr d) A.J. Toynbee

217. William Butler Yeats belongs to………………………..

a) England b) Ireland c) Scotland d) Wales

218. In which year W.B. Yeats received Nobel Prize in Literature?

a) 1925 b) 1923 c) 1928 d) 1929

219. ‘The Tower’, a famous poem published in 1928 by……………..

a) W.B. Yeats b) Thomas Hardy c) T.S. Eliot d) Oscar Wilde

220. …………………...................defined the Common Wealth as a “Procession of different countries at different stages in their advance towards complete self‐government”.

a) A.E. Zimmern b) General Smuts c) Beveridge d) William Temple

221. The name “Common Wealth” was suggested by………………………in 1917.

a) A.E. Zimmern b) William Temple c) General Smuts d) Beveridge

222. “Statute of Westminster” (1931) is closely associate with…………………

a) Formation of Commonwealth of Nations b) British Parliamentary Reforms

c) Irish Reform Policy d) Formation of G8 Nations

223. ……………………… is the Head Quarters of the ‘Common wealth Secretariat’.

a) India House, London b) Marlborough House, London c) Memorial Hall, London d) Westminster

224. The main intergovernmental agency of the Common wealth of Nations known as the “Common Wealth Secretariat” was established in the year……….

a) 1960 b) 1968 c) 1965 d) 1969

225. Famous Anglo‐Indian novel, ‘A Passage to India’ was authored by…………….



a) E.M. Forster b) Rudyard Kipling c) E.M. Thomson d) F.A. Steel

226. “From the Five Rivers” and “Tales of the Punjab”, famous Anglo‐Indian short stories, were written by………………………

a) E.M. Thomson b) E.M. Forster c) Flora Annie Steel d) Thomas Stephens

227. In which novel Flora Annie Steel depicts the incidents of Indian mutiny of 1857?

a) Voices in the Night b) A Sovereign Remedy c) On the Face of the Waters d) The Hosts of the Lord

228. Edward M. Thomson was famous………………………

a) Anglo Indian Poet b) Orientalist c) Historian d) Diplomat

229. “A Farewell to India” was written by………………………

a) E.M. Forster b) Rudyard Kipling c) Edward M. Thomson d) F.A Steel

230. ‘Oriental‐Occidentalconflict’ is associated with…………………………

a) Debate over Socio‐political reforms in India b) Debate over Western Education in India c) Import‐Export policy of Great Britain d) Britain’s Foreign Policy

231. In which year T.B. Macaulay issued his famous ‘Minute on Indian Education’, which became the blue print for the introduction of English education in India?

a) 1st March 1835 b) 2nd February 1835 c) 2nd February 1836 d) 1st Mar. 1836

232. Who made this statement while addressing the issue on the introduction of English education in India: “a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia.”

a) James Mill b) William Bentinck c) T.B. Macaulay d) Charles Wood

233. The beginning of Western education in India was dated from the…………………….

a) Act of 1832 b) Act of 1867 c) Charter Act of 1813 d) Charter Act of 1830

234. The ‘Charter Act of 1813’ provided the allocation of ……………………. Rupees per year for the education purpose of India.

a) 5 lakh b) 2 lakh c) 1 lakh d) 3 lakh



235. …………………………… was established in 1823 to look after the development of education in India.

a) Council of Education b) Committee of English Education c) General Committee of Public Instruction d) Board of Public Instruction

236. ……………………………….in 1841 recommended the opening of English colleges at Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Patna, Banaras, Bareilly, and Dacca.

a) William Bentinck b) Lord Auckland c) Lord Dalhousie d) Lord Canning

237. In 1854, ………………………………….laid down the policy which became the guiding principle of the education programme of the Government of India.

a) T.B. Macaulay b) Sir Charles Wood c) William Bentinck d) Canning

238. “The education that we desire to see extended in India is that the diffusion of the improved arts, science, philosophy and literature of Europe, in short European knowledge”‐ is the statement made by ………………………. In 1854, while issuing his recommendations on Indian education.

a) H.H. Wilson b) Munro c) Sir Charles Wood d) T.B Macaulay

239. The establishment of University at ……… ……….. ………..were recommended by, Sir Charles Wood.

a) Delhi, Punjab, Bihar b) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras c) Agra, Jaipur, Orissa d) Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan

240. Among the following countries which is not included in the Latin Americas?

a) Venezuela b) Paraguay c) Bolivia d) Canada

241. ……………………. comprises the entire continent of South America, as well as Central America and Mexico, and the Islands of Caribbean.

a) USA b) Latin America c) Tanzania d) Canada

242. ………………………. popularised the term Latin America through his writings in the 1830s.

a) Johan Edwardson b) Edwin Williamson c) Michel Chevalier d) H. James

243. Which monarch provided the financial assistance to Columbus’s voyages to the “New World”?

a) Ferdinand of Portugal b) Queen Isabella of Spain c) Queen Elizabeth of England d) Louis of France

244. ‘Santa Maria’, ‘Pinta’ and ‘Nina’ were……………………..



a) Traditional art forms of Spain b) Body guards of Spanish Monarchs c) Christopher Columbus’s ships sailed to the “New World” d) Battle fields

245. Christopher Columbus landed in Latin Americas in the year…………………….

a) 12th October 1492 b) 10th November 1494 c) 18th December 1493 d) 6th June 1495

246. The “audiencia” in Latin America was…………………….

a) Military general b) Royal messenger c) Court d) Viceroy

247. The “encomienda” system imparted by Spanish conquerors in Latin America was …………

a) Military system b) Municipal Administration c) Forced labour d) Taxation

248. “The True History of the Conquest of New Spain” was written by……………

a) Bartlome Casas b) Hernan Cortez c) Bernal Diaz d) Pissarro

249. ………………………….was credited with introducing Romanticism in Latin American Literature.

a) Lizardi b) Esteban Echeverria `c) Ruben Dario d) Pablo Neruda

250. ……………………………… is considered as the propounder of ‘Modernismo’ in Latin American Literature.

a) Ruben Dario b) Julio Cortazer c) Esteban Echeverria d) Pablo Neruda

251. Ruben Dario was a………………………..

a) Peruvian poet b) Nicaraguan poet c) Columbian novelist d) Mexican poet

252. Julio Cortazer was a famous…………………………….

a) Argentine writer b) Mexican writer c) Columbian poet d) Brazilian playwright

253. ……………………was written by Julio Cortazer.

a) Lay Hymns b) Hopscotch c) Residence on Earth d) Azul

254. Famous Latin American poet and writer, ‘Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basalto’ is popularly known as………………….

a) Ruben Dario b) Eduardo Mallea c) Pablo Neruda d) Julio Cortazer



255. Pablo Neruda belongs to………………………

a) Bolivia b) Columbia c) Argentina d) Chile

256. Which poem of Pablo Neruda made him fame all over Latin America?

a) Residence on Earth 1925‐31 b) Crepesculario c) Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair d) Spain in My Heart

257. Pablo Neruda wrote the poem titled, “Spain in My Heart” in the background of………………………….

a) Anglo‐Spanish war b) Spanish Civil war of 1936 c) Spanish colonial expeditions d) Spanish elite culture

258. …………………………………wrote the poem “Residence on Earth 1925‐31”

a) Ruben Dario b) Julio Cortazer c) Eduardo Mallea d) Pablo Neruda

259. Pablo Neruda received Nobel Prize in the year…………………..

a) 1973 b) 1974 c) 1971 d) 1978

260. Famous Latin American writer Juao Guimaraes Rosa belongs to………….

a) Argentina b) Brazil c) Chile d) Bolivia

261. The novel ‘Third Bank of the River’ was written by………………………….

a) Juao Guimaraes Rosa b) Gabriel Garcia Marquez c) Llosa d) Mallea

262. Eduardo Mallea was……….

a) Brazilian writer b) Argentine writer c) Peruvian novelist d) Columbian writer

263. who wrote the novel “All Green Shall Perish”?

a) Rosa b) Eduardo Mallea c) Julio Cortazer d) Marquez

264. Which Latin American novelist served as Argentine Representative to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) during 1955‐58?

a) Garcia Marquez b) Pablo Neruda c) Eduardo Mallea d) Julio Cortazer

265. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in the year………………

a) 1927 b) 1928 c) 1930 d) 1931



266. Gabriel Garcia Marquez belongs to………………………

a) Venezuela b) Chile c) Bolivia d) Columbia

267. Gabriel Garcia Marquez received Nobel Prize in Literature in the year………

a) 1983 b) 1981 c) 1982 d) 1980

268. The masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is……………………………….

a) Love in the Time of Cholera b) One Hundred Years of Solitude c) Autumn of the Patriarch d) Memories of my Melancholy Whores

269. Gabriel Garcia Marquez popularised a literary style known as………………….through his writings.

a) Modernism b) Romanticism c) Magical Realism d) Traditionalism

270. “The first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race”‐ is a statement made by famous literary critique William Kennedy about Marquez’s novel………………………………

a) Love in the Time of Cholera b) Autumn of the Patriarch c) One Hundred Years of Solitude d) Memories of My Melancholy Whores

271. Famous Latin American writer Mario Vargas Llosa belongs to………………

a) Peru b) Chile c) Brazil d) Columbia

272. Mario Vargas Llosa received Nobel Prize in the year………………………..

a) 2011 b) 2009 c) 2010 d) 2008

273. The monumental work of Mario Vargas Llosa is…………………………..

a) The Time of the Hero b) The Green House c) Conversation in the Cathedral d) Aunt Julia and the Script writer

274. ……………………………. is the central theme of Mario Vargas Llosa’s book titled ‘Garcia Marquez: Story of a Decide.

a) The friendship of Marquez and Llosa b) Criticism of Marquez’s writings

c) New trends in Latin American Literature d) Discussions on Magical Realism

275. Latin American war of independence started in the…………………………..

a) 15th century b) 16th century c) 17th century d) 18th century

276. Simon Bolivar was a…………………military and political leader.

a) Venezuelan b) Bolivian c) Brazilian d) Columbian



277. ……………………… is regarded as the “El‐ Libertador” (The Liberator) of Latin American colonies?

a) San Martin b) Simon Bolivar c) Cheguvera d) Francisco de Paula

278. …………………………….. was the prime leader of the Southern part of South America’s successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire.

a) Simon Bolivar b) Francisco de Paula c) San Martin d) Alxandre

279. Name the army, formed by San Martin to fight against Spanish Empire in South America?

a) New Army b) Army of the Andes c) People’s Army d) Army of Youths

280. ……………………..is regarded as the ‘National Hero’ of Argentina.

a) San Lorenzo b) San Martin c) Paula de d) Simon Bolivar



ANSWER KEYS

1. c) Roman

2. a) 1588

3. b) Charles II

4. a) George III

5. c) Rudyard Kipling

6. a) 1899

7. a) Justifying Whiteman’s civilising mission over the eastern countries

8. a) Rudyard Kipling

9 c) George Orwell

10. d) Bombay

11. d) Rudyard Kipling

12 b) Orientalism

13. a) William Jones

14. c) 1784

15. c) Edward Said

16. a) Edward Said

17. a) 1978

18. b) Edward Said

19. b) Flag of Great Britain

20. b) 1908

21. a) 1837

22. b) German Prince, who married Queen Victoria

23. c) 1901

24. b) 63 years

25 a) George Stephenson

26. d) Rowland Hill

27. b) Queen Victoria

28. c) Victorian shirt collars

29. d) 1809

30. d) Alfred Tennyson

31. c) 1892

32. d) 1822

33. c) Dover Beach

34. c) 1888

35. b) George Elliot

36. d) Benjamin Disraeli

37. b) Middle Class

38. a) Victorian Middle Class

39. b) 1809

40. a) 1859

41. c) The voyage of Charles Darwin

42. a) Charles Darwin

43. d) 1871

44. c) Charles Darwin

45. c) 1882

46. c) Oxford Movement

47. c) Oxford Movement

48. a) 1830s

49. d) Henry Newman

50. b) John Locke

51. d) John Lock

52. c) England

53. b) Utilitarians

54. c) Jeremy Bentham

55. c) Utilitarian Philosophy

56. d) Jeremy Bentham

57. c) Jeremy Bentham

58. a) John Stuart Mill


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59. b) Henry Sid wick

60. b) Charles II

61. d) Danby

62. c) Anthony Ashley‐cooper

63. c) Development of party system

64). a) During Exclusion Bill Debate

65. b) Conservative

66. c) Liberal

67. a) John Kay

68. d) James Hargreaves

69. b) Power loom

70. c) Whitney

71. c) Steam Engine

72. b) 1769

73. a) 1785

74. a) 1733

75. a) John Mac Adam

76. a) George Stephenson

77. c) Rowland Hill

78. b) 1840

79. b) Telegraph

80. c) 1851

81. a) Robert Owen

82. c) The Northern Star

83. c) Working Men Association

84. c) People’s Charter

85. a) William Lovett and Francis Place

86. c) O’Conner

87. d) Robert Peel

88. b) 18th century

89. c) Invention of machine for sowing seeds

90. d) Lord Townshend

91. a) Norfolk system

92. b) Robert Bake well

93. c) Annals of Agriculture

94. b) Arthur Young

95. b) Agrarian Revolution

96. b) Arthur Young

97. b) Physiocrats

98. c) Leave Things alone

99. c) Adam Smith

100. b) Adam Smith

101. b) Adam Smith

102. c) On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

103. b) Capitalist class

104. b) Less populated constituencies

105. b) Reform Act of 1832

106. b) Reform Act of 1832

107. a) Lord Grey

108. c) William IV

109. c) Third Reform Bill of 1832

110. b) June 1832

111. b) Act of 1832

112. a) G.M. Trevelyan

113. b) Whig Party

114. b) 1809

115. c) Irish Reform Policy

116. a) 1870

117. c) Forster’s Education Act

118. b) 1870

119. b) Test Act of 1871

120. a) 1804

121. b) Benjamin Disraeli

122. c) 1837

123. b) Tory Party


125. c) Queen Victoria




127. c) Artisans Dwelling Act

128. c) Co‐operative movement

129. b) Robert Owen

130. a) Robert Owen

131. d) New Lanark

132. a) Dr. William King

133. b) The Co‐operator

134. b) John Wesley

135. c) 1703

136. c) Thought upon Slavery

137. b) Robert Owen

138. b) John Wesley

139. b) Louis Philip

140. b) Support of 1848 Revolution

141. c) Lord Russell

142. c) 1815

143. c) Lord Liverpool

144. c) An Act to prohibit import of Corn in to England

145. c) 1839

146. a) Richard Cobden and John Bright

147. c) Robert Peel

148. b) 1846

149. a) 7th February 1812

150. c) Charles Dickens

151. c) David Copperfield

152. c) 1859

153. c) Predicament of poor and oppressed

154. c) Vanity Fair

155. a) 1870

156. c) Calcutta

157. d) Vanity Fair

158. b) Dublin

159. c) Oscar Wilde

160. c) Oscar Wilde

161. c) English Painters, Poets and Critics

162. b) 1848

163. c) Pre‐Raphaelite Brotherhood

164. b) The Germ

165. c) William Wilberforce

166. b) 1833

167. a) 1833

168. b) 28th July 1914

169. d) Germany

170. c) France

171. a) First World War

172. b) France &Germany

173. a) Battle of Sedan

174. d) Assassination of Arch Duke, Francis Ferdinand

175. c) 28th June 1914

176. b) Gavrilo Principe

177. c) National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies

178. a) Women’s Social and Political Union

179. d) Right for women to vote

180. b) Millicent Fawcett

181. c) Emmeline Pankhurst

182. b) 1903

183. a) Passage of the People Act of 1918

184. c) British Socialist Movement

185. b) Quintus Fabius Maximus

186. b) Frank Podmore

187. c) J.S. Mill

188. a) 4th January 1884

189. b) London

190. c) The Fellowship of the New Life



191. b) William Temple

192. c) Herbert Asquith

193. b) Beveridge Report

194. b) December 1942

195. b) 1900

196. b) Formation of Labour Party

197. b) Sidney Webb

198. b) 1924

199. d) Ramsey Macdonald

200. a) Tony Cliff

201. c) 1939

202. c) 1945

203. b) Second World War

204. b) The Hollow men

205. b) America

206. b) 1888

207. d) T.S. Eliot

208. c) 1948

209. b) The Hollow men

210. b) Ash Wednesday

211. c) Bertrand Russell

212. a) Bertrand Russell

213. c) Thomas Hardy

214. d) Thomas Hardy

215. c) A.J. Toynbee

216. d) A.J. Toynbee

217. b) Ireland

218. b) 1923

219. a) W.B. Yeats

220. a) A.E. Zimmern

221. c) General Smuts

222. a) Formation of Commonwealth of Nations

223. b) Marlborough House, London

224. c) 1965

225. a) E.M. Forster

226. c) Flora Annie Steel

227. c) On the Face of the Waters

228. a) Anglo‐Indian Poet

229. c) Edward M. Thomson

230. b) Debate over Western Education in India

231. b) 2nd February 1835

232. c) T.B. Macaulay

233. c) Charter Act of 1813

234. c) 1 lakh

235. c) General Committee of Public Instruction

236. b) Lord Auckland

237. b) Sir Charles Wood

238. c) Sir Charles Wood

239. b) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras

240. d) Canada

241. b) Latin America

242. c) Michel Chevalier

243. b) Queen Isabella of Spain

244. c) Christopher Columbus’s ships sailed to the New World

245. a) 12th October 1492

246. c) Court

247. c) Forced labour

248. c) Bernal Diaz

249. b) Esteban Echeverria

250. a) Ruben Dario

251. b) Nicaraguan poet

252. a) Argentine poet

253. b) Hopscotch

254. c) Pablo Neruda

255. d) Chile



256. c) Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

257. b) Spanish Civil War of 1936

258. d) Pablo Neruda

259. c) 1971

260. b) Brazil

261. a) Juao Guimaraes Rosa

262. b) Argentine writer

263. b) Eduardo Mallea

264. c) Eduardo Mallea

265. a) 1927

266. d) Columbia

267. c) 1982

268. b) One Hundred Years of Solitude

269. c) Magical Realism

270. c) One Hundred Years of Solitude

271. a) Peru

272. c) 2010

273. c) Conversation in the Cathedral

274. b) Criticism of Marquez’s writings

275. d) 18th century

276. a) Venezuelan

277. b) Simon Bolivar

278. c) San Martin

279. b) Army of the Andes

280. b) San Martin

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