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Unit 10: Modern World: The Age of Reason
Tamil Nadu Board 12th Standard History - Unit 10: Book Back Answers and Solutions
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Unit 10: Modern World: The Age of Reason
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. Which one of the following was not an independent trading city?
(a) Nuremberg
(b) Antwerp
(c) Genoa
(d) St. Petersburg
Answer Key:
(d) St. Petersburg
2. Which one of the following had relegated religion to a subordinate place?
(a) Renaissance
(b) Reformation
(c) Geographical Discovery
(d) Commercial Revolution
Answer Key:
(a) Renaissance
3. Of the following Popes, who was not the patron of Italian Renaissance?
(a) Nicholas V
(b) Julius II
(c) Pius II
(d) Paul III
Answer Key:
(d) Paul III
4. Whose success encouraged overseas enterprises enormously?
(a) Marco Polo
(b) Roger Bacon
(c) Columbus
(d) Bartholomew Diaz
Answer Key:
(c) Columbus
5. Assertion (A): Paper originated in China in second century BC (BCE).
Reason (R): Germany invented the movable printing press .
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
(b) Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A
(c) A is correct but R is wrong
(d) A is wrong but R is correct
Answer Key:
(b) Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A
6. Which one of the following was not an idea developed during the age of Renaissance?
(a) rationalism
(b) scepticism
(c) anarchism
(d) individualism
Answer Key:
(c) anarchism
7. Who is considered the father of modern experimental science?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Roger Bacon
(d) Landsteiner
Answer Key:
(c) Roger Bacon
8. Who wanted humankind to be ruled not by dogma and authority but rather by reason?
(a) Dante
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Roger Bacon
(d) Petrarch
Answer Key:
(c) Roger Bacon
9. Who came to Italy seeking the help of the West in the war against the Turks?
(a) Giovanni Aurispa
(b) Manuel Chrysaloras
(c) Roger Bacon
(d) Columbus
Answer Key:
(b) Manuel Chrysaloras
10. Assertion (A): Galileo Galilei was tried by the Church for heresy.
Reason (R): He accepted the views of Copernicus’ heliocentric theory.
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
(b) Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A
(c) A is correct but R is wrong
(d) A is wrong but R is correct
Answer Key:
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
11. Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
Statement I: Italians managed to preserve the belief that they were descendants of the ancient Vikings.
Statement II: The hazard of sea voyages was reduced by the use of firearms and canon.
Statement III: The eagerness to spread religion (Christianity) also acted as an impetus to the exploration of new lands.
Statement IV: Ferdinand Magellan sailed westward and discovered Brazil
(a) I, II & III
(b) II & III
(c) I & III
(d) All are correct
Answer Key:
(b) II & III
12. Which one of the following was not the work of Leonardo da Vinci?
(a) Virgin of the Rocks
(b) Last Supper
(c) Mona Lisa
(d) Madonna and Child
Answer Key:
(d) Madonna and Child
13. The Cathedral of St. Peters in Rome, built by the Popes, was fashioned by_________
(a) Donatello
(b) Raphael
(c) Leonardo da Vinci
(d) Michelangelo
Answer Key:
(d) Michelangelo
14. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Marlowe - Dido
(b) Shakespeare - King Lear
(c) Francis Bacon - Novum Organum
(d) Roger Bacon – Decameron
Answer Key:
(d) Roger Bacon – Decameron
15. Assertion (A): The Turkish conquests and the fall of Constantinople provided stimulus to find a sea route to the East.
Reason (R): As the demands for the products from the East increased, the European states wanted to control sea-borne trade.
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
(b) Both A and R are correct. R does not explain A
(c) A is correct but R is wrong
(d) A is wrong but R is correct
Answer Key:
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
16. Which one of the following ships was returned after the death of Magellan?
(a) Santa Maria
(b) Pinta
(c) Nina
(d) Vittoria
Answer Key:
(d) Vittoria
17. Who conquered Mexico for Spain?
(a) Pedro Cabral
(b) Columbus
(c) Hernan Cortes
(d) James Cook
Answer Key:
(c) Hernan Cortes
18. When was the Act of Supremacy passed by Henry VIII in England ?
(a) 1519
(b) 1532
(c) 1533
(d) 1534
Answer Key:
(d) 1534
19. Assertion (A): The Black Death weakened the position of the church as it could not explain the causes for the Black Death.
Reason (R): The authority of Pope came to be increasingly challenged.
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
(b) Both A and R are correct. R does not explain A
(c) A is correct but R is wrong
(d) A is wrong but R is correct
Answer Key:
(b) Both A and R are correct. R does not explain A
20. Who was the ruler of Germany excommunicated by Gregory VII?
(a) Henry VII
(b) Henry VIII
(c ) Henry II
(d) Henry IV
Answer Key:
(d) Henry IV
(a) Nuremberg
(b) Antwerp
(c) Genoa
(d) St. Petersburg
Answer Key:
(d) St. Petersburg
2. Which one of the following had relegated religion to a subordinate place?
(a) Renaissance
(b) Reformation
(c) Geographical Discovery
(d) Commercial Revolution
Answer Key:
(a) Renaissance
3. Of the following Popes, who was not the patron of Italian Renaissance?
(a) Nicholas V
(b) Julius II
(c) Pius II
(d) Paul III
Answer Key:
(d) Paul III
4. Whose success encouraged overseas enterprises enormously?
(a) Marco Polo
(b) Roger Bacon
(c) Columbus
(d) Bartholomew Diaz
Answer Key:
(c) Columbus
5. Assertion (A): Paper originated in China in second century BC (BCE).
Reason (R): Germany invented the movable printing press .
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
(b) Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A
(c) A is correct but R is wrong
(d) A is wrong but R is correct
Answer Key:
(b) Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A
6. Which one of the following was not an idea developed during the age of Renaissance?
(a) rationalism
(b) scepticism
(c) anarchism
(d) individualism
Answer Key:
(c) anarchism
7. Who is considered the father of modern experimental science?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Roger Bacon
(d) Landsteiner
Answer Key:
(c) Roger Bacon
8. Who wanted humankind to be ruled not by dogma and authority but rather by reason?
(a) Dante
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Roger Bacon
(d) Petrarch
Answer Key:
(c) Roger Bacon
9. Who came to Italy seeking the help of the West in the war against the Turks?
(a) Giovanni Aurispa
(b) Manuel Chrysaloras
(c) Roger Bacon
(d) Columbus
Answer Key:
(b) Manuel Chrysaloras
10. Assertion (A): Galileo Galilei was tried by the Church for heresy.
Reason (R): He accepted the views of Copernicus’ heliocentric theory.
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
(b) Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A
(c) A is correct but R is wrong
(d) A is wrong but R is correct
Answer Key:
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
11. Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
Statement I: Italians managed to preserve the belief that they were descendants of the ancient Vikings.
Statement II: The hazard of sea voyages was reduced by the use of firearms and canon.
Statement III: The eagerness to spread religion (Christianity) also acted as an impetus to the exploration of new lands.
Statement IV: Ferdinand Magellan sailed westward and discovered Brazil
(a) I, II & III
(b) II & III
(c) I & III
(d) All are correct
Answer Key:
(b) II & III
12. Which one of the following was not the work of Leonardo da Vinci?
(a) Virgin of the Rocks
(b) Last Supper
(c) Mona Lisa
(d) Madonna and Child
Answer Key:
(d) Madonna and Child
13. The Cathedral of St. Peters in Rome, built by the Popes, was fashioned by_________
(a) Donatello
(b) Raphael
(c) Leonardo da Vinci
(d) Michelangelo
Answer Key:
(d) Michelangelo
14. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Marlowe - Dido
(b) Shakespeare - King Lear
(c) Francis Bacon - Novum Organum
(d) Roger Bacon – Decameron
Answer Key:
(d) Roger Bacon – Decameron
15. Assertion (A): The Turkish conquests and the fall of Constantinople provided stimulus to find a sea route to the East.
Reason (R): As the demands for the products from the East increased, the European states wanted to control sea-borne trade.
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
(b) Both A and R are correct. R does not explain A
(c) A is correct but R is wrong
(d) A is wrong but R is correct
Answer Key:
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
16. Which one of the following ships was returned after the death of Magellan?
(a) Santa Maria
(b) Pinta
(c) Nina
(d) Vittoria
Answer Key:
(d) Vittoria
17. Who conquered Mexico for Spain?
(a) Pedro Cabral
(b) Columbus
(c) Hernan Cortes
(d) James Cook
Answer Key:
(c) Hernan Cortes
18. When was the Act of Supremacy passed by Henry VIII in England ?
(a) 1519
(b) 1532
(c) 1533
(d) 1534
Answer Key:
(d) 1534
19. Assertion (A): The Black Death weakened the position of the church as it could not explain the causes for the Black Death.
Reason (R): The authority of Pope came to be increasingly challenged.
(a) Both A and R are correct. R explains A
(b) Both A and R are correct. R does not explain A
(c) A is correct but R is wrong
(d) A is wrong but R is correct
Answer Key:
(b) Both A and R are correct. R does not explain A
20. Who was the ruler of Germany excommunicated by Gregory VII?
(a) Henry VII
(b) Henry VIII
(c ) Henry II
(d) Henry IV
Answer Key:
(d) Henry IV
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