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377 multiple-choice questions. Open any question for its answer and explanation.

Questions asked in State PSC and UPSC prelims, by topic. Each topic also has notes to read.

  1. Who has called custom as 'Chief Judge of human life' ?Asked in UPPSC ACF RFO gs 1 2021
  2. Due to which of the following factors, the Industrial Revolution took place in England in the eighteenth century? The discovery of coal and iron deposits The discovery of steam power The introduction of railways The regular supply of raw materials Select the correct answer using the code given below.Asked in UPSC CDS 2 2017
  3. Friedrich Schiller was one of the greatest poets of _______ language.Asked in ECONOMIC INVESTIGATOR(EO) 2019
  4. Name the flying island in Gulliver's TravelsAsked in Inspector(Legal Metrology & Consumer Affairs) 2020
  5. Renaissance culture had its beginning in italy because:Asked in RPSC RAS Prelims 1995
  6. Who Said, "Man is by nature a political animal"?Asked in WBCS Main Paper 4 2019
  7. The art piece "In Memoriam" was a creation of which one of the following European painters ?Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2019
  8. Which Renaissance artist painted 'The Last Supper' ?Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2023
  9. "The Virgin of the Rocks" is the masterpiece of which painter ?Asked in PPSC CS Prelims 2018
  10. Which of the following statements about the new style of architecture of Rome in the 15th century is / are correct ?Asked in UPSC CAPF 2016
  11. Pablo Picasso was a famous painter from which country?Asked in WBCS Main Paper 4 2023
  12. Statement I : The city of Rome revived in a spectacular way in the 15th century. Statement II : From the 15th century onwards, artists were known individually by name, not as member of a group or a guild, in Roman society.Asked in UPSC NDA 2 2016
  13. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?Asked in HPPSC HPAS Prelims 2011
  14. Which of the following statements with regard to the famous 'silk routes' are correct? 1. Silk routes refer to East-bound European silk cargoes along these routes. 2. There were several silk routes, over land and by sea, joining together vast regions of Asia with Europe and northern Africa. 3. They are known to have existed since before the Christian Era and thrived almost till the fifteenth century. 4. Besides silk, Chinese pottery, textiles and spices from India and South-east Asia travelled the same route. Select the answer using the code given below :Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2024
  15. The concept of "terra nullius" was used by European colonizers to justifyAsked in ae 2024
  16. Match List-I with List-II : List—I (Explorer) List—II (Birthplace) a. Christopher Columbus 1. Portugal b. Jacques Cartier 2. United Kingdom c. Sir Francis Drake 3. Italy d. Ferdinand Magellan 4. France Select the correct answer using the codes given below.Asked in BPSC Prelims Exam 69th
  17. Who is credited to have discovered the West Indies ?Asked in OPSC CS Prelims 2019
  18. Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer from the code given below: List-I (Voyagers) List-II (Countries) Vasco-de-Gama 1. Spain Christopher Columbus 2. Portugal Captain Cook 3. Holland Tasman 4. Great Britain Code : A B C DAsked in UPPCS Prelims 1994
  19. The Colosseum is located at which place?Asked in Section Officer(LDCE) 2021 22 2021
  20. Who among the following was the first to arrive in Africa as traders that eventually led to European colonization of Africa?Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2020
  21. The Suez Canal opened for traffic in _________Asked in WBCS Main Paper 4 2021
  22. Arrange the following inventions in the field of cotton industry in chronological order (starting with the earliest) : James Hargreaves's Spinning Jenny 1. John Kay's Flying Shuttle 2. Samuel Crompton's Mule 3. Richard Arkwright's Water Frame 4. Select the correct answer using the code given below :Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2015
  23. Who among the following first used the term 'Industrial Revolution' in English to describe the changes that occurred in British industrial development between 1760 and 1820 ?Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2018
  24. Which one of the following European explorer conquered Mexico ?Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2023
  25. Who are the earliest migrants from Europe to South America ?Asked in OPSC CS Prelims 2016