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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 Politics (BA Politics) .
| 151. |
Year of the Battle of Trafalgar. |
| A. | 1776 |
| B. | 1785 |
| C. | 1788 |
| D. | 1805 |
| Answer» D. 1805 | |
| 152. |
"The battle of Austerlitz is the finest of all I have fought." Who said? |
| A. | CharlesI |
| B. | Henry VII |
| C. | Alfred |
| D. | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Answer» D. Napoleon Bonaparte | |
| 153. |
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 | |
| 154. |
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 | |
| 155. |
Napoleon escaped from Elba on 26 February ………….. |
| A. | 1715 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1799 |
| D. | 1815 |
| Answer» D. 1815 | |
| 156. |
Battle of Waterloo ,18 June …………….. |
| A. | 1754 |
| B. | 1764 |
| C. | 1787 |
| D. | 1815 |
| Answer» D. 1815 | |
| 157. |
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 | |
| 158. |
…………..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 | |
| 159. |
Who said: "My true glory is not to have won 40 battles...Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories. ... But...what will live forever is my Civil Code." |
| A. | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| B. | Robert Fulton |
| C. | Edward VI |
| D. | James II |
| Answer» A. Napoleon Bonaparte | |
| 160. |
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 | |
| 161. |
………….., by Orders in Council (1807), prohibited its trade partners from trading with France. |
| A. | Britain |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | Poland |
| D. | Malaysia |
| Answer» A. Britain | |
| 162. |
The members of the ………..take the famous ‘Tennis Court Oath’ and resolve to remain united until a constitution is established. |
| A. | First Estate |
| B. | Second Estate |
| C. | third Estate |
| D. | Fourth Estate |
| Answer» C. third Estate | |
| 163. |
The French Revolution of…………, also known as the July Revolution. |
| A. | 1730 |
| B. | 1768 |
| C. | 1807 |
| D. | 1830 |
| Answer» D. 1830 | |
| 164. |
The Congress of Vienna was headed by ……………….. |
| A. | Metternich |
| B. | Charles Telford |
| C. | Alexandro Volta |
| D. | Michael Faraday |
| Answer» A. Metternich | |
| 165. |
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 | |
| 166. |
The Industrial Revolution first started in ……………. |
| A. | France |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | Spain |
| D. | England |
| Answer» D. England | |
| 167. |
Who introduced the continental system? |
| A. | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| B. | Robert Fulton |
| C. | Alexandro Volta |
| D. | Michael Faraday |
| Answer» A. Napoleon Bonaparte | |
| 168. |
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 | |
| 169. |
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 | |
| 170. |
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 | |
| 171. |
……………..removed the defects of the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame, with his machine known as ’Spinning Mule’( 1778) . |
| A. | Samuel Crompton |
| B. | Charles Telford |
| C. | James Watt |
| D. | Alexandro Volta |
| Answer» A. Samuel Crompton | |
| 172. |
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 | |
| 173. |
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 | |
| 174. |
Who invented a machine called the ’Cotton Gin.’? |
| A. | Eli Whitney |
| B. | John MacAdam |
| C. | Charles Telford |
| D. | Thomas Newcomen |
| Answer» A. Eli Whitney | |
| 175. |
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 | |
| 176. |
In 1856, ……………discovered a process by which impurities could be removed from iron. This purified refined iron came to be known as ’steel’, which helped in making more accurate tools, implements, weapons and machines. |
| A. | Henry Bessemer |
| B. | John MacAdam |
| C. | Robert Fulton |
| D. | Charles Telford |
| Answer» A. Henry Bessemer | |
| 177. |
In 1801, ………………invented the first steam locomotive. |
| A. | Richard Trevithick |
| B. | Charles Telford |
| C. | Thomas Newcomen |
| D. | James Watt |
| Answer» A. Richard Trevithick | |
| 178. |
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 | |
| 179. |
George Stephenson is regarded as ’the father of the railway locomotive’, because he made great improvements on Trevithick’s locomotive in his ………….. in 1814. |
| A. | Phone |
| B. | ’Rocket’ |
| C. | Computer |
| D. | Railway |
| Answer» B. ’Rocket’ | |
| 180. |
In 1807, …………..invented the steamboat called the ’Clermont’. |
| A. | Robert Fulton |
| B. | James Watt |
| C. | Alexandro Volta |
| D. | Robert Bakewell |
| Answer» A. Robert Fulton | |
| 181. |
…………..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 | |
| 182. |
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 | |
| 183. |
Who invented a Seed Drill that would distribute the seeds evenly in rows, over a large piece of land? |
| A. | Jethro Tull |
| B. | Viscount Townsend |
| C. | Benjamin Disraeli |
| D. | Robert Owen |
| Answer» A. Jethro Tull | |
| 184. |
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 | |
| 185. |
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 | |
| 186. |
In 1867 Marx and Engels published the first of three volumes, entitled……….., in which they explained the sum and substance of Marxian Socialism or Communism. |
| A. | Communist Manifesto’ |
| B. | Wealth of Nations |
| C. | Das Kapital |
| D. | Utopia |
| Answer» C. Das Kapital | |
| 187. |
……………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 | |
| 188. |
The Chartist Movement had at its core the so-called "People's Charter" of 1838.This document, created for the London Working Men's Association, was primarily the work of ……………………… |
| A. | William Lovett |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» A. William Lovett | |
| 189. |
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 | |
| 190. |
Who formed a Consultative Council, known as the ’Witan’ (the Council of the wise men), which was composed of several learned men?. |
| A. | James I |
| B. | Thomas Jefferson |
| C. | Robert Owen |
| D. | King Alfred |
| Answer» D. King Alfred | |
| 191. |
On June 15, 1215 ……………affixed his seal on the ’Great Charter’, which is referred to as the ’Magna Carta.’ |
| A. | Robert Owen |
| B. | Charles I |
| C. | Oliver Cromwell |
| D. | King John |
| Answer» D. King John | |
| 192. |
Who is called as the "Father of Parliament"? |
| A. | Louis Blanc |
| B. | Saint Simon |
| C. | Charles Fourier |
| D. | Simon-De-Montford |
| Answer» D. Simon-De-Montford | |
| 193. |
In 1295, King Edward attempted to curb the nobles and the clergy, by securing the support of the third estate, consisting of the common people. To do so, he summoned the first complete English Parliament including representatives from all sections of society. This meeting came to be referred to as the…………….. |
| A. | The Petition of Rights |
| B. | Bill of Rights |
| C. | Act of Settlement ,1701 |
| D. | Model Parliament |
| Answer» D. Model Parliament | |
| 194. |
……………was a strong champion of the doctrine of the Divine Right of kings. |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Robert Owen |
| C. | Abraham Lincoln |
| D. | James I |
| Answer» D. James I | |
| 195. |
Charles I (1625-49) was forced to call a parliament, which laid certain conditions on him in the famous document known as ………………. |
| A. | Bill of Rights |
| B. | Act of Settlement ,1701 |
| C. | Model Parliament |
| D. | The Petition of Rights |
| Answer» D. The Petition of Rights | |
| 196. |
Who was called the "Great Protector?" |
| A. | George V |
| B. | Maria Theresa |
| C. | James I |
| D. | Oliver Cromwell |
| Answer» D. Oliver Cromwell | |
| 197. |
Which was year of The Glorious Revolution of England? |
| A. | 1588 |
| B. | 1658 |
| C. | 1678 |
| D. | 1688 |
| Answer» D. 1688 | |
| 198. |
Charles II was succeeded by his younger brother, …………in 1685, who ruled as an absolute autocrat. |
| A. | James I |
| B. | Henry I |
| C. | Henry III |
| D. | James II |
| Answer» D. James II | |
| 199. |
William of Orange was the Protestant ruler of Holland and the son-in-law of …………. |
| A. | Charles I |
| B. | Charles II |
| C. | Charles IV |
| D. | James II |
| Answer» D. James II | |
| 200. |
As James II would not be able to fight against the Parliament and William of Orange, he escaped to ………………. |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | France |
| Answer» D. France | |
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