Deck 8: Inventions, Discoveries, and Political Movements

Question 1

In 1856, ……………discovered a process by which impurities could be removed from iron. This purified refined iron came to be known as 'steel', which helped in making more accurate tools, implements, weapons and machines.

A)Henry Bessemer
B)John MacAdam
C)Robert Fulton
D)Charles Telford

Answer 1

Henry Bessemer

Question 2

In 1801, ………………invented the first steam locomotive.

A)Richard Trevithick
B)Charles Telford
C)Thomas Newcomen
D)James Watt

Answer 2

Richard Trevithick

Question 3

Who is regarded as 'the father of the railway locomotive'?

A)John Smeaton
B)George Stephenson
C)Charles Telford
D)Robert Fulton

Answer 3

George Stephenson

Question 4

George Stephenson is regarded as 'the father of the railway locomotive', because he made great improvements on Trevithick's locomotive in his ………….. in 1814.

A)Phone
B)'Rocket'
C)Computer
D)Railway

Question 5

In 1807, …………..invented the steamboat called the 'Clermont'.

A)Robert Fulton
B)James Watt
C)Alexandro Volta
D)Robert Bakewell

Question 6

…………..invented the first steam engine in 1705, in order to pump water out of the mines.

A)Thomas Newcomen
B)Michael Faraday
C)Jethro Tull
D)Viscount Townsend

Question 7

In 1769, ………….invented a better steam engine called the 'Beelzebub.'

A)James Watt
B)Alexandro Volta
C)Michael Faraday
D)Robert Bakewell

Question 8

Who invented a Seed Drill that would distribute the seeds evenly in rows, over a large piece of land?

A)Jethro Tull
B)Viscount Townsend
C)Benjamin Disraeli
D)Robert Owen

Question 9

The discovery of a new method of 'Crop Rotation', was made by……………….

A)Viscount Townsend
B)Robert Bakewell
C)Adam Smith
D)Benjamin Disraeli

Question 10

In……………., Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the 'Communist Manifesto' which introduced scientific socialism or Communism.

A)1648
B)1748
C)1848
D)1948

Question 11

In 1867 Marx and Engels published the first of three volumes, entitled……….., in which they explained the sum and substance of Marxian Socialism or Communism.

A)Communist Manifesto'
B)Wealth of Nations
C)Das Kapital
D)Utopia

Question 12

……………means "leave to do, leave to pass" or more accurately "let things alone, let them pass".

A)Socialism
B)Communism
C)Laissez-faire
D)Chartism

Question 13

The Chartist Movement had at its core the so-called "People's Charter" of 1838.This document, created for the London Working Men's Association, was primarily the work of ………………………

A)William Lovett
B)Rousseau
C)Auguste Comte
D)Newton

Question 14

The "People's Charter" of 1838 was a public petition aimed at redressing omissions from the electoral ……………………..

A)Representation of the People Act, 1918
B)Representation of the People Act, 1928
C)Reform Act of 1832
D)Reform Act of 1884

Question 15

Who formed a Consultative Council, known as the 'Witan' (the Council of the wise men), which was composed of several learned men?.

A)James I
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)Robert Owen
D)King Alfred

Question 16

On June 15, 1215 ……………affixed his seal on the 'Great Charter', which is referred to as the 'Magna Carta.'

A)Robert Owen
B)Charles I
C)Oliver Cromwell
D)King John

Question 17

Who is called as the "Father of Parliament"?

A)Louis Blanc
B)Saint Simon
C)Charles Fourier
D)Simon-De-Montford

Question 18

In 1295, King Edward attempted to curb the nobles and the clergy, by securing the support of the third estate, consisting of the common people. To do so, he summoned the first complete English Parliament including representatives from all sections of society. This meeting came to be referred to as the……………..

A)The Petition of Rights
B)Bill of Rights
C)Act of Settlement ,1701
D)Model Parliament

Question 19

……………was a strong champion of the doctrine of the Divine Right of kings.

A)Karl Marx
B)Robert Owen
C)Abraham Lincoln
D)James I

Question 20

Charles I (1625-49) was forced to call a parliament, which laid certain conditions on him in the famous document known as ……………….

A)Bill of Rights
B)Act of Settlement ,1701
C)Model Parliament
D)The Petition of Rights

Question 21

Who was called the "Great Protector?"

A)George V
B)Maria Theresa
C)James I
D)Oliver Cromwell

Question 22

Charles II was succeeded by his younger brother, …………in 1685, who ruled as an absolute autocrat.

A)James I
B)Henry I
C)Henry III
D)James II

Question 23

William of Orange was the Protestant ruler of Holland and the son-in-law of ………….

A)Charles I
B)Charles II
C)Charles IV
D)James II

Question 24

As James II would not be able to fight against the Parliament and William of Orange, he escaped to ……………….

A)Germany
B)Russia
C)Italy
D)France