MCQ Questions for Class 11 History || Ch – 7 Changing Cultural Traditions || With Answer || NCERT CBSE

 1. In Arabic, the person who was known as ‘Aflatun’ was

(a) Plato.

(b) Aristotle.

(c) Dante.

(d) Ceasar.

► (a) Plato.

2. Petrarch was given the title of ‘Poet Laureate’ in Rome in

(a) 1341.

(b) 1342.

(c) 1343.

(d) 1344.

► (a) 1341.

3. The painting ‘Mona Lisa’ was made by

(a) Leonardo da Vinci.

(b) Michelangelo.

(c) Raphael.

(d) Donatello.

► (a) Leonardo da Vinci.

4. The author of the book ‘The Prince’ is

(a) Lorenzo Valla.

(b) Gutenberg.

(c) Machiavelli.

(d) Alberti.

► (c) Machiavelli.

5. The earliest universities in the European continent were setup in the country of

(a) France.

(b) Germany.

(c) Italy.

(d) England.

► (c) Italy.

6. The families that gave more importance to women during the 15th century were those of

(a) aristocrats.

(b) artists.

(c) merchants.

(d) scholars.

► (c) merchants.

7. Renaissance is best known for its

(a) cultural developments.

(b) social developments.

(c) political developments.

(d) economic developments.

► (a) cultural developments.

8. Anatomy, geometry, physics, as well as a strong sense of what was beautiful, gave a new quality to Italian art, which was to be called

(a) aesthetic realism

(b) epistemological realism

(c) philosophical realism 

(d) realism

► (d) realism

9. Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope

(a) Evaristus

(b) Gregory XIII

(c) Peter St

(d) Pius I

► (b) Gregory XIII

10. The opening of trade between Europe and China started in the

(a) 9th century.

(b) 10th century.

(c) 11th century.

(d) 12th century.

► (d) 12th century.

11. By the early fifteenth century, ______ was used for those masters who taught grammer, poetry, rhetoric, history and moral philosophy.

(a) literates

(b) humanists

(c) authors

(d) writers

► (b) humanists

12. When Renaissance occurred in Europe?

(a) 11th century.

(b) 13th century.

(c) 15th century.

(d) 16th century.

► (c) 15th century.

13. Ptolemy’s Almagest was a work on ______.

(a) Mathematics

(b) Astronomy

(c) Philosophy

(d) Sociology

► (b) Astronomy

14. Ibn Rushd was an Arab philosopher of _____.

(a) France

(b) Germany

(c) Britain

(d) Spain

► (d) Spain

15. Andreas Vesalius was a professor of _____ at the University of Padua.

(a) Medicine

(b) Astronomy

(c) Philosophy

(d) Mathematics

► (a) Medicine