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This set of Modern World History Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern World History Set 3

Q1 | In…………….., Britain declared Egypt a British protectorate.
  • 1862
  • 1882
  • 1895
  • 1905
Q2 | Britain and France clashed in a town called Fashoda in Southern ……..on the upper Nile.
  • morocco
  • sudan
  • algeria
  • abyssinia
Q3 | At the battle of ………………….in 1898, Kitchener managed to defeat the natives of thetown, Fashoda.
  • morocco
  • omdurman
  • algeria
  • burma
Q4 | The French troops under ……………….occupied Fashoda for France.
  • jean-baptiste marchand
  • theodore roosevelt
  • chang chih-tung
  • dowager tz'u-his
Q5 | …… ruled China from 1644 to 1912 actively sponsored and promoted Confucian culture.
  • manchus
  • hapsburg
  • bourbon
  • tudor
Q6 | The Hundred Day Reforms in china was in the year…………
  • 1878
  • 1898
  • 1900
  • 1902
Q7 | The Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) ended by the humiliating treaty of ………….in 1895.
  • paris
  • shimonoseki
  • boxer
  • leipzig
Q8 | By 1898, …………………had seized Kiaochow from China
  • china
  • germany
  • japan
  • america
Q9 | Ever since the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864), Manchu dynasty's political power hadbeen decentralized in……………….
  • china
  • germany
  • italy
  • russia
Q10 | Boxer Uprising / Movement (1900) were in ……………
  • china
  • germany
  • japan
  • spain
Q11 | From 1895 to 1898, Shantung was under the rule of Governor ……………..who secretlyencouraged the Boxers to attack Christian missionaries.
  • li ping-heng
  • yuan shih-k'ai
  • chang chih-tung
  • k’ang yu-wei
Q12 | In 1899, ……………, the new Shantung governor, gave active support to the BoxerMovement.
  • yu-hsien
  • kuang-hsu
  • dowager tz'u-hsi
  • theodore roosevelt
Q13 | In May………………, the Empress Dowager asked the Boxers to enter Peking to show hertheir magical kung-fu.
  • 1900
  • 1905
  • 1908
  • 1911
Q14 | The Empress Tz'u-hsi fled ……………..for Xian
  • peking
  • fukien
  • hunan
  • shensi
Q15 | Taiwan was ceded to ………….in 1895.
  • japan
  • hungary
  • china
  • germany
Q16 | In 1903, Huang Hsing, who was an overseas student from the province of……………, setup a revolutionary organization there to work for the overthrow of the Ch'ing dynasty.
  • hungary
  • hunan
  • peking
  • shensi
Q17 | In 1904, Huang Hsing was forced to escape to Japan, where he met ………………
  • sun yat-sen
  • liang ch'i-ch'ao
  • k'ang yu-wei
  • yuanshikai
Q18 | In 1903, overseas students formed a “Resist-Russia-Volunteer Corps" for the purposeof defending China against the Russian aggression in……………...
  • manchuria
  • hong kong
  • hungary
  • peking
Q19 | Sun Yat-sen was born in a village near ………….in 1866.
  • kiangsi
  • hong kong
  • hungary
  • canton
Q20 | At the age of 13, Sun-yat-sen was sent to ……………to join his elder brother who hadstarted a successful business overseas.
  • taiwan
  • hong kong
  • hungary
  • hawaii
Q21 | Hsing-chung hui was formed by …………….
  • yuan shih-k'ai
  • li hung-chang
  • kuang-hsu
  • sun yat-sen
Q22 | Wuhan Uprising was in October……………….
  • 1811
  • 1821
  • 1901
  • 1911
Q23 | Immediately after the Wuhan Uprising in October,1911 in a last attempt to save itself,the Manchu court recalled………….., who had been forced to retire since 1908.
  • yuan shih-k'ai
  • lloyd george
  • theodore roosevelt
  • sun yat-sen
Q24 | The end of the Ch'ing dynasty was in February ……………..
  • 1812
  • 1832
  • 1843
  • 1912
Q25 | On February 12, 1912, under …………..pressure, the Manchu court announced itsabdication.
  • mao’s
  • chiang kai-shek’s
  • sun yat-sen’s
  • yuan's