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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
| 401. |
October 30, 1922 - King Victor Emmanuel III invited …………….to form the government in Rome. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | lenin |
| C. | winston churchill |
| D. | mussolini |
| Answer» D. mussolini | |
| 402. |
January 1930 - General Miguel Primo de Riviera of …………resigned from his office. |
| A. | france |
| B. | britain |
| C. | spain |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» C. spain | |
| 403. |
In 1931 - …………….invaded Manchuria. |
| A. | france |
| B. | britain |
| C. | japan |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» C. japan | |
| 404. |
A Republic was established in ………...under the leadership of Zamora. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | spain |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» B. spain | |
| 405. |
In 1932 - ………….acquired a German Citizenship. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | winston churchill |
| C. | chamberlain |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» D. hitler | |
| 406. |
In …………….. The Nazi party acquired 44% seats in the Reichstag (German Parliament) |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1938 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» B. 1933 | |
| 407. |
In August …………. - After the death of President Hindenburg, Hitler became an absolute ruler and is called the Fuehrer. |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» B. 1934 | |
| 408. |
In ………… - Italy invaded Ethiopia. |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1915 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» C. 1935 | |
| 409. |
The Second World War can be traced to the Treaty of Versailles, which had been imposed on……………... |
| A. | germany |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 410. |
In 1931, Japan grabbed Manchuria from………….. |
| A. | italy |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | china |
| Answer» D. china | |
| 411. |
World War II began with Hitler’s attack on Poland on September 1,……………... |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» C. 1939 | |
| 412. |
The Anglo-Russian Alliance was formed on July 22, ……………, for mutual military aid in the war against Germany. |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» D. 1941 | |
| 413. |
The American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was bombed by the Japanese on December 7,………….. |
| A. | 1921 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1941 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» C. 1941 | |
| 414. |
Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of………….. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | france |
| C. | italy |
| D. | u.s.a |
| Answer» A. britain | |
| 415. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of ………… |
| A. | u.s.a |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» A. u.s.a | |
| 416. |
Japan continued to battle until atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, …………….respectively, by the United States. |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» B. 1945 | |
| 417. |
During the Second World War, the Nazi dictator, …………initiated a movement that aimed at wiping out the whole race of Jews which was called the holocaust. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | winston churchill |
| C. | chamberlain |
| D. | adolf hitler |
| Answer» D. adolf hitler | |
| 418. |
After the war, Japan was placed under the control of the Far Eastern Commission with General …………….as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces. |
| A. | mac arthur |
| B. | lenin |
| C. | hindenburg |
| D. | victor emmanuel iii |
| Answer» A. mac arthur | |
| 419. |
In 1931 Japan captured…………... |
| A. | leningrad |
| B. | greece |
| C. | manchuria |
| D. | peking |
| Answer» C. manchuria | |
| 420. |
In 1938 …………..annexed Austria. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | germany |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» B. germany | |
| 421. |
September 3, 1939 - Britain and France declared war on …………. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | greece |
| C. | leningrad |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» D. germany | |
| 422. |
September 1939 - ……………..attacked and captured Denmark and Norway. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | greece |
| C. | leningrad |
| D. | yugoslavia |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 423. |
November 30, 1939 - Soviet Union invaded……………... |
| A. | usa |
| B. | greece |
| C. | leningrad |
| D. | finland |
| Answer» D. finland | |
| 424. |
Battle of Britain was in the year……………….. |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» B. 1940 | |
| 425. |
December 7, 1941 - …………..attacked Pearl Harbor. |
| A. | usa |
| B. | japan |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | hong kong |
| Answer» B. japan | |
| 426. |
December ……………. Germany and Italy declared war on USA. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» D. 1941 | |
| 427. |
August 1945 - US dropped Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, (6th) and Nagasaki (9th), in …… |
| A. | malaysia |
| B. | china |
| C. | japan |
| D. | luxembourg |
| Answer» C. japan | |
| 428. |
…………. attacked Poland on September 1, 1939. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | john f. kennedy |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | hindenburg |
| Answer» A. hitler | |
| 429. |
The U.S.A. entered the Second World War when …….attacked the Pearl Harbor in 1940. |
| A. | belgium |
| B. | malaysia |
| C. | luxembourg |
| D. | japan |
| Answer» D. japan | |
| 430. |
The United Nations Organization was established in……………….. |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» B. 1945 | |
| 431. |
In August …………… the Atlantic Charter was issued by the U.S. President Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Churchill. |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1921 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» D. 1941 | |
| 432. |
In October 1944, a scheme for the establishment of an international security organization was discussed at Dumbarton Oaks Conference held in…………………. |
| A. | washington dc |
| B. | san francisco |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | luxembourg |
| Answer» A. washington dc | |
| 433. |
The Yalta Conference held in 1945 in which the U.S. President Roosevelt, the British Prime Minister Churchill and the Soviet Prime Minister …………met to resolve to call for a session of the United Nations. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | winston churchill |
| D. | hindenburg |
| Answer» B. stalin | |
| 434. |
……………started functioning from 24th October, 1945. |
| A. | u.n.o. |
| B. | cento |
| C. | seato |
| D. | usa |
| Answer» A. u.n.o. | |
| 435. |
Headquarters of UNO was at………………... |
| A. | new york |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | hague |
| Answer» A. new york | |
| 436. |
The Security Council is the executive body of the …………… |
| A. | u.n.o. |
| B. | cento |
| C. | seato |
| D. | unicef |
| Answer» A. u.n.o. | |
| 437. |
The seat of The International Court of Justice of the U.N.O. is at ……………..in Netherlands. |
| A. | jerusalem |
| B. | hague |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | belgium |
| Answer» B. hague | |
| 438. |
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established in……………. |
| A. | 1936 |
| B. | 1946 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» B. 1946 | |
| 439. |
Headquarters of UNICEF is…………………. |
| A. | new jersey |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» D. new york | |
| 440. |
World Health Organization (WHO) was founded in April 1948 with its headquarters at…………….. |
| A. | geneva |
| B. | czechoslovakia |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | malaysia |
| Answer» A. geneva | |
| 441. |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in 1946 with its headquarters at………………... |
| A. | paris |
| B. | czechoslovakia |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | belgium |
| Answer» A. paris | |
| 442. |
1941 - The US president Roosevelt and the ……………Prime Minister Churchill issued declaration called the Atlantic Charter. |
| A. | spanish |
| B. | british |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | african |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 443. |
The UNICEF was established in …………. with its headquarters at New York. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» D. 1946 | |
| 444. |
November 1946 UNESCO was established with its head quarters at…………….. |
| A. | paris |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | czechoslovakia |
| Answer» A. paris | |
| 445. |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was set up as the world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in …………..within the United Nations family. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» D. 1957 | |
| 446. |
The post World War II period saw a new kind of international relations set in. It was neither an era of peace nor of war. The major power blocs were the Western Bloc, led by The United States and Great Britain and, the Eastern Bloc, led by the……………. |
| A. | soviet union |
| B. | malaysia |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | america |
| Answer» A. soviet union | |
| 447. |
The term ‘Cold War’ was first coined by Bernard Baruch, an ……………statesman and later popularized by Professor Lippmann. |
| A. | american |
| B. | belgian |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | british |
| Answer» A. american | |
| 448. |
The Truman Doctrine was announced by President Truman in the American Congress on March 12,………….. |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» A. 1947 | |
| 449. |
Who declared that the United States must adopt a policy to support free peoples who were resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures? |
| A. | truman |
| B. | john f. kennedy |
| C. | yasser arafat |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» A. truman | |
| 450. |
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in ………….on April 4, 1949. |
| A. | washington |
| B. | malaysia |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | paris |
| Answer» A. washington | |
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