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Social & Cultural History of Britian 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 ………. Social & Cultural History of Britain Page 1 School of Distance Education 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 Social & Cultural History of Britain Page 2 School of Distance Education 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 Social & Cultural History of Britain Page 3 School of Distance Education 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”? Social & Cultural History of Britain Page 4 School of Distance Education 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 Social & Cultural History of Britain Page 5 School of Distance Education 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 Social & Cultural History of Britain Page 6 School of Distance Education 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.
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