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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 English (BA English) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) , Indian Administrative Service (IAS) , History .
Chapters
51. |
In…………….., Britain declared Egypt a British protectorate. |
A. | 1862 |
B. | 1882 |
C. | 1895 |
D. | 1905 |
Answer» B. 1882 |
52. |
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 |
53. |
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 |
54. |
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 |
55. |
…… ruled China from 1644 to 1912 actively sponsored and promoted Confucian culture. |
A. | manchus |
B. | hapsburg |
C. | bourbon |
D. | tudor |
Answer» A. manchus |
56. |
The Hundred Day Reforms in china was in the year………… |
A. | 1878 |
B. | 1898 |
C. | 1900 |
D. | 1902 |
Answer» B. 1898 |
57. |
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 |
58. |
By 1898, …………………had seized Kiaochow from China |
A. | china |
B. | germany |
C. | japan |
D. | america |
Answer» B. germany |
59. |
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 |
60. |
Boxer Uprising / Movement (1900) were in …………… |
A. | china |
B. | germany |
C. | japan |
D. | spain |
Answer» A. china |
61. |
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 |
62. |
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 |
63. |
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 |
64. |
The Empress Tz'u-hsi fled ……………..for Xian |
A. | peking |
B. | fukien |
C. | hunan |
D. | shensi |
Answer» A. peking |
65. |
Taiwan was ceded to ………….in 1895. |
A. | japan |
B. | hungary |
C. | china |
D. | germany |
Answer» A. japan |
66. |
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 |
67. |
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 |
68. |
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 |
69. |
Sun Yat-sen was born in a village near ………….in 1866. |
A. | kiangsi |
B. | hong kong |
C. | hungary |
D. | canton |
Answer» D. canton |
70. |
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 |
71. |
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 |
72. |
Wuhan Uprising was in October………………. |
A. | 1811 |
B. | 1821 |
C. | 1901 |
D. | 1911 |
Answer» D. 1911 |
73. |
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 |
74. |
The end of the Ch'ing dynasty was in February …………….. |
A. | 1812 |
B. | 1832 |
C. | 1843 |
D. | 1912 |
Answer» D. 1912 |
75. |
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 |
76. |
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 |
77. |
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 |
78. |
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 |
79. |
In 1911, ………….seized the Ottoman provinces of Tripoli and Cyrenaica. |
A. | italy |
B. | austria |
C. | hungary |
D. | russia |
Answer» A. italy |
80. |
First World War, which started in the year ………. |
A. | 1904 |
B. | 1912 |
C. | 1914 |
D. | 1918 |
Answer» C. 1914 |
81. |
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 |
82. |
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 |
83. |
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 |
84. |
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 |
85. |
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 |
86. |
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 |
87. |
The murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, on June 28, …………., by a fanatical Serbian student in Sarajevo (Bosnia) was the spark that set the World War off. |
A. | 1814 |
B. | 1884 |
C. | 1914 |
D. | 1918 |
Answer» C. 1914 |
88. |
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 |
89. |
……………. was signed in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany on March 1918. |
A. | austria |
B. | russia |
C. | yugoslavia |
D. | czechoslovakia |
Answer» B. russia |
90. |
The U.S.A. declared war against Germany on April 6,………….. |
A. | 1907 |
B. | 1917 |
C. | 1927 |
D. | 1937 |
Answer» B. 1917 |
91. |
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. |
92. |
Clemenceau was the Prime Minister of ……………… |
A. | france |
B. | austria |
C. | hungary |
D. | yugoslavia |
Answer» A. france |
93. |
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 |
94. |
By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Eupen and Malmedy to ………………… |
A. | belgium |
B. | austria |
C. | hungary |
D. | yugoslavia |
Answer» A. belgium |
95. |
By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Memel to …………. a) Austria b) Lithuania c) Yugoslavia d) Czechoslovakia 99. By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Northern Schleswig to …………………. |
A. | austria |
B. | denmark |
C. | hungary |
D. | yugoslavia |
Answer» B. denmark |
96. |
The Treaty of St. Germaine was imposed on ……………..on September 10, 1919. |
A. | china |
B. | hungary |
C. | austria |
D. | russia |
Answer» C. austria |
97. |
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 |
98. |
The Allied powers imposed the Treaty of Sevres upon …………..on August 10, 1920. |
A. | turkey |
B. | china |
C. | hungary |
D. | yugoslavia |
Answer» A. turkey |
99. |
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 |
100. |
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 |
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