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Roots of the Modern World | Set 2

1. The …………..Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789.

Correct : A. french

2. The French Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, ………….

Correct : A. 1789

3. 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?"

Correct : A. louis xiv

4. When his ministers attempted to discuss affairs of the state with him, who merely remarked, "After me, the deluge."

Correct : A. louis xv

5. Queen Marie Antoinette was the Queen of ……………..

Correct : B. louis xvi

6. Who put forward the theory of ‘the separation of powers’?

Correct : B. montesquieu

7. The Bloodless or Glorious Revolution started in England in ……….

Correct : B. 1688

8. July 14, …………saw the fall of the Bastille, a royal fortress and symbol of Bourbon autocracy.

Correct : B. 1789

9. Feudalism and serfdom was abolished in France in August ………….. by the National Assembly.

Correct : B. 1789

10. The Constitution of ……….. was the first written constitution of France.

Correct : B. 1791

11. The ………….were moderates who wanted a republican form of government in France.

Correct : A. girondists

12. The Jacobins of ……………..were republicans of the extreme type.

Correct : B. france

13. King Louis XVI was found guilty of high treason by the National Convention and was guillotined on 21st January ………

Correct : C. 1793

14. Who is regarded as ’the father of the railway locomotive’?

Correct : B. george stephenson

15. The ’reign of terror’ came to an end with the revolt of the Parisian mob against Robespierre who was guillotined on March 13, ………….

Correct : C. 1794

16. 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 ……………

Correct : A. third

17. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a fundamental document of the ……………………..

Correct : C. french revolution

18. Year of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ……………..

Correct : C. 4th july 1776

19. ……………….was the primary author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

Correct : C. thomas jefferson

20. Napoleon crowned himself Emperor on 2 December ……….. at Notre Dame de Paris

Correct : D. 1804

21. Year of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Correct : D. 1805

22. "The battle of Austerlitz is the finest of all I have fought." Who said?

Correct : D. napoleon bonaparte

23. Who defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt ?

Correct : A. napoleon bonaparte

24. 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.

Correct : D. napoleon bonaparte

25. Napoleon escaped from Elba on 26 February …………..

Correct : D. 1815

26. Battle of Waterloo ,18 June ……………..

Correct : D. 1815

27. 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.

Correct : A. napoleon bonaparte

28. …………..negotiated with Pope Pius VII. Finally, a Concordat was concluded in 1802.

Correct : D. napoleon bonaparte

29. The Continental System or Continental Blockade was the foreign policy of …………….

Correct : A. napoleon bonaparte

30. ………….., by Orders in Council (1807), prohibited its trade partners from trading with France.

Correct : A. britain

31. The French Revolution of…………, also known as the July Revolution.

Correct : D. 1830

32. The Congress of Vienna was headed by ………………..

Correct : A. metternich

33. The term 'Industrial Revolution' was first used by the historian…………, to describe the economic development in England, from 1760 to 1840.

Correct : A. arnold toynbee

34. The Industrial Revolution first started in …………….

Correct : D. england

35. Who introduced the continental system?

Correct : A. napoleon bonaparte

36. In 1764, ……………..invented a machine called the ’Spinning Jenny.’

Correct : A. james hargreaves

37. In 1769, ……………invented a machine run by waterpower instead of manpower. Hence it came to be called the ’Water-Frame’.

Correct : A. richard arkwright

38. Samuel Crompton removed the defects of the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame, with his machine known as ……………..

Correct : A. spinning mule

39. In 1733, ………….had invented a device called the ’Flying Shuttle’.

Correct : A. john kay

40. In 1785, ……………..invented the Automatic or Power Loom.

Correct : A. dr. edmund cartwright

41. Who invented a machine called the ’Cotton Gin.’?

Correct : A. eli whitney

42. In 1816, …………….invented a machine called Davy’s Safety Lamp.’

Correct : A. sir humphry davy

43. In 1801, ………………invented the first steam locomotive.

Correct : A. richard trevithick

44. In 1807, …………..invented the steamboat called the ’Clermont’.

Correct : A. robert fulton

45. …………..invented the first steam engine in 1705, in order to pump water out of the mines.

Correct : A. thomas newcomen

46. In 1769, ………….invented a better steam engine called the ’Beelzebub.’

Correct : A. james watt

47. The discovery of a new method of ’Crop Rotation’, was made by……………….

Correct : A. viscount townsend

48. In……………., Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the ‘Communist Manifesto’ which introduced scientific socialism or Communism.

Correct : C. 1848

49. ……………means "leave to do, leave to pass" or more accurately "let things alone, let them pass".

Correct : C. laissez-faire

50. The "People's Charter" of 1838 was a public petition aimed at redressing omissions from the electoral ……………………..

Correct : C. reform act of 1832

51. Who formed a Consultative Council, known as the ’Witan’ (the Council of the wise men), which was composed of several learned men?.

Correct : D. king alfred

52. On June 15, 1215 ……………affixed his seal on the ’Great Charter’, which is referred to as the ’Magna Carta.’

Correct : D. king john

53. Who is called as the "Father of Parliament"?

Correct : D. simon-de-montford

54. ……………was a strong champion of the doctrine of the Divine Right of kings.

Correct : D. james i

55. Who was called the "Great Protector?"

Correct : D. oliver cromwell

56. Which was year of The Glorious Revolution of England?

Correct : D. 1688

57. William of Orange was the Protestant ruler of Holland and the son-in-law of ………….

Correct : D. james ii

58. As James II would not be able to fight against the Parliament and William of Orange, he escaped to ……………….

Correct : D. france

59. The Act of Settlement was also passed in …………….

Correct : D. 1701

60. Who was the first Prime Minister of Britain?

Correct : A. sir robert walpole

61. 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 …………….

Correct : A. benjamin disraeli

62. ……………..regarded the Reform Act of 1867 as ’a leap in the dark.’

Correct : A. lord derby

63. The Secret Ballot Act introduced by ……………in 1872.

Correct : A. gladstone

64. The duration of Parliament was reduced from seven to five years by ……………..

Correct : A. parliamentary act, 1911

65. 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.

Correct : D. 1918

66. 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.

Correct : B. 1928

67. Simon Boivar was the Liberator of ………………

Correct : B. latin america

68. Kansass –Ne-Braska Act was passed in ………….

Correct : B. 1854

69. The secessionist tendency gathered momentum after the ………..decision of 1857 and the conflict between Northerners and Southerners in America became more severe.

Correct : A. dredscot

70. Abraham Lincoln was Born in …………in 1809.

Correct : B. kentucky

71. ………..became nationally famous in 1858 when he competed for the post of Senator from Illinois against Stephen A Douglas.

Correct : B. abraham lincoln

72. Who gave a beautiful definition to democracy in his famous Gettysburg speech?

Correct : A. abraham lincoln

73. Who was called “The Iron Chancellor" of Germany?

Correct : C. otto von bismarck

74. ‘Carbonari’ was a secret society of ………….

Correct : C. italy

75. The Seven Weeks' War was between Austria and …………….

Correct : A. prussia

76. Who wrote ‘Asia and Western Dominance’

Correct : C. k.m.panikkar

77. ‘Age of Capital’ was the work of …………

Correct : A. e.j. hobsbaum

78. The unification of Italy is an outstanding achievement in the ………… century history of Europe.

Correct : C. 19th

79. The …………….Revolution of 1789 produced in Italians, a sense of nationalism.

Correct : A. french

80. ………………gave the first impulse to Italian unification.

Correct : A. napoleon

81. ………………drove away the Austrians and the Bourbons at Sadova.

Correct : A. napoleon

82. Early in the 19th century, national feeling in ………….was stirred by revolutionary secret societies known as Carbonari

Correct : A. italy

83. The Carbonari wanted to overthrow foreign rule imposed by the Vienna settlement and unify……………..

Correct : A. italy

84. The Carbonari wanted to overthrow foreign rule imposed by the ………….settlement and unify Italy. The movement was known as Risorgimento.

Correct : A. vienna

85. In July, 1830, when a revolution in France placed ……………….on the throne and established a constitutional monarch.

Correct : A. louie philip

86. To carry out his ideals, ……….established, in 1831, a movement known as “Young Italy.”

Correct : B. joseph mazzini

87. The “Young Italy” of …………………..lit the flames of patriotism throughout Italy and helped the cause of Italian unification.

Correct : A. joseph mazzini

88. The Austrian army crushed the revolt at Custozza near……………

Correct : A. venice

89. Mazzini roused the people of the Papal States against the…………….

Correct : D. pope

90. The Pope was expelled from …………….and a Republic was proclaimed under a committee of three, of which Mazzini was one.

Correct : B. rome

91. The Austrians defeated ………………at Navora and he abdicated in favor of his son, Victor Emmanuel II.

Correct : A. charles albert

92. The Austrians defeated Charles Albert at …………….and he abdicated in favor of his son, Victor Emmanuel II.

Correct : D. navora

93. …………….., the “Bismarck” of Italy realized that without any external help, Italy could never be free.

Correct : B. count cavour

94. By a stroke of diplomatic genius, ……………offered the services of Scandinavian troops to Napoleon III at a critical stage of the Crimean war.

Correct : A. count cavour

95. The Italians aided by Napoleon III defeated the Austrians at Magenta and Solferino in…………..

Correct : C. 1859

96. The Dutchies of Tuscany, Parma, Modena and Romagna expelled their despotic rulers and joined with…………..

Correct : C. sardinia

97. In 1860, the people of Naples and Sicily rose against the Bourbon King……………….

Correct : A. francis ii

98. ……………..along with his volunteers landed in Sicily and annexed the two kingdoms to Sardinia.

Correct : A. garibaldi

99. ………………..himself led an army into the Papal States and defeated the Papal forces at Casgifigaria.

Correct : C. victor emmanuel

100. In 1861, the first Italian Parliament except Rome met at …………..and conferred upon Victor Emmanuel II, the title of “King of Italy.”

Correct : A. turin