Modern World History Quiz Questions and Answers MCQs General Knowledge on World History for competitive exam and interview. Includes wide range of GK and General Awareness questions on World History which can be helpful for any Competitive Exams.
1. Who amongst the following was not associated with the Unification of
Italy?
- (A) Cavour
- (B) Garibaldi
- (C) Mussolini
- (D) Mazzini
2. Who among the following played a prominent role during the “Reign of
Terror” In France?
- (A) Voltaire
- (B) Marat
- (C) Robespierre
- (D) Montesquieu
3. Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was :
- (A) French
- (B) Italian
- (C) Flemish
- (D) Spanish
4. 1917 is known for :
- (A) Battle of Trafalgar
- (B) Battle of Waterloo
- (C) End of the World War I
- (D) The Russian Revolution
5. From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 49th federating state?
- (A) Canada
- (B) Britain
- (C) Russia
- (D) France
6. The American Civil War saw the end of :
- (A) Slavery
- (B) Landlordism
- (C) Monarchy
- (D) Apartheid
7. Which one of the following U.S. President vis-ited China in 1972 for strengthening diplomaticties?
- (A) Richard Nixon
- (B) George Bush (Senior)
- (C) D Eisenhowar
- (D) J. F. Kennedy
8. The Declaration of American Independence was based on the theory of :
- (A) Civil Rights
- (B) Moral Rights
- (C) Legal Rights
- (D) Natural Rights
9. The previous name of Zaire was :
- (A) Benin
- (B) Liberia
- (C) Congo
- (D) Sierra Leone
10. Which decade is called as the “Era of Decolonisation”?
- (A) 1950’s
- (B) 1980’s
- (C) 1990’s
- (D) 1970’s
11. The theory of “natural rights” was propounded by :
- (A) Hobbes
- (B) Locke
- (C) Bentham
- (D) Marx
12. During 18th century who among the following philosophers said these famous words?
- “Man is born free but is every where in chains.”
- (A) Voltaire
- (B) Jack Dareda
- (C) Jean Jacques Rousseaou
- (D) Montesqueue
13. The famous painting ‘Monalisa’ was the creation of :
- (A) Michael-Angelo
- (B) Leonardo-da-Vinci
- (C) Picasso
- (D) Van Gogh
14. Who has given a call “Go back to nature?
- (A) Plato
- (B) Aristotle
- (C) Rousseau
- (D) Hobbes
15. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State?
- (A) Herbert Spencer
- (B) J. S. Mill
- (C) John Locke
- (D) Tocqueville
16. Who speaks of Cabinet system as “the steering wheel of the ship of state”?
- (A) Lowell
- (B) Muin
- (C) Marriot
- (D) Bagehot
17. When did China start the Civil Services Examination?
- (A) 6th A.D.
- (B) 1905
- (C) 1920
- (D) 1949
18. Who was the first Caliph :
- (A) Sulaiman, the Great
- (B) Abu Bakr
- (C) Imam Hussain
- (D) Constantine
19. In which country the Head of the State gets his office by the law of hereditary succession?
- (A) China
- (B) Sri Lanka
- (C) France
- (D) Japan
20. The Wailing wall is situated in :
- (A) Berlin
- (B) Beijing
- (C) Jerusalem
- (D) Tel Aviv
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