World History MCQs

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The unemployment problem, poverty and inflation helped the spread of Socialism. The believers in Marxism had a political party called Social Democrats of Italy.

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In 1912 Benito Mussolini started the editing of Avanti!, a socialist journal. He was a bitter opponent of the Church.

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The financial crisis in Germany forced the Weimar Republic to make an appeal to the allies for the reduction of the amount of reparation. As a result a committee consisting of ten members was formed under the chairmanship of Dawes, an eminent finance specialist of U.S.A. The committee made some amendments to the provision of the Treaty of Versailles. This known as Dawes Plan. The financial burden of Germany was reduced to certain level.

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On becoming Germany’s Chancellor in 1933, Hitler undertook a rearmament programme. His aggressive foreign policy led to the Second World War. Similarly, Mussolini organized the Fascist movement in Italy. He believed in dictatorship, aggressive foreign policy and colonial policy. Thus, he emerged as the Il Duce or supreme commander. The emergence of dictatorship in Europe paved the way for Second World War.

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Seven rounds of negotiations occurred under the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). The eighth round – known as the Uruguay Round — which began in 1986 and concluded in 1995 established the WTO. The main aim of World Trade Organization is to increase international trade by promoting lower trade barriers and providing a platform for the negotiation of trade.

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The ‘Battle of Peleliu’ was fought between the United States and Japan during World War II in 1944 in Palau Island. It was codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the U.S military. In the aftermath of the war, Palau island was ceded to the U.S which was formerly under japan .

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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 was a pivotal moment in Polish history, marking the largest Jewish revolt during the Holocaust. It was a courageous act of resistance against the Nazi forces occupying Poland, as the Jewish inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto fought fiercely for their dignity and freedom, despite facing overwhelming odds.

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Austria-Hungary was a key member of the Central Powers alliance during World War I. This alliance primarily included the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Notably, Italy, initially part of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, later joined the Allied Powers instead of the Central Powers.

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Karl Marx popularized the phrase “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” in his 1875 work, “Critique of the Gotha Programme.” In this text, Marx outlined principles for a fully developed communist society. Although widely attributed to him, similar phrases were used earlier by French socialists like Louis Blanc in 1839 and Étienne-Gabriel Morelly in 1755.

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Signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, the pact renounced war as an instrument of national policy. It relied on signatories’ moral obligation rather than a mechanism to compel compliance.