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Q1.
Multiple choice questions:
- Name the country where the scholars took refuge after the siege of Constantinople.
 - Spain
- England
- Germany
- Italy
 
- Who, among the following, was not a literary figure of the Renaissance period?
 - Dante
- Thomas More
- Shakespeare
- Wordsworth
 
- The first real canal was built by:
 - Telford
- Duke of Bridgewater
- Macadam
- Richard Arkwright
 
- Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
 - Kay
- James Hargreaves
- Eli Whitney
- Samuel Crompton
 
- Whose name is associated with the Law of Gravitation?
 - Copernicus
- Harvey
- Newton
- Galileo
 
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- (d) Italy
- (d) Wordsworth
- (a) Telford
- (b) James Hargreaves
- (c) Newton
Q2.
Fill in the blanks:
- The Ottoman Turks captured _____________ in the year _____________.
- Richard Roberts invented _____________.
- Vasco da Gama reached India in the year _____________.
- Copernicus gave the theory of _____________ and _____________ of the earth.
- Britain possessed ample quantity of coal and _____________.
- The first steam ship was _____________.
- America was named after the Italian adventurer _____________.
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- Constantinople, 1453 AD
- automatic weaving machine
- 1498 AD
- rotation of the earth on its axis, its motion around the sun
- iron
- Savannah
- Amerigo Vespucci
Q3.
Name the following:
- The person who started the Reformation Movement.
- The person who invented steam engine.
- The invention made by Samuel Crompton.
- The person who constructed a model locomotive.
- The person after whom America is named.
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- Martin Luther
- James Watt
- Mule
- William Murdock
- Amerigo Vespucci
Q4.
Mark the following statements as True or False:
- Renaissance started in Germany.
- Vasco da Gama discovered the al-sea route to India.
- Prince Henry of Portugal encouraged navigation.
- George Stephenson developed modern railroad.
- Copernicus invented Cotton Gin.
- Renaissance helped in the growth of vernacular literature.
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- False
- True
- True
- True
- False
- True
Q5.
Match the columns:
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- (b) Flying Shuttle
- (f) The navigator
- (a) discovered the all-sea route to India
- (c) Cottin Gin
- (d) Water Frame
- (e) Mona Lisa


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