World History MCQs
World History Multiple Choice Quiz Questions (MCQs) on Ancient World History, Medieval World History and Modern World History for various UPSC, PCS and other Competitive Examinations.
1. Kemal Ataturk is known as founder and builder of Modern_______?
[A] Turkey
[B] Georgia
[C] Syria
[D] Kuwait
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Correct Answer: A [Turkey]
Notes:
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk also known as Mustafa Kemal Pasha (died 1938) was a Turkish leader and founder of Republic of Turkey. He is known for numerous progressive reforms that modernized Turkey into a secular, industrializing nation.
2. The “Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict” is a territorial dispute between which among the following nations?
[A] Armenia and Russia
[B] Armenia and Azerbaijan
[C] Azerbaijan and Russia
[D] Azerbaijan and Iran
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Correct Answer: B [Armenia and Azerbaijan]
Notes:
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict is a territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This region is legally recognized under the control of Azerbaijan. The conflict further leads to a full-scale war between 1988 and 1994.
3. At which of the following places, the Assyrians, who were group of Semites became powerful?
1) Assur
2) Nineveh
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 & 2
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Correct Answer: C [Both 1 & 2]
Notes:
Before the downfall of the Sumerian empire, the Assyrians who were the group of Semites became powerful in the areas of Assur and Nineveh. They occupied Babylone in 1100 B. C.
4. Which of the following civilizations invented Tea?
[A] Greek
[B] Chinese
[C] English
[D] French
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Correct Answer: B [Chinese]
Notes:
According to Chinese legend, the history of tea began in 2737 B.C.E. The Emperor Shen Nong accidentally discovered Tea when a leaf from an overhanging wild tea tree drifted into his pot of boiling water.
5. Diemens means which of the following?
[A] Land in control of the King
[B] Land in control of the lord
[C] Land in control of the peasants
[D] Land in control of the soilders
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Correct Answer: B [Land in control of the lord ]
Notes:
During the age of Feudalism in Europe, the Lords lived in castles and the vast stretch of land along the castle was called the manor whereas the land in control of the lord was known as diemens.
6. The western European societies were influenced most by which of the following during the early middle ages?
[A] The Byzantine empire
[B] Elected Parliaments
[C] The Roman Catholic Church
[D] National Monarchies
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Correct Answer: C [The Roman Catholic Church]
Notes:
The western European societies were influenced most the Roman Catholic Church during the early middle ages. Religious life assumed new forms or reformed established ones during that time. Missionaries expanded the geographic boundaries of the faith.
7. Which of the following advocated the government based on Social Contract?
[A] Rousseau
[B] Darwin
[C] Spencer
[D] Montesquieu
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Correct Answer: A [Rousseau]
Notes:
Rousseau advocated the government based on Social Contract. “The Social Contract” by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society.
8. The Bastille symbolized which of the following?
[A] Despotic power of the King
[B] Benevolence of the King
[C] Armed might of France
[D] Prestige and power
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Correct Answer: A [Despotic power of the King]
Notes:
The Bastille symbolized despotic power of the King as Bastille had many prisoners who were put in jail without any trial. Anyone who opposed the policies of Louis XVI was imprisoned. Therefore, it was the symbol of despotic power of King.
9. The Bolshevik Party primarily drew its support from which of the following?
[A] Peasants
[B] Aristocrats
[C] Working class
[D] Intelligentsia
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Correct Answer: C [Working class]
Notes:
The Bolshevik Party primarily drew its support from working class. The Bolshevik Party had no resources also its journal was not widely read. They didn’t have enough funds and the followers of its political theory were very few.
10. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in which of the following year?
[A] 1917
[B] 1918
[C] 1919
[D] 1920
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Correct Answer: C [1919]
Notes:
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the most important peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
