Modern History - MCQs with answers - Part 2

Modern History - MCQs with answers - Part 2


1. When was Government of India Act passed?

a) 1818
b) 1819
c) 1858
d) 1800

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ANSWER: c) 1858

Its provisions called for the termination of the British east India Company.



2. Who founded the city of Singapore?

a) Francis Light
b) Herman Willem Daendels
c) Lee Kuan Yew
d) Stamford Raffles

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ANSWER: d) Stamford Raffles

In 1819, he founded the city of Singapore.



3. Who was elected as First Consul of the Consulate of France?

a) Adolf Hitler
b) Napoleon Bonaparte
c) Napoleon III
d) Maximiliean Robespierre

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ANSWER:

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and its associated wars.



4. Who was "The First American"?

a) Benjamin Franklin
b) James Madison
c) John Adams
d) George Washington

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ANSWER: a) Benjamin Franklin

In June 1776, Benjamin Franklin was appointed a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the United States Declaration of Independence.



5. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?

a) Benjamin Franklin
b) George Washington
c) Thomas Edison
d) Thomas Jefferson

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ANSWER: d) Thomas Jefferson

He was a spokesman for democracy, and embraced the principles of republicanism and the rights of the individual with worldwide influence.



6. When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?

a) 1775
b) 1776
c) 1783
d) 1791

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ANSWER: d) 1791

The Bill of Rights comprises ten constitutional amendments guaranteeing many fundamental civil rights and freedoms.



7. When did the king Ferdinand VII die?

a) 1808
b) 1829
c) 1833
d) 1898

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ANSWER: c) 1833

He reestablished the absolutist monarchy and rejected the liberal constitution of 1812.



8. When was the modern petroleum industry started?

a) 1808
b) 1829
c) 1846
d) 1898

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ANSWER: c) 1846

Kerosene was the chief finished product.



9. Who invented kerosene?

a) Abraham Pineo Gesner
b) Benjamin Silliman
c) Edwin Drake
d) John William Dawson

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ANSWER: a) Abraham Pineo Gesner

He discovered the process of refining kerosene from coal.



10. Who was the first to distill petroleum?

a) Benjamin Silliman
b) Cathryn J. Prince
c) Edward Hitchcock
d) James Dwight Dana

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ANSWER: a) Benjamin Silliman

He was an early American chemist and science educator.


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