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This set of History of the Modern World Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of The Modern World Set 2

Q1 | The parliament of Russia is
  • estates general
  • duma
  • loka sabha
  • none of these
Q2 | The secret police of the Russian Tsars
  • cbi
  • raw
  • cossacks
  • fbi
Q3 | Which nation was not a member of the Triple Entente?
  • france
  • britain
  • russia
  • germany
Q4 | The policy of ‘Blood and Iron’ was introduced by
  • mussolini
  • hitler
  • ottovon bismarck
  • garibaldi
Q5 | Name the political policy of Bismarck for effecting theunification of Germany
  • blood and iron
  • peace and settlement
  • non violence
  • none of these
Q6 | Which of the following nations is a permanent memberof the UN Security Council?
  • canada
  • india
  • japan
  • usa
Q7 | Who is identified as the ‘Sword of Italian Unification?
  • garibaldi
  • mazzini
  • cavour
  • king alfred
Q8 | Who founded the Young Italy organization?
  • garibaldi
  • cavour
  • bismarck
  • mazzini
Q9 | The economic thinkers of France in the 18th century were known as
  • philosophes
  • physiocrats
  • abolitionists
  • capitalists
Q10 | Who was the ruler of England at the time of the Glorious Revolution?
  • james i
  • charles ii
  • charles i
  • james ii
Q11 | To which dynasty James II of England belonged
  • tudor
  • hanover
  • hapsburg
  • stuart
Q12 | In the civil war, name the supporters of the king ofEngland
  • cavaliers
  • round heads
  • red shirts
  • royale
Q13 | Which of the following was not a colony of British in America?
  • new york
  • massachusetts
  • quebec
  • pennsylvania
Q14 | Who introduced the theory of Separation of Powers?
  • rousseau
  • montesquieu
  • voltaire
  • thomas paine
Q15 | Who authored Contract Social?
  • rousseau
  • voltaire
  • thomas jefferson
  • diderot
Q16 | Who represented the bourgeois class in the Frenchsociety?
  • nobles
  • clergy
  • educated and rich people
  • peasants
Q17 | The Oath of Tennis Court was associated with which event
  • russian revolution
  • french revolution
  • american civil war
  • english civil war
Q18 | Which European country is considered as the pioneerin Geographical Explorations?
  • england
  • france
  • spain
  • portugal
Q19 | ‘Utopia’ is written by
  • shakespeare
  • sir thomas more
  • ben johnson
  • chaucer
Q20 | Who is the author of Decameron?
  • dante
  • petrarch
  • cervantes
  • boccaccio
Q21 | Name the French ruler who stated, ’I am the state’
  • louis xiv
  • louis xv
  • henry iv
  • napoleon
Q22 | In whose reign did the French Revolution take place?
  • louis iii
  • louis xiii
  • louis xvi
  • louis xv
Q23 | Who was responsible for the creation of the first steamengine?
  • john kay
  • george stephenson
  • alexander fleming
  • henry ford
Q24 | Who introduced the philosophy of Systematic Doubt asthe basis of firm knowledge?
  • vico
  • francis bacon
  • roger bacon
  • rene descartes
Q25 | To which country the navigator Columbus belonged
  • spain
  • italy
  • france
  • porugal