McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 51. |
.................... founded the People's Republic of China and was the primary leader of the country from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. |
| A. | Mao Zedong |
| B. | Sun Yat-sen |
| C. | Chiang |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» A. Mao Zedong | |
| 52. |
.................. led the communist revolution in China and fought against the Nationalist Party in the Chinese Civil War. |
| A. | Chiang |
| B. | Sun Yat-sen |
| C. | Mao |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» C. Mao | |
| 53. |
.................. was born the son of a peasant farmer on December 26, 1893 in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China. |
| A. | Sun Yat-sen |
| B. | Mao |
| C. | Chiang |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» B. Mao | |
| 54. |
After President Sun Yat-sen died in 1925, ...................took over the government and the Kuomintang. |
| A. | Chiang Kai-shek |
| B. | Mao |
| C. | Sun Yat-sen |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» A. Chiang Kai-shek | |
| 55. |
The retreat of the ..................from the Kuomintang army is called the Long March today. |
| A. | Communists |
| B. | Capitalists |
| C. | Socialists |
| D. | Sun Yat-sen |
| Answer» A. Communists | |
| 56. |
........................ fled to the island of Taiwan. |
| A. | Mao |
| B. | Chiang Kai-shek |
| C. | Sun Yat-sen |
| D. | Stalin |
| Answer» B. Chiang Kai-shek | |
| 57. |
In 1958 ...................announced his plan to industrialize China. He called it the Great Leap Forward. |
| A. | Mao |
| B. | Sun Yat-sen |
| C. | Chiang |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» A. Mao | |
| 58. |
In 1966 .......................made his comeback in the Cultural Revolution. |
| A. | Mao |
| B. | Sun Yat-sen |
| C. | Chiang |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» A. Mao | |
| 59. |
.................ruled China until he died on September 9, 1976 from Parkinson's disease. |
| A. | Mao |
| B. | Sun Yat-sen |
| C. | Chiang |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» A. Mao | |
| 60. |
Egypt became a British protectorate on 14th December....................... |
| A. | 1894 |
| B. | 1897 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1914 . |
| Answer» D. 1914 . | |
| 61. |
.........................., a former education minister, founded the Wafd Party, or the Egyptian Delegation Party, during First World War. |
| A. | Saad Zaghlul |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Yasser Arafat |
| D. | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Answer» A. Saad Zaghlul | |
| 62. |
.......................... led Egypt to secular independence in the 1950s and held the office of president from 1956 until his death in 1970. |
| A. | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| B. | Saad Zaghlul |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Yasser Arafat |
| Answer» A. Gamal Abdel Nasser | |
| 63. |
................... was an army officer who led the military Junta that deposed Egypt's King Farouk in 1952. |
| A. | Nasser |
| B. | Saad Zaghlul |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Yasser Arafat |
| Answer» A. Nasser | |
| 64. |
By the end of 1954 ....................had replaced titular leader General Mohammed Neguib as president. |
| A. | Nasser |
| B. | Saad Zaghlul |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Yasser Arafat |
| Answer» A. Nasser | |
| 65. |
..................... is remembered for his ambitious attempt to modernize Egypt and create a secular Arab empire in northern Africa and the Middle East. |
| A. | Nasser |
| B. | Saad Zaghlul |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Yasser Arafat |
| Answer» A. Nasser | |
| 66. |
....................promoted the construction of the Aswan High Dam (completed the year he died) and challenged British, French and Israeli forces for control of the Suez Canal, nationalizing the canal in 1956. |
| A. | Nasser |
| B. | Saad Zaghlul |
| C. | Anwar Sadat |
| D. | Yasser Arafat |
| Answer» A. Nasser | |
| 67. |
African National Congress founded in.......................... |
| A. | 1812 |
| B. | 1894 |
| C. | 1905 |
| D. | 1912. |
| Answer» D. 1912. | |
| 68. |
In 1964 its leader, ....................., was sentenced to life in prison, and the leadership was forced into exile. |
| A. | Nelson Mandela |
| B. | Jacob Zuma |
| C. | Kgalema Motlanthe |
| D. | Saad Zaghlul |
| Answer» A. Nelson Mandela | |
| 69. |
Thabo Mbeki succeeded .................as head of the ANC in 1997 and as president of South Africa in 1999. |
| A. | Mandela |
| B. | Jacob Zuma |
| C. | Kgalema Motlanthe |
| D. | Saad Zaghlul |
| Answer» A. Mandela | |
| 70. |
..................... succeeded Motlanthe as South Africa's president in 2009. |
| A. | Zuma |
| B. | Nelson Mandela |
| C. | Kgalema Motlanthe |
| D. | Saad Zaghlul |
| Answer» A. Zuma | |
| 71. |
........................ was a civil rights leader in South Africa. |
| A. | Nelson Mandela |
| B. | Nasser |
| C. | Anwar Sadat |
| D. | Yasser Arafat |
| Answer» A. Nelson Mandela | |
| 72. |
................................ was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa. |
| A. | Yasser Arafat |
| B. | Nasser |
| C. | Anwar Sadat |
| D. | Nelson Mandela |
| Answer» D. Nelson Mandela | |
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