14000+ MCQs Modern History (World History)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 MinutesÂ
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 13/09/2026
1. Who among the following supports customary rights?
2. Who is considered as the 'Forerunner of Renaissance'?
3. Sphinx is associated with which of the following Civilisations?
4. The international body which was formed in Europe (in 1889) to coordinate the efforts of socialists all over Europe was called:
5. Which of the following was/were among the decisions taken by the First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia in September, 1774?
I. It rejected a plan for a colonial union under the British authority. II. It drew up a statement of grievances. III. It agreed upon a scheme to stop trade between the colonies and England. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
6. Why were tombs filled with art, jewellery, and other treasures, in Egyptian Civilisation?
7. Which one of the following combinations of year and event concerning the French Revolution is correctly matched?
8. Consider the following statements.
I. ‘Snake biting its tail to form a ring’ symbolised ‘Eternity’ during French Revolution. II. ‘Bundle of rods’ symbolised, ‘Strength lies in Unity’ during French Revolution. III. ‘A broken Chain’ symbolised freedom from fetters for slaves during French Revolution. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
9. The Crimean War in 1854-56 was fought between:
10. The first ancient civilisation to develop the art of writing in a proper system was:
11. Consider the following statements regarding 'Glorious Revolution'.
I. Glorious Revolution started in the year 1632. II. It is also called as the Bloodless Revolution. III. The term was first used by John Hampden. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
12. Why was the Balkan region referred to as the 'Powder Keg of Europe' prior to First World War?
13. Which of the following statement about Alexander is not correct?
14. Which Renaissance scientist explained how planets moved around the sun?
15. Absolute Sovereign power of the Monarch was advocated by:
16. Which is the correct North-South sequence of the following civilisations?
17. Which among the following was/were among the factors for England to experience the Industrial Revolution first?
I. The scientific inventions had paved the way for Industrial Revolution. II. It had favourable social and political structures in place. III. Navigable rivers had made inland transport easier. IV. It had seen the ascendancy of capitalist practices. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
18. Germany, Italy and Japan were called:
19. The theory of 'Natural Rights' was propounded by:
20. Which of the following civilisations is associated with 'Achaemenid Empire'?
21. From the perspective of the North Vietnamese, the war in Vietnam in the 1960s was a battle between:
22. During the Cold War Era, many Asian and African nations followed a policy of nonalignment because they:
23. An immediate result of the Cultural Revolution in China was that it:
24. Consider the following statements with reference to Mesopotamian Civilisation.
I. The earliest language written in Mesopotamia was Sumerian. II. It was one of the four riverine civilisations along with the Nile valley in ancient Egypt, Indus Valley Civilisation in the Indian Sub-continent and the Yellow river in ancient China. Choose the correct answer using the codes given below.
25. The war between India and Pakistan in Kashmir in 1965, the sending of Indian troops to Sri Lanka in 1987, and the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 all demonstrate that in South Asia:
26. Which one of the following statements about Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) is correct?
27. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was announced to achieve which one of the following?
28. Which of the following was a factor in the rise of Napoleon?
29. The Chief advocate of Fascism was:
30. Which of the following group of thinking influenced Fascism?
31. Who among the following commanded the American force during American War of Independence?
32. Which one of the following was the secret revolutionary organisation of Serbia?
33. Society based on freedom, equal laws and opportunities was advocated by:
34. Who among the following gave the concept of distributive Justice?
35. When did Civil War start in China?
36. The European Renaissance of the fifteenth century is noted for great advances in:
37. In the context of France the volunteers from Marseilles sang, the Marseillaise, a patriotic song, when they marched into Paris. Who composed this song?
38. French Revolution was started in the year?
39. Which of the following were included in the three Principles of Sun Yat-sen?
I. Nationalism II. Democracy III. Social Justice IV. Political Justice
40. Which of the following statements is/are true about the Egyptian Civilisation?
I. The Egyptians could calculate the area of a triangle or a rectangle. II. They developed a decimal system of numeration. III. The crowning achievement of the Egyptian was the Solar calendars.
41. Some efforts have been made to transform the status of individual from the object to the subject of international law. The first effort towards this was made after the:
42. The last country of Axis Power to surrender during the end of World War II was:
43. Roman Civilisation is associated with which of the following country?
44. In which of the following civilisations, the regions of Babylon, Sumer and Assyria, were comprised?
45. Consider the following statements.
I. Mesopotamian Civilisation developed near the Tigris river. II. Mesopotamian Civilisation developed near the Zagros mountain. III. Mesopotamian Civilisation developed near the Euphrates river. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
46. The first atom bomb was thrown over:
47. 'Huang He Valley' or 'Yellow River Valley' was the birthplace of which ancient Civilisation?
48. European Renaissance started from which country?
49. A main idea of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' Communist Manifesto is that the proletariat:
50. The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on:
