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This section includes 71 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Roots of the Modern World knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
King Louis XVI was found guilty of high treason by the National Convention and wasguillotined on 21st January ……… |
| A. | 1746 |
| B. | 1769 |
| C. | 1793 |
| D. | 1795 |
| Answer» D. 1795 | |
| 2. |
July 14, …………saw the fall of the Bastille, a royal fortress and symbol of Bourbonautocracy. |
| A. | 1779 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1793 |
| D. | 1798 |
| Answer» C. 1793 | |
| 3. |
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a fundamental document of the…………………….. |
| A. | american revolution |
| B. | english revolution |
| C. | french revolution |
| D. | bour war |
| Answer» D. bour war | |
| 4. |
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled ……………..to Elba, an island of 12,000inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 20 km off the Tuscan coast. |
| A. | louis xii |
| B. | charles telford |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | napoleon bonaparte |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor on 2 December ……….. at Notre Dame de Paris |
| A. | 1704 |
| B. | 1784 |
| C. | 1798 |
| D. | 1804 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
When his ministers attempted to discuss affairs of the state with him, who merely remarked,"After me, the deluge." |
| A. | louis xv |
| B. | edward vi |
| C. | james ii |
| D. | henry viii |
| Answer» B. edward vi | |
| 7. |
The …………..Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. |
| A. | french |
| B. | dutch |
| C. | american |
| D. | english |
| Answer» B. dutch | |
| 8. |
The French Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, …………. |
| A. | 1789 |
| B. | 1798 |
| C. | 1799 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» B. 1798 | |
| 9. |
The ’reign of terror’ came to an end with the revolt of the Parisian mob against Robespierrewho was guillotined on March 13, …………. |
| A. | 1736 |
| B. | 1766 |
| C. | 1794 |
| D. | 1798 |
| Answer» D. 1798 | |
| 10. |
…………..invented the first steam engine in 1705, in order to pump water out of the mines. |
| A. | thomas newcomen |
| B. | michael faraday |
| C. | jethro tull |
| D. | viscount townsend |
| Answer» B. michael faraday | |
| 11. |
The discovery of a new method of ’Crop Rotation’, was made by………………. |
| A. | viscount townsend |
| B. | robert bakewell |
| C. | adam smith |
| D. | benjamin disraeli |
| Answer» B. robert bakewell | |
| 12. |
In 1769, ……………invented a machine run by waterpower instead of manpower. Hence itcame to be called the ’Water-Frame’. |
| A. | richard arkwright |
| B. | john macadam |
| C. | robert fulton |
| D. | james watt |
| Answer» B. john macadam | |
| 13. |
Samuel Crompton removed the defects of the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame, with hismachine known as …………….. |
| A. | spinning mule |
| B. | john macadam |
| C. | john smeaton |
| D. | charles telford |
| Answer» B. john macadam | |
| 14. |
…………..negotiated with Pope Pius VII. Finally, a Concordat was concluded in 1802. |
| A. | matternich |
| B. | elizabeth |
| C. | charles i |
| D. | napoleon bonaparte |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The "People's Charter" of 1838 was a public petition aimed at redressing omissions from theelectoral …………………….. |
| A. | representation of the people act, 1918 |
| B. | representation of the people act, 1928 |
| C. | reform act of 1832 |
| D. | reform act of 1884 |
| Answer» D. reform act of 1884 | |
| 16. |
……………means "leave to do, leave to pass" or more accurately "let things alone, let thempass". |
| A. | socialism |
| B. | communism |
| C. | laissez-faire |
| D. | chartism |
| Answer» D. chartism | |
| 17. |
Who was imprisoned and then exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean,1,870 km from the west coast of Africa. |
| A. | napoleon bonaparte |
| B. | alexandro volta |
| C. | edward vi |
| D. | william iii |
| Answer» B. alexandro volta | |
| 18. |
In……………., Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the ‘Communist Manifesto’ whichintroduced scientific socialism or Communism. |
| A. | 1648 |
| B. | 1748 |
| C. | 1848 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» D. 1948 | |
| 19. |
Who wrote ‘Asia and Western Dominance’ |
| A. | k.n.panikkar |
| B. | leonardo da vinci |
| C. | k.m.panikkar |
| D. | sumit sarkar |
| Answer» D. sumit sarkar | |
| 20. |
Simon Boivar was the Liberator of ……………… |
| A. | north america |
| B. | latin america |
| C. | africa |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» C. africa | |
| 21. |
William of Orange was the Protestant ruler of Holland and the son-in-law of …………. |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | charles ii |
| C. | charles iv |
| D. | james ii |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
The Seven Weeks' War was between Austria and ……………. |
| A. | prussia |
| B. | rome |
| C. | america |
| D. | piedmond |
| Answer» B. rome | |
| 23. |
Who was called “The Iron Chancellor" of Germany? |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | mussolini |
| C. | otto von bismarck |
| D. | peter the great |
| Answer» D. peter the great | |
| 24. |
Who gave a beautiful definition to democracy in his famous Gettysburg speech? |
| A. | abraham lincoln |
| B. | galileo |
| C. | hitler |
| D. | mussolini |
| Answer» B. galileo | |
| 25. |
‘Carbonari’ was a secret society of …………. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | france |
| C. | italy |
| D. | poland |
| Answer» D. poland | |
| 26. |
The works of electoral reform was completed by the Representation of the People Actof…………., which granted the right to vote, to all women over twenty-one years. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1928 |
| C. | 1932 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» C. 1932 | |
| 27. |
Kansass –Ne-Braska Act was passed in …………. |
| A. | 1754 |
| B. | 1854 |
| C. | 1868 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» C. 1868 | |
| 28. |
As a result of the growing strength of the ’Chartist Movement’, the Representation of thePeople Act, was passed in 1867. It was introduced by ……………. |
| A. | benjamin disraeli |
| B. | gladston |
| C. | lord derby |
| D. | abraham lincoln |
| Answer» B. gladston | |
| 29. |
As James II would not be able to fight against the Parliament and William of Orange, heescaped to ………………. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | russia |
| C. | italy |
| D. | france |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
On June 15, 1215 ……………affixed his seal on the ’Great Charter’, which is referred to asthe ’Magna Carta.’ |
| A. | robert owen |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | oliver cromwell |
| D. | king john |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
………..became nationally famous in 1858 when he competed for the post of Senator fromIllinois against Stephen A Douglas. |
| A. | francisco de miranda |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | san martín |
| D. | columbus |
| Answer» C. san martín | |
| 32. |
Abraham Lincoln was Born in …………in 1809. |
| A. | pennsylvania |
| B. | kentucky |
| C. | new york |
| D. | new jersey |
| Answer» C. new york | |
| 33. |
The ……………aroused a spirit of adventure as well as a great deal of curiosity among theEuropeans. |
| A. | french revolution |
| B. | renaissance |
| C. | american revolution |
| D. | reformation |
| Answer» C. american revolution | |
| 34. |
The secessionist tendency gathered momentum after the ………..decision of 1857 and theconflict between Northerners and Southerners in America became more severe. |
| A. | dredscot |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | simon boivar |
| D. | san martin |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 35. |
Who formed a Consultative Council, known as the ’Witan’ (the Council of the wise men),which was composed of several learned men?. |
| A. | james i |
| B. | thomas jefferson |
| C. | robert owen |
| D. | king alfred |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
In October…………….., Italy and Germany formed a close alliance known as the Berlin-Rome Axis. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1936 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund invited …………to attend a general church council atConstance where he was burned at the stake in 1415. |
| A. | wyclife |
| B. | thomas newcomen |
| C. | shakespeare |
| D. | john huss |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator sailed around the cape up the east coast of Africa,across the Indian Ocean and landed at ………….. |
| A. | cochi |
| B. | calicut |
| C. | bombay |
| D. | cape of good hope |
| Answer» C. bombay | |
| 39. |
……….Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa. |
| A. | 1468 |
| B. | 1477 |
| C. | 1488 |
| D. | 1498 |
| Answer» D. 1498 | |
| 40. |
Thomas Paine was a radical writer who emigrated from …………to America in 1774. |
| A. | england |
| B. | russia |
| C. | spain |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» B. russia | |
| 41. |
In March 1919, Lenin founded the Third International (or Comintern) in Moscow with…………….as its President. |
| A. | alexander kerensky |
| B. | bukharin |
| C. | kamenev |
| D. | zinoviev |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Northern Schleswig to …………………. |
| A. | austria |
| B. | denmark |
| C. | hungary |
| D. | yugoslavia |
| Answer» C. hungary | |
| 43. |
By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Memel to …………. |
| A. | austria |
| B. | lithuania |
| C. | yugoslavia |
| D. | czechoslovakia |
| Answer» C. yugoslavia | |
| 44. |
In 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sponsors ……………..to find a route to India. |
| A. | bartholomeu dias |
| B. | john cabot |
| C. | christopher columbus |
| D. | vasco da gama |
| Answer» D. vasco da gama | |
| 45. |
……………the navigator encouraged navigation by establishing a school for geographers. |
| A. | george sarton |
| B. | amerigo vespucci |
| C. | randolph starn |
| D. | henry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
From 1515 to 1547 - The French king Francis I extended his colonies to …………and theMississipi Valley. |
| A. | new hampshire |
| B. | vermont |
| C. | canada |
| D. | maine |
| Answer» D. maine | |
| 47. |
Frederick was involved in a war which lasted from 1756-63 and is popularly known as……………… |
| A. | seven years war |
| B. | american civil war |
| C. | the war of the spanish succession |
| D. | mexican |
| Answer» B. american civil war | |
| 48. |
The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the courtof……………, about 1260. |
| A. | kublai khan |
| B. | alfred the great |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | akbar |
| Answer» B. alfred the great | |
| 49. |
Vasco da Gama went around the cape and across the Indian Ocean to reach India (Calicut) in……….. |
| A. | 1458 |
| B. | 1468 |
| C. | 1498 |
| D. | 1598 |
| Answer» D. 1598 | |
| 50. |
In…………., the Russian Revolution transformed the ancient Tsarist autocracy into aConstitutional Monarchy. |
| A. | 1805 |
| B. | 1875 |
| C. | 1892 |
| D. | 1905 |
| Answer» E. | |