World History MCQs

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The Chinese were the first inventors of the Mariner’s compass. It was invented in China during the rule of the Han Dynasty between the 2nd century BC and 1st century AD.

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Draco codified laws of the Greek Civilization whereas Solon introduced reforms in the economy and in political affairs. Pisistratus introduced land reforms whereas Cleisthenes put into practice the idea of Ostracism.

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Cloudius Ptolemy who was an astronomer was the author of ‘Encyclopedia of Astronomy’. He also displayed his knowledge in geography and was the first map-maker of the world.

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During the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great who ruled from 306 A.D. to 337 A.D., Christianity began to expand. He accepted the Christian faith and became its chief patron in his time.

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With the introduction of the Mariner’s compass into Europe by the end of the thirteenth-century Portuguese sailors became the first who ventured out into the Atlantic Ocean which was still dreaded by European sailors.

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John Macadam, a British engineer, started the mode of building ‘macadamized’ roads. In this single-sized crushed stone layers of small angular stones are placed in shallow lifts and compacted thoroughly.

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The Bourbon Monarchy was the root cause of all the political unrest in France. The Bourbon dynasty was ruling over France and Louis XIV who was the King of France reigned from 1661 to 1715.

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The were members of Jacobin Club known as San-culottes. They were the common people of the lower classes in late 18th-century France. A great many of them became radical and militant partisans of the French Revolution as a result of their poor quality of life under the Ancient Regime.

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The modern international society is of recent origin which developed in the middle of the 17th century. The rise of Italy and Germany were unique examples in their rise as nation-states. They rose as nation-states came much later, in 1871.

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Duke Metternich was the Austrian Chancellor who hosted the Congress which held at Vienna in 1815 A. D. He said that when France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches a cold.