Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 11 — Chapter 11: The Renaissance
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does 'Renaissance' mean? [1]
(A) Rebirth
(B) Revolution
(C) Reformation
(D) Restoration
2. When did the Renaissance occur? [1]
(A) Roughly 14th-17th centuries
(B) Roughly 1st-2nd centuries
(C) Roughly 19th-20th centuries
(D) Roughly 500-600 CE
3. Where did the Renaissance begin? [1]
(A) Italy
(B) France
(C) England
(D) Germany
4. What did the Renaissance renew interest in? [1]
(A) Classical Greek and Roman ideas
(B) Only modern technology
(C) Only religious doctrine
(D) Nothing specific
5. Who was a Renaissance artist? [1]
(A) Leonardo da Vinci
(B) Isaac Newton
(C) Albert Einstein
(D) Karl Marx
6. Who advanced science during the Renaissance? [1]
(A) Galileo and Copernicus
(B) Only artists, no scientists
(C) Only philosophers
(D) No one advanced science
7. What did their scientific work do? [1]
(A) Challenged old beliefs
(B) Confirmed all old beliefs
(C) Had no impact
(D) Only affected art
8. What did the Renaissance influence? [1]
(A) European culture, education and modernity
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only Italian culture
(D) Only religious practices
9. What does 'Renaissance' mean? [1]
(A) Rebirth
(B) Revolution
(C) Reformation
(D) Restoration
10. When did the Renaissance occur? [1]
(A) Roughly 14th-17th centuries
(B) Roughly 1st-2nd centuries
(C) Roughly 19th-20th centuries
(D) Roughly 500-600 CE
11. Where did the Renaissance begin? [1]
(A) Italy
(B) France
(C) England
(D) Germany
12. What did the Renaissance renew interest in? [1]
(A) Classical Greek and Roman ideas
(B) Only modern technology
(C) Only religious doctrine
(D) Nothing specific
13. Who was a Renaissance artist? [1]
(A) Leonardo da Vinci
(B) Isaac Newton
(C) Albert Einstein
(D) Karl Marx
14. Who advanced science during the Renaissance? [1]
(A) Galileo and Copernicus
(B) Only artists, no scientists
(C) Only philosophers
(D) No one advanced science
15. What did their scientific work do? [1]
(A) Challenged old beliefs
(B) Confirmed all old beliefs
(C) Had no impact
(D) Only affected art
16. What did the Renaissance influence? [1]
(A) European culture, education and modernity
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only Italian culture
(D) Only religious practices