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UPSC CDS Science & Technology — practice questions

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Who wrote The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy in 1860?Read the answer and worked solution →The term Renaissance literally means:Read the answer and worked solution →Which two Italian city-states were republics?Read the answer and worked solution →Which humanist of 1304-78 stressed close reading of the ancient Greeks and Romans?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Roman lawyer used humanitas, root of the word humanities, to mean culture?Read the answer and worked solution →Pico della Mirandola wrote On the Dignity of Man in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Florentine artist of 1267-1337 painted lifelike portraits, unlike the stiff earlier figures?Read the answer and worked solution →In Arabic translations, Plato was known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Sina, called Avicenna in Latin, was a physician of which Central Asian city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Belgian professor at Padua was the first to dissect the human body?Read the answer and worked solution →Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa and which other famous work?Read the answer and worked solution →Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1512?Read the answer and worked solution →Brunelleschi designed which landmark in 1436?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1455, how many copies of the Bible were printed in Gutenberg's workshop?Read the answer and worked solution →Europeans learned printing technology from which people?Read the answer and worked solution →Machiavelli wrote The Prince in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Machiavelli saw which motive as the incentive for every human action?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Venetian woman humanist of 1465-1558 gave orations at the University of Padua?Read the answer and worked solution →Castiglione's 1528 book on manners at court was:Read the answer and worked solution →Martin Luther launched his campaign against the Catholic Church in:Read the answer and worked solution →In Switzerland, Luther's ideas were spread by Zwingli and later by:Read the answer and worked solution →Ignatius Loyola set up the Society of Jesus in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Renaissance artistsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the reformersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Renaissance datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the scientistsRead the answer and worked solution →Art or scienceRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by countryRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Renaissance bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Who wrote The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy in 1860?

  1. Jacob Burckhardt
  2. Leopold von Ranke
  3. Gasparo Contarini
  4. Francesco Barbaro
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Correct answer: A. Jacob Burckhardt

1. He was a Swiss scholar at Basle. 2. Burckhardt wrote it in 1860. 3. He said history was about culture, not just politics. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 7, Changing Cultural Traditions._

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The term Renaissance literally means:

  1. Return
  2. Rebirth
  3. Revolt
  4. Reform
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Correct answer: B. Rebirth

1. Historians used it from the nineteenth century. 2. Renaissance means rebirth. 3. It described the cultural changes of the period. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 7, Changing Cultural Traditions._

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Which two Italian city-states were republics?

  1. Florence and Venice
  2. Rome and Genoa
  3. Milan and Naples
  4. Padua and Bologna
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Correct answer: A. Florence and Venice

1. Many others were court-cities ruled by princes. 2. Florence and Venice were republics. 3. Merchants and bankers helped govern them. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 7, Changing Cultural Traditions._

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