World History MCQs

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1940-1941 was the period of the Battle of Greece. The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita) is the common name for the invasion of Allied Greece by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in April 1941 during World War II. The Italian invasion in October 1940, which is usually known as the Greco-Italian War, was followed by the German invasion in April 1941. German landings on the island of Crete (May 1941) came after Allied forces had been defeated in mainland Greece. These battles were part of the greater Balkan Campaign of Germany.

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Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. Under Dessalines, Haiti became the first country to permanently abolish slavery. Initially regarded as governor-general, Dessalines was later named Emperor of Haiti as Jacques I (1804–1806) by generals of the Haitian Revolution Army and ruled in that capacity until being assassinated in 1806. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of Haiti.

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Iran was the supply route in the “Persian Corridor” by which British aid and American Lend-Lease supplies were transferred to the Soviet Union during World War II. The Persian Corridor was a supply route through Iran into Soviet Azerbaijan by which British aid and American Lend-Lease supplies were transferred to the Soviet Union during World War II. Of the 17.5 million long tons of U.S. Lend-Lease aid provided to Russia, 7.9 million long tons (45%) were sent through Iran.

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The Unification of Italy was an event of great importance in world history. Garibaldi was the prominent figure who paid contribution to the Italian Unification.

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Subjugation of China began with the opium wars in 1840s and 1850s. One after the other, European powers began to make inroads into Chinese politics and economy. Up to the 1890s, European Powers were preparing for partition of China into their respective spheres of influences. With their own spheres, respective European powers were to be free to exploit the economic and human resources at the exclusion of other European powers. The USA felt that it would be left out of the lucrative trade of China in such a situation. It, therefore, declared what is known as the ‘Open Door Policy’, which meant that no country should be discriminated against in China by other countries, including in areas in which they claimed as their spheres of influence. So, option ‘a’ is the correct answer.

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The League of Nations was created after the Paris Peace Conference to maintain peace as well as promote security and friendly relations between nations. The League had an assembly, a Council and a Secretariat. In the assembly, all the member-countries were represented and each country had one vote. The council had initially 9 members out of whom five- Britain, France, Italy, Japan and USA- were to be permanent and four non-permanent members. So, the statement 1 is correct. The US did not join the League of Nations and her place on the council was taken by Germany when she was admitted in 1926. Germany’s admission came after a conference held in Locarno, Switzerland. So, the statement 2 is correct.

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The Kuomintang of China (KMT), also known as the Nationalist Party of China, was founded by Song Jiaoren and Sun Yat-sen shortly after the Xinhai Revolution of 1911.It played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the years leading up to the Xinhai Revolution. Its guiding ideology was “Three Principles of the People” of Sun Yat Sen.

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Sri Lanka, earlier known as Ceylon,attained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon from the British rule on 4 February 1948. Dominion status within the British Commonwealth was retained for the next 24 years until May 22, 1972, when it became a republic and was named the Republic of Sri Lanka.

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The British took over the administration of Burma after three Anglo-Burmese Wars in the 19th century. On 4 January 1948, Burma (now known as Myanmar) got independence from Britain, under the terms of the Burma Independence Act 1947. The new country was named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu as its first Prime Minister.

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The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. The storming of the Bastille and the subsequent Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was the third event of this opening stage of the revolution. The first had been the revolt of the nobility, refusing to aid King Louis XVI through the payment of taxes. The second had been the formation of the National Assembly and the Tennis Court Oath.