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World History | Set 1

1. Who were the Axis powers in World War-II?

Correct : D. Germany, Italy, Japan

2. Where was Pablo Picasso from?

Correct : A. Spain

3. "The Three Emperors' League", 1873 was also known as -

Correct : A. Dreikaiserbund Treaty

4. Who said "Man is a social animal"?

Correct : A. Aristotle

5. Who said that "Where there is no Law there will not be Liberty"?

Correct : D. John Locke

6. Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution?

Correct : B. Rousseau

7. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?

Correct : B. England and France

8. The State is a necessary evil ac-cording to –

Correct : B. Liberalists

9. The famous painting 'Monalisa' was the creation of :

Correct : B. Leonardo-DaVinci

10. The United Kingdom is a classic example of a/an

Correct : C. constitutional monarchy

11. The Treaty of Versailles humiliated -

Correct : B. Germany

12. 'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity' is the call associated with -

Correct : B. French Revolution

13. Karl Marx lived in exile and wrote from

Correct : B. London

14. Napoleon-I and the Duke of Wellington fought the famous -

Correct : D. Battle of Waterloo

15. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?

Correct : C. Britain

16. Where was Christopher Columbus from?

Correct : B. Genoa

17. Who among the following played a prominent role during the "Reign of Terror" in France?

Correct : C. Robespierre

18. Who discovered the sea route to India?

Correct : A. Vasco-da-gama

19. Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was

Correct : D. Spanish

20. John Locke profounded :

Correct : A. Social Contract Theory

21. The Greek viewed "politics" on the basis of :

Correct : B. Ethical terms

22. Who was the first Calipha -

Correct : B. Abu Bakr

23. In which country is Karabla, the holy city of Shia Muslims located?

Correct : B. Iraq

24. The world's oldest continuously inhabited city is -

Correct : D. Damascus

25. Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the -

Correct : A. Parsees

26. Peking is the sacred place of -

Correct : C. Confucianism

27. On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?

Correct : D. with United Kingdom against Germany

28. During the reign of which dynasty was the Great Wall of China constructed?

Correct : D. Chin

29. From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 50th federating State?

Correct : C. Russia

30. Who was the American leader who led a non-violent movement to obtain full civil rights for American Negroes?

Correct : C. Martin Luther King

31. Who discovered America?

Correct : B. Columbus

32. Which one of the following coun-tries was first to establish a modern-democracy?

Correct : C. America

33. The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called:

Correct : C. Apartheid

34. Who was popularly known as Africa's Gandhi?

Correct : B. Nelson Mandela

35. Whih one of the following U.S. President visited China in 1972 for strengthening diplomatic ties?

Correct : A. Richard Nixon

36. The American Civil War saw the end of

Correct : A. Slavery

37. Indonesia was a colony of which of the following countries?

Correct : A. Dutch

38. In which country the Head of the State gets his office by the law of hereditary succession?

Correct : D. Japan

39. The city of "Tashkent" is located in -

Correct : A. Uzbekistan

40. French revolution broke out in the year

Correct : C. 1789

41. 1917 is know for -

Correct : D. The Russian Revolution

42. Potato was introduced to Europe by :

Correct : C. Spanish

43. Of the following, in which did Napoleonic France suffer final defeat?

Correct : A. Battle of Trafalgar

44. The Cremean War was fought between

Correct : B. Russia and Turkey

45. Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in -

Correct : D. 1933

46. With the fall of which among the following, the French Revolution began?

Correct : A. Bastille

47. Waterloo is located in

Correct : D. Belgium

48. Like Vedic Aryans, the custom of Sacrificial-fire was also followed by –

Correct : D. All the above

49. Who has given a call "Go back to nature"?

Correct : C. Rousseau

50. Who is called the "Greatest investigator of antiquity"?

Correct : B. Darwin

51. The Second World War started in the year —

Correct : B. 1939

52. Herodotus is considered as the father of

Correct : A. History

53. Who has given the statement "Man is born free but he is al-ways in chain?"

Correct : B. Rousseau

54. Who said, The State exists be-cause crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State'?

Correct : B. J.S. Mill

55. Who speaks of Cabinet system as "the steering wheel of the ship of state"?

Correct : B. Muir

56. Who is known as the "Lady with the Lamp"?

Correct : D. Sarojini Naidu

57. The war criminals of the II World War were put to trial in –

Correct : A. Nuremburg

58. 'Anti Semitism' to Adolf Hitler meant -

Correct : B. Anti Jewish policy

59. The Island of Corsica is associated with

Correct : C. Napolean Bonaparte

60. In which of the following wars, were the French completely defeated by the English?

Correct : A. Battle of Wandiwash

61. Name the country where the first Industrial Revolution took place :

Correct : B. Great Britain

62. The Opium wars were fought between-

Correct : A. Britain and China

63. Absolute sovereign power of the Monarch was advocated by -

Correct : A. Thomas Hobbes

64. Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in

Correct : B. Babylon

65. According to Marx, the source of value is -

Correct : C. Labour

66. "The word impossible is found in the dictionary of fools" was the famous quote of :

Correct : D. Napoleon

67. Mandan materialism came from the idea of -

Correct : C. Darwin

68. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year –

Correct : C. 1815

69. Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement "Anarchism"?

Correct : A. Mikhail Bakunin

70. Fascism believes in the application of the principle of :

Correct : D. Totalitarianism

71. Wall Street collapse led to -

Correct : D. Great Depression

72. The deas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, which influenced the Indian National Movement, was taken from -

Correct : D. French revolution

73. Independence movement of Vietnam was headed by -

Correct : D. Ho Chi Minh

74. Which one country is still governed by a monarch?

Correct : D. Saudi Arabia

75. The Wailing wall is situated in -

Correct : C. Jerusalem

76. Which of the following is not, a religion developed in ancient time (i.e. In B.C.)?

Correct : C. Islam

77. The Great Wall of China was built by -

Correct : C. Lao-tze

78. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between -

Correct : A. Russia and Turkey

79. In U.S.A. the President is elected by -

Correct : B. Universal Adult Franchise

80. he declaration that Democracy is a Government 'of the people, by the people; for the people' was made by –

Correct : C. Abraham Lincoln

81. The Declaration of American In- dependence was based on the theory of –

Correct : D. Natural Rights

82. Slash and burn agriculture is known as ‘Milpas in –

Correct : D. Mexico and Central America

83. Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488?

Correct : C. Bartholomew Dias

84. The development process under Capitalism has been described as "Creative Destruction" by -

Correct : A. Schumpeter

85. When was the League of Nations established?

Correct : B. In 1920

86. The previous name of Zaire was -

Correct : D. Sierra Leone

87. Two - Party System is found in -

Correct : B. U.S.A.

88. Pearl Harbour, where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed, was attacked by Japanese in–

Correct : C. 1941

89. Bangladesh was created in -

Correct : D. 1971

90. The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by -

Correct : C. Chiang Kai-shek

91. Japan's Parliament is known as -

Correct : A. Diet

92. When did China start the Civil Services Examinations?

Correct : A. 6 A.D

93. "What is the Third Estate?" pamphlet associated with the French Revolution, was written by :

Correct : D. Abbe Sieyes

94. When was the first of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war victims adopted?

Correct : C. 1864

95. Who was the first Prime-Minister of England?

Correct : C. Robert Walpole

96. Marx belonged to -

Correct : A. Germany

97. In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of what?

Correct : A. Prophecy

98. The "Last Supper' a famous Re- naissance Painting was a master piece of –

Correct : C. Leonardo da Vinci

99. From which language, has the term 'democracy' been derived?

Correct : A. Greek

100. What is the name of the world's smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq. km only?

Correct : A. Nauru