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. Great Economic Depression happened in which of the following years?
[A] 1926
[B] 1927
[C] 1938
[D] 1929
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Correct Answer: D [1929]
Notes:
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It lasted from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929. It wiped out millions of investors.
22. Bretton Woods Conference of July 1944, established which of the following institutions?
1) IBRD
2) IMF
3) WTO
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 2
[D] Only 3
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Correct Answer: C [Only 1 & 2]
Notes:
The Bretton Woods Conference of July 1944, taking the assumption that no peace could last if economic and financial chaos prevailed, established two important financial institutions:
1) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [IBRD]
2) The International Monetary Fund [IMF].
23. The “23rd July Revolution” happened in which country?
[A] Egypt
[B] Iran
[C] France
[D] Russia
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Correct Answer: A [Egypt]
Notes:
The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 Coup d’état or 23 July revolution, began on 23 July 1952, by the Free Officers Movement, a group of army officers led by Mohammed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser. The revolution was initially aimed at overthrowing King Farouk. However, the movement had more political ambitions and soon moved to abolish the constitutional monarchy and aristocracy of Egypt and Sudan, establish a republic, end the British occupation of the country, and secure the independence of Sudan (previously governed as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium). The revolutionary government adopted a staunchly nationalist, anti-imperialist agenda, which came to be expressed chiefly through Arab nationalism, and international non-alignment. The result of this revolution was that end of the rule of the Muhammad Ali dynasty, the establishment of the Republic of Egypt, end of British occupation of Egypt, beginning of the Nasser era, revolutionary wave across the Arab world, beginning of the Arab Cold War.
24. Which country’s patriotic resistance fighters were “Arbegnoch”?
[A] Austria
[B] Ethiopia
[C] Uruguay
[D] Cambodia
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Correct Answer: B [Ethiopia ]
Notes:
Arbegnoch were the Ethiopian patriotic resistance fighters, which were in existence from 1936 to 1941. They fought against the Italian occupation of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Italo-Ethiopian War.
25. Which were the two foreign countries fought each other in the Finnish Civil War by supporting Finnish Whites and Finnish Reds respectively?
[A] German Empire and Soviet Russia
[B] Ottoman Empire and Soviet Russia
[C] Ottoman Empire and German Empire
[D] Habsburg Empire and Soviet Russia
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Correct Answer: A [German Empire and Soviet Russia]
Notes:
Finnish Civil War was a civil war fought in Finland from 27 January 1918 to 15 May 1918 between Finnish Reds, supported by Soviet Russia, and Finnish Whites, supported by the German Empire to take leadership and control of Finland during the country’s transition from a Grand Duchy of the Russsian Empire to an independent state. Finally, Finnish Whites were victorious and lead to the hegemony of the German Empire over Finland which further leads to the division in Finnish society.
26. Which of the following countries fought the “Continuation War”?
[A] Norway and Nazi Germany Vs Soviet Union
[B] Sweden and Nazi Germany Vs Soviet Union
[C] Finland and Nazi Germany Vs Soviet Union
[D] Denmark and Nazi Germany Vs Soviet Union
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Correct Answer: C [Finland and Nazi Germany Vs Soviet Union]
Notes:
Continuation War was fought as part of the Eastern Front of World War II from 25 June 1941 to 19 September 1944 by Finland and Nazi Germany on one side and the Soviet Union on the other side. This war began after the Interim Peace period from 13 March 1940 to 25 June 1941 following the Winter War. Finland invaded the Soviet Union to regain the territories lost during the Winter War. The Continuation War led to the victory of the Soviet Union which further leads to the signing of the Moscow Armistice which ceded the Petsamo region and leased the Porkkala Peninsula to the USSR.
27. 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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Correct Answer: C [France]
Notes:
The War of the First Coalition is the traditional name of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797 against initially the Kingdom of France and then the French Republic that succeeded it. They were only loosely allied and fought without much apparent coordination or agreement, each power had its eye on a deficient part of France it wanted to appropriate after a French defeat, which never occurred.
28. Which country was the location of the “August Uprising”?
[A] Greece
[B] Germany
[C] Georgia
[D] Gabon
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Correct Answer: C [Georgia]
Notes:
The August Uprising was an unsuccessful insurrection against Soviet rule in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic from late August to early September 1924. Aimed at restoring the independence of Georgia from the Soviet Union, the uprising was led by the Committee for Independence of Georgia, a bloc of anti-Soviet political organisations chaired by the Georgian Social Democratic (Menshevik) Party. It represented the culmination of a three-year struggle against the Bolshevik regime that Soviet Russia’s Red Army had established in Georgia during a military campaign against the Democratic Republic of Georgia in early 1921. The result of this uprising was decisive Soviet government victory.
29. Which country was the location of the “November Revolution”?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] Italy
[D] Denmark
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Correct Answer: B [Germany]
Notes:
The German Revolution of 1918-1919 or November Revolution, happened as part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 and political violence in Germany (1918–33), was a civil conflict in the German Empire at the end of the First World War that resulted in the replacement of the German federal constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary republic that later became known as the Weimar Republic. The revolutionary period lasted from November 1918 until the adoption in August 1919 of the Weimar Constitution. It leads to the Weimar Republic victory, abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II, the monarchy of Germany and its 22 constituent monarchies abolished, suppression of leftist uprisings, including Spartacist uprising, end of the First World War and the establishment of the Weimar Republic.
30. Which of the following is also known as the “November Revolution”?
[A] French Revolution of 1918-1919
[B] German Revolution of 1918-1919
[C] Russian Revolution of 1918-1919
[D] Italian Revolution of 1918-1919
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Correct Answer: B [German Revolution of 1918-1919]
Notes:
The German Revolution of 1918-1919 or November Revolution, happened as part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 and political violence in Germany (1918–33), was a civil conflict in the German Empire at the end of the First World War that resulted in the replacement of the German federal constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary republic that later became known as the Weimar Republic. The revolutionary period lasted from November 1918 until the adoption in August 1919 of the Weimar Constitution. It leads to the Weimar Republic victory, abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II, the monarchy of Germany and its 22 constituent monarchies abolished, suppression of leftist uprisings, including Spartacist uprising, end of the First World War and the establishment of the Weimar Republic.