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Social & Cultural History of Britain
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Social & Cultural History of Britain
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1. 'Four - Course System' or the rotation of crops was introduced by………………
2. The 'Pre - Raphaelite Brotherhood' was founded in the year……………………
3. The Spanish Armada occurred in the year…………
4. ‘A History of Western Philosophy’ was written by……………………..
5. British Parliament repealed the Corn Laws during the Prime Ministership of…………………………….
6. William Holman Hunt and Gabriel Rossetti were associated with………………
7. The newspaper that popularised the ideas of Chartist movement among the English people was …………………..
8. Wars of the Roses, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle for the throne of England between the noble houses of York and ………………
9. An instrument ,which was used to remove seeds from the cotton fibre, known as 'The Cotton Gin' was invented by……………………….
10. During the course of the Black Death and the years following it, England had a strong and warlike king…………
11. Who wrote the novel 'Sybil'?
12. Who wrote Macbeth?
13. Name the organisation formed in London in 1838 to fight for universal suffrage and redress the grievances of working class?
14. ……………..is best remembered for The Canterbury Tales.
15. The struggle for enfranchisement, conducted by various women organisations in 20th century England, finally achieved their demands by the Passage of the………………….
16. T.S. Eliot received Nobel Prize for literature in……………………
17. During the reign of …………………… the mercantile system in England developed in a fullfledged form.
18. Benjamin Disraeli was born in the year……………………..
19. ………….who roused the conscience ofEnglish against the corruption among the clergy.
20. The novel ‘Third Bank of the River’ was written by………………………….
21. The novel ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ was written by……………………….
22. Who was the British King when American colonies achieved independence in 1776?
23. Henry VIII was the ruler of the ……………….dynasty.
24. ……………………………….in 1841 recommended the opening of English colleges at Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Patna, Banaras, Bareilly, and Dacca.
25. When the Spanish Armada was defeated?