Modern World History Set 12

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This set of Modern World History Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern World History Set 12

Q1 | Who wrote the book “The Jewish State”?
  • theodor herzl
  • john f. kennedy
  • nikita khrushchev
  • fidel castro
Answer: theodor herzl
Q2 | The PLO was created in …………………
  • 1914
  • 1924
  • 1944
  • 1964
Answer: 1964
Q3 | By 1967 the ………………had decided that their primary goal was the destruction of thestate of Israel.
  • plo
  • zionism
  • cominform
  • cento
Answer: plo
Q4 | The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved on 25thDecember,…………..
  • 1941
  • 1951
  • 1967
  • 1991
Answer: 1991
Q5 | …………….led the USSR from 1962-1982.
  • leonid brezhnev
  • stalin
  • khrushchev
  • cherenkov
Answer: leonid brezhnev
Q6 | In 1894 ……………..founded the Chinese Revival society.
  • dr. sun yat sen
  • chiang kai-shek
  • mao
  • yuanshikai
Answer: dr. sun yat sen
Q7 | The Boxer Rebellion in China was in ………………
  • 1800
  • 1890
  • 1900
  • 1907
Answer: 1900
Q8 | The Manchu dynasty was overthrown in a revolution of …………….
  • 1879
  • 1891
  • 1911
  • 1921
Answer: 1911
Q9 | Japan captured Manchuria and withdrew from the League of Nations in …………...
  • 1911
  • 1921
  • 1931
  • 1935
Answer: 1931
Q10 | In 1941 …………..attacked the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
  • china
  • japan
  • britain
  • spain
Answer: japan
Q11 | In 1949 Indonesia becomes independent from …………rule.
  • none
  • dutch french
  • spanish
  • british
Answer: dutch french
Q12 | The first steam engine, used for pumping water from mine shafts was invented in 1711 by?
  • William Blake.
  • Matthew Boulton.
  • James Watt.
  • Thomas Newcomen.
Answer: Thomas Newcomen.
Q13 | Which of the following statement does not represent nineteenth-century middle-classthinking about gender role?
  • men and women inhabited “separate spheres”.
  • women were suited for longer because their brains were larger.
  • men and women had different social roles.
  • women were morally superior to men because of their “passionlessness”.
Answer: women were suited for longer because their brains were larger.
Q14 | The British “navvies” built:
  • railways.
  • shipyards.
  • factories.
  • hospital and schools.
Answer: railways.
Q15 | Which pairing is incorrect?
  • William Thackeray- Vanity Fair.
  • Charles Dicken- Hard Times.
  • Honore de Balzac- The Human Comedy.
  • Victor Hugo- Oliver Twist.
Answer: Victor Hugo- Oliver Twist.
Q16 | After the 1850s, who led the invention and commercialization of electricity?
  • Britain.
  • France.
  • Belgium and France.
  • Germany and the United States.
Answer: Germany and the United States.
Q17 | The Great Famine of1845-1849 took place in:
  • France and Belgium.
  • Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands.
  • The United States.
  • All of the above.
Answer: Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands.
Q18 | By 1817, which country was one of the core nations of industrial Europe?
  • France.
  • Russia.
  • Italy.
  • Germany.
Answer: Russia.
Q19 | British tariffs prohibiting the importation of East Indian Cottons:
  • acted as a brake on the manufacture of domestic cottons.
  • forced the British to abandon cotton manufacture altogether.
  • served as an inducement to the manufacture of domestic cottons.
  • stimulated the manufacture and sale of woolen goods.
Answer: served as an inducement to the manufacture of domestic cottons.
Q20 | In general European serfdom:
  • was an obstacle to the commercialization of agriculture.
  • disappeared across Eastern Europe and Russia by 1800.
  • provided vast incentives for landowners to improve farming techniques.
  • Both A and B.
Answer: was an obstacle to the commercialization of agriculture.
Q21 | John Kay?s invention of the “flying shuttle” in 1773 revolutionized the process of cotton:
  • spinning.
  • weaving.
  • carding.
  • combing.
Answer: weaving.
Q22 | The mythical leader of a British rural rebellion in 1820s was:
  • Ned Lud.
  • John Ball.
  • Captain Swing.
  • Wat Tyler.
Answer: Captain Swing.
Q23 | The expression, “ angel in the house ,” refers to:
  • a London Prostitute.
  • the Victorian middle-class woman.
  • an essay by John Stuart Mill.
  • a London domestic servant.
Answer: the Victorian middle-class woman.
Q24 | Working- class men and women were most vulnerable to:
  • unemployment, sickness, and industrial accidents.
  • seasonal unemployment.
  • cyclical economic depressions.
  • All of the above.
Answer: All of the above.
Q25 | The English contractor Thomas Brassey is best known for:
  • developing the first steam-powered locomotive.
  • opening the Stockton to Darlington line in 1825.
  • criticizing continental railway system.
  • building railways in Canada, Argentina, Australia and India.
Answer: building railways in Canada, Argentina, Australia and India.
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