Modern World History Quiz Questions and Answers - 2

Question: 6

The book ‘Social Contract’ was written by

(A) Aristotle

(B) Diderot

(C) Rousseau

(D) Voltaire

Question: 7

Who among the following was a poet of the Italian Renaissance?

(A) Homer

(B) Rossetti

(C) Dante

(D) Virgil

Question: 8

The European Renaissance of the fifteenth century is noted for great advances in

(A) Art and architecture

(B) Engineering

(C) Medicine

(D) Mathematics

Question: 9

In the year 1815, the Battle of Waterloo was fought between

(A) Austria and Russia

(B) Britain and Germany

(C) Britain and France

(D) Japan and China

Question: 10

In 1793, a cotton gin was invented by

(A) Cartwright

(B) Hargreaves

(C) Crompton

(D) Eli Whitney