The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth Century Society Set 2

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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

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