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.
11. Which of the following was the first to implement systematic selective breeding of livestock?
[A] JethroTull
[B] Viscount Townshend
[C] Robert Bakewell
[D] Arthur Young
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Correct Answer: C [Robert Bakewell]
Notes:
Robert Bakewell was a British agriculturalist, and also one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution. He was the first to implement systematic selective breeding of livestock and thus revolutionized sheep and cattle breeding in England.
12. Who started the mode of building ‘macadamized’ roads?
[A] Humphry Davy
[B] John Macadam
[C] Sir George Stephenson
[D] Samuel Morse
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Correct Answer: B [John Macadam ]
Notes:
John Macadam, a British engineer, started the mode of building ‘macadamized’ roads. In this single-sized crushed stone layers of small angular stones are placed in shallow lifts and compacted thoroughly.
13. Which of the following was a Catholic and adopted a policy of religious persecution of the Protestants and Puritans of England?
[A] James I
[B] Mary II
[C] Walter Stewart
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Mary II]
Notes:
James I of the Stuart dynasty was a Catholic and adopted a policy of religious persecution of the Protestants and Puritans of England. The English Puritans hated to be brought under the English Catholic Church and therefore decided to leave England to settle elsewhere.
14. Who is the author of “History of the Modern Wars”?
[A] Major General Taylor
[B] Winston Churchill
[C] Lipson
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Major General Taylor]
Notes:
Major General Taylor was the author of book “History of Modern Wars”. In this book he describes World War I as the bloodiest and the costliest, till 1938.
15. Which of the following was the result of the Great Depression?
[A] A stable exchange rate system.
[B] Increased trade barriers and devalued currencies.
[C] Free international capital flows.
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Increased trade barriers and devalued currencies.]
Notes:
Every country which was involved in the Great Depression believed that by increasing trade barriers and devaluating their currencies it could manage to keep its economy afloat. But after the Great Depression, it was demonstrated that this won’t work.
16. Which of the following is / are correct statements regarding the ‘Washington Consensus’?
- The consensus in Washington about matters of foreign policy.
- The ten-point guideline to liberal economic reform for development around the world
- The ten-point guideline for economic growth in Europe
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Only 2 & 3
[D] Only 3
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Correct Answer: C [Only 2 & 3]
Notes:
The term ‘Washington consensus’ originally referred to a set of policy advice on liberal economic reform being addressed by the Washington-based institutions to Latin America. Nowadays is often used interchangeably with the phrase American ‘neo-liberal policies’.
17. Which of the following formed an international body known as “Second International”?
[A] Communists
[B] Socialists
[C] Conservatives
[D] Radicals
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Correct Answer: B [Socialists]
Notes:
The Socialists formed an international body known as “Second International”. The Second International formed on 14 July 1889 at a Paris meeting in which delegations from twenty countries participated, was an organisation of socialist and labour parties.
18. Which of the following was the first Axis power to surrender in World War II?
[A] Germany
[B] Italy
[C] Japan
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Italy]
Notes:
Italy was the first Axis power which give up in World War II. It surrendered to the Allies on September 8, 1943, six weeks after leaders of the Italian Fascist Party deposed Benito Mussolini who was Fascist leader and Italian dictator.
19. Which of the following was the location of the “Coup of 18 Brumaire”?
[A] Russia
[B] Italy
[C] Germany
[D] France
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Correct Answer: D [France]
Notes:The coup of 18 Brumaire was happened on 9 November 1799 in France, which brought General Napolean Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France and in view of most historians ended the French Revolution. This bloodless coup overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate.
20. Which country was the location of the event “Storming of the Bastille”?
[A] Canada
[B] Russia
[C] Germany
[D] France
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Correct Answer: D [France]
Notes:
“Storming of the Bastille” event was the major turning point of the French Revolution, which happened on 14 July 1789 in Paris, the capital city of France. Bastille was a medieval armory, fortress, and political prison which represented royal authority and a symbol of the French monarchy’s abuse of power. Revolutionaries saw the fall of the Bastille as a flashing point of the French Revolution. France celebrates every year on 14 July as the Bastille Day, which is their national day. The French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of Bastille (Bastille Day) on 14 July 1789.
