This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 5 Print Culture And The Modern World – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 5 Print Culture And The Modern World Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main aim of the UN? A) Maintain peace and order. B) Help countries get along. C) Provide everyone what they need for good life. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. The purpose of building the wonder "the great wall of China" ? A) To prevent invasions. B) Gate to the emperors palace. C) To increase the beauty of the country. D) Entrance to the province. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To prevent invasions. 3. What was the purpose of the European Union (EU)? A) Reestablish Triangular Trade among Europe, Africa, and the Americas. B) Raise taxes on goods traded within the EU. C) Remove trade barriers among EU member nations. D) A military alliance of Western European nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remove trade barriers among EU member nations. 4. The industrial revolution was only limited to England A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Identify the truth value: "Octopus has three hearts and Square has four sides" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. What is the meaning of taxation without representation? A) When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government. B) When people are taxed twice on the same item. C) When some people get taxed and others don't. D) When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government. 7. True or False:The Iron curtain was a huge iron barrier wall that was built between East and West Germany. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Materials used to build Taj Mahal were transported to the construction site by how many elephants? A) 100. B) 1300. C) 10000. D) 1000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1000. 9. How did economic development change after the Reformation? A) Resources were no longer used for national reforms. B) Trade and industry declined. C) Rulers focused more on people's welfare. D) Papal taxes increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rulers focused more on people's welfare. 10. An angry crowd of workers surrounded a small group of British soldiers and were fired upon A) Boston Treaty. B) Boston Massacre. C) Boston Rebellion. D) Boston Tea Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boston Massacre. 11. Which gadget does Andrew have? A) Computer. B) Television. C) Mobile phone. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) None of the above. 12. The ancient city of Petra is also known as the ..... ? A) Red city. B) Pink city. C) Rose city. D) Ancient city. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rose city. 13. There were almost 53, 000 miles of ..... that connected ancient Rome with its empire. Some of them still stand today! A) Bridges. B) Numerals. C) Arches. D) Roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roads. 14. How many finalists were there for the MODERN world wonders? A) Thousands. B) Hundreds. C) 21. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21. 15. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) A) A missile designed to be fired from long-range. B) The process of increased connectedness of people all over the world. C) Chemical or Biological weapons designed to impact large numbers of people. D) Air pollution caused by human activity that may contribute to global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical or Biological weapons designed to impact large numbers of people. 16. What do Vietnam, Japan, and Korea have in common? A) They all have languages that stem from the same linguistic family. B) China left a lasting cultural and religious imprint on them. C) All were once colonies of the Mongols. D) All were conquered by the Sung dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China left a lasting cultural and religious imprint on them. 17. Let A={1, 3, 5, 7, 9}, B={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, C={0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10}, D={3, 6, 9}. How many subsets can be formed in set D? A) 3. B) 9. C) 8. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 18. Which country is the Amish people from? A) United States of America. B) Saudi Arabia. C) Mississippi. D) Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United States of America. 19. Who built the wonder Machu Picchu? A) Pachacuti Inca. B) Huayna Capac. C) Viracocha Inca. D) Atahualpa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pachacuti Inca. 20. The "Voyages of Discovery" most directly led to: A) Technological innovations. B) The process of colonisation. C) Improved global communication. D) Religious uniformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process of colonisation. 21. This man was a leader in the Irish nationalist movement but was more of a moderate nationalist ..... A) Charles Stewart Parnell. B) Emmeline Pankhurst. C) Daniel O'Connell. D) Adam Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Stewart Parnell. 22. In what year was Machu Picchu declared a UNESCO World Heritage site? A) 1978. B) 1985. C) 1983. D) 1981. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1983. 23. This popular British political party was mainly made up of socialists and union members ..... A) Whig Party. B) Liberal Party. C) Labour Party. D) Conservative Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Labour Party. 24. What was the impact of print culture on children, women, and workers in the nineteenth century? A) It had no impact on them. B) It led to a decrease in literacy rates. C) It led to the decline of primary education. D) It made them more important categories of readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It made them more important categories of readers. 25. Which prominent figure in Britain called women's suffrage a "mad, wicked folly." A) Emmeline Pankhurst. B) Benjiman Disraeli. C) Charles Edward Trevelyan. D) Queen Victoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Victoria. 26. Bingham, who discovered Machu Picchu believed that it was a home to the ..... ! A) Virgins of the sun. B) Sun Gods. C) Rays of the sun. D) Women of the sunrays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virgins of the sun. 27. Fibonacci spirals are claimed to appear in the arrangements and patterns of fruits, vegetables, pine cones, seed heads and shells. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Conflicts between which two religious groups caused problems during India's independence movement? A) Buddhists and Muslims. B) Hindus and Christians. C) Muslims and Christians. D) Hindus and Muslims. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hindus and Muslims. 29. Student A added the value in arithmetic sequence, what's wrong with his step? A) He didn't get the number of points of triangle. B) He didn't get the square of the sequence. C) He didn't get the common ratio of a sequence. D) He didn't get the common difference of a sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He didn't get the common difference of a sequence. 30. The Mayan economy was based on A) Crafts and manufacturing. B) Gold and silver mined in the highlands. C) Agricultural produce, including maize, beans, and squash. D) The salt trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural produce, including maize, beans, and squash. 31. In Britain they had old laws they never updated and eventually had over 200 crimes that were punishable by death. These crimes are referred to as ..... A) Capital colonies. B) Capital defenses. C) Penal offenses. D) Capital offenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capital offenses. 32. Which of the following were taxed during the Stamp Act? A) Glass and Gold. B) Eyeglasses and medicine. C) Playing Cards and Documents. D) Horses and farm equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playing Cards and Documents. 33. What were the evil practices of the Roman Catholic Church during the medieval period A) Money laundering. B) Indulgences that is forgiving of Sins if a certain amount is paid. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indulgences that is forgiving of Sins if a certain amount is paid. 34. This Russian word means to designate an attack and in the 1880s they focused on Jews living in the country ..... A) Gettos. B) Programs. C) Pilgrims. D) Pogroms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pogroms. 35. The discoveries of new lands gave rise to A) Knowledge of the world geography. B) Knowledge in the cultures of people. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowledge of the world geography. 36. The Taj Wonder was built by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his ..... wife??? A) Third. B) Fourth. C) Second. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third. 37. The author of the 'The Making of the Modern World' concludes that the current state-system (now almost universal internationally: A) Is so varied because it has developed from local examples. B) Is likely to bring long-lasting stability and peace only if we stick to the concept of nation states. C) Is unlikely to prevent any future wars. D) Is an effect of ferocious colonization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is unlikely to prevent any future wars. 38. This man wrote a book and fought for free trade and believed in laissez-faire ideas ..... A) Daniel O'Connell. B) Benjamin Disraeli. C) William Gladstone. D) Adam Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adam Smith. 39. This act allowed the British East India Co. to sell tea directly to the colonist, cutting out the American merchants. American merchants could have been wiped out. A) Townshend Acts. B) Tea Act. C) Sugar Act. D) Stamp Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea Act. 40. According to various religious groups, one who does not practice the true religion A) Brexit. B) Coalition. C) Infidel. D) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infidel. 41. They dragged him from the bedroom and, after he fled downstairs, the attack continued until they eventually pushed him out of the house bare foot and with his clothes ..... A) In tatters. B) Inviolable. C) Precarious. D) Disparate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In tatters. 42. Mohammaed referred to his new belief system as Islam, meaning A) "submission to God". B) "the faith of Allah". C) "People of the Book". D) "Blessed Revelations". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "submission to God". 43. The name given to the British political movement calling for withdrawal from the European Union A) Brexit. B) Infidel. C) Coalition. D) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brexit. 44. A graph that consists of vertices and undirected edges. Each edge connects two distinct vertices and no two edges connect the same pair of vertices. A) Simple graph. B) Directed multigraph. C) Directed simple graph. D) Pseudograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple graph. 45. What kind of animal was used in the experimentation of Mr. Pisano? A) Cat. B) Dog. C) Rabbit. D) Monkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rabbit. 46. Which political party represented the businessmen and the middle class looking for reform? A) Conservative Party. B) Anglican Party. C) Tory Party. D) Whig Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whig Party. 47. The term vassal means A) A landless peasant. B) The center of a fiefdom. C) A container for fluids. D) A status of mutual obligation between lord and underling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A status of mutual obligation between lord and underling. 48. Fibonacci was from ..... A) Egypt. B) Greece. C) Russia. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italy. 49. Which countries have permanent membership of the Security Council? A) USA, China, Russia, France and Britain. B) USA, Japan, Russia, France and Britain. C) USA, China, Russia, Japan and Britain. D) USA, China, India, Russia, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA, China, Russia, France and Britain. 50. An economic penalty (boycott, fine, or trade restriction) placed on a country by other countries to pressure a country to change a policy or action. A) Sanctions. B) Compromise. C) Deforestation. D) Security Council (UNSC). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanctions. 51. Patron of the Arts A) Keeping people in an isolated area away from others. B) A rebirth in greek and roman culture, learning, and arts. C) A belief that celebrated the individual and human accomplishments. D) Someone who pays for art and supports artists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who pays for art and supports artists. 52. Which modern languages developed from La-n? A) Greek and Turkish. B) Dutch and German. C) Polish and Russian. D) Spanish and French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spanish and French. 53. The concept of "nation states" primarily emerged from: A) Religious uniformity. B) Military conquests. C) Agricultural developments. D) Common culture, history, and language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Common culture, history, and language. 54. The spread of Buddhism in China c. 800 was sponsored by A) Tibetan monks who traveled widely throughout East Asia. B) The Han emperor Wei Ping. C) Tang rulers who brought in missionaries from India. D) Uighur tribesmen from the West. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tang rulers who brought in missionaries from India. 55. Who discovered Fibonacci Numbers? A) Leonardo Pisano Bigollo. B) Leonardo Da Vinci. C) Leonard Pisano. D) Leonardo Pisano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leonardo Pisano Bigollo. 56. Describe the pattern. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 A) The numbers are decreasing by 4 each time. B) The numbers are decreasing. C) The numbers are increasing by 2 each time. D) The numbers are increasing by 4 each time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The numbers are increasing by 4 each time. 57. The main feature of the industrial revolution was A) The domestic system changed into the factory system. B) Give rise to new industries. C) People started working for agriculture. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The domestic system changed into the factory system. 58. Australian governments ..... a number of taxes and charges on road transportation. A) Conclude. B) Assert. C) Induce. D) Levy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Levy. 59. Products of irobot company are A) Domestic and military robots. B) Only military robots. C) Only domestic robots. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domestic and military robots. 60. Which dynasty is most of the existing Great Wall from? A) Qin Dynasty. B) Ming Dynasty. C) Han Dynasty. D) Song Dynasty. 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