School of Distance Education

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 ……….

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• 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 c) James Mill b) George Orwell 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

d) Bombay
10. Rudyard Kipling was born in December 1865 in …………… a)London b) Manchester c) Calcutta

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 c) Edward Said b) David Pipes d) Fukuyama

16. Who authored the famous book titled “Orientalism”? a)Edward Said b) Frantz Fanon c) Noam Chomsky d) Talal Asad

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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 c) Arthur Young b) Robert Lewis 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

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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

d) 1895
31. Famous English poet Alfred Tennyson died in the year……………… a)1893 b) 1895 c) 1892

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

d) Ulysses d) 1897
33. Which among the following poem was written by Mathew Arnold?

• a)Maud
• b) The Idylls
• c) Dover Beach

c) 1888
34. Mathew Arnold died in the year…………………….. a)1887 b) 1890

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 c) Aristocrats b) Victorian Upper Class 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”?

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• 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

d)1871
43. In which year the book “Descent of Man” was published? a)1874 b)1875 c)1878

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

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

d)1886
45. In which year famous natural scientist Charles Darwin died? a)1883 b)1884 c)1882

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 c)Oxford Movement b)Calvinism 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

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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 c)Utilitarian philosophy b)Socialism 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 c)Benjamin Disraeli b)Robert Peel 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

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64). When was the famous names Whig and Tory first appeared in English political history? a) During the Exclusion Bill Debate c) During Glorious Revolution b) During the King’s prerogative debate. 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

d) Spinning Mule
69. Of the following which was the invention of Cartwright? a) Cotton Gin b) Power loom c) Steam Engine

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

d) Railway locomotive d) 1780
71. James Watt’s name is associated with……………………….. a) Power loom b) Spinning Jenny c) Steam Engine

72. Steam Engine was invented in the year………………… a) 1768 b) 1769 c) 1770

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.

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

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

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

d) 1838
78. “Penny postage” introduced in England in the year………………….. a) 1839 b) 1840 c) 1848

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 c) Working Men Association b) Working Class Union 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 c) People’s Charter b) Labours Charter d) Workers charter

85. The “People’s Charter” of 1838 was prepared by…………………….. a) William Lovett and Francis Place c) David Arthur b) George West man and John Henry 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

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87. Chartist movement face strong repression during the rule of……………………… a) Benjamin Disraeli c) Russell b) William Gladstone d) Robert Peel

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

• a) 19^th century b) 18^th century c)17^th century
• d)16^th 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 c) Annals of Agriculture b) The English Peasant 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 18^th century were closely associated with………………………

a) Industrial Revolution c) Parliamentary reforms b) Agrarian Revolution 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

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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