UNIT TEST- 3

30 MARKS CLASS –XI 1hr

HISTORY

Choose the correct option from given: 1x7=7

1.Ibn Rushd was an Arab philosopher of _____

(a) France

(b) Germany

(c) Britain

(d) Spain
2.The painting ‘Mona Lisa’ was made by

(a) Leonardo da Vinci

(b) Michelangelo

(c) Raphael

(d) Donatello

3.The author of the book ‘The Prince’ is

(a) Lorenzo Valla

(b) Gutenberg

(c) Machiavelli

(d) Alberti
4.The earliest universities in the European continent were set up in the

country of

(a) France

(b) Germany

(c) Italy

(d) England
5. Ptolemy’s Almagest was work on ______

(a) Mathematics

(b) Astronomy

(c) Philosophy

(d) Sociology

6. Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option:
Assertion (A) The constitution of 1791 vested the power to make laws in the National

Assembly, which was indirectly elected.

Reason (R) Citizens voted for a group of electors, who in turn close the assembly. All

citizens did not have the right to vote.

Options: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is correct, but R is wrong.

(d) A is wrong, but R is correct.

Consider the following statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled

as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the appropriate option.

Assertion (A): The Church’s earth centric belief was overturned by Scientist during

Renaissance period.

Reasoning (R): Scientists now began to understand the solar system.

(a) Both A and R are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are correct but R is the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is correct and R is not correct.

(d) R is correct but A is not correct.

Answer the following questions: 3x4=12 any four

1.Which elements of Greek and Roman culture were revived in the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries?

2. Compare details of Italian architecture of this period with Islamic architecture.

3. Why were Italian towns the first to experience the ideas of humanism?

4. Compare the Venetian idea of good government with those in contemporary France.

5. What did the ‘frontier’ mean to the Americans?

Essay question:8 marks

1. Comment on difference between the native peoples of South and North America.

or

Why was the history of the Australian native peoples left out of history books

On the Given map of Western Europe Italian cities are marked as 1, 2, and 3 identify them and write
their correct name.