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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 151. |
In 1870 A.D. When Napoleon III, the French king withdrew his army from the Papal States on the wake of the Franco-Prussian War, the Italian army captured ……………and made it the capital of the Unified State of Italy. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | rome |
| C. | austria |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» B. rome | |
| 152. |
In 1800 Austria was defeated by …………..which combined the German States into the confederation of Rhine. |
| A. | otto von bismarck |
| B. | napoleon |
| C. | john cabot |
| D. | metternich |
| Answer» B. napoleon | |
| 153. |
The Congress of Vienna (1815 A.D) changed Germany into a confederation of 39 states under the control of…………….. |
| A. | austria |
| B. | germany |
| C. | italy |
| D. | denmark |
| Answer» A. austria | |
| 154. |
The teachers and students of the ……………University formed the secret Committee called “BRUSCHEN SHAFI” to preach nationalism. |
| A. | cambridge |
| B. | salerno |
| C. | oxford |
| D. | jena |
| Answer» D. jena | |
| 155. |
Metternich, the iron chancellor of …………..crushed the spirit of liberalism and controlled the activities of the patriots and liberal leaders of Germany. |
| A. | hanover |
| B. | austria |
| C. | germany |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» B. austria | |
| 156. |
The …………unification preceded the political unification in Germany. |
| A. | economic |
| B. | political |
| C. | social |
| D. | cultural |
| Answer» A. economic | |
| 157. |
In 1819 ……………..formed an economic union with 12 states and in 1834 a customs Union or Zolleverein was established by 18 states excluding Austria. |
| A. | prussia |
| B. | saxony |
| C. | bavaria |
| D. | wittenberg |
| Answer» A. prussia | |
| 158. |
Metternich had fled to ……………in the midst of mounting opposition. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | denmark |
| C. | england |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» C. england | |
| 159. |
On 21st March …………… the Frankfurt Assembly was summoned to take decisions regarding the unification of Germany and to frame a democratic constitution. |
| A. | 1648 |
| B. | 1748 |
| C. | 1788 |
| D. | 1848 |
| Answer» D. 1848 | |
| 160. |
The Frankfurt Assembly decided to exclude Austria from the united Germany and offered the throne of Germany to Frederick William IV of…………………... |
| A. | prussia |
| B. | denmark |
| C. | spain |
| D. | holland |
| Answer» A. prussia | |
| 161. |
In ………… A.D. William I became the King of Prussia. |
| A. | 1861 |
| B. | 1868 |
| C. | 1871 |
| D. | 1876 |
| Answer» A. 1861 | |
| 162. |
…………….. thought that only a powerful army could bring fame and glory as well as unity to Germany. |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | john cabot |
| C. | metternich |
| D. | bismarck |
| Answer» D. bismarck | |
| 163. |
Who fixed the straight path of war and not the long and zigzag path of democracy for the unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia? |
| A. | bismarck |
| B. | françois noël babeuf |
| C. | john cabot |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» A. bismarck | |
| 164. |
In 1872 A.D. …………..was made the Chancellor or Prime minister of Germany by William I. |
| A. | churchill |
| B. | metternich |
| C. | woodrow wilson |
| D. | bismarck |
| Answer» D. bismarck | |
| 165. |
Who believed that diplomacy without weapons is like music without instruments? |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | bismarck |
| C. | churchill |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» B. bismarck | |
| 166. |
……………… believed that the great questions of the day are not decided by speeches and resolutions of the majorities but by “Blood and Iron”. |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | françois noël babeuf |
| C. | metternich |
| D. | bismarck |
| Answer» D. bismarck | |
| 167. |
Bismarck resorted to wars to achieve the unification of Germany under Prussia. The first war was with …………in 1864 A.D. |
| A. | austria |
| B. | france |
| C. | germany |
| D. | denmark |
| Answer» D. denmark | |
| 168. |
Bismarck made an alliance with ……………with the promise of equal share of spoils of War, and invaded Denmark. |
| A. | austria |
| B. | france |
| C. | germany |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» A. austria | |
| 169. |
After a brief War Schleswig was united with …………..and Holstein was given to Austria. |
| A. | canada |
| B. | france |
| C. | africa |
| D. | prussia |
| Answer» D. prussia | |
| 170. |
The long awaited War between Austria and ……………began on the question of the division of spoils of the War with Denmark. |
| A. | africa |
| B. | france |
| C. | america |
| D. | prussia |
| Answer» D. prussia | |
| 171. |
At the battle of Sadova (1866 A.D) the Austrians were defeated and by the Treaty of Prague, ……………became the leader of the North German confederation. |
| A. | france |
| B. | prussia |
| C. | africa |
| D. | canada |
| Answer» B. prussia | |
| 172. |
By the Treaty of Frankfurt in May ……………. A.D. France ceded Alsace and Lorraine to Prussia in addition to a huge was compensation. |
| A. | 1861 |
| B. | 1866 |
| C. | 1871 |
| D. | 1899 |
| Answer» C. 1871 | |
| 173. |
On the 18th January ……….. A.D. the Prussian king William I was proclaimed “Kaiser” (Emperor) in the Hall of Mirrors of the palace of Versailles. |
| A. | 1841 |
| B. | 1855 |
| C. | 1867 |
| D. | 1871 |
| Answer» D. 1871 | |
| 174. |
The Meiji Restoration was a political and social revolution in ……………..in 1866-69. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | japan |
| C. | china |
| D. | america |
| Answer» B. japan | |
| 175. |
The Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) developed out of the rivalry between Russia and Japan for dominance in Korea and……………….. |
| A. | hunan |
| B. | manchuria |
| C. | quantung |
| D. | peking |
| Answer» B. manchuria | |
| 176. |
Theodore Roosevelt was the President of……………….. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | usa |
| C. | africa |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» B. usa | |
| 177. |
Abraham Lincoln as the President of …………………… |
| A. | america |
| B. | germany |
| C. | africa |
| D. | holland |
| Answer» A. america | |
| 178. |
On April 14, ………………Abraham Lincoln the president of America was assassinated by an unemployed actor of the south. |
| A. | 1856 |
| B. | 1862 |
| C. | 1865 |
| D. | 1876 |
| Answer» C. 1865 | |
| 179. |
……………….arose in the late 18th and early 19th century as a reaction to the economic and social changes associated with the Industrial Revolution. |
| A. | nihilism |
| B. | capitalism |
| C. | socialism |
| D. | anarchism |
| Answer» C. socialism | |
| 180. |
In the 1840s the term ………………..came into use to denote loosely a militant leftist form of socialism. |
| A. | capitalism |
| B. | socialism |
| C. | communism |
| D. | nihilism |
| Answer» C. communism | |
| 181. |
In………….., Marx and Engels wrote the famous Communist Manifesto, in which they set forth the principles of what Marx called "scientific socialism." |
| A. | 1748 |
| B. | 1828 |
| C. | 1838 |
| D. | 1848 |
| Answer» D. 1848 | |
| 182. |
Christian socialism was led in ……………by Frederick Denison Maurice and Charles Kingsley. |
| A. | holland |
| B. | germany |
| C. | america |
| D. | england |
| Answer» D. england | |
| 183. |
Ferdinand Lassalle was founder of the first workers' party in ………………..(1863). |
| A. | germany |
| B. | america |
| C. | holland |
| D. | abyssinia |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 184. |
In………….., Eduard Bernstein denied the inevitability of class conflict; he called for a revision of Marxism that would allow an evolutionary socialism. |
| A. | 1894 |
| B. | 1898 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1912 |
| Answer» B. 1898 | |
| 185. |
In………….., Bernstein's chief opponent, Karl Kautsky, insisted that the Social Democratic party adhere strictly to orthodox Marxist principles. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | netherlands |
| C. | latin america |
| D. | america |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 186. |
In ……………..the Fabian Society, founded in 1884, set forth basic principles of evolutionary socialism. |
| A. | belgium |
| B. | germany |
| C. | sweden |
| D. | great britain |
| Answer» D. great britain | |
| 187. |
The most momentous split took place in the …………….Social Democratic Labor party, which divided into the rival camps of Bolshevism and Menshevism. |
| A. | french |
| B. | african |
| C. | russian |
| D. | american |
| Answer» C. russian | |
| 188. |
It was the revolutionary opponents of gradualism, the Bolsheviks, who seized power in the Russian Revolution of ………………. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1927 |
| Answer» C. 1917 | |
| 189. |
The Paris Commune, functioning between March 18 to May 28 of………………, was spawned by the Franco-Prussian war. |
| A. | 1771 |
| B. | 1781 |
| C. | 1792 |
| D. | 1871 |
| Answer» D. 1871 | |
| 190. |
The Russian Revolution of ……………. was the first successful Communist Revolution of the world. |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1907 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1927 |
| Answer» C. 1917 | |
| 191. |
The roots of the Russian Revolution lay deep in the despotic old fashioned and oppressive rule of the unpopular Tsar………………. |
| A. | wilhelm liebknecht |
| B. | nicholas ii |
| C. | august bebel |
| D. | peter, the great |
| Answer» B. nicholas ii | |
| 192. |
……………….was influenced by the inner circle of the imperial court including the Tsarina and the Holy Devil, Rasputin. |
| A. | nicholas ii |
| B. | charles fourier |
| C. | robert owen |
| D. | peter, the great |
| Answer» A. nicholas ii | |
| 193. |
…………….., an extreme sort of liberalism, questioned everything bowed before no authority and aimed at destroying the existing Russian order. |
| A. | nihilism |
| B. | anarchism |
| C. | marxism |
| D. | socialism |
| Answer» A. nihilism | |
| 194. |
Whose weapons were books and bombs and the motto was “go among the people”? |
| A. | socialism |
| B. | anarchism |
| C. | marxism |
| D. | nihilism |
| Answer» D. nihilism | |
| 195. |
………………was the author of “the Poor” and “Mother”. |
| A. | maxim gorky |
| B. | tolstoy |
| C. | karl marx |
| D. | friedrich engels |
| Answer» A. maxim gorky | |
| 196. |
………… was the author of “War and Peace” and “Anna Karina”. |
| A. | william morris |
| B. | churchill |
| C. | turgenev |
| D. | tolstoy |
| Answer» D. tolstoy | |
| 197. |
………………was the author of “Fathers and Sons”. |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | william morris |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | turgenev |
| Answer» D. turgenev | |
| 198. |
………………… was the author of “Crime and punishment” |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | saint-simon |
| C. | louis blanc |
| D. | dostoevsky |
| Answer» D. dostoevsky | |
| 199. |
The Mensheviks led by ……………stood for peaceful and constitutional methods to destroy autocracy. |
| A. | churchill |
| B. | woodrow wilson |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» C. kerensky | |
| 200. |
The Bolsheviks led by …………….stood for Marxian ideas. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | kerensky |
| C. | woodrow wilson |
| D. | churchill |
| Answer» A. lenin | |
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