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UPSC CDS Modern Indian History — practice questions — page 17

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The Arawakian Lucayos lived on a cluster of islands known today as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which fierce tribe had expelled the Arawaks from the Lesser Antilles?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Arawak weaving speciality captured the imagination of Europeans?Read the answer and worked solution →The name Brazil is derived from:Read the answer and worked solution →The Aztecs made artificial islands in Lake Mexico called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was built in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Children of the Aztec nobility attended which school?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mayas devised which form of writing?Read the answer and worked solution →The first Inca, Manco Capac, set his capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →At its peak the Inca empire stretched 3,000 miles from Ecuador to:Read the answer and worked solution →Every Inca subject was required to speak which court language?Read the answer and worked solution →The Inca accounting system of cords with knots was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Prince Henry the Navigator's Portugal attacked Ceuta in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Columbus's expedition set sail from the port of Palos on:Read the answer and worked solution →Which ship did Columbus himself command?Read the answer and worked solution →Columbus sighted the island of Guanahani on:Read the answer and worked solution →The two American continents were named after which Florentine geographer?Read the answer and worked solution →Cortes's interpreter, fluent in three local languages, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Inca ruler did Pizarro capture in 1532 and execute despite a roomful of gold?Read the answer and worked solution →The Spanish silver mines of Potosi lie in which modern country?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the explorersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the American peoplesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the voyage datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Aztec wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Aztec or IncaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the regionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →New World bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Canada takes its name from kanata, meaning village in the language of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who first sighted the islands of New Zealand in 1642?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Arawakian Lucayos lived on a cluster of islands known today as the:

  1. Bahamas
  2. Bermuda
  3. Hawaii
  4. Canaries
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Correct answer: A. Bahamas

1. They also lived in the Greater Antilles. 2. The islands are the Bahamas. 3. They preferred negotiation to conflict. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 8, Confrontation of Cultures._

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Which fierce tribe had expelled the Arawaks from the Lesser Antilles?

  1. Mayas
  2. Caribs
  3. Aztecs
  4. Incas
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Correct answer: B. Caribs

1. The Arawaks were peaceful boat-builders. 2. The Caribs drove them out. 3. Columbus later faced Carib hostility too. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 8, Confrontation of Cultures._

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Which Arawak weaving speciality captured the imagination of Europeans?

  1. Baskets
  2. Blanket
  3. Hammock
  4. Carpets
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Correct answer: C. Hammock

1. Their weaving was highly developed. 2. The hammock was their speciality. 3. They swapped gold for glass beads. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 8, Confrontation of Cultures._

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