Roots of the Modern World Multiple Choice Questions
1. Printing press was set up in 1477 in England by ……………
A. caxton
B. john gutenberg
C. henry viii
D. james i
Answer: A. caxton
2. The Renaissance had its origin in……………
A. italy
B. germany
C. france
D. england
Answer: A. italy
3. …………….created the lifelike statue of ’St. Mark’ in Venice.
A. donatello
B. michael angelo
C. leonardo da vinci
D. della robbia
Answer: A. donatello
4. ……………..fashioned the statue of ’Perseus and the slain Medusa’.
A. cellini
B. della robbia
C. thomas newcomen
D. robert bakewell
Answer: A. cellini
5. Michelangelo, great sculptor, painter and architect had many achievements to his credit, among which his statue of ’David’ at…………, is a masterpiece of classical dignity.
A. florence
B. france
C. germany
D. oxford
Answer: A. florence
6. ……………………..’s well-known work is the “Mona Lisa”
A. leonardo da vinci
B. michelangelo
C. raphael
D. dante
Answer: A. leonardo da vinci
7. “The Last Supper” is connected with …………………
A. leonardo da vinci
B. raphael
C. patriarch
D. dante
Answer: A. leonardo da vinci
8. Whose most excellent painting is the grand fresco of ’The Last Judgement’ in the same chapel?
A. michelangelo
B. leonardo da vinci
C. raphael
D. patriarch
Answer: A. michelangelo
9. ……………..wrote ‘The Divine Comedy in Italian rather than Latin.
A. machiavelli
B. bocaccio
C. dante
D. cervantes
Answer: C. dante
10. …………………….wrote a series of love sonnets to “Laura”.
A. machiavelli
B. patriarch
C. cervantes
D. erasmus
Answer: B. patriarch
11. ………………… wrote “his racy stories in Italian”, the Decameron.
A. patriarch
B. bocaccio
C. machiavelli
D. cervantes
Answer: B. bocaccio
12. Who wrote ‘The Prince’ as a guide for rulers?
A. erasmus
B. cervantes
C. machiavelli
D. corneille
Answer: C. machiavelli
13. Desiderius Erasmus was the greatest Renaissance scholar in ……………..
A. holland
B. france
C. england
D. poland
Answer: A. holland
14. ‘Praise of Folly’ was written by ………..
A. cranmer
B. sir thomas more
C. milton
D. erasmus
Answer: D. erasmus
15. In England…………..’s Utopia appeared in English in 1551.
A. milton
B. sir thomas more
C. edmund spencer
D. marlowe
Answer: B. sir thomas more
16. …………….Canterbury Tales was written by ……………..
A. chaucer
B. milton
C. erasmus
D. sir thomas more
Answer: A. chaucer
17. ‘Paradise Los’t is the work of …………………..
A. marlowe
B. edmund spencer
C. milton
D. cranmer
Answer: C. milton
18. Book of Common Prayers was the work of …………………….
A. peter abelard
B. edmund spencer
C. cranmer
D. abertus magus
Answer: C. cranmer
19. ‘Faerie Queen’ is the work of ………………
A. edmund spencer
B. ben johnson
C. christopher marlowe
D. francis bacon
Answer: A. edmund spencer
20. In the 13th century, ……………..laid the foundations of modern science, by insisting on the experimental method, and discovered the uses of gunpowder and the magnifying lens.
A. abertus magus
B. peter abelard
C. roger bacon
D. thomas aquinas
Answer: C. roger bacon
21. Galileo was an …………… astronomer
A. french
B. german
C. italian
D. russian
Answer: C. italian
22. John Kepler was an ……………… astronomer
A. german
B. italian
C. indian
D. sweedish
Answer: A. german
23. The Renaissance was first defined by ………….historian Jules Michelet (1798–1874), in his work, ‘Histoire de France’.
A. german
B. portuguese
C. french
D. spanish
Answer: C. french
24. Who wrote the book ‘The Waning of the Middle Ages’?
A. jacob burckhardt
B. cimabue
C. giotto
D. johan huizinga
Answer: D. johan huizinga
25. ………..was credited with discovering ‘the law of gravitation’.
A. rapheal
B. dante
C. michelangelo
D. sir isaac newton
Answer: D. sir isaac newton
26. Martin Luther was connected with ………………
A. crusades
B. science
C. renaissance
D. reformation
Answer: D. reformation
27. ………….is regarded as the “Morning star of the Reformation”.
A. racine
B. robert fulton
C. thomas newcomen
D. john wycliff
Answer: D. john wycliff
28. ‘The Lollards’ grew in numbers in ………….
A. belgium
B. geneva
C. u.s.a.
D. england
Answer: D. england
29. The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund invited …………to attend a general church council at Constance where he was burned at the stake in 1415.
A. wyclife
B. thomas newcomen
C. shakespeare
D. john huss
Answer: D. john huss
30. Luther wrote his 95 Thesis and nailing them to the door of the Castle Church of …………on October 31, 1517.
A. cambridge
B. edinburg
C. oxford
D. wittenberg
Answer: D. wittenberg
31. Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) led a revolt against the Catholic Church in ………….
A. england
B. holland
C. germany
D. switzerland
Answer: D. switzerland
32. The French Protestants were called the ………….
A. puritans
B. presbyterians
C. huguenots
D. cavelliers
Answer: C. huguenots
33. …………….introduced Calvinism in Scotland
A. racine
B. thomas newcomen
C. john knox
D. moliere
Answer: C. john knox
34. John Knox introduced Calvinism in Scotland, where it was called ……………………….
A. presbyterianism
B. puritans
C. round heads
D. huguenots
Answer: A. presbyterianism
35. In 1534 the King ……………..induced Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy which substituted the king for the Pope as head of the Church in England.
A. henry viii
B. henry iv
C. henry v
D. edward vi
Answer: A. henry viii
36. The most significant agency of the Catholic reform was ………….
A. the society of jesus
B. calvinism
C. puritanism
D. socialist society
Answer: A. the society of jesus
37. The Society of Jesus was founded by ……………
A. st. ignatius loyola
B. robert fulton
C. martin luther
D. john calvin
Answer: A. st. ignatius loyola
38. The Edict of Nantes was issued by King Henry IV in 1598 restored peace in …………
A. france
B. germany
C. britain
D. poland
Answer: A. france
39. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
A. elizabeth i
B. victoria
C. charles x
D. queen anne
Answer: A. elizabeth i
40. Who questioned the sale of indulgences in 1517 by the agents of Pope X?
A. jaques cartier
B. martin luther
C. thomas newcomen
D. queen anne
Answer: B. martin luther
41. The ……………aroused a spirit of adventure as well as a great deal of curiosity among the Europeans.
A. french revolution
B. renaissance
C. american revolution
D. reformation
Answer: B. renaissance
42. ……………was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453
A. gerusalem
B. constantinople
C. western roman empire
D. italy
Answer: B. constantinople
43. The ………….had fostered a spirit of inquiry that had revolutionized geographical ideas.
A. reformation
B. renaissance
C. english revolution
D. american revolution
Answer: B. renaissance
44. Prince Henry, commonly called Henry the navigator, was a great patron of navigation in
………………
A. france
B. portugal
C. poland
D. spain
Answer: B. portugal
45. Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator sailed around the cape up the east coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean and landed at …………..
A. cochi
B. calicut
C. bombay
D. cape of good hope
Answer: B. calicut
46. After Prince Henry’s death ……………….crossed the Equator in 1472.
A. lopo gonsalves
B. diego cao
C. columbus
D. john cabot
Answer: A. lopo gonsalves
47. In 1488, a brave captain named ………….sailed up to Africa’s southern most tips which he named the “Cape of Storms”.
A. bartholomew diaz
B. thomas newcomen
C. columbus
D. robert fulton
Answer: A. bartholomew diaz
48. John of Plano Carpini was sent to the court of the Great Khan in Mongolia in ……………..
A. 1145
B. 1245
C. 1257
D. 1269
Answer: B. 1245
49. The Polo brothers reach the court of Kublai Khan in China in…………
A. 1250
B. 1256
C. 1260
D. 1268
Answer: C. 1260
50. ……….Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa.
A. 1468
B. 1477
C. 1488
D. 1498
Answer: C. 1488
51. In 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sponsors ……………..to find a route to India.
A. bartholomeu dias
B. john cabot
C. christopher columbus
D. vasco da gama
Answer: C. christopher columbus
52. Vasco da Gama went around the cape and across the Indian Ocean to reach India (Calicut) in ………..
A. 1458
B. 1468
C. 1498
D. 1598
Answer: C. 1498
53. In 1499 ………………landed in America.
A. amerigo vespucci
B. cabral
C. robert fulton
D. vasco da gama
Answer: A. amerigo vespucci
54. In 1500 ………..reached South America (Brazil)
A. cabral
B. robert fulton
C. vasco da gama
D. balboa
Answer: A. cabral
55. In 1510 Goa became the capital of the …………..Eastern Empire.
A. british
B. french
C. portuguese
D. dutch
Answer: C. portuguese
56. Balboa crossed the Isthimus of Panama in …………
A. 1465
B. 1508
C. 1513
D. 1623
Answer: C. 1513
57. From 1515 to 1547 – The French king Francis I extended his colonies to …………and the
Mississipi Valley.
A. new hampshire
B. vermont
C. canada
D. maine
Answer: C. canada
58. The Portuguese reached China in ………..
A. 1510
B. 1512
C. 1517
D. 1534
Answer: C. 1517
59. In 1519 ………….discovered Mexico.
A. hernando cortez
B. robert fulton
C. cabral
D. amerigo vespucci
Answer: A. hernando cortez
60. The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the court
of……………, about 1260.
A. kublai khan
B. alfred the great
C. henry viii
D. akbar
Answer: A. kublai khan
61. ……………the navigator encouraged navigation by establishing a school for geographers.
A. george sarton
B. amerigo vespucci
C. randolph starn
D. henry
Answer: D. henry
62. Goa was conquered by the……………, who made it the capital of their Eastern Empire.
A. british
B. dutch
C. french
D. portuguese
Answer: D. portuguese
63. …………….patronized by Queen Isaballa of Spain set off on a voyage and reached the West
Indies, thinking he had landed on India.
A. christopher columbus
B. ferdinand magellan
C. robert fulton
D. robert s. lopez
Answer: A. christopher columbus
64. ……………in his ‘The Prince’ projected the need of an absolute king because he alone could
provide security to people.
A. lynn thorndike
B. joan kelly
C. mac-antoine charpentier
D. machia velli
Answer: D. machia velli
65. When the French Revolution broke out?
A. 1689
B. 1768
C. 1769
D. 1789
Answer: D. 1789
66. Louis XIV was the ruler of ……………..
A. germany
B. poland
C. italy
D. france
Answer: D. france
67. Frederick, the Great was the ruler ……………….
A. austria
B. rome
C. holland
D. prussia
Answer: D. prussia
68. Peter, the Great was the ruler of…………..
A. russia
B. spain
C. austria
D. portugal
Answer: A. russia
69. Who aptly predicted”After me, the flood.”?
A. louis xiv
B. victoria
C. james i
D. frederick, the great
Answer: A. louis xiv
70. Who appointed Jean Baptiste Colbert as controller general of finances in France?
A. louis xiv
B. william of orange
C. victoria
D. elizabeth i
Answer: A. louis xiv
71. The Treaty of Utrecht was concluded in …………..
A. 1703
B. 1713
C. 1768
D. 1776
Answer: B. 1713
72. Nicholas Poussin is generally considered the best example of …………….classicist painting.
A. french
B. british
C. dutch
D. russian
Answer: A. french
73. The credit for establishing absolute monarchy in Prussia goes to………….
A. frederick, the great
B. michaelangelo
C. peter ,the great
D. henry vii
Answer: A. frederick, the great
74. Frederick was involved in a war which lasted from 1756-63 and is popularly known as
………………
A. seven years war
B. american civil war
C. the war of the spanish succession
D. mexican
Answer: A. seven years war
75. The Peace of Hubertsburg was concluded in ……………
A. 1703
B. 1763
C. 1767
D. 1769
Answer: B. 1763
76. James I was the ruler of …………….
A. russia
B. england
C. saxony
D. prussia
Answer: B. england
77. First Bourbon king of France was …………………
A. henryii
B. henry iv
C. henry viii
D. charles i
Answer: B. henry iv
78. Louis XIV belonged to the ……………dynasty.
A. tudor
B. bourbon
C. hapsburg
D. stuart
Answer: B. bourbon
79. The French Protestants known as ……………..
A. puritans
B. huguenots
C. presbyterians
D. round heads
Answer: B. huguenots
80. The first English settlement in ……………was Jamestown, in Virginia.
A. north america
B. south america
C. africa
D. canada
Answer: A. north america
81. The ………… century is often called the ‘Age of Reason’ because it was a period of
enlightenment during which philosophy was in vogue throughout Europe.
A. 15th
B. 16th
C. 17th
D. 18th
Answer: D. 18th
82. ‘Wealth of Nations’was the work of ………..
A. john locke
B. rene descartes
C. alfred marshall
D. adam smith
Answer: D. adam smith
83. ………….., one of the best scientists of his time, wrote an essay entitled, “On Liberty and
Necessity: Man in the Newtonian Universe.”
A. benjamin franklin
B. robert owen
C. john calvin
D. thomas paine
Answer: A. benjamin franklin
84. ……………..was “the founder of liberalism”.
A. john locke
B. montesquieu
C. thomas paine
D. robert fulton
Answer: A. john locke
85. The Advancement of Learning was written by ………………..
A. francis bacon
B. thomas paine
C. robert fulton
D. rousseau
Answer: A. francis bacon
86. Who wrote’Novum Organum Scientiarum’?
A. newton
B. thomas paine
C. francis bacon
D. montesquieu
Answer: C. francis bacon
87. Thomas Hobbes was an……………. Philosopher
A. french
B. russian
C. english
D. indian
Answer: C. english
88. Whose masterwork was Leviathan?
A. aristotle
B. plato
C. thomas hobbes
D. locke
Answer: C. thomas hobbes
89. ‘Meditations on First Philosophy’ was written by ……………….
A. montesquieu
B. thomas paine
C. descartes
D. charles telford
Answer: C. descartes
90. Whose masterpiece was ‘The Spirit of the Laws’?
A. thomas paine
B. thomas aquinas
C. aristotle
D. montesquieu
Answer: D. montesquieu
91. Persian Letters was written by ………………
A. montesquieu
B. thomas paine
C. rousseau
D. viscount townsend
Answer: A. montesquieu
92. Who wrote the philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts?
A. jean-jacques rousseau
B. thomas paine
C. charles telford
D. voltaire
Answer: A. jean-jacques rousseau
93. The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality was written by ………………..
A. rousseau
B. thomas paine
C. montesquieu
D. robert fulton
Answer: A. rousseau
94. Whose major work on political philosophy was the The Social Contract?
A. michael faraday
B. montesquieu
C. charles telford
D. rousseau
Answer: D. rousseau
95. ‘The Confessions’ was the Autobiography of ………………..
A. jethro tull
B. thomas paine
C. montesquieu
D. rousseau
Answer: D. rousseau
96. Who Wrote Philosophical Dictionary?
A. robert fulton
B. thomas paine
C. montesquieu
D. voltaire
Answer: D. voltaire
97. Who were The Physiocrats?
A. historians
B. sociologists
C. scientists
D. economists
Answer: D. economists
98. Colbert was served as a minister in the Court of…………..
A. louis xiv
B. james i
C. edward vi
D. charles i
Answer: A. louis xiv
99. Thomas Paine was a radical writer who emigrated from …………to America in 1774.
A. england
B. russia
C. spain
D. austria
Answer: A. england
100. Who wrote the controversial work, The Age of Reason?
A. thomas paine
B. montesquieu
C. charles telford
D. robert fulton
Answer: A. thomas paine
101. The …………..Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789.
A. french
B. dutch
C. american
D. english
Answer: A. french
102. The French Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, ………….
A. 1789
B. 1798
C. 1799
D. 1889
Answer: A. 1789
103. Who gave good advice to his successor Louis XV saying “Do not imitate my fondness for
building and for war, but work to lessen the misery of my people?”
A. louis xiv
B. charles i
C. james i
D. elizabethi
Answer: A. louis xiv
104. When his ministers attempted to discuss affairs of the state with him, who merely remarked,
“After me, the deluge.”
A. louis xv
B. edward vi
C. james ii
D. henry viii
Answer: A. louis xv
105. Queen Marie Antoinette was the Queen of ……………..
A. louis xv
B. louis xvi
C. george i
D. henry viii
Answer: B. louis xvi
106. Who put forward the theory of ‘the separation of powers’?
A. voltaire
B. montesquieu
C. charles telford
D. robert fulton
Answer: B. montesquieu
107. The Bloodless or Glorious Revolution started in England in ……….
A. 1678
B. 1688
C. 1698
D. 1699
Answer: B. 1688
108. July 14, …………saw the fall of the Bastille, a royal fortress and symbol of Bourbon
autocracy.
A. 1779
B. 1789
C. 1793
D. 1798
Answer: B. 1789
109. Feudalism and serfdom was abolished in France in August ………….. by the National
Assembly.
A. 1689
B. 1789
C. 1786
D. 1797
Answer: B. 1789
110. The Constitution of ……….. was the first written constitution of France.
A. 1781
B. 1791
C. 1796
D. 1799
Answer: B. 1791
111. The ………….were moderates who wanted a republican form of government in France.
A. girondists
B. the constitutionalists
C. the jacobins
D. liberals
Answer: A. girondists
112. The Jacobins of ……………..were republicans of the extreme type.
A. germany
B. france
C. italy
D. africa
Answer: B. france
113. King Louis XVI was found guilty of high treason by the National Convention and was
guillotined on 21st January ………
A. 1746
B. 1769
C. 1793
D. 1795
Answer: C. 1793
114. Who is regarded as ’the father of the railway locomotive’?
A. john smeaton
B. george stephenson
C. charles telford
D. robert fulton
Answer: B. george stephenson
115. The ’reign of terror’ came to an end with the revolt of the Parisian mob against Robespierre
who was guillotined on March 13, ………….
A. 1736
B. 1766
C. 1794
D. 1798
Answer: C. 1794
116. After ruling France from 1792 to 1795, the National Convention was dissolved and the new
constitution came to be called the Constitution of the Year ……………
A. third
B. fourth
C. fifth
D. sixth
Answer: A. third
117. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a fundamental document of the
……………………..
A. american revolution
B. english revolution
C. french revolution
D. bour war
Answer: C. french revolution
118. Year of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ……………..
A. 2nd july 1742
B. 4th july 1749
C. 4th july 1776
D. 4th july 1767
Answer: C. 4th july 1776
119. ……………….was the primary author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
A. john eliot
B. robert fulton
C. thomas jefferson
D. robert owen
Answer: C. thomas jefferson
120. Napoleon crowned himself Emperor on 2 December ……….. at Notre Dame de Paris
A. 1704
B. 1784
C. 1798
D. 1804
Answer: D. 1804
121. Year of the Battle of Trafalgar.
A. 1776
B. 1785
C. 1788
D. 1805
Answer: D. 1805
122. “The battle of Austerlitz is the finest of all I have fought.” Who said?
A. charles i
B. henry vii
C. alfred
D. napoleon bonaparte
Answer: D. napoleon bonaparte
123. Who defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt ?
A. napoleon bonaparte
B. robert fulton
C. michael faraday
D. james ii
Answer: A. napoleon bonaparte
124. In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled ……………..to Elba, an island of 12,000
inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 20 km off the Tuscan coast.
A. louis xii
B. charles telford
C. henry viii
D. napoleon bonaparte
Answer: D. napoleon bonaparte
125. Napoleon escaped from Elba on 26 February …………..
A. 1715
B. 1789
C. 1799
D. 1815
Answer: D. 1815
126. Battle of Waterloo ,18 June ……………..
A. 1754
B. 1764
C. 1787
D. 1815
Answer: D. 1815
127. Who was imprisoned and then exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean,
1,870 km from the west coast of Africa.
A. napoleon bonaparte
B. alexandro volta
C. edward vi
D. william iii
Answer: A. napoleon bonaparte
128. …………..negotiated with Pope Pius VII. Finally, a Concordat was concluded in 1802.
A. matternich
B. elizabeth
C. charles i
D. napoleon bonaparte
Answer: D. napoleon bonaparte
129. The Continental System or Continental Blockade was the foreign policy of …………….
A. napoleon bonaparte
B. charles telford
C. victoria
D. george ii
Answer: A. napoleon bonaparte
130. ………….., by Orders in Council (1807), prohibited its trade partners from trading with
France.
A. britain
B. germany
C. poland
D. malesia
Answer: A. britain
131. The French Revolution of…………, also known as the July Revolution.
A. 1730
B. 1768
C. 1807
D. 1830
Answer: D. 1830
132. The Congress of Vienna was headed by ………………..
A. metternich
B. charles telford
C. alexandro volta
D. michael faraday
Answer: A. metternich
133. The term ‘Industrial Revolution’ was first used by the historian…………, to describe the
economic development in England, from 1760 to 1840.
A. arnold toynbee
B. robert fulton
C. alexandro volta
D. adam smith
Answer: A. arnold toynbee
134. The Industrial Revolution first started in …………….
A. france
B. germany
C. spain
D. england
Answer: D. england
135. Who introduced the continental system?
A. napoleon bonaparte
B. robert fulton
C. alexandro volta
D. michael faraday
Answer: A. napoleon bonaparte
136. In 1764, ……………..invented a machine called the ’Spinning Jenny.’
A. james hargreaves
B. john macadam
C. charles telford
D. john smeaton
Answer: A. james hargreaves
137. In 1769, ……………invented a machine run by waterpower instead of manpower. Hence it
came to be called the ’Water-Frame’.
A. richard arkwright
B. john macadam
C. robert fulton
D. james watt
Answer: A. richard arkwright
138. Samuel Crompton removed the defects of the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame, with his
machine known as ……………..
A. spinning mule
B. john macadam
C. john smeaton
D. charles telford
Answer: A. spinning mule
139. In 1733, ………….had invented a device called the ’Flying Shuttle’.
A. john kay
B. john macadam
C. charles telford
D. john smeaton
Answer: A. john kay
140. In 1785, ……………..invented the Automatic or Power Loom.
A. dr. edmund cartwright
B. john smeaton
C. robert fulton
D. james watt
Answer: A. dr. edmund cartwright
141. Who invented a machine called the ’Cotton Gin.’?
A. eli whitney
B. john macadam
C. charles telford
D. thomas newcomen
Answer: A. eli whitney
142. In 1816, …………….invented a machine called Davy’s Safety Lamp.’
A. sir humphry davy
B. john smeaton
C. thomas newcomen
D. james watt
Answer: A. sir humphry davy
143. In 1801, ………………invented the first steam locomotive.
A. richard trevithick
B. charles telford
C. thomas newcomen
D. james watt
Answer: A. richard trevithick
144. In 1807, …………..invented the steamboat called the ’Clermont’.
A. robert fulton
B. james watt
C. alexandro volta
D. robert bakewell
Answer: A. robert fulton
145. …………..invented the first steam engine in 1705, in order to pump water out of the mines.
A. thomas newcomen
B. michael faraday
C. jethro tull
D. viscount townsend
Answer: A. thomas newcomen
146. In 1769, ………….invented a better steam engine called the ’Beelzebub.’
A. james watt
B. alexandro volta
C. michael faraday
D. robert bakewell
Answer: A. james watt
147. The discovery of a new method of ’Crop Rotation’, was made by……………….
A. viscount townsend
B. robert bakewell
C. adam smith
D. benjamin disraeli
Answer: A. viscount townsend
148. In……………., Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the ‘Communist Manifesto’ which
introduced scientific socialism or Communism.
A. 1648
B. 1748
C. 1848
D. 1948
Answer: C. 1848
149. ……………means “leave to do, leave to pass” or more accurately “let things alone, let them
pass”.
A. socialism
B. communism
C. laissez-faire
D. chartism
Answer: C. laissez-faire
150. The “People’s Charter” of 1838 was a public petition aimed at redressing omissions from the
electoral ……………………..
A. representation of the people act, 1918
B. representation of the people act, 1928
C. reform act of 1832
D. reform act of 1884
Answer: C. reform act of 1832
151. Who formed a Consultative Council, known as the ’Witan’ (the Council of the wise men),
which was composed of several learned men?.
A. james i
B. thomas jefferson
C. robert owen
D. king alfred
Answer: D. king alfred
152. On June 15, 1215 ……………affixed his seal on the ’Great Charter’, which is referred to as
the ’Magna Carta.’
A. robert owen
B. charles i
C. oliver cromwell
D. king john
Answer: D. king john
153. Who is called as the “Father of Parliament”?
A. louis blanc
B. saint simon
C. charles fourier
D. simon-de-montford
Answer: D. simon-de-montford
154. ……………was a strong champion of the doctrine of the Divine Right of kings.
A. karl marx
B. robert owen
C. abraham lincoln
D. james i
Answer: D. james i
155. Who was called the “Great Protector?”
A. george v
B. maria theresa
C. james i
D. oliver cromwell
Answer: D. oliver cromwell
156. Which was year of The Glorious Revolution of England?
A. 1588
B. 1658
C. 1678
D. 1688
Answer: D. 1688
157. William of Orange was the Protestant ruler of Holland and the son-in-law of ………….
A. charles i
B. charles ii
C. charles iv
D. james ii
Answer: D. james ii
158. As James II would not be able to fight against the Parliament and William of Orange, he
escaped to ……………….
A. germany
B. russia
C. italy
D. france
Answer: D. france
159. The Act of Settlement was also passed in …………….
A. 1601
B. 1688
C. 1689
D. 1701
Answer: D. 1701
160. Who was the first Prime Minister of Britain?
A. sir robert walpole
B. abraham lincoln
C. henry vii
D. wolsey
Answer: A. sir robert walpole
161. As a result of the growing strength of the ’Chartist Movement’, the Representation of the
People Act, was passed in 1867. It was introduced by …………….
A. benjamin disraeli
B. gladston
C. lord derby
D. abraham lincoln
Answer: A. benjamin disraeli
162. ……………..regarded the Reform Act of 1867 as ’a leap in the dark.’
A. lord derby
B. benjamin disraeli
C. gladston
D. james i
Answer: A. lord derby
163. The Secret Ballot Act introduced by ……………in 1872.
A. gladstone
B. abraham lincoln
C. disraeli
D. lord derby
Answer: A. gladstone
164. The duration of Parliament was reduced from seven to five years by ……………..
A. parliamentary act, 1911
B. reform act of 1832
C. representation of the people act, 1867
D. representation of the people act, 1884.
Answer: A. parliamentary act, 1911
165. In……………., the ’Representation of the People Act’ was passed by Parliament granting
franchise to all men over twenty-one and to all women of thirty years and above.
A. 1818
B. 1826
C. 1832
D. 1918
Answer: D. 1918
166. The works of electoral reform was completed by the Representation of the People Act
of…………., which granted the right to vote, to all women over twenty-one years.
A. 1916
B. 1928
C. 1932
D. 1947
Answer: B. 1928
167. Simon Boivar was the Liberator of ………………
A. north america
B. latin america
C. africa
D. spain
Answer: B. latin america
168. Kansass –Ne-Braska Act was passed in ………….
A. 1754
B. 1854
C. 1868
D. 1879
Answer: B. 1854
169. The secessionist tendency gathered momentum after the ………..decision of 1857 and the
conflict between Northerners and Southerners in America became more severe.
A. dredscot
B. abraham lincoln
C. simon boivar
D. san martin
Answer: A. dredscot
170. Abraham Lincoln was Born in …………in 1809.
A. pennsylvania
B. kentucky
C. new york
D. new jersey
Answer: B. kentucky
171. ………..became nationally famous in 1858 when he competed for the post of Senator from
Illinois against Stephen A Douglas.
A. francisco de miranda
B. abraham lincoln
C. san martín
D. columbus
Answer: B. abraham lincoln
172. Who gave a beautiful definition to democracy in his famous Gettysburg speech?
A. abraham lincoln
B. galileo
C. hitler
D. mussolini
Answer: A. abraham lincoln
173. Who was called “The Iron Chancellor” of Germany?
A. hitler
B. mussolini
C. otto von bismarck
D. peter the great
Answer: C. otto von bismarck
174. ‘Carbonari’ was a secret society of ………….
A. germany
B. france
C. italy
D. poland
Answer: C. italy
175. The Seven Weeks’ War was between Austria and …………….
A. prussia
B. rome
C. america
D. piedmond
Answer: A. prussia
176. Who wrote ‘Asia and Western Dominance’
A. k.n.panikkar
B. leonardo da vinci
C. k.m.panikkar
D. sumit sarkar
Answer: C. k.m.panikkar
177. ‘Age of Capital’ was the work of …………
A. e.j. hobsbaum
B. abraham lincoln
C. k.m.panikkar
D. bipan chandra
Answer: A. e.j. hobsbaum
178. The unification of Italy is an outstanding achievement in the ………… century history of
Europe.
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
Answer: C. 19th
179. The …………….Revolution of 1789 produced in Italians, a sense of nationalism.
A. french
B. american
C. vietnam
D. indian
Answer: A. french
180. ………………gave the first impulse to Italian unification.
A. napoleon
B. metternich
C. mussolini
D. hitler
Answer: A. napoleon
181. ………………drove away the Austrians and the Bourbons at Sadova.
A. napoleon
B. cavour
C. louie philip
D. metternich
Answer: A. napoleon
182. Early in the 19th century, national feeling in ………….was stirred by revolutionary secret
societies known as Carbonari
A. italy
B. germany
C. spain
D. britain
Answer: A. italy
183. The Carbonari wanted to overthrow foreign rule imposed by the Vienna settlement and
unify……………..
A. italy
B. germany
C. france
D. america
Answer: A. italy
184. The Carbonari wanted to overthrow foreign rule imposed by the ………….settlement and
unify Italy. The movement was known as Risorgimento.
A. vienna
B. paris
C. boston
D. german
Answer: A. vienna
185. In July, 1830, when a revolution in France placed ……………….on the throne and
established a constitutional monarch.
A. louie philip
B. mazzini
C. peter the great
D. louis xiv
Answer: A. louie philip
186. To carry out his ideals, ……….established, in 1831, a movement known as “Young Italy.”
A. garibaldi
B. joseph mazzini
C. cavour
D. charles albert
Answer: B. joseph mazzini
187. The “Young Italy” of …………………..lit the flames of patriotism throughout Italy and
helped the cause of Italian unification.
A. joseph mazzini
B. charles albert
C. garibaldi
D. louie philip
Answer: A. joseph mazzini
188. The Austrian army crushed the revolt at Custozza near……………
A. venice
B. portsmouth
C. algeria
D. malaysia
Answer: A. venice
189. Mazzini roused the people of the Papal States against the…………….
A. victor emmanuel ii
B. charles albert
C. garibaldi
D. pope
Answer: D. pope
190. The Pope was expelled from …………….and a Republic was proclaimed under a
committee of three, of which Mazzini was one.
A. austria
B. rome
C. sardinia
D. lombardy
Answer: B. rome
191. The Austrians defeated ………………at Navora and he abdicated in favor of his son,
Victor Emmanuel II.
A. charles albert
B. garibaldi
C. louie philip
D. napoleon
Answer: A. charles albert
192. The Austrians defeated Charles Albert at …………….and he abdicated in favor of his
son, Victor Emmanuel II.
A. algeria
B. plombieres
C. sadova
D. navora
Answer: D. navora
193. …………….., the “Bismarck” of Italy realized that without any external help, Italy
could never be free.
A. napoleon iii
B. count cavour
C. joseph garibaldi
D. charles albert
Answer: B. count cavour
194. By a stroke of diplomatic genius, ……………offered the services of Scandinavian
troops to Napoleon III at a critical stage of the Crimean war.
A. count cavour
B. charles albert
C. victor emmanuel ii
D. hitler
Answer: A. count cavour
195. The Italians aided by Napoleon III defeated the Austrians at Magenta and Solferino
in…………..
A. 1759
B. 1789
C. 1859
D. 1879
Answer: C. 1859
196. The Dutchies of Tuscany, Parma, Modena and Romagna expelled their despotic
rulers and joined with…………..
A. hong kong
B. malaysia
C. sardinia
D. singapore
Answer: C. sardinia
197. In 1860, the people of Naples and Sicily rose against the Bourbon King……………….
A. francis ii
B. victor emmanuel ii
C. queen isabella
D. louis xvi
Answer: A. francis ii
198. ……………..along with his volunteers landed in Sicily and annexed the two
kingdoms to Sardinia.
A. garibaldi
B. charles albert
C. victor emmanuel ii
D. louis xvi
Answer: A. garibaldi
199. ………………..himself led an army into the Papal States and defeated the Papal
forces at Casgifigaria.
A. queen isabella
B. charles albert
C. victor emmanuel
D. edward vi
Answer: C. victor emmanuel
200. In 1861, the first Italian Parliament except Rome met at …………..and conferred
upon Victor Emmanuel II, the title of “King of Italy.”
A. turin
B. portsmouth
C. algeria
D. hong kong
Answer: A. turin
201. In the Astro-Prussian war of 1866, also known as the ……………… Weeks War,
Victor Emmanuel II helped Prussia.
A. four
B. six
C. seven
D. eight
Answer: C. seven
202. In the Astro-Prussian war of 1866 Victor Emmanuel II helped……………………..
A. prussia
B. russia
C. spain
D. poland
Answer: A. prussia
203. Austria was defeated at Sadova. In the Treaty of Prague that followed, Italy
obtained ………..as the price of her help to Prussia.
A. malaysia
B. portsmouth
C. venice
D. hong kong
Answer: C. venice
204. The disasters of France during the Franco-Prussian war led to the withdrawal of
the French garrison from……, which was then easily occupied by an Italian army.
A. rome
B. russia
C. portugal
D. spain
Answer: A. rome
205. ……………..became the capital of the united Italian kingdom.
A. berlin
B. paris
C. washington dc
D. rome
Answer: D. rome
206. The Holy Roman Emperor had been chosen from the ……… family of the Austrians.
A. hapsburg
B. manchus
C. bourbon
D. stuart
Answer: A. hapsburg
207. One of the significant developments that have changed the course of history was the
unification of Germany under the leadership of……………….
A. britain
B. italy
C. america
D. prussia
Answer: D. prussia
208. Paradoxically, it was …………….who took the first step towards German unity.
A. louis xv
B. charles albert
C. victor emmanuel ii
D. napoleon
Answer: D. napoleon
209. …………….., the prime minister of Germany who unified Germany with his policy of “Blood
and Iron.”
A. otto von bismarck
B. von moltke
C. victor emmanuel ii
D. queen isabella
Answer: A. otto von bismarck
210. The two Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein were inhabited largely by the Germans,
but ruled by the King of………………
A. austria
B. italy
C. rome
D. denmark
Answer: D. denmark
211. In 1868, a revolution in Spain deposed ……………
A. queen isabella
B. victor emmanuel ii
C. theodore roosevelt
D. philip ii
Answer: A. queen isabella
212. In 1868, a revolution in Spain deposed Queen Isabella and the Spaniards offered
the crown to Leopold William I of ……………..
A. prussia
B. italy
C. portugal
D. ghana
Answer: A. prussia
213. The Meiji Restoration was basically a revolution that restored imperial rule to Japan
in…………..
A. 1837
B. 1848
C. 1867
D. 1900
Answer: C. 1867
214. The Meiji Restoration was basically a revolution that restored imperial rule to
…………..in 1867.
A. japan
B. china
C. korea
D. egypt
Answer: A. japan
215. The word “………….” means “enlightened rule” and the goal was to combine “western
advancements” with the traditional, “eastern” values.
A. meiji
B. tudor
C. bourbon
D. hannover
Answer: A. meiji
216. The Russo-Japanese War (1904–05) was fought by Russia and Japan over their interests
in ………….(particularly Manchuria) and Korea.
A. china
B. japan
C. turkey
D. russia
Answer: A. china
217. Theodore Roosevelt was the ………………President
A. south africa
B. u.s.a
C. philippines
D. india
Answer: B. u.s.a
218. The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on September 5,………..
A. 1805
B. 1895
C. 1905
D. 1915
Answer: C. 1905
219. The Berlin Colonial Conference was a meeting of European powers in Berlin, Germany
in 1884-85 at the invitation of…………….., the Chancellor of Germany.
A. kitchener
B. bismarck
C. theodore roosevelt
D. truman
Answer: B. bismarck
220. In…………….., Britain declared Egypt a British protectorate.
A. 1862
B. 1882
C. 1895
D. 1905
Answer: B. 1882
221. Britain and France clashed in a town called Fashoda in Southern ……..on the upper Nile.
A. morocco
B. sudan
C. algeria
D. abyssinia
Answer: B. sudan
222. At the battle of ………………….in 1898, Kitchener managed to defeat the natives of the
town, Fashoda.
A. morocco
B. omdurman
C. algeria
D. burma
Answer: B. omdurman
223. The French troops under ……………….occupied Fashoda for France.
A. jean-baptiste marchand
B. theodore roosevelt
C. chang chih-tung
D. dowager tz\u-his
Answer: A. jean-baptiste marchand
224. …… ruled China from 1644 to 1912 actively sponsored and promoted Confucian culture.
A. manchus
B. hapsburg
C. bourbon
D. tudor
Answer: A. manchus
225. The Hundred Day Reforms in china was in the year…………
A. 1878
B. 1898
C. 1900
D. 1902
Answer: B. 1898
226. The Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) ended by the humiliating treaty of ………….in 1895.
A. paris
B. shimonoseki
C. boxer
D. leipzig
Answer: B. shimonoseki
227. By 1898, …………………had seized Kiaochow from China
A. china
B. germany
C. japan
D. america
Answer: B. germany
228. Ever since the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864), Manchu dynasty’s political power had
been decentralized in……………….
A. china
B. germany
C. italy
D. russia
Answer: A. china
229. Boxer Uprising / Movement (1900) were in ……………
A. china
B. germany
C. japan
D. spain
Answer: A. china
230. From 1895 to 1898, Shantung was under the rule of Governor ……………..who secretly
encouraged the Boxers to attack Christian missionaries.
A. li ping-heng
B. yuan shih-k\ai
C. chang chih-tung
D. k’ang yu-wei
Answer: A. li ping-heng
231. In 1899, ……………, the new Shantung governor, gave active support to the Boxer
Movement.
A. yu-hsien
B. kuang-hsu
C. dowager tz\u-hsi
D. theodore roosevelt
Answer: A. yu-hsien
232. In May………………, the Empress Dowager asked the Boxers to enter Peking to show her
their magical kung-fu.
A. 1900
B. 1905
C. 1908
D. 1911
Answer: A. 1900
233. The Empress Tz’u-hsi fled ……………..for Xian
A. peking
B. fukien
C. hunan
D. shensi
Answer: A. peking
234. Taiwan was ceded to ………….in 1895.
A. japan
B. hungary
C. china
D. germany
Answer: A. japan
235. In 1903, Huang Hsing, who was an overseas student from the province of……………, set
up a revolutionary organization there to work for the overthrow of the Ch’ing dynasty.
A. hungary
B. hunan
C. peking
D. shensi
Answer: B. hunan
236. In 1904, Huang Hsing was forced to escape to Japan, where he met ………………
A. sun yat-sen
B. liang ch\i-ch\ao
C. k\ang yu-wei
D. yuanshikai
Answer: A. sun yat-sen
237. In 1903, overseas students formed a “Resist-Russia-Volunteer Corps” for the purpose
of defending China against the Russian aggression in………………
A. manchuria
B. hong kong
C. hungary
D. peking
Answer: A. manchuria
238. Sun Yat-sen was born in a village near ………….in 1866.
A. kiangsi
B. hong kong
C. hungary
D. canton
Answer: D. canton
239. At the age of 13, Sun-yat-sen was sent to ……………to join his elder brother who had
started a successful business overseas.
A. taiwan
B. hong kong
C. hungary
D. hawaii
Answer: D. hawaii
240. Hsing-chung hui was formed by …………….
A. yuan shih-k\ai
B. li hung-chang
C. kuang-hsu
D. sun yat-sen
Answer: D. sun yat-sen
241. Wuhan Uprising was in October……………….
A. 1811
B. 1821
C. 1901
D. 1911
Answer: D. 1911
242. Immediately after the Wuhan Uprising in October,1911 in a last attempt to save itself,
the Manchu court recalled………….., who had been forced to retire since 1908.
A. yuan shih-k\ai
B. lloyd george
C. theodore roosevelt
D. sun yat-sen
Answer: A. yuan shih-k\ai
243. The end of the Ch’ing dynasty was in February ……………..
A. 1812
B. 1832
C. 1843
D. 1912
Answer: D. 1912
244. On February 12, 1912, under …………..pressure, the Manchu court announced its
abdication.
A. mao’s
B. chiang kai-shek’s
C. sun yat-sen’s
D. yuan\s
Answer: D. yuan\s
245. During 1894-95, the Sino-Japanese War took place, resulting in the victory of ……over
China.
A. spain
B. china
C. russia
D. japan
Answer: D. japan
246. In…………., the Russian Revolution transformed the ancient Tsarist autocracy into a
Constitutional Monarchy.
A. 1805
B. 1875
C. 1892
D. 1905
Answer: D. 1905
247. The “young Turks” under the leadership of…………………….., the father of modern Turkey,
carried out a revolution in the Ottoman Empire in 1908-1909.
A. mustapha kemal ataturk pasha
B. theodore roosevelt
C. lloyd george
D. william iii
Answer: A. mustapha kemal ataturk pasha
248. Who was the father of modern Turkey?
A. mustapha kemal ataturk pasha
B. lloyd george
C. theodore roosevelt
D. james i
Answer: A. mustapha kemal ataturk pasha
249. In 1911, ………….seized the Ottoman provinces of Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
A. italy
B. austria
C. hungary
D. russia
Answer: A. italy
250. First World War, which started in the year ……….
A. 1904
B. 1912
C. 1914
D. 1918
Answer: C. 1914
251. The German Kaiser …………….declared that Germany was determined to become a world
power and this would arouse rivalry with Britain.
A. lloyd george
B. william ii
C. theodore roosevelt
D. elizabeth i
Answer: B. william ii
252. Owing to the Franco-Prussian War of………….., France lost Alsace and Lorraine to
Prussia.
A. 1870
B. 1873
C. 1878
D. 1896
Answer: A. 1870
253. In 1882, ……………joined the Dual Alliance and thus brought into existence the Triple
Alliance.
A. italy
B. japan
C. czechoslovakia
D. hungary
Answer: A. italy
254. In 1904, ……………..entered into a defensive alliance with England known as the ‘Entente
Cordiale.’
A. france
B. czechoslovakia
C. hungary
D. china
Answer: A. france
255. In 1907, …………….joined the ‘Entente Cordiale’, thus bringing into existence the Triple
Entente, which pitted itself against the Triple Alliance.
A. russia
B. romania
C. turkey d) czechoslovakia
D. germany
Answer: A. russia
256. The murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of ……and his wife, on June 28, 1914, by a
fanatical Serbian student in Sarajevo (Bosnia) was the spark that set the World War off.
A. austria
B. czechoslovakia
C. hungary
D. china
Answer: A. austria
257. With the news of the murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife,
Austria decided to crush …………with the support of Germany.
A. yugoslavia
B. serbia
C. czechoslovakia
D. hungary
Answer: B. serbia
258. ……………. was signed in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany on March 1918.
A. austria
B. russia
C. yugoslavia
D. czechoslovakia
Answer: B. russia
259. The U.S.A. declared war against Germany on April 6,…………..
A. 1907
B. 1917
C. 1927
D. 1937
Answer: B. 1917
260. The Fourteen Points was announced by President Woodrow Wilson of……………….
A. u.s.a.
B. france
C. england
D. italy
Answer: A. u.s.a.
261. Clemenceau was the Prime Minister of ………………
A. france
B. austria
C. hungary
D. yugoslavia
Answer: A. france
262. By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine
and the coal mines of the Saar basin to ………………….
A. france
B. austria
C. yugoslavia
D. czechoslovakia
Answer: A. france
263. By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Eupen and Malmedy to …………………
A. belgium
B. austria
C. hungary
D. yugoslavia
Answer: A. belgium
264. By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Memel to ………….
A. austria
B. lithuania
C. yugoslavia
D. czechoslovakia
Answer: B. lithuania
265. By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Northern Schleswig to ………………….
A. austria
B. denmark
C. hungary
D. yugoslavia
Answer: B. denmark
266. The Treaty of St. Germaine was imposed on ……………..on September 10, 1919.
A. china
B. hungary
C. austria
D. russia
Answer: C. austria
267. The Treaty of Neville was forced by the Allies upon …………..on November 27, 1919.
A. yugoslavia
B. turkey
C. hungary
D. bulgaria
Answer: D. bulgaria
268. The Allied powers imposed the Treaty of Sevres upon …………..on August 10, 1920.
A. turkey
B. china
C. hungary
D. yugoslavia
Answer: A. turkey
269. To promote international co-operation and peace, the American President
………………decided to create the League of Nations at the Paris Peace Conference.
A. theodore roosevelt
B. woodrow wilson
C. truman
D. kennedy
Answer: B. woodrow wilson
270. To promote international co-operation and peace, the American President Woodrow
Wilson decided to create the League of Nations at the ………………Peace Conference.
A. paris
B. peking
C. moscow
D. new delhi
Answer: A. paris
271. Germany entered into a Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary on ………………
A. 1859
B. 1879
C. 1885
D. 1894
Answer: B. 1879
272. In 1882……………. entered the Dual Alliance which now became the Triple Alliance.
A. china
B. turkey
C. italy
D. yugoslavia
Answer: C. italy
273. The Russian Revolution of ………….. led to the establishment of Constitutional
Monarchy in Russia.
A. 1805
B. 1895
C. 1905
D. 1909
Answer: C. 1905
274. In …………… Russia joined the Entente cordiale which became the Triple Entente.
A. 1807
B. 1857
C. 1867
D. 1907
Answer: D. 1907
275. In 1911………. seized the Ottoman Provinces of Tripoli and Cyrenaica which lead to the
Balkan Wars.
A. russia
B. italy
C. france
D. turkey
Answer: B. italy
276. In …………. First World War started in Europe.
A. 1904
B. 1914
C. 1925
D. 1934
Answer: B. 1914
277. In June 28,1914 Archduke ………………….and his wife are murdered by a Serbian youth
at Sarajevo.
A. mussolini
B. sun yat-sen
C. hitler
D. francis ferdinand
Answer: D. francis ferdinand
278. In July 20, 1914 ……………..declared war on Serbia.
A. china
B. usa
C. turkey
D. austria
Answer: D. austria
279. In Aug 1, 1914 – …………..declared war on Russia.
A. germany
B. usa
C. china
D. turkey
Answer: A. germany
280. In Aug 3, 1914 – Germany declared war on ……………
A. france
B. usa
C. turkey
D. china
Answer: A. france
281. In Aug 4, 1914 – ……………invaded Belgium.
A. germany
B. britain
C. russia
D. usa
Answer: A. germany
282. In …………….. Italy and Rumania joined the Allies.
A. 1815
B. 1875
C. 1905
D. 1915
Answer: D. 1915
283. In 1918 the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Germany and……………………
A. russia
B. turkey
C. britain
D. france
Answer: A. russia
284. In 1918 the Treaty of ………………was signed between Germany and Russia.
A. damascus
B. paris
C. brest-litovsk
D. london
Answer: C. brest-litovsk
285. In ………….. the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Germany and Russia.
A. 1908
B. 1912
C. 1918
D. 1942
Answer: C. 1918
286. In ……………………Fourteen Points, the League of Nations was first mentioned.
A. trotsky’s
B. woodrow wilson\s
C. truman’s
D. reagan’s
Answer: B. woodrow wilson\s
287. The League of Nations was established in ……………….
A. 1820
B. 1860
C. 1879
D. 1920
Answer: D. 1920
288. The League of Nations was dominated by ………..and France – the two key members.
A. turkey
B. greece
C. germany
D. britain
Answer: D. britain
289. The Assembly of the League of Nations met once a year in Geneva of …………………..
A. sweden
B. switzerland
C. finland
D. bulgaria
Answer: B. switzerland
290. ……………..president Woodrow Wilson who gave form and shape to the idea of The
League of Nations.
A. american
B. british
C. french
D. italian
Answer: A. american
291. The League of Nations’ assembly consisted of three representatives of every member
state which met once at…………..
A. geneva
B. turkey
C. genoa
D. hague
Answer: A. geneva
292. The League of Nations’ council consisted of nine members, ………..of whom were
permanent and rest temporary representing the smaller states.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer: D. five
293. The international court of justice of the League of Nations was set up at ……………to
decide international disputes.
A. hague
B. geneva
C. paris
D. rome
Answer: A. hague
294. The international court of justice of the League of Nations consisted of fifteen judges
elected by the assembly for a period of ……………..years.
A. five
B. six
C. seven
D. nine
Answer: D. nine
295. The League of nations prevented a war between Greece and Bulgaria in…………. and it
settled the Swedish Finnish dispute between Allan Isles.
A. 1825
B. 1865
C. 1905
D. 1925
Answer: D. 1925
296. On January 15, ……….., a peaceful demonstration led by Father Gapon at St. Petersburg
was fired upon by the Czarist troops.
A. 1805
B. 1815
C. 1905
D. 1922
Answer: C. 1905
297. On January 15, 1905, a peaceful demonstration led by……………….. ……………at St.
Petersburg was fired upon by the Czarist troops.
A. father gapon
B. trotsky
C. tzar nicholas
D. lenin
Answer: A. father gapon
298. The Social Democratic Party was founded in 1893 and in 1903; this party was split into
two; the Bolsheviks led by ……………and the Mensheviks led by Martov.
A. nikolai lenin
B. trotsky
C. stalin
D. kerensky
Answer: A. nikolai lenin
299. In the Russo-Japanese War of…………….., Russia, a giant state, received a crushing
defeat at the hands of Japan, a very small Asian power.
A. 1805
B. 1895
C. 1905
D. 1912
Answer: C. 1905
300. Czar ………………..of Russia was under the influence of his Czarina Alexandra
Fyodorovna.
A. nicholas ii
B. peter the great
C. louis xv
D. lenin
Answer: A. nicholas ii
301. Czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna was under the sway of the wicked and notorious monk
………………, who claimed to have spiritual powers that could heal the young prince.
A. peter the great
B. trotsky
C. stalin
D. rasputin
Answer: D. rasputin
302. A provisional coalition government came into existence in ……………by March 3, 1917,
under the premiership of Prince George Lvov.
A. france
B. britain
C. russia
D. italy
Answer: C. russia
303. Under ………………..leadership, the Bolsheviks criticized and exposed the shortcomings
of the Provisional Government.
A. lenin’s
B. trotsky
C. kerensky
D. george lvov
Answer: A. lenin’s
304. A huge armed demonstration was held against the Provisional Government
in…………….., on July 17, 1917.
A. archangel
B. ukraine
C. murmansk
D. petrograd
Answer: D. petrograd
305. …………………is rightly considered to be the Father of the Bolshevik Revolution.
A. george lvov
B. trotsky
C. lenin
D. alexander kerensky
Answer: C. lenin
306. According to the Constitution published and adopted on July 10, ……………………, Russia
was named as the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic.
A. 1902
B. 1908
C. 1918
D. 1926
Answer: C. 1918
307. In………………., the All-Russian Congress of Soviets created the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republic.
A. 1812
B. 1822
C. 1879
D. 1922
Answer: D. 1922
308. In………….., Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy (N.E.P) which was a blend of
state socialism and state capitalism.
A. 1901
B. 1911
C. 1921
D. 1927
Answer: C. 1921
309. In 1921, …………..introduced the New Economic Policy (N.E.P) which was a blend of
state socialism and state capitalism.
A. stalin
B. trotsky
C. alexander kerensky
D. lenin
Answer: D. lenin
310. After Lenin’s death in 1924, there was a keen struggle between his lieutenants Leon
Trotsky and………………, for taking his place.
A. mao
B. trotsky
C. alexander kerensky
D. joseph stalin
Answer: D. joseph stalin
311. ……………….inaugurated an era of five-Year plans(1928) in order to convert the weak,
agrarian Russian economy into a powerful and stable industrial economy.
A. trotsky
B. joseph stalin
C. bukharin
D. kamenev
Answer: B. joseph stalin
312. The monk Rasputin is killed by the nobles in …………..
A. 1806
B. 1816
C. 1879
D. 1916
Answer: D. 1916
313. On March 2, ………….. Czar Nicholas II forced to abdicate.
A. 1807
B. 1817
C. 1907
D. 1917
Answer: D. 1917
314. In Mar 3, 1917 – A Provisional coalition government in Russia under the Premiership
of ………….comes into existence.
A. trotsky
B. george lvov
C. bukharin
D. kamenev
Answer: B. george lvov
315. In July 1917 – An armed demonstration held against the Provisional Government at……
A. lithuania
B. petrograd
C. kurland
D. latvia
Answer: B. petrograd
316. October …………. – Revolution leads to the establishment of the dictatorship of the
laboring class.
A. 1907
B. 1917
C. 1908
D. 1914
Answer: B. 1917
317. …………….introduced the New Economic Policy in Russia.
A. lenin
B. trotsky
C. alexander kerensky
D. peter the great
Answer: A. lenin
318. ……………established a new constitution in USSR in 1936.
A. lenin
B. peter the great
C. trotsky
D. stalin
Answer: D. stalin
319. The Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern, also known as the …………
International (1919–1943), was an international communist organization.
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
Answer: C. third
320. …………………. was founded by Lenin in Moscow in March 1919 to coordinate the world
communist movement.
A. first international
B. second international
C. third international
D. fourth international
Answer: C. third international
321. Third International was founded by ……………in Moscow in March 1919 to coordinate
the world communist movement.
A. lenin
B. peter the great
C. trotsky
D. stalin
Answer: A. lenin
322. Third International was founded by Lenin in Moscow in March …………. to coordinate
the world communist movement.
A. 1809
B. 1819
C. 1919
D. 1929
Answer: C. 1919
323. Stalin publicly disbanded the Comintern in…………….
A. 1833
B. 1843
C. 1863
D. 1943
Answer: D. 1943
324. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was in the year………………..
A. 1818
B. 1819
C. 1849
D. 1918
Answer: D. 1918
325. After the Kronstadt Uprising of March 1921, ……………saw that the situation was
dangerous.
A. lenin
B. bukharin
C. kamenev
D. stalin
Answer: A. lenin
326. Who proclaimed`, “Everything must be set aside to increase production.”?
A. kerensky
B. bukharin
C. kamenev
D. lenin
Answer: D. lenin
327. ……………. thought that the collapse of Russian economy was mainly due to the
introduction of ‘War Communism’ during the Civil War.
A. lenin
B. bukharin
C. kamenev
D. stalin
Answer: A. lenin
328. Who declared a ‘Retreat from Communism’?
A. kerensky
B. bukharin
C. kamenev
D. lenin
Answer: D. lenin
329. In………….., Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy.
A. 1911
B. 1921
C. 1926
D. 1928
Answer: B. 1921
330. “In order to take two steps forward”, …………said, “we shall have to take one step
backward.”
A. lenin
B. bukharin
C. kamenev
D. alexander kerensky
Answer: A. lenin
331. The U.S.A. accorded recognition to the Soviet Union as late as…………….
A. 1733
B. 1833
C. 1863
D. 1933
Answer: D. 1933
332. The Soviet Union entered the League of Nations only in………………
A. 1934
B. 1936
C. 1937
D. 1938
Answer: A. 1934
333. The Treaty of Rapallo was between Germany and ………….in 1922
A. portugal
B. spain
C. greece
D. russia
Answer: D. russia
334. In March 1919, Lenin founded the Third International (or Comintern) in Moscow with
…………….as its President.
A. alexander kerensky
B. bukharin
C. kamenev
D. zinoviev
Answer: D. zinoviev
335. Zinoviev was the President of the …………..from 1920 to1926.
A. comintern
B. league of nations
C. uno
D. bolshevik party
Answer: A. comintern
336. The Russian Communist Party …………..decided the party policy and thus the policy of
the state
A. politburo
B. orgburo
C. secretariat
D. comintern
Answer: A. politburo
337. The Russian Communist Party the …………….decided the party organization and party
discipline
A. comintern
B. secretariat
C. politburo
D. orgburo
Answer: D. orgburo
338. Trotsky joined the Bolshevik Party only in……………….
A. 1907
B. 1917
C. 1927
D. 1937
Answer: B. 1917
339. ‘Socialism in One Country’ is associated with……………….
A. benito mussolini
B. stalin
C. lenin
D. trotsky
Answer: B. stalin
340. …………..deeply believed that a socialist country could not be built up in Russia unless
the revolution spread to other parts of the world.
A. trotsky
B. benito mussolini
C. bismarck
D. count cavour
Answer: A. trotsky
341. ………….advocated ‘socialism in one country’.
A. stalin
B. benito mussolini
C. trotsky
D. lenin
Answer: A. stalin
342. ……………….believed that Russia, with her vast resources, could build up herself as a
socialist country alone, without support from the outside.
A. lenin
B. trotsky
C. stalin
D. peter the great
Answer: C. stalin
343. ‘There was no need for a world revolution’ who said?.
A. stalin
B. benito mussolini
C. trotsky
D. lenin
Answer: A. stalin
344. On January 21, 1924, ……………died.
A. peter the great
B. trotsky
C. lenin
D. james ii
Answer: C. lenin
345. In……………., Trotsky was deported from Russia.
A. 1819
B. 1829
C. 1879
D. 1929
Answer: D. 1929
346. In 1940, Trotsky was assassinated in……………………
A. brazil
B. spain
C. greece
D. mexico
Answer: D. mexico
347. ……………..thought that rapid industrialization and collectivization of agriculture would
transform Russia into a rich and strong socialist state.
A. stalin
B. trotsky
C. mussolini
D. peter the great
Answer: A. stalin
348. …………………. Made use of the State Planning Commission (Gosplan) to make a survey of
the country’s economic resources.
A. benito mussolini
B. stalin
C. trotsky
D. lenin
Answer: B. stalin
349. ……………. Denounced the ‘Jewish’ Communism in ‘My Struggle’, and pointed out that he
would attack Russia.
A. hitler
B. benito mussolini
C. trotsky
D. lenin
Answer: A. hitler
350. Italian dictatorship was initiated by………………….
A. hitler
B. trotsky
C. lenin
D. benito mussolini
Answer: D. benito mussolini
351. ………………..developed the concept of the ‘Corporate State.’
A. lenin
B. trotsky
C. mussolini
D. hitler
Answer: C. mussolini
352. In 1923, ………….secured the island of Corfu (that was in Greece).
A. mussolini
B. trotsky
C. lenin
D. peter the great
Answer: A. mussolini
353. In October…………….., Italy and Germany formed a close alliance known as the Berlin-
Rome Axis.
A. 1916
B. 1926
C. 1927
D. 1936
Answer: D. 1936
354. In October 1936, Italy and …….formed a close alliance known as the Berlin-Rome Axis.
A. greece
B. spain
C. germany
D. moscow
Answer: C. germany
355. In…………., Italy joined the Anti-Comintern Pact against Russia.
A. 1935
B. 1937
C. 1939
D. 1945
Answer: B. 1937
356. Mussolini entered World War II on June 10,…………..
A. 1930
B. 1940
C. 1942
D. 1947
Answer: B. 1940
357. Adolf Hitler, an ………………by birth, joined the German army during World War I.
A. austrian
B. british
C. french
D. italian
Answer: A. austrian
358. Reichstag was the …………….Parliament
A. italian
B. british
C. french
D. german
Answer: D. german
359. On June 30, 1934 ……………….massacred thousands of socialists for treason, for which
the day came to be known as ’Bloody Saturday.’
A. adolf hitler
B. trotsky
C. mussolini
D. lenin
Answer: A. adolf hitler
360. On October 14, 1933, ……………….gave notice of withdrawal from the League of Nations
and the Disarmament Conference.
A. france
B. spain
C. britain
D. germany
Answer: D. germany
361. On March 19, 1935, …………violated Part V of the Treaty of Versailles by re-introducing
military conscription.
A. germany
B. spain
C. britain
D. france
Answer: A. germany
362. On March 7, 1936, …………..dispatched troops to remilitarize the Rhineland.
A. peter the great
B. mussolini
C. lenin
D. hitler
Answer: D. hitler
363. To expand German territory and power, ……………followed a policy of naked
aggression.
A. lenin
B. miguel primo de rivera
C. hitler
D. peter the great
Answer: C. hitler
364. With the help of……………, Hitler annexed Austria on March 11, 1938.
A. italy
B. spain
C. britain
D. france
Answer: A. italy
365. On March 15, 1939, …………invaded and annexed Czechoslovakia.
A. count cavour
B. lenin
C. peter the great
D. hitler
Answer: D. hitler
366. ………….. launched an armed attack on Poland, on September 1, 1939.
A. hitler
B. miguel primo de rivera
C. lenin
D. mussolini
Answer: A. hitler
367. The ‘Cortes’ was the National Assembly in………………
A. portugal
B. britain
C. france
D. italy
Answer: A. portugal
368. In ……………… Mussolini formed a political party which he names as Fascisti.
A. 1906
B. 1909
C. 1919
D. 1927
Answer: C. 1919
369. October 30, 1922 – King Victor Emmanuel III invited …………….to form the government
in Rome.
A. hitler
B. lenin
C. winston churchill
D. mussolini
Answer: D. mussolini
370. January 1930 – General Miguel Primo de Riviera of …………resigned from his office.
A. france
B. britain
C. spain
D. italy
Answer: C. spain
371. In 1931 – …………….invaded Manchuria.
A. france
B. britain
C. japan
D. italy
Answer: C. japan
372. A Republic was established in …………under the leadership of Zamora.
A. britain
B. spain
C. france
D. italy
Answer: B. spain
373. In 1932 – ………….acquired a German Citizenship.
A. lenin
B. winston churchill
C. chamberlain
D. hitler
Answer: D. hitler
374. In …………….. The Nazi party acquired 44% seats in the Reichstag (German Parliament)
A. 1931
B. 1933
C. 1938
D. 1941
Answer: B. 1933
375. In August …………. – After the death of President Hindenburg, Hitler became an absolute
ruler and is called the Fuehrer.
A. 1924
B. 1934
C. 1937
D. 1942
Answer: B. 1934
376. In ………… – Italy invaded Ethiopia.
A. 1905
B. 1915
C. 1935
D. 1937
Answer: C. 1935
377. The Second World War can be traced to the Treaty of Versailles, which had been
imposed on………………
A. germany
B. britain
C. france
D. italy
Answer: A. germany
378. In 1931, Japan grabbed Manchuria from…………..
A. italy
B. britain
C. france
D. china
Answer: D. china
379. World War II began with Hitler’s attack on Poland on September 1,………………
A. 1909
B. 1919
C. 1939
D. 1946
Answer: C. 1939
380. The Anglo-Russian Alliance was formed on July 22, ……………, for mutual military aid in
the war against Germany.
A. 1901
B. 1911
C. 1931
D. 1941
Answer: D. 1941
381. The American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was bombed by the Japanese on December
7,…………..
A. 1921
B. 1933
C. 1941
D. 1945
Answer: C. 1941
382. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of…………..
A. britain
B. france
C. italy
D. u.s.a
Answer: A. britain
383. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of …………
A. u.s.a
B. britain
C. france
D. italy
Answer: A. u.s.a
384. Japan continued to battle until atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
on August 6 and 9, …………….respectively, by the United States.
A. 1935
B. 1945
C. 1947
D. 1949
Answer: B. 1945
385. During the Second World War, the Nazi dictator, …………initiated a movement that
aimed at wiping out the whole race of Jews which was called the holocaust.
A. lenin
B. winston churchill
C. chamberlain
D. adolf hitler
Answer: D. adolf hitler
386. After the war, Japan was placed under the control of the Far Eastern Commission with
General …………….as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces.
A. mac arthur
B. lenin
C. hindenburg
D. victor emmanuel iii
Answer: A. mac arthur
387. In 1931 Japan captured……………
A. leningrad
B. greece
C. manchuria
D. peking
Answer: C. manchuria
388. In 1938 …………..annexed Austria.
A. britain
B. germany
C. france
D. italy
Answer: B. germany
389. September 3, 1939 – Britain and France declared war on ………….
A. britain
B. greece
C. leningrad
D. germany
Answer: D. germany
390. September 1939 – ……………..attacked and captured Denmark and Norway.
A. germany
B. greece
C. leningrad
D. yugoslavia
Answer: A. germany
391. November 30, 1939 – Soviet Union invaded………………
A. usa
B. greece
C. leningrad
D. finland
Answer: D. finland
392. Battle of Britain was in the year………………..
A. 1930
B. 1940
C. 1942
D. 1946
Answer: B. 1940
393. December 7, 1941 – …………..attacked Pearl Harbor.
A. usa
B. japan
C. malaysia
D. hong kong
Answer: B. japan
394. December ……………. Germany and Italy declared war on USA.
A. 1911
B. 1921
C. 1931
D. 1941
Answer: D. 1941
395. August 1945 – US dropped Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, (6th) and Nagasaki (9th), in ……
A. malaysia
B. china
C. japan
D. luxembourg
Answer: C. japan
396. …………. attacked Poland on September 1, 1939.
A. hitler
B. john f. kennedy
C. lenin
D. hindenburg
Answer: A. hitler
397. The U.S.A. entered the Second World War when …….attacked the Pearl Harbor in 1940.
A. belgium
B. malaysia
C. luxembourg
D. japan
Answer: D. japan
398. The United Nations Organization was established in………………..
A. 1935
B. 1945
C. 1947
D. 1949
Answer: B. 1945
399. In August …………… the Atlantic Charter was issued by the U.S. President Roosevelt and
the British Prime Minister Churchill.
A. 1901
B. 1911
C. 1921
D. 1941
Answer: D. 1941
400. In October 1944, a scheme for the establishment of an international security
organization was discussed at Dumbarton Oaks Conference held in………………….
A. washington dc
B. san francisco
C. malaysia
D. luxembourg
Answer: A. washington dc
401. ……………started functioning from 24th October, 1945.
A. u.n.o.
B. cento
C. seato
D. usa
Answer: A. u.n.o.
402. Headquarters of UNO was at…………………
A. new york
B. jerusalem
C. malaysia
D. hague
Answer: A. new york
403. The Security Council is the executive body of the ……………
A. u.n.o.
B. cento
C. seato
D. unicef
Answer: A. u.n.o.
404. The seat of The International Court of Justice of the U.N.O. is at ……………..in
Netherlands.
A. jerusalem
B. hague
C. malaysia
D. belgium
Answer: B. hague
405. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established
in…………….
A. 1936
B. 1946
C. 1948
D. 1949
Answer: B. 1946
406. Headquarters of UNICEF is………………….
A. new jersey
B. jerusalem
C. belgium
D. new york
Answer: D. new york
407. World Health Organization (WHO) was founded in April 1948 with its headquarters
at……………..
A. geneva
B. czechoslovakia
C. jerusalem
D. malaysia
Answer: A. geneva
408. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was
founded in 1946 with its headquarters at…………………
A. paris
B. czechoslovakia
C. jerusalem
D. belgium
Answer: A. paris
409. 1941 – The US president Roosevelt and the ……………Prime Minister Churchill issued
declaration called the Atlantic Charter.
A. spanish
B. british
C. portuguese
D. african
Answer: B. british
410. The UNICEF was established in …………. with its headquarters at New York.
A. 1916
B. 1926
C. 1928
D. 1946
Answer: D. 1946
411. November 1946 UNESCO was established with its head quarters at……………..
A. paris
B. belgium
C. thailand
D. czechoslovakia
Answer: A. paris
412. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was set up as the world´s “Atoms for
Peace” organization in …………..within the United Nations family.
A. 1907
B. 1917
C. 1927
D. 1957
Answer: D. 1957
413. The term ‘Cold War’ was first coined by Bernard Baruch, an ……………statesman and
later popularized by Professor Lippmann.
A. american
B. belgian
C. spanish
D. british
Answer: A. american
414. The Truman Doctrine was announced by President Truman in the American Congress
on March 12,…………..
A. 1947
B. 1949
C. 1957
D. 1958
Answer: A. 1947
415. Who declared that the United States must adopt a policy to support free peoples who
were resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures?
A. truman
B. john f. kennedy
C. yasser arafat
D. lenin
Answer: A. truman
416. The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in ………….on April 4, 1949.
A. washington
B. malaysia
C. belgium
D. paris
Answer: A. washington
417. ……………….., a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment,”
the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union.
A. george f. kennan
B. george c. marshall
C. john f. kennedy
D. yuri andropov
Answer: A. george f. kennan
418. Harry S. Truman was the president of ………………..
A. usa
B. french
C. soviet union
D. portugal
Answer: A. usa
419. Cominform was founded in ………………….
A. 1917
B. 1927
C. 1937
D. 1947
Answer: D. 1947
420. The initial seat of Cominform was located in …………….(then the capital of the
Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia).
A. belgrade
B. luxembourg
C. belgium
D. thailand
Answer: A. belgrade
421. After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from Cominform in June…………….., the seat was
moved to Bucharest, Romania.
A. 1908
B. 1918
C. 1948
D. 1953
Answer: C. 1948
422. The Second World War ended in …………. with the defeat of Nazi Germany.
A. 1915
B. 1925
C. 1935
D. 1945
Answer: D. 1945
423. The Berlin Wall fell in November …………………
A. 1949
B. 1959
C. 1969
D. 1989
Answer: D. 1989
424. Germany was reunified on 3 October………………..
A. 1940
B. 1950
C. 1960
D. 1990
Answer: D. 1990
425. Under the guidance of Soviet Russia, a founding meeting of the Chinese Communist
party (CCP) was held in ……….in July 1921.
A. luxembourg
B. shanghai
C. thailand
D. hunan
Answer: B. shanghai
426. On October 1, …………., Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation
of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
A. 1939
B. 1949
C. 1953
D. 1956
Answer: B. 1949
427. South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed in………….
A. 1944
B. 1954
C. 1957
D. 1959
Answer: B. 1954
428. Which was the Headquarters of SEATO?
A. czechoslovakia
B. bangkok
C. jerusalem
D. malaysia
Answer: B. bangkok
429. SEATO was formally disbanded in…………..
A. 1967
B. 1977
C. 1979
D. 1987
Answer: B. 1977
430. The Warsaw Pact officially disbanded in March and July of …………. following the
dissolution of the Soviet Union.
A. 1931
B. 1941
C. 1991
D. 1992
Answer: C. 1991
431. The main purpose of the …………Pact was to prevent communist incursions and foster
peace in the Middle East.
A. baghdad
B. albania
C. poland
D. palestine
Answer: A. baghdad
432. ………………. was renamed the Central Treaty Organization, or CENTO, in 1959 after Iraq
pulled out of the Pact.
A. baghdad
B. hungary
C. bulgaria
D. romania
Answer: A. baghdad
433. CENTO was formally disbanded in…………….
A. 1959
B. 1969
C. 1979
D. 1989
Answer: C. 1979
434. In…………, the Suez Canal became the focus of a major world conflict.
A. 1916
B. 1926
C. 1956
D. 1958
Answer: C. 1956
435. In the late 19th century ………….arose as a nationalist and political movement aimed at
restoring the land of Israel as a national home for the Jewish people.
A. zionism
B. cento
C. lollards
D. judaism
Answer: A. zionism
436. The first Zionist congress took place in 1897 in Basel under the guidance of
……………..journalist Theodor Herzl.
A. austrian
B. lebanon
C. soviet union
D. american
Answer: A. austrian
437. Who wrote the book “The Jewish State”?
A. theodor herzl
B. john f. kennedy
C. nikita khrushchev
D. fidel castro
Answer: A. theodor herzl
438. The PLO was created in …………………
A. 1914
B. 1924
C. 1944
D. 1964
Answer: D. 1964
439. By 1967 the ………………had decided that their primary goal was the destruction of the
state of Israel.
A. plo
B. zionism
C. cominform
D. cento
Answer: A. plo
440. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved on 25th
December,…………..
A. 1941
B. 1951
C. 1967
D. 1991
Answer: D. 1991
441. …………….led the USSR from 1962-1982.
A. leonid brezhnev
B. stalin
C. khrushchev
D. cherenkov
Answer: A. leonid brezhnev
442. In 1894 ……………..founded the Chinese Revival society.
A. dr. sun yat sen
B. chiang kai-shek
C. mao
D. yuanshikai
Answer: A. dr. sun yat sen
443. The Boxer Rebellion in China was in ………………
A. 1800
B. 1890
C. 1900
D. 1907
Answer: C. 1900
444. The Manchu dynasty was overthrown in a revolution of …………….
A. 1879
B. 1891
C. 1911
D. 1921
Answer: C. 1911
445. Japan captured Manchuria and withdrew from the League of Nations in ……………
A. 1911
B. 1921
C. 1931
D. 1935
Answer: C. 1931
446. In 1941 …………..attacked the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
A. china
B. japan
C. britain
D. spain
Answer: B. japan
447. In 1949 Indonesia becomes independent from …………rule.
A. none
B. dutch french
C. spanish
D. british
Answer: B. dutch french