Renaissance and Enlightenment

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Why do different persons have different notions of development? Which of the following explanations is more important and why?

a) Because people are different

b)Because life situations of persons are different

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Give the meaning of Mental Revolution as suggested by F.W. Taylor.

Q. Which of the following best describes 17th and 18th century Europe?

1. Age of Luminosity
2. Age of Revolution
3. Age of Enlightenment
4. Age of Emperors

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Was an intellectual and cultural movement associated with the American Revolution.

Q. Which of the following is incorrect regarding Enlightenment?

1. Scientific inventions in Europe moulded Enlightenment.
2. It was a cultural and intellectual movement.
3. Thinkers of the movement gave importance to reasoning.
4. Thinkers of the movement believed that society is always deteriorating.

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Which of the following are key features of Renaissance?

1. Humanism
2. Irrational beliefs
3. Tradition
4. Scientific temper

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Print popularized the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers. They attacked the sacred

authority of the Church and the despotic powers of the state; thus, eroding thelegitimacy of a social order based on tradition. Voltaire and Rousseau were widelyreadwhat does this para mean??

Q. _____ emphasised on the importance of humans at both collective and individual levels.

1. Tradition
2. Humanism
3. Scientific temper
4. Freedom