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The Beginning of the Modern Age

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who among the following is known as the Father of Humanism

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Petrach

2.

The school of Athens was painted by

a)

Raphael

b)

Michelangelo

3.

William Harvey discovered___________

a)

Circulation of blood

b)

Gravitational force

4.

Who wrote the 95 Theses?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Zwingli

5.

_________ was the headquarters of the Portuguese Possession in the East

a)

Bombay

b)

Goa

6.

In 1493 Constantinople was captured by __________

a)

French

b)

Ottoman Turks

7.

_________ was known as Prince among Humanist

a)

Raphael

b)

Erasmus

8.

The English East India company had monopoly trade in __________

a)

Africa

b)

India

9.

__________ founded the society of Jesus to propagate Christianity

a)

St. Ignatius Loyola

b)

Martin Lurther

10.

Who wrote Divine Comedy ?

a)

Dante

b)

Petrarch

11.

Leonardo Da Vinci's beautiful Painting was __________

a)

Mona Lisa

b)

Madonnas

12.

Raphael Painting was __________

a)

Madonnas

b)

Mona Lisa

13.

Renaissance means _________

a)

Rebirth

b)

Humanism

14.

Sir Thomas More of England wrote ___________

a)

In praise of Folly

b)

Utopia

15.

Who invented the Printing Press ?

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Machiavelli

16.

Who invented Telescope ?

a)

Galileo

b)

William Harvey

17.

Who proved that the Earth revolved around the Sun

a)

Euclid

b)

Copernicus

18.

When Vasco Da Gama reached Calicut.

a)

On 20th May 1498 

b)

On 20th January 1498

19.

Who named Pacific Ocean ?

a)

Magellan

b)

Vascoda Gama

20.

Who discovered a new sea route to India

a)

The French

b)

The Portuguese