History Of The Modern World Set 4

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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 4

Q1 | Which nation was not a member of the Axis Powers?
  • japan
  • ussr
  • italy
  • germany
Answer: ussr
Q2 | Name the important aerial battle waged in the II World War?
  • battle of britain
  • battle of ambur
  • battle of piedmont
  • battle of munich
Answer: battle of britain
Q3 | The Great Depression began with which incident?
  • strike of the workers
  • looting of banks
  • plunder of banks
  • the wall street crash
Answer: the wall street crash
Q4 | Name the newspaper started by Mussolini
  • the royale
  • the people of italy
  • the news
  • none of these
Answer: the people of italy
Q5 | The Italian term ‘Avanti’ means
  • forward
  • fight
  • battle
  • struggle
Answer: forward
Q6 | Anti Comintern Pact was made against
  • capitalism
  • feudalism
  • communism
  • islamisation
Answer: communism
Q7 | Which of the following nations was a member of theRome Berlin Tokyo Axis?
  • india
  • france
  • malaysia c)japan
  • canada
Answer: malaysia c)japan
Q8 | Name the Serbian Terrorist who killed the heir toAustrian throne in 1914?
  • gavrilo princip
  • francis
  • gagan princep
  • none of these
Answer: gavrilo princip
Q9 | The Continental Congress was associated with whichRevolution?
  • american civil war
  • american revolution
  • indian mutiny
  • english civil war
Answer: american revolution
Q10 | Where was York Town located?
  • new york
  • georgia
  • connecticut
  • virginia
Answer: virginia
Q11 | Who was the First President of the US?
  • abraham lincoln
  • benjamin franklin
  • george washington
  • woodrow wilson
Answer: george washington
Q12 | To which nation the present Secretary General of theUN belongs?
  • north korea
  • south korea
  • egypt
  • columbia
Answer: south korea
Q13 | Who was the master brain behind the drafting of theAmerican Declaration of Independence?
  • abraham lincoln
  • george washington
  • thomas paine
  • thomas jefferson
Answer: thomas jefferson
Q14 | Who was the wife of Louis XVI of France?
  • anne boleyn
  • anne
  • mary com
  • mary antoinette
Answer: mary antoinette
Q15 | Who authored the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
  • louis carol
  • mrs. harriot beecher stowe
  • anita desai
  • vikram seth
Answer: mrs. harriot beecher stowe
Q16 | Who was the leading figure in the Congress of Vienna?
  • napoleon bonaparte
  • garibaldi
  • metternich
  • louis napoleon
Answer: metternich
Q17 | Which city was the capital of Bosnia at the beginning of the 20th century?
  • sarajevo
  • athens
  • crimea
  • herzegovina
Answer: sarajevo
Q18 | Who was the editor of the newspaper II Risorgimento of Italy?
  • mazzini
  • hitler
  • bismarck
  • cavour
Answer: cavour
Q19 | Name the army raised by Garibaldi for effecting Italian unification
  • black shirts
  • red turbans
  • brown shirts
  • red shirts
Answer: red shirts
Q20 | Who was proclaimed as the first king of united Italy?
  • william
  • victor emmanuel ii
  • louis iv
  • john henry
Answer: victor emmanuel ii
Q21 | Name the member nation of the Triple Alliance
  • britain
  • france
  • austria- hungary
  • sri lanka
Answer: austria- hungary
Q22 | The term Entente means
  • pact
  • agreement
  • understanding
  • none of these
Answer: understanding
Q23 | Name the heir to the Austrian throne at the second decade of the 20th century?
  • archduke francis ferdinand
  • william the junior
  • ferdinand francis
  • prince henry
Answer: archduke francis ferdinand
Q24 | The Battle of Marne was associated with which war?
  • american war of independence
  • ii world war
  • i world war
  • english civil war
Answer: i world war
Q25 | Which of the following nations was not a member of the Triple Alliance?
  • germany
  • japan
  • france
  • italy
Answer: france
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