Renaissance and Enlightenment AFCAT Questions

AFCAT World History

Renaissance and Enlightenment MCQ Questions


13.
Which university was a major centre of humanism in Italy from around 1300?
A.
University of Paris
B.
University of Padua
C.
University of Oxford
D.
University of Salamanca
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ANSWER :
B. University of Padua
14.
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, a humanist of Florence, wrote which famous work in 1486?
A.
Utopia
B.
The Prince
C.
In Praise of Folly
D.
On the Dignity of Man
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ANSWER :
D. On the Dignity of Man
15.
Desiderius Erasmus, one of the foremost humanists, came from:
A.
Geneva (Switzerland)
B.
Wittenberg (Germany)
C.
Florence (Italy)
D.
Rotterdam (Holland)
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ANSWER :
D. Rotterdam (Holland)
16.
'In Praise of Folly', a satirical work attacking the shortcomings of upper classes and religious institutions, was written by:
A.
Erasmus
B.
Thomas More
C.
Petrarch
D.
Machiavelli
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ANSWER :
A. Erasmus
17.
Erasmus published a critical Greek edition of which religious text in 1516?
A.
The New Testament
B.
The Old Testament
C.
The Vulgate Bible
D.
The Book of Psalms
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ANSWER :
A. The New Testament
18.
The Heliocentric Theory, which states that the Sun (not the Earth) is at the centre of the solar system, was proposed by:
A.
Nicolaus Copernicus
B.
Galileo Galilei
C.
Johannes Kepler
D.
Isaac Newton
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ANSWER :
A. Nicolaus Copernicus