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| 101. |
Germany entered into a Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary on ……………... |
| A. | 1859 |
| B. | 1879 |
| C. | 1885 |
| D. | 1894 |
| Answer» B. 1879 | |
| 102. |
In 1882……………. entered the Dual Alliance which now became the Triple Alliance. |
| A. | china |
| B. | turkey |
| C. | italy |
| D. | yugoslavia |
| Answer» C. italy | |
| 103. |
The Russian Revolution of ………….. led to the establishment of Constitutional Monarchy in Russia. |
| A. | 1805 |
| B. | 1895 |
| C. | 1905 |
| D. | 1909 |
| Answer» C. 1905 | |
| 104. |
In …………… Russia joined the Entente cordiale which became the Triple Entente. |
| A. | 1807 |
| B. | 1857 |
| C. | 1867 |
| D. | 1907 |
| Answer» D. 1907 | |
| 105. |
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 | |
| 106. |
In …………. First World War started in Europe. |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1925 |
| D. | 1934 |
| Answer» B. 1914 | |
| 107. |
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 | |
| 108. |
In July 20, 1914 ……………..declared war on Serbia. |
| A. | china |
| B. | usa |
| C. | turkey |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» D. austria | |
| 109. |
In Aug 1, 1914 - …………..declared war on Russia. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | usa |
| C. | china |
| D. | turkey |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 110. |
In Aug 3, 1914 - Germany declared war on …………… |
| A. | france |
| B. | usa |
| C. | turkey |
| D. | china |
| Answer» A. france | |
| 111. |
In Aug 4, 1914 - ……………invaded Belgium. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | britain |
| C. | russia |
| D. | usa |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 112. |
In …………….. Italy and Rumania joined the Allies. |
| A. | 1815 |
| B. | 1875 |
| C. | 1905 |
| D. | 1915 |
| Answer» D. 1915 | |
| 113. |
In 1918 the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Germany and…………………... |
| A. | russia |
| B. | turkey |
| C. | britain |
| D. | france |
| Answer» A. russia | |
| 114. |
In 1918 the Treaty of ………………was signed between Germany and Russia. |
| A. | damascus |
| B. | paris |
| C. | brest-litovsk |
| D. | london |
| Answer» C. brest-litovsk | |
| 115. |
In ………….. the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Germany and Russia. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1912 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» C. 1918 | |
| 116. |
The flashpoint of the First World War is generally regarded as the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, during a state visit to……………. |
| A. | london |
| B. | paris |
| C. | sarajevo |
| D. | damascus |
| Answer» C. sarajevo | |
| 117. |
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 | |
| 118. |
The League of Nations was established in ………………. |
| A. | 1820 |
| B. | 1860 |
| C. | 1879 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» D. 1920 | |
| 119. |
The League of Nations was dominated by ………..and France - the two key members. |
| A. | turkey |
| B. | greece |
| C. | germany |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» D. britain | |
| 120. |
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 | |
| 121. |
……………..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 | |
| 122. |
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 | |
| 123. |
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 | |
| 124. |
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 | |
| 125. |
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 | |
| 126. |
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 | |
| 127. |
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 | |
| 128. |
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 | |
| 129. |
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 | |
| 130. |
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 | |
| 131. |
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 | |
| 132. |
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 | |
| 133. |
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 | |
| 134. |
The brilliant leadership and the moving spirit of …………….was responsible for the October Revolution in Russia. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | trotsky |
| C. | stalin |
| D. | kerensky e) george lvov |
| Answer» A. lenin | |
| 135. |
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 | |
| 136. |
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 | |
| 137. |
…………………is rightly considered to be the Father of the Bolshevik Revolution. |
| A. | george lvov |
| B. | trotsky |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | alexander kerensky |
| Answer» C. lenin | |
| 138. |
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 | |
| 139. |
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 | |
| 140. |
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 | |
| 141. |
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 | |
| 142. |
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 | |
| 143. |
……………….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 | |
| 144. |
The monk Rasputin is killed by the nobles in ………….. |
| A. | 1806 |
| B. | 1816 |
| C. | 1879 |
| D. | 1916 |
| Answer» D. 1916 | |
| 145. |
On March 2, ………….. Czar Nicholas II forced to abdicate. |
| A. | 1807 |
| B. | 1817 |
| C. | 1907 |
| D. | 1917 |
| Answer» D. 1917 | |
| 146. |
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 | |
| 147. |
In July 1917 - An armed demonstration held against the Provisional Government at…… |
| A. | lithuania |
| B. | petrograd |
| C. | kurland |
| D. | latvia |
| Answer» B. petrograd | |
| 148. |
October …………. - Revolution leads to the establishment of the dictatorship of the laboring class. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1914 |
| Answer» B. 1917 | |
| 149. |
…………….introduced the New Economic Policy in Russia. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | trotsky |
| C. | alexander kerensky |
| D. | peter the great |
| Answer» A. lenin | |
| 150. |
……………established a new constitution in USSR in 1936. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | peter the great |
| C. | trotsky |
| D. | stalin |
| Answer» D. stalin | |
| 151. |
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 | |
| 152. |
…………………. 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 | |
| 153. |
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 | |
| 154. |
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 | |
| 155. |
Stalin publicly disbanded the Comintern in……………. |
| A. | 1833 |
| B. | 1843 |
| C. | 1863 |
| D. | 1943 |
| Answer» D. 1943 | |
| 156. |
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was in the year……………….. |
| A. | 1818 |
| B. | 1819 |
| C. | 1849 |
| D. | 1918 |
| Answer» D. 1918 | |
| 157. |
After the Kronstadt Uprising of March 1921, ……………saw that the situation was dangerous. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | bukharin |
| C. | kamenev |
| D. | stalin |
| Answer» A. lenin | |
| 158. |
Who proclaimed`, "Everything must be set aside to increase production.”? |
| A. | kerensky |
| B. | bukharin |
| C. | kamenev |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» D. lenin | |
| 159. |
……………. 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 | |
| 160. |
Who declared a 'Retreat from Communism’? |
| A. | kerensky |
| B. | bukharin |
| C. | kamenev |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» D. lenin | |
| 161. |
In………….., Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1928 |
| Answer» B. 1921 | |
| 162. |
"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 | |
| 163. |
The U.S.A. accorded recognition to the Soviet Union as late as……………. |
| A. | 1733 |
| B. | 1833 |
| C. | 1863 |
| D. | 1933 |
| Answer» D. 1933 | |
| 164. |
The Soviet Union entered the League of Nations only in……………... |
| A. | 1934 |
| B. | 1936 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1938 |
| Answer» A. 1934 | |
| 165. |
The Treaty of Rapallo was between Germany and ………….in 1922 |
| A. | portugal |
| B. | spain |
| C. | greece |
| D. | russia |
| Answer» D. russia | |
| 166. |
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 | |
| 167. |
Zinoviev was the President of the …………..from 1920 to1926. |
| A. | comintern |
| B. | league of nations |
| C. | uno |
| D. | bolshevik party |
| Answer» A. comintern | |
| 168. |
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 | |
| 169. |
The Russian Communist Party the …………….decided the party organization and party discipline |
| A. | comintern |
| B. | secretariat |
| C. | politburo |
| D. | orgburo |
| Answer» D. orgburo | |
| 170. |
Trotsky joined the Bolshevik Party only in………………. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» B. 1917 | |
| 171. |
'Socialism in One Country' is associated with………………. |
| A. | benito mussolini |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | trotsky |
| Answer» B. stalin | |
| 172. |
…………..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 | |
| 173. |
………….advocated 'socialism in one country'. |
| A. | stalin |
| B. | benito mussolini |
| C. | trotsky |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» A. stalin | |
| 174. |
……………….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 | |
| 175. |
‘There was no need for a world revolution’ who said?. |
| A. | stalin |
| B. | benito mussolini |
| C. | trotsky |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» A. stalin | |
| 176. |
On January 21, 1924, ……………died. |
| A. | peter the great |
| B. | trotsky |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | james ii |
| Answer» C. lenin | |
| 177. |
In……………., Trotsky was deported from Russia. |
| A. | 1819 |
| B. | 1829 |
| C. | 1879 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» D. 1929 | |
| 178. |
In 1940, Trotsky was assassinated in…………………... |
| A. | brazil |
| B. | spain |
| C. | greece |
| D. | mexico |
| Answer» D. mexico | |
| 179. |
……………..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 | |
| 180. |
…………………. 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 | |
| 181. |
……………. 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 | |
| 182. |
Italian dictatorship was initiated by…………………. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | trotsky |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | benito mussolini |
| Answer» D. benito mussolini | |
| 183. |
………………..developed the concept of the ‘Corporate State.’ |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | trotsky |
| C. | mussolini |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» C. mussolini | |
| 184. |
In 1923, ………….secured the island of Corfu (that was in Greece). |
| A. | mussolini |
| B. | trotsky |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | peter the great |
| Answer» A. mussolini | |
| 185. |
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 | |
| 186. |
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 | |
| 187. |
In…………., Italy joined the Anti-Comintern Pact against Russia. |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1937 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» B. 1937 | |
| 188. |
Mussolini entered World War II on June 10,………….. |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» B. 1940 | |
| 189. |
Adolf Hitler, an ………………by birth, joined the German army during World War I. |
| A. | austrian |
| B. | british |
| C. | french |
| D. | italian |
| Answer» A. austrian | |
| 190. |
Reichstag was the …………….Parliament |
| A. | italian |
| B. | british |
| C. | french |
| D. | german |
| Answer» D. german | |
| 191. |
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 | |
| 192. |
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 | |
| 193. |
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 | |
| 194. |
On March 7, 1936, …………..dispatched troops to remilitarize the Rhineland. |
| A. | peter the great |
| B. | mussolini |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» D. hitler | |
| 195. |
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 | |
| 196. |
With the help of……………, Hitler annexed Austria on March 11, 1938. |
| A. | italy |
| B. | spain |
| C. | britain |
| D. | france |
| Answer» A. italy | |
| 197. |
On March 15, 1939, …………invaded and annexed Czechoslovakia. |
| A. | count cavour |
| B. | lenin |
| C. | peter the great |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» D. hitler | |
| 198. |
………….. launched an armed attack on Poland, on September 1, 1939. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | miguel primo de rivera |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | mussolini |
| Answer» A. hitler | |
| 199. |
The ‘Cortes’ was the National Assembly in……………... |
| A. | portugal |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» A. portugal | |
| 200. |
In ……………… Mussolini formed a political party which he names as Fascisti. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1909 |
| C. | 1919 |
| D. | 1927 |
| Answer» C. 1919 | |
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