World History MCQs

World History Multiple Choice Quiz Questions (MCQs) on Ancient World History, Medieval World History and Modern World History for various UPSC, PCS and other Competitive Examinations.

41. From which city did the Russian Revolution begin?
[A] St. Petersburg
[B] Moscow
[C] Kazan
[D] Odessa

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42. Who led the French troops to help Americans in the war of 1777?
[A] Lafayette
[B] Montesquieu
[C] Gulliver
[D] Hans Gephael

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43. What was the darkest period of the French Revolution called?
[A] Reign of Terror
[B] War of Terror
[C] Famine of Terror
[D] Rule of Terror

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44. Which of these was marked as Settler colonies?
[A] Philadelphia
[B] New Zealand
[C] Kansas City
[D] Columbia

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45. What is known as the immediate cause of World War I?
[A] Narrow Nationalism
[B] The power hunger of William II
[C] Militariarism
[D] The assassination of Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand

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46. “April Theses” was given by:
[A] Marx
[B] Kerensky
[C] Nicholas
[D] Lenin

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47. Who was seemingly responsible for the birth of the League of Nations?
[A] George Wilson
[B] Woodrow Wilson
[C] William Henry Wilson
[D] Edward Wilson

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48. Mussolini was the editor of which socialist journal?
[A] Avanti!
[B] Swastik
[C] Faces of Fascism
[D] All of the above

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49. By 1922, how many people joined the Fascist Party?
[A] 50,000
[B] 72,500
[C] 2 lakhs
[D] 3 lakhs

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50. What was the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943?
[A] A peaceful protest for economic rights
[B] A significant act of resistance against the Nazi occupation
[C] A military parade celebrating Polish independence
[D] A diplomatic negotiation for Polish sovereignty

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