(a) Chicken (b) Fish (c) Shoe string (d) Boot
Ans: d
2. Which of the following was started in Italy?
(a) Reformation (b) Renaissance
(c) Industrial Revolution (d) Acupuncture
Ans: b
3. Which city is called the 'Queen of Adriatic'?
Ans: Venice
4. Italy is known as the 'Land of _____.
(a) Maple (b) Marble (c) Eagle (d) Rabbits
Ans: b
5. Which is called the city of water?
Ans: Venice
6. 'Creation of Adam' is a painting by:
Ans: Michelangelo
7. Which city is called the 'Empress of the Ancient World'?
Ans: Rome
8. Rome is called:
(a) Empire City (b) City of Seven Hills
(c) Eye of Greece (d) All of these
Ans: b
9. Who among the following is a famous Italian painter?
(a) Leonardo Da Vinci (b) Michelangelo
(c) Raphael (d) All of these
Ans: d
10. Which of the following originated in Italy:
(a) Nascism (b) Communism (c) Nihilism (d) Fascism
Ans: d
11. Who advocated Fascism?
Ans: Benito Mussolini
12. Benito Mussolini was killed by enemies in:
Ans: 1945
13. Who among the following was a famous Italian navigator?
(a) Magellan (b) Amarigo Vespuci
(c) Captain Cook (d) Vasco de Gama
Ans: b
14. Which is called 'Eternal City'?
Ans: Rome
15. In which country Columbus was born?
Ans: Italy
16. Who is the propounder of Kindergarten system?
Ans: Maria Montessori
17. Who was born in Pisa, Italy?
(a) Archimedes (b) Kepler (c) Galileo (d) Copernicus
Ans: c
18. Which island is a part of Italy?
(a) Ruben (b) Sicily (c) Corsica (d) St.Helena
Ans: b
19. Which is an Italian car company?
(a) Fiat (b) Ford (c) Volkswagen (d) Honda
Ans: a
20. Which is the only volcano in the European mainland?
Ans: Vesuvius
21. In which sea mount Stromboli is situated?
Ans: Mediterranean Sea
22. Colosseum, an elliptical amphitheatre, is situated in the centre of the city of ____.
(a) Venice (b) Rome (c) Genoa (d) Venice
Ans: b
23. Who unified Italy?
(a) Benito Mussolini (b) Frederick Frobel
(c) Garibaldi (d) Maria Montessori
Ans: c
24. The construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa was started in ______century:
Ans: 12
25. The Italian Statesman who wrote 'The Prince 'in 1513:
Ans: Machiavelli
