Which one of the following was not an independent trading city?

(a)

Nuremberg

(b)

Antwerp

(c)

Genoa

(d)

St. Petersburg

Which one of the following had relegated religion to a subordinate place?

(a)

Renaissance

(b)

Reformation

(c)

Geographical Discovery

(d)

Commercial Revolution

Of the following Popes, who was not the patron of Italian Renaissance?

(a)

Nicholas V

(b)

Julius II

(c)

Pius II

(d)

Paul III

Whose success encouraged overseas enterprises enormously?

(a)

Marco Polo

(b)

Roger Bacon

(c)

Columbus

(d)

Bartholomew Diaz

Assertion: Paper originated in China in second century BC (BCE).
Reason: Germany invented the movable printing press.

(a)

Both A and R are correct. R explains A

(b)

Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A

(c)

A is correct but R is wrong

(d)

A is wrong but R is correct

Which one of the following was not an idea developed during the age of Renaissance?

(a)

rationalism

(b)

scepticism

(c)

anarchism

(d)

individualism

Who is considered the father of modern experimental science?

(a)

Aristotle

(b)

Plato

(c)

Roger Bacon

(d)

Landsteiner

Who wanted humankind to be ruled not by dogma and authority but rather by reason?

(a)

Dante

(b)

Machiavelli

(c)

Roger Bacon

(d)

Petrarch

Who came to Italy seeking the help of the West in the war against the Turks?

(a)

Giovanni Aurispa

(b)

Manuel Chrysaloras

(c)

Roger Bacon

(d)

Columbus

Assertion: Galileo Galilei was tried by the Church for heresy.
Reason: He accepted the views of Copernicus’ heliocentric theory.

(a)

Both A and R are correct. R explains A

(b)

Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A

(c)

A is correct but R is wrong

(d)

A is wrong but R is correct