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| 201. |
The ……………..-Japanese War (1904-1905) had shaken the foundation of the Tsarist regime. |
| A. | prussia |
| B. | china |
| C. | franco |
| D. | russo |
| Answer» D. russo | |
| 202. |
On Sunday, 22nd January …………….. in Russia, a peaceful march of the workers led by Father George Gapon was fired at and thousands of people were murdered. |
| A. | 1804 |
| B. | 1805 |
| C. | 1895 |
| D. | 1905 |
| Answer» D. 1905 | |
| 203. |
A provisional government under the leadership of Kerensky, the leader of the Mensheviks, was set up in…………. |
| A. | russia |
| B. | germany |
| C. | london |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» A. russia | |
| 204. |
……………became the Father of the Bolshevik Revolution of Russia. |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | kerensky |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | stalin |
| Answer» C. lenin | |
| 205. |
The First International was founded in 1864 in a workmen's meeting held in Saint Martin's Hall,……………... |
| A. | germany |
| B. | laos |
| C. | cambodia |
| D. | london |
| Answer» D. london | |
| 206. |
The First International’s first congress was held in …………. in Geneva. |
| A. | 1666 |
| B. | 1766 |
| C. | 1866 |
| D. | 1876 |
| Answer» C. 1866 | |
| 207. |
The Second International was formed in ……………… |
| A. | 1689 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1889 |
| D. | 1899 |
| Answer» C. 1889 | |
| 208. |
The Comintern was also known as the …………….International. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» C. third | |
| 209. |
The Comintern was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919 by …………… |
| A. | gorbachave |
| B. | kerensky |
| C. | stalin |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» D. lenin | |
| 210. |
The Comintern was an international Communist organization founded in March … by Lenin |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» B. 1919 | |
| 211. |
The Comintern was officially dissolved on 15th May 1943, by ………………. |
| A. | kerensky |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | gorbacheve |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» B. stalin | |
| 212. |
The Comintern was officially dissolved on 15th May ……………, by Stalin. |
| A. | 1833 |
| B. | 1843 |
| C. | 1943 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» C. 1943 | |
| 213. |
In ………….. the Cominform, or Communist Information Bureau, was created as a substitute of the Comintern. |
| A. | 1847 |
| B. | 1867 |
| C. | 1887 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 214. |
The Cominform was dissolved in………………….. |
| A. | 1856 |
| B. | 1866 |
| C. | 1868 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» D. 1956 | |
| 215. |
Francisco-De-Miranda, a Venezuelan patriot played a prominent role in the freedom struggle of…………………. |
| A. | czechoslovakia |
| B. | bulgaria |
| C. | latin america |
| D. | france |
| Answer» C. latin america | |
| 216. |
…………….was an outstanding leader of the Latin America liberation movement. |
| A. | simon bolivar |
| B. | franklin d. roosevelt |
| C. | winston churchill |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» A. simon bolivar | |
| 217. |
Who was hailed as the Liberator and George Washington of South America? |
| A. | thomas paine |
| B. | voltaire |
| C. | simon bolivar |
| D. | jefferson |
| Answer» C. simon bolivar | |
| 218. |
Jose San Martin was a great patriot and freedom fighter who led the revolutionary movement in………………. |
| A. | guiana |
| B. | argentina |
| C. | brazil |
| D. | mexico |
| Answer» B. argentina | |
| 219. |
Father Hidalgo, a priest who led the national movement in…………... |
| A. | poland |
| B. | italy |
| C. | mexico |
| D. | romania |
| Answer» C. mexico | |
| 220. |
Mexico gained freedom from ……………in 1821. |
| A. | france |
| B. | spain |
| C. | hungary |
| D. | soviet union |
| Answer» B. spain | |
| 221. |
The wave of freedom movement in the Spanish colonies affected the ………colony of Brazil. |
| A. | american |
| B. | british |
| C. | french |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» D. portuguese | |
| 222. |
In October of……………, a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» A. 1911 | |
| 223. |
The Kuomintang Party of …………………..revolted against the Manchu ruler and compelled him to abdicate on 12th February 1912 A.D. |
| A. | deng xiao ping |
| B. | yuan shikai |
| C. | sun yat sen |
| D. | chuteh |
| Answer» C. sun yat sen | |
| 224. |
After the death of Dr. Sun Yat Sen his trusted disciple ……………..led the army of the Kuomintang. |
| A. | mao-tse-tung |
| B. | chiang-kai-shak |
| C. | chou-enlai |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» B. chiang-kai-shak | |
| 225. |
The strife between the nationalists and the communist in china was fully utilized by Japan and in 1931 she captured………………. |
| A. | taiwan |
| B. | yugoslavia |
| C. | hong kong |
| D. | manchuria |
| Answer» D. manchuria | |
| 226. |
In 1949 the whole mainland of China was captured by the communists and Chiang-Kai-Sheik evacuated to the Island of………….. |
| A. | taiwan |
| B. | st.helena |
| C. | mali |
| D. | minicoi |
| Answer» A. taiwan | |
| 227. |
Under ……………..the Chinese Peoples’ Republic was established in 1949 with Peking (new Beijing) as the Capital. |
| A. | mao-tse tung |
| B. | sun yat-sen |
| C. | deng xiaoping |
| D. | chiang kai-shek |
| Answer» A. mao-tse tung | |
| 228. |
Mao Tse-tung founded the People's Republic of China in……………... |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1959 |
| D. | 1969 |
| Answer» B. 1949 | |
| 229. |
The Chinese Communist party was founded in……………….. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» B. 1921 | |
| 230. |
……………….was born on Dec. 26, 1893, into a well-to-do peasant family in Shao-shan, Hunan province. |
| A. | mao tse-tung |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | v. i. lenin |
| D. | sun yat-sen |
| Answer» A. mao tse-tung | |
| 231. |
When First World War broke out? |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1914 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» C. 1914 | |
| 232. |
Woodrow Wilson was the president of ……………… |
| A. | spain |
| B. | france |
| C. | u.s.a. |
| D. | china |
| Answer» C. u.s.a. | |
| 233. |
……………….united the scattered German States into a mighty empire and placed Germany on the road of aggressive nationalism. |
| A. | kerensky |
| B. | mussolini |
| C. | john cabot |
| D. | bismarck |
| Answer» D. bismarck | |
| 234. |
In 1907……………, France and Russia formed the “Triple Entente” for their protection against the “Triple Alliance” formed by Germany, Austria and Italy. |
| A. | turkey |
| B. | britain |
| C. | poland |
| D. | bulgaria |
| Answer» B. britain | |
| 235. |
Serbia brought forward “the Great Serbian Scheme”, to unite ……………and Herzegovina with her, since they were having a common culture and common race. |
| A. | bosnia |
| B. | manchuria |
| C. | guiana |
| D. | brazil |
| Answer» A. bosnia | |
| 236. |
The Architecture-Duke, Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne was murdered with his wife on 28th June 1914 while on a visit to Sarajevo, the capital of………………. |
| A. | bosnia |
| B. | brazil |
| C. | naples |
| D. | guiana |
| Answer» A. bosnia | |
| 237. |
It was the Fascist party spearheaded by Benito Mussolini, the journalist and Ex-socialist, which repudiated democracy and established dictatorship in…………….. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | italy |
| C. | africa |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» B. italy | |
| 238. |
……………. was socialist in the beginning and was the editor of the Official socialist Newspaper, the ‘Avanti’. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | mussolini |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» C. mussolini | |
| 239. |
After the First World War ………………..organized the National Fascist Party in November 1921 and subsequently became the high priest of Fascism. |
| A. | benito mussolini |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» A. benito mussolini | |
| 240. |
…………….is a Latin word meaning bundle of Rods. |
| A. | fascism |
| B. | nazism |
| C. | marxism |
| D. | capitalism |
| Answer» A. fascism | |
| 241. |
Born in 1839, as the son of a customs officer, ……………became an orphan at an early age and won his bread by working as a painter and an architect. |
| A. | mussolini |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» B. hitler | |
| 242. |
The Nazi party took the biography of ……………known as the ‘Mein Kamp’ (My struggle) as the bible. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | kerensky |
| C. | woodrow wilson |
| D. | mussolini |
| Answer» A. hitler | |
| 243. |
The flag of the ……………party was red with white circle and black Swastika at the middle – a symbol of Aryan supremacy. |
| A. | socialist |
| B. | communist |
| C. | fascist |
| D. | nazi |
| Answer» D. nazi | |
| 244. |
The Secret Policy known as ‘the Gestapo’ promptly reported every matter to……………... |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | mussolini |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» D. hitler | |
| 245. |
………………. added an “Aryan paragraph” to the Old Testament and appointed his own man, Ludwig Muller, as the Bishop of Germany. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | mussolini |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | sun yat sen |
| Answer» A. hitler | |
| 246. |
…………….tore away the Treaty of Versailles and entered into military pacts such as Nazi- Soviet Pact, Anglo-German Naval Agreement and ultimately Rome-Berlin Tokyo Axis. |
| A. | mac arthur |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | churchill |
| D. | stalin |
| Answer» B. hitler | |
| 247. |
Second World War broke out in…………... |
| A. | 1929 |
| B. | 1932 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» D. 1939 | |
| 248. |
U.S.A. initially kept aloof but the attack on the U.S.A. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, ……………by Japan forced her to declare war on Japan. |
| A. | 1941 |
| B. | 1943 |
| C. | 1946 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» A. 1941 | |
| 249. |
On August 6, ………….the first Atom Bomb exploded in Hiroshima shocking the whole world. |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1937 |
| C. | 1940 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» D. 1945 | |
| 250. |
Japan surrendered on 2nd September……………….. |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1936 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» C. 1945 | |
| 251. |
The U.N.O. took its birth on 24th October………….. |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1949 |
| D. | 1955 |
| Answer» A. 1945 | |
| 252. |
The League of Nations was the ‘brain-child’ of the American President,……………….. |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | eisenhower |
| C. | roosevelt |
| D. | abraham lincoln |
| Answer» A. woodrow wilson | |
| 253. |
The UNESCO was established on November 4, 1946 with head quarters at………………. |
| A. | paris |
| B. | peking |
| C. | petrograd |
| D. | vienna |
| Answer» A. paris | |
| 254. |
The Food and Agricultural Organization (F.A.O.) was established in October 16, 1945 with head quarters at……………. |
| A. | rome |
| B. | new zealand |
| C. | ussr |
| D. | vietnam |
| Answer» A. rome | |
| 255. |
World Health Organization (W.H.O) was established on April 7, 1948 with head quarters at…………….. |
| A. | geneva |
| B. | morocco |
| C. | namibia |
| D. | vietnam |
| Answer» A. geneva | |
| 256. |
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF): was formed in 1946 with its head quarters at………….. |
| A. | new york |
| B. | libya |
| C. | tunisia |
| D. | algeria |
| Answer» A. new york | |
| 257. |
The term "third world" was coined by economist …………………..in an article in the French magazine L'Observateur of August 14, 1952. |
| A. | alfred marshell |
| B. | alfred sauvy |
| C. | adam smith |
| D. | keynes |
| Answer» B. alfred sauvy | |
| 258. |
The term "third world" was coined by economist Alfred Sauvy in an article in the ……………….magazine L'Observateur of August 14, 1952. |
| A. | english |
| B. | french |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» B. french | |
| 259. |
The term "third world" was coined by economist Alfred Sauvy in an article in the French magazine L'Observateur of August 14,……………... |
| A. | 1942 |
| B. | 1952 |
| C. | 1962 |
| D. | 1965 |
| Answer» B. 1952 | |
| 260. |
The Soviet Union was collapsed in the year …………. |
| A. | 1981 |
| B. | 1988 |
| C. | 1991 |
| D. | 1999 |
| Answer» C. 1991 | |
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