ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which 3 Germanic tribes invaded after the Romans?
A
Normans, Vikings, and Jutes
B
Angles, Saxons, and Britons
C
Angles, Saxons, and Gaels
D
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ostrogoths, Visigoths, and Lombards made their way into Italy; Vandals, Burgundians, Franks, and Visigoths conquered much of Gaul; Vandals and Visigoths also pushed into Spain, with the Vandals additionally making it into North Africa; and the Alamanni established a strong presence in the middle Rhine and Alps.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to St. Bede the Venerable, the Anglo-Saxons were the descendants of three different Germanic peoples-the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Goths were a nomadic Germanic people who fought against Roman rule in the late 300s and early 400s A.D., helping to bring about the downfall of the Roman Empire, which had controlled much of Europe for centuries. The ascendancy of the Goths is said to have marked the beginning of the medieval period in Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -They came from three very powerful Germanic peoples, the Saxons, Angles and Jutes.

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