Question 1

'Meditations on First Philosophy'was written by ……………….

Accepted Answer

A)  francis bacon
B)  thomas hobbes
C)  descartes
D)  rousseau C

Question 2

Thomas Hobbes was an……………. Philosopher

Accepted Answer

A)  italian
B)  english
C)  american
D)  australian B

Question 3

Whose masterwork was Leviathan?

Accepted Answer

A)  francis bacon
B)  thomas hobbes
C)  descartes
D)  rousseau B

Question 4

The protracted struggle began with James I, and ended with the glorious or Bloodless Revolution during the reign of………………...

Accepted Answer

A)  james i
B)  james ii
C)  charles i
D)  charles ii

Question 5

Louis XIV belonged to the ……………dynasty.

Accepted Answer

A)  tudor
B)  bourbon
C)  hapsburg
D)  stuart

Question 6

_____________….in his book 'The State propounded the theory of legal sovereignty' asserted that the king was the source of all law and was accountable to God alone.

Accepted Answer

A)  jean bodin
B)  john of plano carpini
C)  william of rubruquis
D)  cellini

Question 7

The French absolutism reached its climax during the period of……………..

Accepted Answer

A)  louis xiii
B)  louis xiv
C)  louis xv
D)  louis xvi

Question 8

Peter, the Great was the ruler of…………..

Accepted Answer

A)  england
B)  france
C)  russia
D)  prussia

Question 9

'Bills of Rights' was in the year………………….

Accepted Answer

A)  1688
B)  1689
C)  1690
D)  1691

Question 10

Frederick, the Great was the King in ……………….whose period was the zenith of absolutism

Accepted Answer

A)  england
B)  france
C)  russia
D)  prussia

Question 11

The ………… century is often called the 'Age of Reason' because it was a period of enlightenment during which philosophy was in vogue throughout Europe.

Accepted Answer

A)  17th century
B)  18th century
C)  19th century
D)  20th century

Question 12

The Advancement of Learning was written by ………………..

Accepted Answer

A)  francis bacon
B)  isaac newton
C)  charles darwin
D)  benjamin franklin

Question 13

The credit for establishing absolute monarchy in Prussia goes to………….

Accepted Answer

A)  henry viii
B)  frederick, the great
C)  peter the great
D)  charles ii

Question 14

_____________…..tried to bring the Russian Orthodox Church under his control by abolishing the office of the Patriarch and placed the church under a committee known as Holy Synod.

Accepted Answer

A)  henry viii
B)  frederick, the great
C)  peter the great
D)  charles ii

Question 15

_____________.., one of the best scientists of his time, wrote an essay entitled, "On Liberty and Necessity: Man in the Newtonian Universe."

Accepted Answer

A)  francis bacon
B)  isaac newton
C)  charles darwin
D)  benjamin franklin

Question 16

The British conquest of Canada after the Seven Year War reduced the …………………danger and hence the colonies turned against England.

Accepted Answer

A)  spanish
B)  portuguese
C)  french
D)  prussian

Question 17

Bloodless Revolution of ………… marked the end of the struggle between king and parliament in England.

Accepted Answer