Modern History - MCQs with answers - Part 5

Modern History - MCQs with answers - Part 5


1. When was "The Communist Manifesto" written?

a) 1848
b) 1872
c) 1890
d) 1882

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ANSWER: a) 1848

"The Communist Manifesto" is a political pamphlet written by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.



2. When was the Trans- Siberian Railway completed?

a) 1872
b) 1882
c) 1890
d) 1916

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ANSWER: d) 1916

The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan.



3. When did the Constitution of Australia come into force?

a) 1901
b) 1906
c) 1909
d) 1910

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ANSWER: a) 1901

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies formed one nation.



4. Who was the first president of the Republic of China?

a) Chiang Kai-shek
b) Mao Zedong
c) Sun Yat-sen
d) Yuan Shikai

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ANSWER: c) Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen was founding father of the Republic of China.



5. When was Anglo-Russian Entente signed?

a) 1906
b) 1907
c) 1910
d) 1911

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ANSWER: b) 1907

The Convention served as the catalyst for creating a “Triple Entente”.



6. When did July Crisis happen?

a) 1906
b) 1907
c) 1910
d) 1914

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ANSWER: d) 1914

The July Crisis was a diplomatic crisis among the major powers of Europe that led to World War I.



7. When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated?

a) 1906
b) 1907
c) 1910
d) 1914

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ANSWER: d) 1914

His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia.



8. When was the Russian Provisional Government established?

a) 1917
b) 1918
c) 1920
d) 1923

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ANSWER: a) 1917

It was followed by the forced abdication of Nicholas II.



9. When did the October Revolution occur?

a) 1917
b) 1918
c) 1920
d) 1923

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ANSWER: a) 1917

This immediately initiated the establishment of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.



10. Who declared that Bolshevism must be "strangled in its cradle"?

a) Adolf Hitler
b) Benito Mussolini
c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
d) Winston Churchill

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ANSWER: d) Winston Churchill

Russia is considered to be the center of National Bolshevism.


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