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. The Bolshevik group in Russian Revolution was led by which of the following?
[A] Stalin
[B] Karl Mark
[C] Vladimir Lenin
[D] Tsar
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Correct Answer: C [Vladimir Lenin ]
Notes:
The Bolshevik group in Russian Revolution was led by Vladimir Lenin. Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He is known to have developed a variant of Marxism known as Leninism.
22. Which of the following created the Soviet Union from the Russian Empire?
[A] Bolsheviks
[B] Mensheviks
[C] Communists
[D] Jadidists
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Correct Answer: A [Bolsheviks]
Notes:
Bolsheviks created the Soviet Union from the Russian Empire. The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, during the final phase of World War I. Russia was removed from the war which brought about the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first Communist state.
23. The “Denshawai Incident of 1906” happened in which country?
[A] Iraq
[B] Iran
[C] Syria
[D] Egypt
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Correct Answer: D [Egypt]
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Denshawai Incident of 1906 was a dispute between the British military officers, the then colonial power of Egypt, and locals of Denshawai village of Egypt. Britishers unleashed severe consequences to retaliate against the incident on the Egyptian locals, which marked the turning point for the Egyptians to turn against the British presence in their country. Denshway Museum was constructed to commemorate the incident. This incident provoked Egyptian nationalist sentiment against British occupation.
24. Which country was the location of “May 68 Events”?
[A] United States of America
[B] France
[C] Canada
[D] United Kingdom
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Correct Answer: B [France]
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Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting some seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, and the occupation of universities and factories. At the height of events, which have since become known as May 68, the economy of France came to a halt. The protests reached such a point that political leaders feared civil war or revolution; the national government briefly ceased to function after President Charles de Gaulle secretly fled France to Germany at one point. The protests spurred movements worldwide, with songs, imaginative graffiti, posters, and slogans.
25. The “Algerian War (1954 to 1962)” was fought to gain the independence of Algeria from which country?
[A] United Kingdom
[B] Portugal
[C] France
[D] Spain
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Correct Answer: C [France ]
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The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian War of Independence or the Algerian Revolution or the War of 1 November, was fought between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. It was an important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, and the use of torture. The conflict also became a civil war between the different communities and within the communities. The war took place mainly on the territory of Algeria, with repercussions in metropolitan France.
26. Who is regarded as an inspiration of French Revolution?
[A] Rousseau
[B] Karl Marx
[C] Lenin
[D] Gramsci
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Correct Answer: A [Rousseau]
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Rousseau is regarded as the source of inspiration of the great French Revolution that took place in 1789 as his ideas not only inspired poets and men of letters but included the revolutionary upsurge that shook the French polity to its foundation.
27. Which country’s political party was the “Nazi Party”?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] Italy
[D] Russia
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Correct Answer: B [Germany]
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The National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), commonly referred as the Nazi Party, was a far-right political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945, that created and supported the ideology of National Socialism. The Nazi Party emerged from the German nationalist, racist and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against the communist uprisings in post-World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric, although this was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s the party’s main focus shifted to antisemitic and anti-Marxist themes.
28. Which leader’s autobiography is “Mein Kampf”?
[A] Joseph Stalin
[B] Adolf Hitler
[C] Benito Mussolini
[D] Ernesto”Che”Guevara
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Correct Answer: B [Adolf Hitler]
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Mein Kampf, also known as My Struggle or My Fight, is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. The book was edited first by Emil Maurice, then by Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess. Hitler began Mein Kampf while imprisoned for what he considered to be “political crimes” following his failed Putsch in Munich in November 1923.
29. Which religion was the target of “The Holocaust” genocide?
[A] Islam
[B] Judaism
[C] Zoroastrianism
[D] Confucianism
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Correct Answer: B [Judaism]
Notes:
Judaism was the target of “The Holocaust” genocide. The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of the European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews, around two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through work in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps. Germany implemented the persecution in stages.
30. Which of the following is correct regarding the period of “Nazi Germany”?
[A] 1933-1941
[B] 1933-1943
[C] 1933-1945
[D] 1933-1947
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Correct Answer: C [1933-1945]
Notes:
The period of Nazi Germany, also known as the Third Reich, began with the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933 and ended with the defeat of Germany in 1945. The Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler, came to power through a combination of political maneuvering, propaganda, and repression. Once in power, the Nazis implemented their vision of a totalitarian state based on their ideology of National Socialism, which combined elements of racism, militarism, and anti-Semitism.