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.

21. Hitler invaded the Soviet Union due to which of the following reasons?
[A] He wanted more land for the Germans to live on
[B] He wanted control of Moscow
[C] He wanted control of the country’s oil and wheat fields
[D] None of the above

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22. From which country Egypt gained independence in 1922?
[A] United Kingdom
[B] Portugal
[C] Spain
[D] France

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23. The “War of the First Coalition” was fought by a group of European powers against which country?
[A] Russia
[B] Turkey
[C] France
[D] Germany

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24. Which country was the location of “Battle of Dien Bien Phu”?
[A] Cambodia
[B] Laos
[C] Vietnam
[D] Philippines

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25. Which country’s historical period was “Belle Epoque”?
[A] France
[B] Netherlands
[C] Italy
[D] Germany

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26. Which country’s political party was the “Nazi Party”?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] Italy
[D] Russia

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27. Which of the following is correct regarding “Johannes Gutenberg” the inventor of the mechanical movable type printing press?
[A] A French printer
[B] A German printer
[C] A Spanish printer
[D] An Irish printer

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28. Who was the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution?
[A] Toussaint Louverture
[B] Jean-Jacques Dessalines
[C] Alexandre Petion
[D] Jean-Pierre Boyer

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29. Which of the following are the participants of the “Reykjavik Summit, 1986”?
[A] Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
[B] George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev
[C] Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin
[D] Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin

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30. Which of the following was the period of the “Indonesian mass killings/ Indonesian Communist Purge”?
[A] 1955–1956
[B] 1965–1966
[C] 1975–1976
[D] 1985–1986

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