14000+ MCQs Modern History (World History)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 30/07/2026
1. When was the 'Battle of Marathon' occurred?
2. When was First World War begun?
3. The provisional government of 1917 in Russia was headed by:
4. In the People's Republic of China, which factor best reflects Marxism?
5. Match the following (Philosopher/Leader) with the Associated Event.
| List I (Name) | List II (Events) |
| A. Hobbes (Thomas) | 1. French Revolution |
| B. Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) | 2. Glorious Revolution |
| C. Locke (John) | 3. Execution of Charles I (English Civil War) |
| D. Hitler (Adolf) | 4. Second World War |
6. The 1911 Revolution of China resulted in:
7. Consider the following statements, with reference to First World War.
I. It was started on 28th July and ended on 11th November, 1918. II. In this war, 37 countries took part. III. In this war, the whole world was divided into two blocs: Allied and Central powers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
8. Who among the following gave the concept of distributive Justice?
9. Consider the following pairs.
| Civilisation | Related Rivers |
| I. Egypt | Hell |
| II. Indus | Indus |
| III. China | Yangtze |
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
10. The Stamp Act Congress consisting of delegates from nine of thirteen colonies met in 1765 at:
11. 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:
12. Who began the construction of a wall in ancient China to keep out invaders from the North known as the Great Wall of China?
13. The Chief advocate of Fascism was:
14. Industrial Revolution in Europe emerged due to:
I. locating the production process in the countryside. II. declining of the guilds because of non-farming production coming under a single roof (the factory). III. growing role of Merchant capitalists in the production process. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
15. Why were tombs filled with art, jewellery, and other treasures, in Egyptian Civilisation?
16. “Political Independence without economic equality is an illusion”. Whose statement is this?
17. Young Italy Movement was led by two revolutionaries. One was 'Mazzini' and the other was:
18. Who is known as man of blood and Iron?
19. Absolute Sovereign power of the Monarch was advocated by:
20. Arrange the following inventions in the field of cotton Industry in chronological order (starting with the earliest).
I. James Hargreaves’s Spinning Jenny II. John Kay’s Flying Shuttle III. Samuel Crompton’s Mule IV. Richard Arkwright’s Water Frame
21. Which factor most limited the development of African Nationalism?
22. Which one of the following combinations of year and event concerning the French Revolution is correctly matched?
23. The Mandate of Heaven governed the relationship between the ruler and the ruled in:
24. The Russian revolutionaries derived their ideology from the doctrines of:
25. Yom Kippur War was fought between which sides/countries?
26. The dynasty which ended as a consequence of the 'Battle of Mingtiao'?
27. Which city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance?
28. The Treaty of Yandabu was signed in:
29. French Revolution was started in the year?
30. Which was the oldest dynasty in ancient China?
31. The main reason for the Chinese Communists gained control of mainland China in 1949 was that:
32. Which of the following civilisations is associated with 'Achaemenid Empire'?
33. Who was the President of America during American Civil War?
34. Which war was formally ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth?
35. Which of the following statement is/are correct with reference to Arabian Civilisation?
I. Nabataean script is one of the scripts used in old Arabic. II. Arabian Desert is the birthplace of 'Arab'. III. Decimal system invented by India, was widely spread in Europe, by Arabian Civilisation.
36. Consider the following statements which is/are true.
I. Hierarchical feudalism was a socio-political system which started in the 8th century AD in Europe and lasted until the 14th century AD. II. Crusades were a series of military campaigns organised under the banner of the cross so as to recover the holy place of Palestine from Muslim occupation.
37. Which is a characteristic of a feudal society?
38. Which of the following factors is/are responsible for American Revolution?
39. An immediate result of the Cultural Revolution in China was that it:
40. A system of writing evolved by Sumerians is known as:
41. In the Republic of South Africa, the slogans ‘Freedom in Our Lifetime’ and ‘New South Africa’ changed from promises to reality after:
42. The immediate cause for the outbreak of the First World War was:
43. To regulate the social life of their empire, the Romans depended on:
44. Which of the following was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791?
45. Which among the following statements is not correct about the 'Reign of Terror'?
46. Who among the following was not a member of the 'Big Four' in the Congress of Vienna (1815)?
47. What happened in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, was similar to what occurred in:
48. Which Renaissance scientist explained how planets moved around the sun?
49. Ancient Greek was a civilisation belonging to a period of Greek history from:
50. Who among the following presented 'The April Thesis' to the Russian people in 1917?
