MCQ Questions for Class 11 History || Ch – 8 Confrontation of Cultures || With Answer || NCERT CBSE

 1. The magnetic compass, used in explorations, had been known since

(a) 1377.

(b) 1378.

(c) 1379.

(d) 1380.
► (d) 1380.

2. When Christopher Columbus reached the islands of Cubanascan, he mistook it for

(a) Andaman

(b) Australia

(c) Japan

(d) Malasiya

► (c) Japan

3. In 1571, the Philippines was conquered by

(a) Spain.

(b) Portugal.

(c) Holland.

(d) England.

► (a) Spain.

4. In 1519, the group that was trying to secede from the Aztec rule of king Montezuma was

(a) Castillo.

(b) Malinchista.

(c) Tlaxcalans.

(d) Totonacs.

► (d) Totonacs.

5. The first formal Portuguese capital in South America was

(a) Salvador.

(b) Cuba.

(c) Bahamas.

(d) Bahia/Salvador.

► (d) Bahia/Salvador.

6. The civilisation which was politically less powerful than the Aztecs in Mexico was

(a) Arawaks.

(b) Caribs.

(c) Incas.

(d) Mayas.

► (d) Mayas.

7. People who believe that inanimate objects may have life or a soul are called

(a) agnocists.

(b) anthropologists.

(c) animists.

(d) atheists.

► (c) animists.

8. The cultures of the Aztecs had certain features in common with the cultures of the:

(a) Caribs

(b) Tupinambas

(c) Arawaks

(d) Incas

► (d) Incas

9. Columbus’ expedition that was sanctioned by the Spanish authorities set sail from the port of Palos on

(a) 3 January 1942.

(b) 3 February 1942.

(c) 3 March 1942.

(d) 3 August 1492.

► (d) 3 August 1492.

10. The ruler who ascended the throne after a civil war was

(a) Atahualpa

(b) Cuatemoc

(c) Montezuma

(d) Manco Capac

► (a) Atahualpa

11. Who made ‘Chinampas’, an artificial islands in Lake Mexico. 

(a) Cuatemoc

(b) Tupinambas

(c) Aztecs 

(d) Agnocists

► (c) Aztecs 

12. Who destroyed the Inca civilisation?

(a) German

(b) British

(c) Spanish

(d) French

► (c) Spanish

13. Aztecs got power when they destroyed the power of ______.

(a) Montezuma

(b) Incas

(c) Maya

(d) Tolteks

► (d) Tolteks

14. Who built roads through mountains from Ecuador to Chile.

(a) German

(b) Incas

(c) Maya

(d) Aztecs 

► (b) Incas

15. _______ was the science of mapping the universe.

(a) Cosmography 

(b) Cartography

(c) Calligraphy 

(d) Pictography 

► (a) Cosmography