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This set of Modern World History Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth Century Society Set 2

Q1 | The "Bobbies," established by a law passed in 1828 by Parliament, hit the streets of London asits first modern
  • social workers.
  • police force.
  • private investigators.
  • sanitation crew.
Q2 | The Revolution of 1830 in France was led by:
  • workers, artisans, students and writers
  • middle-class Jacobins
  • the nobility and the army
  • students
Q3 | The Troppau Memorandum (1820) was a:
  • territorial treaty signed by Prussia and Russia
  • treaty that partitioned Poland among the great powers
  • pledge by Russia to help Italy get rid of the Carbonari
  • pact between Austria, Russia and Prussia to aid one another to suppress one another
Q4 | Which political group was not presented in the provisional government following theabdication of Louis Philippe in 1848?
  • liberals
  • socialists
  • anarchists
  • republic
Q5 | In general, the significance of the Greek war was that it:
  • helped Europe redefine its identity
  • abolished Ottoman rule in the Balkan
  • preserved an Ottoman foothold in Southeastern Europe
  • brought Serbia and Greece into a mutual alliance
Q6 | Orientalism refers to:
  • early nineteenth-century artistic and cultural developments in the Ottoman Empire
  • the heightened European interest in the east specifically Egypt
  • cultural nationalism in China and Japan
  • None of the above
Q7 | Napoleon was defeated in the:
  • Crimean War
  • Battle of Waterloo
  • Battle of Plassey
  • Seven Weeks’ War
Q8 | When was Napoleon defeated?
  • June 18, 1815
  • July 18, 1815
  • January 20, 1820
  • None of the above
Q9 | After his defeat Napoleon was sent for exile on the rocky island of St. Helena in the:
  • South Pacific
  • Indian Ocean
  • South Atlantic
  • South China Sea
Q10 | Which country emerged as the most powerful continental state after the fall of Napoleon?
  • Russia
  • Prussia
  • Britain
  • Italy
Q11 | As a result of the Congress of Vienna, Poland:
  • was left as it was in 1795
  • became an independent nation
  • joined the quadruple alliance with Britain, Austria and Prussia
  • became a nominally independent kingdom ruled by Tsar Alexander
Q12 | The peace treaties crafted in Vienna in 1815 prevented a major European war until:
  • 1830
  • 1848
  • 1870
  • 1914
Q13 | The guiding principle /s of the Congress of Vienna was:
  • Balance of power
  • Principle of Legitimacy
  • both (a) & (b)
  • None of the above
Q14 | Mostly early nineteenth-century liberals advocated:
  • Direct representation from those who owned property
  • Universal manhood suffrage
  • State intervention in the economy
  • The enfranchisement of all slaves
Q15 | Which country was not a member of the Holy Alliance?
  • Belgium
  • Britain
  • Russia
  • Prussia
Q16 | The major political ideologies of modern times are:
  • Romanticism, classicism and radicalism
  • Conservatism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism
  • Marxism, liberalism and nationalism
  • All of the above
Q17 | Who among the following was regarded as the father of modern socialism?
  • Jeremy Bentham
  • Rousseau
  • Karl Marx
  • Montesquieu
Q18 | The architect of peace and commanding figure at the Congress of Vienna was:
  • Tsar Alexander I
  • Klemens von Matternich
  • Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Sir Robert Peel
Q19 | German unification was completed following:
  • the Seven Weeks’ War
  • the Franco-Prussian War
  • the deliberations of the Frankfurt Assembly
  • the Danish War
Q20 | Which of the following did the Second Reform Bill of 1867 not accomplish?
  • doubled the franchise
  • enfranchised skilled workers in the urban areas
  • enfranchised workers who owned property and paid poor rates in excess of 10 pounds per year
  • the redistribution of seats favouring the north over the south
Q21 | If any word described Otto von Bismarck, that word was:
  • nationalist
  • liberal
  • Prussian
  • Conservative
Q22 | As a result of the Crimean War:
  • Moldavia and Walachia were united as Romania
  • Austria and Russia were strengthened
  • Russian influence in the Balkans was weakened
  • Both a and c
Q23 | Cavour prepared for the first conflict between Italy and Austria by diplomaticagreements with:
  • France
  • Russia
  • Britain
  • Prussia
Q24 | An Italian organization named for the charcoal the obscured the faces of its members, an underground expression of opposition to the restoration done by the Congress of Vienna was:
  • Carbonari
  • Coke
  • Coaler
  • none of the above
Q25 | The emancipation of the Russian Serfs in 1861:
  • produced changes in the lives of the peasantry
  • led to the decline of village commune
  • did not require compensation to be paid to landowners for property they lost
  • granted legal rights to 22 million serfs