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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1151. |
Where was the Head quarter of the League of Nations? |
| A. | hague |
| B. | geneva |
| C. | genoa |
| D. | rome |
| Answer» C. genoa | |
| 1152. |
Who was the leader of Revolutionary Marxism in Germany in the Post First World War period? |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | rosa luxemburg |
| C. | stalin |
| D. | antonio gramsci |
| Answer» C. stalin | |
| 1153. |
Where is Manchuria situated? |
| A. | india |
| B. | russia |
| C. | china |
| D. | japan |
| Answer» D. japan | |
| 1154. |
What is GATT stands for |
| A. | general agreement on tariff and trade |
| B. | general agency for trade and tax |
| C. | global agency for tariff and trade |
| D. | global agreement on tax and trade |
| Answer» B. general agency for trade and tax | |
| 1155. |
Which among the following is not a specialized agency of the UN |
| A. | world health organisation |
| B. | food and agriculture organisation |
| C. | general assembly |
| D. | international labour organisation |
| Answer» D. international labour organisation | |
| 1156. |
Who authored ‘The Discourses?’ |
| A. | dante |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | john locke |
| D. | thomas hobbes |
| Answer» C. john locke | |
| 1157. |
To which country James Watt belonged |
| A. | england |
| B. | germany |
| C. | france |
| D. | scotland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1158. |
The magnum opus of Erasmus of Rotterdam is |
| A. | in praise of folly |
| B. | decameron |
| C. | don quixote |
| D. | othello |
| Answer» B. decameron | |
| 1159. |
Who invented the Sewing machine? |
| A. | eli whitney |
| B. | thomas savery |
| C. | elias howe |
| D. | thomas newcomen |
| Answer» D. thomas newcomen | |
| 1160. |
Who was responsible for the invention of ‘Mule’ |
| A. | john kay |
| B. | richard arkwright |
| C. | james hargreaves |
| D. | samuel crompton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1161. |
In the 16th century, the German translation of Bible was made by |
| A. | martin luther |
| B. | john gutenberg |
| C. | bismarck |
| D. | john calvin |
| Answer» B. john gutenberg | |
| 1162. |
The sculpture Pieta is sculptured by |
| A. | donatello |
| B. | leonardo da vinci |
| C. | michelangelo |
| D. | raphael |
| Answer» D. raphael | |
| 1163. |
Which Continental Congress adopted the American Declaration of Independence? |
| A. | third |
| B. | second |
| C. | first |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. first | |
| 1164. |
Who was Donatello? |
| A. | thinker |
| B. | actor |
| C. | philosopher |
| D. | sculptor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1165. |
To which country Ferdinand Magellan belonged? |
| A. | portugal |
| B. | spain |
| C. | england |
| D. | holland |
| Answer» B. spain | |
| 1166. |
Which ruler of Portugal did encourage navigators at the beginning of the 15th century? |
| A. | philip i |
| B. | henry |
| C. | elizabeth |
| D. | henry viii |
| Answer» C. elizabeth | |
| 1167. |
Who was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Bohemia? |
| A. | martin luther |
| B. | john calvin |
| C. | zwingli |
| D. | john huss |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1168. |
The Church at Wittenberg located in |
| A. | italy |
| B. | india |
| C. | spain |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1169. |
Where is the Pitti Palace located? |
| A. | italy |
| B. | germany |
| C. | spain |
| D. | england |
| Answer» B. germany | |
| 1170. |
Who authored Don Quixote? |
| A. | dante |
| B. | erasmus |
| C. | cervantes |
| D. | thomas more |
| Answer» D. thomas more | |
| 1171. |
The term ‘Metropolis’ simply means |
| A. | colony |
| B. | town |
| C. | settlement |
| D. | mother country |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1172. |
Who was the ruler of Russia at the time of the Revolution? |
| A. | nicholas ii |
| B. | nicholas i |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | peter |
| Answer» B. nicholas i | |
| 1173. |
Who was the leader of the Mensheviks in Russia? |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | sun yat sen |
| Answer» D. sun yat sen | |
| 1174. |
Name the dynasty that had ruled over Austria Hungary till the end of the I World War |
| A. | romanov |
| B. | hohenzollern |
| C. | stuart |
| D. | hapsburg |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1175. |
Who was the king of Germany during the I World War? |
| A. | nicholas ii |
| B. | william ii |
| C. | james iii |
| D. | alexander |
| Answer» C. james iii | |
| 1176. |
Which of the following nations was not a member of the Triple Alliance? |
| A. | germany |
| B. | japan |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» D. italy | |
| 1177. |
The Battle of Marne was associated with which war? |
| A. | american war of independence |
| B. | ii world war |
| C. | i world war |
| D. | english civil war |
| Answer» D. english civil war | |
| 1178. |
Name the heir to the Austrian throne at the second decade of the 20th century? |
| A. | archduke francis ferdinand |
| B. | william the junior |
| C. | ferdinand francis |
| D. | prince henry |
| Answer» B. william the junior | |
| 1179. |
The term Entente means |
| A. | pact |
| B. | agreement |
| C. | understanding |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1180. |
Name the member nation of the Triple Alliance |
| A. | britain |
| B. | france |
| C. | austria- hungary |
| D. | sri lanka |
| Answer» D. sri lanka | |
| 1181. |
Who was proclaimed as the first king of united Italy? |
| A. | william |
| B. | victor emmanuel ii |
| C. | louis iv |
| D. | john henry |
| Answer» C. louis iv | |
| 1182. |
Name the army raised by Garibaldi for effecting Italian unification |
| A. | black shirts |
| B. | red turbans |
| C. | brown shirts |
| D. | red shirts |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1183. |
Which city was the capital of Bosnia at the beginning of the 20th century? |
| A. | sarajevo |
| B. | athens |
| C. | crimea |
| D. | herzegovina |
| Answer» B. athens | |
| 1184. |
Who was the editor of the newspaper II Risorgimento of Italy? |
| A. | mazzini |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | bismarck |
| D. | cavour |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1185. |
Who was the leading figure in the Congress of Vienna? |
| A. | napoleon bonaparte |
| B. | garibaldi |
| C. | metternich |
| D. | louis napoleon |
| Answer» D. louis napoleon | |
| 1186. |
Who authored the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin? |
| A. | louis carol |
| B. | mrs. harriot beecher stowe |
| C. | anita desai |
| D. | vikram seth |
| Answer» C. anita desai | |
| 1187. |
Who was the wife of Louis XVI of France? |
| A. | anne boleyn |
| B. | anne |
| C. | mary com |
| D. | mary antoinette |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1188. |
Who was the master brain behind the drafting of theAmerican Declaration of Independence? |
| A. | abraham lincoln |
| B. | george washington |
| C. | thomas paine |
| D. | thomas jefferson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1189. |
To which nation the present Secretary General of theUN belongs? |
| A. | north korea |
| B. | south korea |
| C. | egypt |
| D. | columbia |
| Answer» C. egypt | |
| 1190. |
Who was the First President of the US? |
| A. | abraham lincoln |
| B. | benjamin franklin |
| C. | george washington |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» D. woodrow wilson | |
| 1191. |
Where was York Town located? |
| A. | new york |
| B. | georgia |
| C. | connecticut |
| D. | virginia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1192. |
The Continental Congress was associated with whichRevolution? |
| A. | american civil war |
| B. | american revolution |
| C. | indian mutiny |
| D. | english civil war |
| Answer» C. indian mutiny | |
| 1193. |
Name the Serbian Terrorist who killed the heir toAustrian throne in 1914? |
| A. | gavrilo princip |
| B. | francis |
| C. | gagan princep |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. francis | |
| 1194. |
Which of the following nations was a member of theRome Berlin Tokyo Axis? |
| A. | india |
| B. | france |
| C. | malaysia c)japan |
| D. | canada |
| Answer» D. canada | |
| 1195. |
Anti Comintern Pact was made against |
| A. | capitalism |
| B. | feudalism |
| C. | communism |
| D. | islamisation |
| Answer» D. islamisation | |
| 1196. |
Name the newspaper started by Mussolini |
| A. | the royale |
| B. | the people of italy |
| C. | the news |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. the news | |
| 1197. |
The Italian term ‘Avanti’ means |
| A. | forward |
| B. | fight |
| C. | battle |
| D. | struggle |
| Answer» B. fight | |
| 1198. |
The Great Depression began with which incident? |
| A. | strike of the workers |
| B. | looting of banks |
| C. | plunder of banks |
| D. | the wall street crash |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1199. |
Name the important aerial battle waged in the II World War? |
| A. | battle of britain |
| B. | battle of ambur |
| C. | battle of piedmont |
| D. | battle of munich |
| Answer» B. battle of ambur | |
| 1200. |
Which nation was not a member of the Axis Powers? |
| A. | japan |
| B. | ussr |
| C. | italy |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» C. italy | |