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 Party primarily drew its support from which of the following?
[A] Peasants
[B] Aristocrats
[C] Working class
[D] Intelligentsia
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Correct Answer: C [Working class]
Notes:
The Bolshevik Party primarily drew its support from working class. The Bolshevik Party had no resources also its journal was not widely read. They didn’t have enough funds and the followers of its political theory were very few.
22. The Russian capital was moved to which of the following places in March 1918?
[A] Moscow
[B] Petrograd
[C] Kiev
[D] Minsk
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Correct Answer: A [Moscow]
Notes:
The Russian capital was moved to Moscow in March 1918. Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. On March 12, 1918 Moscow became the capital of the Soviet state.
23. World War-II was fought during which of the following periods?
[A] 1939 to 1945
[B] 1945 to 1947
[C] 1930 to 1940
[D] 1914 to 1918
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Correct Answer: A [1939 to 1945]
Notes:
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s countries forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
24. Which of the following led the procession of workers to the event “Bloody Sunday” in Russia?
[A] Stalin
[B] Lenin
[C] Friedrich Engels
[D] Father Gapon
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Correct Answer: D [Father Gapon]
Notes:
Father Gapon led the procession of workers to the event “Bloody Sunday” in Russia. In the procession, unarmed demonstrators were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
25. Which revolution was formally brought to an end through the “Coup of 18 Brumaire”?
[A] American Revolution
[B] French Revolution
[C] Russian Revolution
[D] Serbian Revolution
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Correct Answer: B [French Revolution]
Notes:
The coup of 18 Brumaire was happened on 9 November 1799 in France, which brought General Napoleon 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.
26. Which are the two countries involved in the “Entente Cordiale”?
[A] United Kingdom and France
[B] Germany and Italy
[C] Portugal and Spain
[D] France and Russia
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Correct Answer: A [United Kingdom and France]
Notes:
The Entente Cordiale was a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Anglo-French relations. Beyond the immediate concerns of colonial expansion addressed by the agreement, the signing of the Entente Cordiale marked the end of almost a thousand years of intermittent conflict between the two states and their predecessors and replaced the modus vivendi that had existed since the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 with a more formal agreement. The Entente Cordiale was the culmination of the policy of Théophile Delcassé, France’s foreign minister from 1898, who believed that a Franco-British understanding would give France some security against any German system of alliances in Western Europe. Credit for the success of the negotiation belongs chiefly to Paul Cambon, France’s ambassador, and to the British foreign secretary Lord Lansdowne.
27. Which country was the location of the “Spartacist Uprising”?
[A] France
[B] Denmark
[C] Russia
[D] Germany
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Correct Answer: D [Germany]
Notes:
Germany was the location of the “Spartacist Uprising”. The Spartacist uprising, also known as the January uprising, happened as part of German Revolution of 1918–1919, was a general strike (and the armed battles accompanying it) in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The uprising was primarily a power struggle between the moderate Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) led by Friedrich Ebert and the radical communists of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, who had previously founded and led the Spartacist League. The revolt was improvised and small-scale and was quickly crushed by the superior firepower of government troops.
28. Which were the participant countries of the “Potsdam Conference”?
[A] Germany, Italy, Japan
[B] United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union
[C] United Kingdom, the United States, France
[D] France, Netherlands, Belgium
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Correct Answer: B [United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union]
Notes:
The Potsdam Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, represented respectively by Premier Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman. They gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier on the 8th of May (Victory in Europe Day). The goals of the conference also included the establishment of the postwar order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war.
29. Which of the following was in synonymous with the term “Bonn Republic”?
[A] East Germany
[B] North France
[C] West Germany
[D] South France
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Correct Answer: C [West Germany]
Notes:
West Germany was in synonymous with the term “Bonn Republic”. West Germany also known as the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), retrospectively designated the Bonn Republic, in the period between its formation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990. During this Cold War period, the western portion of Germany was part of the Western Bloc. The FRG was created during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Its provisional capital was the city of Bonn.
30. 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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Correct Answer: B [A German printer]
Notes:
Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the mechanical movable type printing press, is a German printer. Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468) was a German goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the introduction of the mechanical movable type printing press. His work started the Printing Revolution and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history. It played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Enlightenment, and Scientific Revolution, as well as laying the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses.