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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 Sociology (BA Sociology) .
| 101. |
The …………..Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. |
| A. | french |
| B. | dutch |
| C. | american |
| D. | english |
| Answer» A. french | |
| 102. |
The French Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, …………. |
| A. | 1789 |
| B. | 1798 |
| C. | 1799 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» A. 1789 | |
| 103. |
Who gave good advice to his successor Louis XV saying "Do not imitate my fondness for building and for war, but work to lessen the misery of my people?" |
| A. | louis xiv |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | james i |
| D. | elizabethi |
| Answer» A. louis xiv | |
| 104. |
When his ministers attempted to discuss affairs of the state with him, who merely remarked, "After me, the deluge." |
| A. | louis xv |
| B. | edward vi |
| C. | james ii |
| D. | henry viii |
| Answer» A. louis xv | |
| 105. |
Queen Marie Antoinette was the Queen of …………….. |
| A. | louis xv |
| B. | louis xvi |
| C. | george i |
| D. | henry viii |
| Answer» B. louis xvi | |
| 106. |
Who put forward the theory of ‘the separation of powers’? |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | montesquieu |
| C. | charles telford |
| D. | robert fulton |
| Answer» B. montesquieu | |
| 107. |
The Bloodless or Glorious Revolution started in England in ………. |
| A. | 1678 |
| B. | 1688 |
| C. | 1698 |
| D. | 1699 |
| Answer» B. 1688 | |
| 108. |
July 14, …………saw the fall of the Bastille, a royal fortress and symbol of Bourbon autocracy. |
| A. | 1779 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1793 |
| D. | 1798 |
| Answer» B. 1789 | |
| 109. |
Feudalism and serfdom was abolished in France in August ………….. by the National Assembly. |
| A. | 1689 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1786 |
| D. | 1797 |
| Answer» B. 1789 | |
| 110. |
The Constitution of ……….. was the first written constitution of France. |
| A. | 1781 |
| B. | 1791 |
| C. | 1796 |
| D. | 1799 |
| Answer» B. 1791 | |
| 111. |
The ………….were moderates who wanted a republican form of government in France. |
| A. | girondists |
| B. | the constitutionalists |
| C. | the jacobins |
| D. | liberals |
| Answer» A. girondists | |
| 112. |
The Jacobins of ……………..were republicans of the extreme type. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | france |
| C. | italy |
| D. | africa |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 113. |
King Louis XVI was found guilty of high treason by the National Convention and was guillotined on 21st January ……… |
| A. | 1746 |
| B. | 1769 |
| C. | 1793 |
| D. | 1795 |
| Answer» C. 1793 | |
| 114. |
Who is regarded as ’the father of the railway locomotive’? |
| A. | john smeaton |
| B. | george stephenson |
| C. | charles telford |
| D. | robert fulton |
| Answer» B. george stephenson | |
| 115. |
The ’reign of terror’ came to an end with the revolt of the Parisian mob against Robespierre who was guillotined on March 13, …………. |
| A. | 1736 |
| B. | 1766 |
| C. | 1794 |
| D. | 1798 |
| Answer» C. 1794 | |
| 116. |
After ruling France from 1792 to 1795, the National Convention was dissolved and the new constitution came to be called the Constitution of the Year …………… |
| A. | third |
| B. | fourth |
| C. | fifth |
| D. | sixth |
| Answer» A. third | |
| 117. |
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a fundamental document of the …………………….. |
| A. | american revolution |
| B. | english revolution |
| C. | french revolution |
| D. | bour war |
| Answer» C. french revolution | |
| 118. |
Year of the U.S. Declaration of Independence …………….. |
| A. | 2nd july 1742 |
| B. | 4th july 1749 |
| C. | 4th july 1776 |
| D. | 4th july 1767 |
| Answer» C. 4th july 1776 | |
| 119. |
……………….was the primary author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. |
| A. | john eliot |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | thomas jefferson |
| D. | robert owen |
| Answer» C. thomas jefferson | |
| 120. |
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor on 2 December ……….. at Notre Dame de Paris |
| A. | 1704 |
| B. | 1784 |
| C. | 1798 |
| D. | 1804 |
| Answer» D. 1804 | |
| 121. |
Year of the Battle of Trafalgar. |
| A. | 1776 |
| B. | 1785 |
| C. | 1788 |
| D. | 1805 |
| Answer» D. 1805 | |
| 122. |
"The battle of Austerlitz is the finest of all I have fought." Who said? |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | henry vii |
| C. | alfred |
| D. | napoleon bonaparte |
| Answer» D. napoleon bonaparte | |
| 123. |
Who defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt ? |
| A. | napoleon bonaparte |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | michael faraday |
| D. | james ii |
| Answer» A. napoleon bonaparte | |
| 124. |
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled ……………..to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 20 km off the Tuscan coast. |
| A. | louis xii |
| B. | charles telford |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | napoleon bonaparte |
| Answer» D. napoleon bonaparte | |
| 125. |
Napoleon escaped from Elba on 26 February ………….. |
| A. | 1715 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1799 |
| D. | 1815 |
| Answer» D. 1815 | |
| 126. |
Battle of Waterloo ,18 June …………….. |
| A. | 1754 |
| B. | 1764 |
| C. | 1787 |
| D. | 1815 |
| Answer» D. 1815 | |
| 127. |
Who was imprisoned and then exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,870 km from the west coast of Africa. |
| A. | napoleon bonaparte |
| B. | alexandro volta |
| C. | edward vi |
| D. | william iii |
| Answer» A. napoleon bonaparte | |
| 128. |
…………..negotiated with Pope Pius VII. Finally, a Concordat was concluded in 1802. |
| A. | matternich |
| B. | elizabeth |
| C. | charles i |
| D. | napoleon bonaparte |
| Answer» D. napoleon bonaparte | |
| 129. |
The Continental System or Continental Blockade was the foreign policy of ……………. |
| A. | napoleon bonaparte |
| B. | charles telford |
| C. | victoria |
| D. | george ii |
| Answer» A. napoleon bonaparte | |
| 130. |
………….., by Orders in Council (1807), prohibited its trade partners from trading with France. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | germany |
| C. | poland |
| D. | malesia |
| Answer» A. britain | |
| 131. |
The French Revolution of…………, also known as the July Revolution. |
| A. | 1730 |
| B. | 1768 |
| C. | 1807 |
| D. | 1830 |
| Answer» D. 1830 | |
| 132. |
The Congress of Vienna was headed by ……………….. |
| A. | metternich |
| B. | charles telford |
| C. | alexandro volta |
| D. | michael faraday |
| Answer» A. metternich | |
| 133. |
The term 'Industrial Revolution' was first used by the historian…………, to describe the economic development in England, from 1760 to 1840. |
| A. | arnold toynbee |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | alexandro volta |
| D. | adam smith |
| Answer» A. arnold toynbee | |
| 134. |
The Industrial Revolution first started in ……………. |
| A. | france |
| B. | germany |
| C. | spain |
| D. | england |
| Answer» D. england | |
| 135. |
Who introduced the continental system? |
| A. | napoleon bonaparte |
| B. | robert fulton |
| C. | alexandro volta |
| D. | michael faraday |
| Answer» A. napoleon bonaparte | |
| 136. |
In 1764, ……………..invented a machine called the ’Spinning Jenny.’ |
| A. | james hargreaves |
| B. | john macadam |
| C. | charles telford |
| D. | john smeaton |
| Answer» A. james hargreaves | |
| 137. |
In 1769, ……………invented a machine run by waterpower instead of manpower. Hence it came to be called the ’Water-Frame’. |
| A. | richard arkwright |
| B. | john macadam |
| C. | robert fulton |
| D. | james watt |
| Answer» A. richard arkwright | |
| 138. |
Samuel Crompton removed the defects of the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame, with his machine known as …………….. |
| A. | spinning mule |
| B. | john macadam |
| C. | john smeaton |
| D. | charles telford |
| Answer» A. spinning mule | |
| 139. |
In 1733, ………….had invented a device called the ’Flying Shuttle’. |
| A. | john kay |
| B. | john macadam |
| C. | charles telford |
| D. | john smeaton |
| Answer» A. john kay | |
| 140. |
In 1785, ……………..invented the Automatic or Power Loom. |
| A. | dr. edmund cartwright |
| B. | john smeaton |
| C. | robert fulton |
| D. | james watt |
| Answer» A. dr. edmund cartwright | |
| 141. |
Who invented a machine called the ’Cotton Gin.’? |
| A. | eli whitney |
| B. | john macadam |
| C. | charles telford |
| D. | thomas newcomen |
| Answer» A. eli whitney | |
| 142. |
In 1816, …………….invented a machine called Davy’s Safety Lamp.’ |
| A. | sir humphry davy |
| B. | john smeaton |
| C. | thomas newcomen |
| D. | james watt |
| Answer» A. sir humphry davy | |
| 143. |
In 1801, ………………invented the first steam locomotive. |
| A. | richard trevithick |
| B. | charles telford |
| C. | thomas newcomen |
| D. | james watt |
| Answer» A. richard trevithick | |
| 144. |
In 1807, …………..invented the steamboat called the ’Clermont’. |
| A. | robert fulton |
| B. | james watt |
| C. | alexandro volta |
| D. | robert bakewell |
| Answer» A. robert fulton | |
| 145. |
…………..invented the first steam engine in 1705, in order to pump water out of the mines. |
| A. | thomas newcomen |
| B. | michael faraday |
| C. | jethro tull |
| D. | viscount townsend |
| Answer» A. thomas newcomen | |
| 146. |
In 1769, ………….invented a better steam engine called the ’Beelzebub.’ |
| A. | james watt |
| B. | alexandro volta |
| C. | michael faraday |
| D. | robert bakewell |
| Answer» A. james watt | |
| 147. |
The discovery of a new method of ’Crop Rotation’, was made by………………. |
| A. | viscount townsend |
| B. | robert bakewell |
| C. | adam smith |
| D. | benjamin disraeli |
| Answer» A. viscount townsend | |
| 148. |
In……………., Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the ‘Communist Manifesto’ which introduced scientific socialism or Communism. |
| A. | 1648 |
| B. | 1748 |
| C. | 1848 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» C. 1848 | |
| 149. |
……………means "leave to do, leave to pass" or more accurately "let things alone, let them pass". |
| A. | socialism |
| B. | communism |
| C. | laissez-faire |
| D. | chartism |
| Answer» C. laissez-faire | |
| 150. |
The "People's Charter" of 1838 was a public petition aimed at redressing omissions from the electoral …………………….. |
| A. | representation of the people act, 1918 |
| B. | representation of the people act, 1928 |
| C. | reform act of 1832 |
| D. | reform act of 1884 |
| Answer» C. reform act of 1832 | |
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