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10th History Questions – New Book

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1. Outbreak of World War I and its Aftermath

I. Choose the correct answer.
1. What were the three major empires shattered by the end of First World War?
a) Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans
b) Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia
c) Spain, Portugal and Italy.
d) Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
2. Where did the Ethiopian army defeat the Italian army?
a) Delville b) Orange State
c) Adowa d) Algiers
3. Which country emerged as the strongest in East Asia towards the close of nineteenth century?
a) China b) Japan
c) Korea d) Mongolia
4. Who said “imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism”?
a) Lenin b) Marx
c) Sun Yat-sen d) Mao Tsetung
5. What is the Battle of Marne remembered for?
a) air warfare b) trench warfare
c) submarine warfare d) ship warfare
6. Which country after the World War I took to a policy of isolation?
a) Britain b) France
c) Germany d) USA
7. To which country did the first Secretary General of Leaque of Nations belongs?
a) Britain b) France
c) Dutch d) USA
8. Which country was expelled from the League of Nations for attacking Finland?
a) Germany b) Russia
c) Italy d) France
9. The biggest outcome of the I world war was the ___________
a) Green Revolution b) French Revolution
c) Russian Revolution d) American Revolution
10. A striking feature of nineteenth century was thai _______ emerged as the dominant power.
a) Asia b) Europe
c) Africa d) Australia
11. In 1902, Japan entered into an alliance with England and demanded that Russia should withdraw its
troops from _______
a) Francc b) Spain

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c) Manchuria d) India
12. ________of Russia suggested to the powers that they meet together to bring about an era of universal
peace.
a) Tsar Nicholas II b) Michael
c) Peter he Great d) Alexander I
13.At the battle of _________ in 1914, the French succeeded in pushing back the Germans.
a) Tannenberg b) Marne
c) Danzig d) Balkan
14. In the eastern front, Russian troops repeatedly defeated the _________
a) French b) Indians
c) Austrians d) Germans
15. _________ was the American President when USA declared war against Germany in 1917.
a) Wilson b) Abraham Lincoln
c) E.D. Roosevelt d) John F Kennedy
16. Lenin was influenced by the ideas of __________
a) Confucius b) Plato
c) Mao-Tse-Tung d) Karl Marx
17. Iii 1861, Tsar ________ abolished serfdom and emancipated the serfs
a) Fredrick b) Peter
c) Alexander II d) Nicholas
18. On 23 February 1917, the socialists celebrated ________
a) Mothers day b) International working women’s day
c) Oceans day d) Environment day
19. ______ was the officia! Newspaper of the communist party of the Soviet Union from 1918- 1991.
a) Pravda b) Moscow times
c) Trud d)V edomosti
20. In March 1918, the ‘Treaty of _______ was signed.
a) Versailles b) Sevres
c) Brest Litovsk d) London
21. In 1931 Japan attacked________ _____
a) China b) Manchuria
c) France d) Russia
22. In December 1 939 Russia was expelled from the league of Nations for her attack on. ______
a) Germany b) Italy
c) Austria d) Finland
23. In the Russo-Japanese war, Japai defeated Russia and got back______
a) Dauzig b) Port Arthur
c) Sakata d) Miyako
II. Fill in the blanks:
1. Japan forced a war on China in the year 1894.
2. The new state of Albania was created according to the Treaty of London signed in May 1913.
3. Japan entered into an alliance with England in the year 1902.
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4. In the Balkans Macedonia had mixed population.

5. In the battle of Tannenberg Russia suffered heavy losses.
6. Clemenceau as Prime Minister represented France in Paris Peace Conference.
7. Kerensky became Prime Minister leading a new coalition of liberals and moderate Socialists before
lenin established the Bolshevik government.
8. Locarno Treaty was signed in the year 1925.
9. Capitalism ineveitably led to Imperialism.
10. The industrial achievements of Germany gave her a dominating position in Europe in a latter half of
the 19th century.
11. The period from 1867 to 1912 is known as Meiji Era.
12. By 1900. Practically the whole of Africa was colonized.
13. Britain, France, Russia and Germany also established Spheres of influence in China.
14. Armenian Genocide is a frightful example of the massacre of the Balkan wars.
15. Romania and Greece declared war on the central powers in 1916 and 1917 respectively.
16. Two peace conferences were held at in Holland in 1899 and 1907 The Hague.
19. In 1914, Russia suffered heavy losses in the battle of Tannenberg.
20. The battle of Marne is a memorable one fr Trench warfare.
21. Between February and july 1916, the Germans attacked Verdun, the famous fortress in the French
line.
22. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on 3rd March 1918.
23. German Submarines were extremely effective.
24. In the far east, Japan was able to capture the province of Kiauchau given by the Germans to China in
Shantung.
25. In 1916, a naval battle of Jutland had taken place in the North sea.
26. Emden was the famous cruiser which bombarded Madras in 1914.
27. Lusitania, an American ship, was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1917.
28. On 28 June, 1919, the peace treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.
29. The I World war gave a great fillip to the women’s movement in the West and the East.
30. In Russia peter the great and Catherine II attempted Westernisation without changing the social
conditions.
31. Lenin gained the support of a small majority, known as Bolsheviks.
32. Opponents of Lenin in minority were called Mensheviks.
33. Tsar Nicholas II of Romanov Dynasty had little experience of Government.
34. On 23 January 1902 Father Gapon, a priest organized a march of men, women and children in
St.Petersberg.
35. The parliament established by Nicholas was called the Duma.
36. In 1916 Rasputin who had a domineering influence over the Tsar and the Tsarina was murdered.
37. During the popular uprisings in 1917, Petrograd was the capital of the Russian empire.
38. The Russian Communist Party could eliminate poverty and illiteracy in Russia within a recod time.
39. Pravada is a Russian word meaning Truth.
40. The secretariat of the League of Nations was located at Geneva.
41. The International court of Justice was set up in The Hague.
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42. In October 1932, Hitler withdrew Germany from the Conference and the League.
III. Choose the correct statement:
1. i) Italy remained a neutral country when the World War broke out.
ii) Italy was much disappointed over the peace settlement at Versailles.
iii) The Treaty of Sevres was signed with Italy.
iv) Italy was denied even small places such as Trieste, Istria and the south Tyrol.
a) i and ii are correct b) iii is correct
c) iv is correct d) I, iii and iv are correct
2. i) The Turkish Empire contained many non-Turkish people in the Balkans.
ii) Turkey fought on the side of the cnetal powers.
iii) Britian attacked Turkey and captured Constantinople.
iv) Turkey’s attempt to attact Suez Canal but were repulsed.
a) i and ii are correct b) I and iii is correct
c) iv is correct d) I, ii and iv are correct
3. Assertion: Germany and the United States were producing cheaper manufactured goods and capturing
England’s markets.
Reason: Both the countries produced required raq material for their industries.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
4. Assertion: The first European attempts to carve out colonies in Africa resulted in bloody battles.
Reason: There was stiff resistance from the native population.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
5.i) The British recruited a vast contingent of Indians to serve in Europe, Africa and West Asia.
ii) After the First World War, the soldiers came back with new ideas but they had no impact on the
Indian society.
iii) India sent war materials to the value of £250 million.
iv) This caused enormous economic distress.
a) i and ii are correct b) i, ii and iv are correct
c) ii and iv are correct d) I, iii and iv are correct
6. i) Imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism.
ii) The need to control the sources of raw materials inevitably led to imperialism.
iii) Besides being a market for surplus goods, colonies served another purpose.
iv) Imperialism was only about colonies.
a) i and ii are correct b) i, ii and iv are correct
c) iv is correct d) i, ii and iii are correct
7. Assertion: 1914 is a turning point in world history.
Reason: The political and social processes that began in 1789 culminated in the I world war that year
(1914) and shaped the course of the twentieth century.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.

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8. Assertion: During the first three years of the I World War, the United States gave only moral support
and valuable material aid to Britain and France.
Reason: They had a very poor leadership.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
IV. Match the following:
A. Match the following
1. Treaty of Brestlitovsk - a) Versailles
2. Jingoism - b) Turkey
3. Kemal Pasha - c) Russia with Germany
4. Emden - d) England
5. hall of Mirrors - e) Madras
Ans: 1-c; 2-d; 3-b; 4-e; 5-a
B. Match the following
1. River somme - a) 1,00,000 men
2. Lloyd George - b) France
3. Woodrow Wilson - c) Four month battle
4. Clemenceau - d) England
5. German army - e) USA
Ans: 1-c; 2-d; 3-e; 4-b; 5-a

2. The World between Two World Wars

I. Choose the correct answer:
1. With whom of the following was the lateran Treaty signed by Italy?
a) Germany b) Russia
c) Pope d) Spain
2. With whose conquest did the Mexican civilization collapse?
a) Hernan Cortes b) Francisco Pizarro
c) Toussaint Louverture d) Pedro I
3. Who made Peru as part of their dominions?
a) English b) Spaniards
c) Russians d) French
4. Which President of the USA pursued “ Good Neighbour” policy towards Latin America?
a) Roosevelt b) Truman
c) Woodrow Wilson d) Eisenhower
5. Which part of the wold disliked dollar imperialism?
a) Europe b) Latin America
c) India d) China
6. Who was the brain behind the apartheid policy in South Africa?
a) Verwoerd b) Smut
c) Herzog d) Botha

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7. Which quickened the process of liberation in South America?

a) support of US b) Napoleonic Invasion
c) Simon Bolivar’s involvement d) French revolution
8. Name the President who made amendment to Munro doctrine to justify American intervention in the
affairs of Latin America.
a) Theodore Roosevelt b) Truman
c) Eisenhower d) Woodrow Wilson
9. The _______ powers were gravely weakened by the war, financially and politically.
a) Asian b) European
c) African d) Australian
10. After the I World war, the situation was made worse by the political complication caused by the
______
a) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk b) Tteaty of Bucharest
c) Treaty of Versailles d) Treaty of London
11. Devaluation led to a world-wide credit _________
a) expansion b) upheaval
c) growth d) contraction
12. In England, the _____ party was defeated in the general elections of 1931.
a) Labour b) Republican
c) Socialist d) Communist
13. The first nation of Western Europe to turn against the ruling regime was _________
a) France b) Italy
c) Germany d) Spain
14. The Fascist Party was founded in the year ________
a) 1918 b) 1920 c) 1919 d) 1921
15. Between 1871 and 1914, ________ had risen to dizzy heights of economic, political and cultural
accomplishments.
a) India b) Germany
c) Italy d) Britain
16. Ho Chi Minh was inspired by _________
a) Mao-Tse-Tung b) Lenin
c) Mortague d) Hitler
17. ________ became the first Caribbean country to throw off slavery and French colonial control
a) Cuba b) Jamaica
c) Guyana d) Haiti
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18. At the dawn of the 20 Century ______ had occupied Cuba and Puerto Rico.
a) The United Kingdom b) The United States
c) Germany d) Italy
19. _________ was the American Presidne tin 1904.
a) Abraham Lincoln b) Franklin Rooseveli
c) Theodore Roosevelt d) George Washington
20. The monarch of Brazil fell in
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a) 1885 b) 1888 c) 1889 d) 1890

II. Fill in the blanks:
1. The founder of the Social Democratic Party was Ferdinand Lassalle
2. The Nazi party’s propaganda was led by Josef Goebbels.
3. The Vietnam Nationalist Party vas formed in 1927.
4. The Secret State Police in Nazi Germany was known as Gestapo.
5. The Union of Souih Africa came into being in May 1910.
6. The ANC leader Nelson Mandela was put behind the bars for 27 years.
7. The Aztecs were a military nation.
8. Boers were also known as Afrikaners.
9. At the end of the World War I America was financially in a sound position.
10. The stock market crash in the US was followed by the failure of American banks.
11. Devaluation forced creditors to stop lending.
12. In the USA, the Republican party was rejected by the people in successive elections for about twenty
years, after the Depression.
13. Mussolini was the son of a blacksmith.
14. Mussolini assured the title of Duce meaning ‘the Leader’.
15. In 1935, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia.
16. The Social Democratic Party was outlawed soon after the Nazis came to power.
17. The Boers hates the people whom they referred to as Uitlanders.
18. The South Africa act passed by the British parliament in 1909 provinced for a Union Parliament at
Cape Town.
19. In 1930’s the emergence of the Indian National Congress was seen as a militant mass movement in
India.
20. In 1924, elections were won by the National party with the support of the Labour movement in South
Africa.
21. Inspite of misunderstandings and disagreements Smuts –Herzog alliance lasted until 1939 in South
Africa.
22. Around the 11th century, large cities formed into a league of Mayapan of Native Americans.
23. Verwoerd who was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966 was the brain behind the
apartheid policy.
24. A Spaniard named Francisco Pizarro led the conquest of the Incan Empire.
25. The American and French Revolutions provided inspiration to the Latin Americans.
26. The Napoleonic invasion of Spain and Portugal in 1808 quickened the process of liberation struggle
in South America.
27. Simon Bolivar was also called El.Liberator.
28. Pedro I renouncing the claim to the Portuguese throne declared the independence of Brazil.
29. From 1898 to 1902 Cuba was under US military rule.
30. Latin America disliked Dollar Imperialism.
31. In 1821, Central America seceded from Mexico.
32. The Monroe Doctrine had barred European interference in the affairs of the American continent.
III. Choose the correct statement:
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1. i) During Woild ‘War I the primary task of Italy was to keep the Asutrians occupied on the Southern
Front.
ii) Germany took to Fascism much later than Italy.
iii) The first huge market crash in the US occurred on 24 October 1929.
iv) The ban on African National Congress was lifted in 1966.
a) i and ii are correct b) iii is correct
c) iii and iv are correct d) I, ii and iii are correct
2. Assertion: A new wave of economic nationalism which expressed itself in protectionism affected the
world trade.
Reason: This was because the USA was not willing to provide economic aid to the debtor countries.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
3. Assertion: The Berlin Colonial Conference of 1884-85 had resolved that Africa should be divided into
spheres of influence of various colonial powers.
Reason: The war between the British and Boers in South Africa, however, was in defiance of this
resolution.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
4. i) When the first world war came to an end, the industries that grew to meet war-time requirements had
to be abandoned or modified.
ii) Huge stocks had to be disposed off and large numbers of workers had to be sacked.
iii) At the end of the World War I, Germany was financially in a sound position.
iv) America encouraged the flow of capital into Europe.
a) i and ii are correct b) I, ii and iv are correct
c) iv is correct d) I, iii and iv are correct
5. i) People held the rulers of Italy responsible for the humiliation at Versailles.
ii) Mussolini was qualified as an elementary school master.
iii) Mussolini was a forceful speaker.
iv) Matteotti was a socialist leader.
a) i and ii are correct b) I, ii and iv are correct
c) all the four are coorect d) i, ii and iii are correct
6. Assertion: Mussolini won over the Roman Catholic Church by recognizing the Vatican City as an
independent state.
Reason: He wanted to give repectability to the Fascist party.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
7. Assertion: In the Boer war camps, shortage of food, medical and sanitary facilities caused the death of
26,000 people.
Reason: There were clashes among the people in the camp.
a) Both A and R are correct b) Both A and R are wrong.
c) A is right but R is not the correct explanation. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.

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8. Assertion: In the sixteenth century, when the Aztecs were at the height of their power, the Mexican
empire collapsed.
Reason: A handful of adventures led by a Spaniard named Hernan Cortes made an attack on Mexico.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
IV. Match the following:
A. Match the following
1. Transvaal - a) Germany
2. Tongking - b) Hitler
3. Hindenburg - c) Italy
4. Third Reich - d) Gold
5. Matteotti - e) Guerilla activities
Ans: 1-d; 2-e; 3-a; 4-b; 5-c
B. Match the following
1. Social Democratic party - a) Killing of jews
2. Tenochtitlan - b) Leipzig
3. The final solution - c) German President
4. Fall of Hitler - d) Mexico
5. Von Hindenburg - e) 1945
Ans: 1-b; 2-d; 3-a; 4-e; 5-c
C. Match the following
1. Toussiant Louverture - a) Mexico
2. Simon Bolivar - b) Brazil
3. Central America - c) 1791-1804
4. Uruguay - d) Gran Columbia
5. Venezula & Ecuador - e) The Loberator
Ans: 1-c; 2-e; 3-a; 4-b; 5-d
3. World War II
I. Choose the correct answer:
1. When did the Japanese formally sign of their surrender?
a) 2 September, 1945 b) 2 October, 1945
c) 15 August. 1945 d) 12 October, 1945
2. Who initiated the formation of League of Nations?
a) Roosevelt b) Chamberlain
c) Woodrow Wilson d) Baldwin
3. Where was the Japanese Navy defeated by the US Navy?
a) Battle of Guadalcanal b) Battle of Midway
c) Battle of Leningrad d) Battle of El Alamein
4. Where did the US drop its first atomic bomb?
a) Kavashaki b) Innoshima
c) Hiroshima d) Nagasaki

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5. Who were mainly persecuted by Hitler?

a) Russians b) Arabs
c) Turks d) Jews
6. Which Prime Minister of England who signed the Munich Pact with Germany?
a) Chamberlain b) Winston Churchill
c) Lloyd George d) Stanley Baldwin
7. When was the charter of the UN signed?
a) June26, 1942 b) June 26, 1945
c) January 1. 1942 d) January1. 1945
8. Where is the headquarters of the International Court of Justice located?
a) New York b) Chicago
c) London d) The Hague
9. The Germans offered to pay _____ gold marks as war reparation.
a) 150 billion b) 200 billion
c) 100 billion d) 75 billion
10. _________ was not nierested in playing global role or aiiy role in European Politics.
a) Britain b) The United States
c) France d) Spain
11. In 1937, Japan invaded _________ and seized Beijing.
a) Turkey b) Russia
c) Germany d) China
12. In 1938, Prime Minister Chamberian concluded the ________ with Germany.
a) Munich Pact b) Tripartite Pact
c) German –Soviet Pact d) Molotov- Ribbentrop pact
13. In 1939, Hitler invaded _________
a) Austria b) France
c) India d) Czechoslovakia
14. In September 1940, _____ also joined the Axis powers.
a) China b) Japan
c) Russia d) Spain
15. In September 1940, ________ was bombed mercilessly.
a) London b) NewYork
c) Tokyo d) Washington
16. In ________, the Germany army invaded Russia.
a) July 1941 b) June 1940
c) July 1942 d) June 1941
17. German forces under General ______ were remarkably successful in occupying North Africa rapidly.
a) Montogomery b) Rommel
c) Omar Bradley d) Dwight
18. The Chinese army, under ________ retreated to the west to the hilly country from where they
continued to fight the Japanese.
a) Su Yu b) Chiang Kai Shek
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c) Chen Yi d) Lin Biao

19. Shakespeare’s play ________ clearly depicts the dislike and disturst of Jews among the people.
a) The Tempest b) King hear
c) The Merchant of Venice d) Hamlet
20. The U.N adopted the historic charter on ______ which is globally observed as Human Rights Day.
a) 10 December 1948 b) 5 December 1948
c) 10 October 1945 d) 6 October 1945
21. A major out come of the Holocaust was the creation of the state of _________ as a homeland for the
Jews.
a) Rome b) Israel
c) Britain d) Turkey
22. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is located at ______
a) Newyork b) The Hague
c) Paris d) Geneva
23. The Declaration of the United Nations was accepted by all the ________ countries which fought
against the Axis power.
a) 20 b) 22 c) 26 d) 25
24. The _______ mainly functions with private enterprises in developing countries.
a) IDA b) IBRD
c) IFC d) ILO
25. The ________ party promised to undertake steps to look after the people from the ‘cradle to the grave’
in Britain.
a) Labour b) Democratic
c) Communist d) Congress
II. Fill in the Blanks:
1. Hilter attacked Rhineland which was a demilitarized zone.
2. The alliance between Italy, Germany and japan is known as Rome –Berlin- Tokyo Axis.
3. Roosevelt started the Lend lease programme.
4. Britain Prime Minister Chamberlain resigned in 1940.
5. Saluting the bravery of the Royal Air Force Churchill said that “Never was so much owed by so many
to so few”.
6. Radar is a device used to find out the enemy aircraft from a distance.
7. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights set forth fundamental human rights in 30 articles.
8. After the World War II Labour Party was voted into power in Great Britain.
9. World War I was fought from 1914-1918
10. World War II was fought from 1939-1945.
11. Germany’s allies were Italy and Japan in World War II.
12. The World War I was also referred to as the The Great War, or The War of End All Wars.
13. When Italy invaded Ethiopia, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, appealed to the League of Nations.
14. Britain and France declared war on Germany in September 1939.
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16. Russians consider the Battle of Stalingrad to be one of the greatest battles of their Great patriotic
War.
17. The Allied Forces under Genearl Montgomery counter-attacked and deleated the German and Italian
forces.
18. Mussolini was thrown out and the new Government of Italy surrendered to the Allies in 1943.
19. Mussolini was kille din 1945 by Italian Partisans.
20. Peking / Beijing had traditionally been the capital of China.
21. In 1944, the combined British and Indian armies, pushed Japanese out of Burma dna liberated Malaya
and Singapore.
22. As the Japanese still refused to surrender another atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
23. During the Nazi rule, nearly six million Jews were killed in Extermination camps.
24. The UN efforts to protect human rights on a global basis resulted in the constitution of UN
commission on Human Rights.
25. The joint declaration issued by the US and Britian in 1941 is known as the Atlantic Charter.
26. The Charter of the United nations was signed on June 20, 1945 by 51 nations.
27. The General Assembly is the body of UN in which each member state is represented.
28. The UN Security Council has 15 members.
29.The International Development Agency also lends money to Governments for fevelopmental
activities.
30. The International Monetary fund was primarily the brainchild of Harry Dexter White and John
Maynard Keynes.
31. All the countries in Western Europe are mow Welfare states.
III. Choose the correct statement:
1. i) Banking was a major business activity among jews.
ii) Hitler persecuted the Jews.
iii) In the concentration camps Jews were killed.
iv) The United Nations has currently 129 member countries in it.
a) i and ii are correct b) i and iii are correct
c) iii and iv are correct d) I is correct and ii, iii, iv are wrong
2. Assertion (A): Presidnet Roosevelt realized that the United States had to change its policy of isolation.
Reason (R): He started a programme of Lend Lease in 1941.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
3. i) The devastation caused by World War I was of such magnitude that it was refered to as “The Great
War”.
ii) The immediate and primary cause of World War Ii was the aggressive military policy of Germany
and japan.
iii) The treaty of Versailles ending World war I was signed in June 1920.
iv) War reparations were calculated at $35 billion dollars by Britain.
a) i, ii and iii are correct b) ii, iii and iv are correct
c) iii and iv are correct d) i,ii and iv are correct
4. Assertion: In 1939, Britian and France declared war on Germany.
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Reason: Hitler broke the Munich Pact, attacked Czechoslovakia followed by Poland.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
5. Assertion: In June 1941, the German army invaded Russia.
Reason: Germany wanted have an alliance with Russia which was refused by the latter.
a) Both A and R are correct b) A is right but R is not the correct reason.
c) Both A and R are wrong. d) R is right but it has no relevance to A.
IV. Match the following:
A. Match the following
1. Blitzkrieg - a) Roosevelt
2. Royal Navy - b) Stalingrad
3. Lend Lease - c) Solomon Island
4. Volga - d) Britain
5. Guadalcanal - e) Lightning strike
Ans: 1-e; 2-d; 3-a; 4-b; 5-c
B. Match the following
1. General De Gaulle - a) Spitfires & Huricanes
2. Blitz - b) $46.5 billion
3. Royal Air Force - c) Durkirk
4. Lend Lease - d) North Africa
5. El Alamein - e) Battle of Britain
Ans: 1-c; 2-e; 3-a; 4-b; 5-d

4. The World After World War II

I. Choose the correct answer:
1. Who was the first director of Whampoa Millitary Academy?
a) Sun-Yat-Sen b) Chiang Kai-Shek
c) Michael Borodin d) Chou En Lal
2. Which American President followed the policy of containment of Communism?
a) Woodrow Wilson b) Truman
c) Theodore Roosevelt d) Franklin Roosevelt
3. When was People’s Political Consultative Conference held in China?
a) September 1959 b) Spetember 1948
c) September 1954 d) September 1949
4. The United States and European allies formed __________ to resist any Soviet aggression in Europe.
a) SEATO b) NATO
c) SENTO d) Warsaw pact
5. Who became the Chairman of the PLO’s Executive Committee in 1969?
a) Hafez-al-Assad b) Yasser Arafat
c) Nasser d) Saddam Hussein
6. When was North and South Vietnam united?

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a) 1975 b) 1976 c) 1973 d) 1974

7. Where was Arab League formed?
a) Cairo b) Jordan
c) London d) Syria
8. When was the Warsaw pact dissolved?
a) 1979 b) 1989 c) 1990 d) 1991
9. In the long history, ________ civilization was moe advanced than that of Europe.
a) Indian b) Chinese
c) Japanese d) Korean
10. Despite its in competence and weakness, the _______ government lasted until two years before the I
World War.
a) British b) Japanese
c) Ottoman d) Manchu
11. ________ was immediately elected provisional president of the new Chinese Republic after his arrival
in Shanghai.
a) Sun Yat Sen b) Mao Tse Tung
c) Yuan d) Chiang Kai Shek
12. Dr. Sun yat Sen founded the political party name _______ in Tokyo.
a) Republican b) Democratic
c) Kuomintang d) Conservative
13. In early 1927, Chiang Kai Shek successfully laid seize on ________ and Nanking.
a) Rhine land b) Canton
c) Shanghai and Nanking d) Beijing
14. Japanese interest in taking control over _______ led to aggression against China.
a) Korea b) Turkey
c) Greece d) Rome
15. In the summer of 1948, ______ control has been established over most parts of China.
a) Socialist b) Communist
c) Democratic d) Nazist
16. The _________ refused to recognize the People’s Republic of China for more than two decades.
a) UK b) Russia
c) United States d) Germany
17. NATO had _______ members in 2017.
a) 29 b) 28 c) 27 d) 25
18. __________ had no joint commands with standing forces.
a) NATO b) SEATO
c) WARSAW Pact d) CENTO
19. At the ______ conference in 1955. Asia and Africa gave a call to abstain from allying with army of
the two super powers.
a) Newyork b) Tokyo
c) London d) Bandung
20. Wold Zionist Organization was founded in the year ________
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a) 1893 b) 1895 c) 1897 d) 1898

21. The Israelis won control of the main road to ________ and successfully repulsd repeated Arab attacks.
a) Bethlehem b) Jerusalem
c) Vatican city d) Hebron
22. _________ was a self governing Palestinian territory.
a) Gaza Strip b) Hebron
c) Beit Jala d) Jeniu
23. _________ is an umbrella political organization representing the World’s Palestinians.
a) PLO b) UAE
c) Negev d) Arab League
24. In September 1970, ______ was appointed commander in chief of the Palestinian Arab Guerilla
forces.
a) Hussein b) Nasser
c) Yasser Arafat d) Saddam Hussein
25. The emergence of ________ as a united and independent nation was a historic event.
a) Japan b) Italy
c) China d) Vietnam
26. In 1985, _______ took over as head of the USSR.
a) Helmut Kohl b) Mikhail Gorbachev
c) Brezhnev d) Nikita Khrushehev
27. The year 1988 saw the first mass protests first in _________
a) Moldova b) Tajikistan
c) Armenia d) Ukraine
28. ________ was executed by a firing squad in December 1989, under the command of his own generals.
a) Nicolae Ceausescu b) Klaus Lohqnnis
c) Peter Groza d) Chivu Stoica
29. Gorbachev was held under house arrestin _______
a) Kazan b) Sochi
c) Volgograd d) Moscow
30. The Soviet Union was formally dissolved in the year _________
a) 1990 b) 1991 c) 1992 d) 1993
II. Fill in the blanks:
1. Dr. Sun Yat Sen was known as the “Father of Modern China”.
2. In 1918, the society for the study of Marxism was formed in Peking University.
3. After the death of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the leader of the Kuomintang party was Chiang Kai-Shek.
4. Central treaty is open to any Arab nation desiring peace and security in the region.
5. The treaty of Versailles provided for mandates in Turkish –Arab Empire.
6.Germany joined the NATA in 1955.
7. Strasbourg was the Headquarters of the Council of Europe.
8. The Maastricht treaty signed on February 7, 1992 created the European Union.
9. In a bid to wriggle out of the US control, European countries started the European movement in the
form of Council of Europe.
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10. The Hundred Days reform aroused tremendous opposition from the Dowager- Empress Tzu’ Hsi
11. During the four years of rule, Yuan Shih-Kai was opposed to both Democracy and republication.
12. After the Russian Revolution of 1917. The ideas of Marx and lenin became popular in China
amongst the intellectuals.
13. Germany joined the NATO in 1955.
14. SEATO- South East Asia Treaty Organization was organized for the collective security of
countries in South east Asia.
15. The South east Asia Defence Treaty was also called Manila Pact.
16. When America and the Soviet Union encouraged intellectuals to propagate their views, Bertrand
Russel called for nuclear disarmament.
17. The Non-Alignment movement emerged in the watch of decolonization on that followed World War
II.
18. France was given the mandate for Syria and Lebanon by the Treaty of Versailles.
19. In March 1945, the Arab league was formed in Cairo.
20. Thodore Herzel a Viennese Journalist, published a pamphlet called “The Jewish State’.
21. In Egypt, in a coup in 1952, colonal Nasser became its President.
22. Yasser Arafat was elected as the first Presidnet of the State of Palestine I 1989.
23.IN the Vietnam was American troops also used bacteriological weapons.
24. By 30 April 1975, the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon was liberated.
25. The city of Salgon was renamed Ho Chi-Minh city.
26. Accordig to SEA, each member was given multiple votes.
27. West Germany was called Federal Republic of Germany.
28. East Germany was called German Democratic Republic.
29. With the fall of the Berlin wall followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Cold war era
came to an end.
30. With French President Mitterand, Kohl was the architect of the Maastricht Treaty.
31. Under Brezhnev’s rule Soviet Union had relapsed into a closed society with little freedom.
32. The Chernobyl Disaster was a major accident in a nuclear plant in Ukraine.
33. A series of workers strikes undermined the communist regimes in Poland and Hungary.
34. After Gorbachev, power fell into the hands of Boris Yeltsin.
III. Choose the correct statement / statements:
1. i) In China (1898) the young emperor, uder the influence of the educated minority initiated a series of
reforsm known as the 100 days of reforsm.
ii) The Kuominatang Party represented the interests of the workers and peasants.
iii) Yuan Shih-Kai had lost prestige in the eyes of nationalists, when he agreed to the demand of Japan
to have economic control of Manchuria and Shantung.
iv) Soviet Union refused to recognize the People’s Republic of China for more than two decades.
a) i and ii are correct b) ii and iii are correct
c) i and iii are correct d) i and iv are correct
2. i) In 1948, the Soviets had established left wing government in the countries of Eastern Europe that had
been liberated by the Soviet Army.
ii) The chief objective of NATA was to preserve peace and security in the North Atlantic region.
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iii) The member countries of SEATO were committed to prevent democracy from gaining ground in
the region.
iv) Britain used the atomic bomb against Japan to convey its destructive capability to the USSR.
a) ii, iii and iv are correct b) i and ii are correct
c) iii and iv are correct d) i,ii and iii are correct
3. Assertion: America’s Marshall Plan was for reconstruction fo the war-ravaged Europe.
Reason: The US conceived the Marshall Plan to bring the countries in the Western Europe under its
influence.
a) Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are wrong
c) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
d) A is wrong and R is correct.
4. i) By the end of Second World War, Viet Minh controlled the northern half of Vietnam.
ii) In March 1946, the French and Viet Minh’s government reached an agreement by which North
Vietnam was to be a free state.
iii) The problem of Indo-China soon became involved in the cold war.
iv) The French were receiving considerable financial aid from Russia; the Viet Minh were helped by
the new Chinese government.
a) i and ii are correct b) ii, iii and iv are correct
c) i, ii and iii are correct d) ii and iv are correct
5. i) West berlin’s economy became prosperous due to the support received from the west unde rte
Marshall plan.
ii) People in East Berlin suffered from back of democracy and freedom.
iii) East German began to construct a will in 1965 to cut if off from West berlin.
iv) On 9 November 1999 mass of people began to demolish the wall.
a) i and ii are correct b) ii, iii and iv are correct
c) i, iii and iv are correct d) ii and iii are correct
6. Assertion: The Satellite states were dependednt on US aid.
Reason: These states were governed by rulling groups made up of military personnel, landed gentry
and of local capitalists.
a) Both A and R are wrong
b) A is wrong and R is correct
c) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
d) Both A and R are correct R is not the correct explanation of A.
IV. Match the following:
A. Match the following
1. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen - a) South Vietnam
2. Syngman Rhee - b) Kuomintung
3. Anwar Sadat - c) South Korea
4. Ho-Chi-Minh - d) Egypt
5. Ngo Dinh Diem - e) North Vietnam
Ans: 1-b; 2-c; 3-d; 4-e; 5-a
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A. Match the following

1. Fidel Castro - a) Jordan
2. Russia - b) Southern Israel
3. Nakbah - c) Cuba
4. Negev - d) Persecution of Jews
5. King Hussein - e) Catastrophe
Ans: 1-c; 2-d; 3-e; 4-b; 5-a

5. Social and Religious Reform Movements in the 19 th Century

[Tnpsc Syllabus Portion]
I. Choose the correct answer:
1. In which year was Sati abolished?
a) 1827 b) 1829 c) 1826 d) 1927
2. What was the name of the Samaj founded by Dayanand Saraswati?
a) Arya Samaj b) Brahmo Samaj
c) Prathana Samaj d) Adi Brahmo Samaj
3. Whose compaign and work led to the enactment of Widow Remarriage Reform Act of 1856?
a) Iswarchadnra Vidyasagar b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Annie Besant d) Jyotiba Phule
4. Whose voice was Rast Goftar?
a) Parsi movement b) Aligarh movement
c) Ramakrishna Mission d) Dravida mahajana Sabha
5. Who was the founder of Namdhari Movement?
a) Baba Dayal Das b) Baba Ramsingh
c) Gurunanak d) Jyotiba Phule
6.Who was Swami Shradhananda?
a) a disciple of Swami Vivekananda
b) One who caused a split in the Brahmo Samaj of India
c) One who caused a split in the Arya samaj
d) Founder of Samathuva Samajam.
7. Who was the founder of Widow Remarriage Association?
a) M.G.Ranade b) Devendranath Tagore
c) Jyotiba Phule d) Ayyankali
8. Who was the author of the book Satyartha Prakash?
a) Dayananda Saraswathi b) Vaikunda Swamy
c) Annie Besant d) Swami Shradanatha
9. Rajaram Mohan Roy founded the ________ in 1828.
a) Arya Samaj b) Brahmo Samaj
c) Prarthana Sasmaj d) Ramakrishna Mission
10. _________ carried on the work of Ram Mohan Roy after his death.
a) Keshab Chandra Sen b) Ishwar Candra Vidyasagar
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c) M.G Ranade d) Maharishi Debendranath Tagore

11. ________ was greatly influenced by Christianity believing in its spirit but not in the person of its
founder.
a) Rajaram Mohan Roy b) Vivekananda
c) Keshab Chandra Sen d) M.G.Ranade
12. The first age of consent act was enacted in ________
a) 1860 b) 1870 c) 1880 d) 1890
13. The reform movement similar to Brahmo Samaj founded in Bombay in 1876 was ______
a) Arya Samaj b) Prarthana Samaj
c) Deoband movement d) Aligarh movement
14. The ________ samaj started a number of Dayananda Anglo-Vedic schools and colleges.
a) Brahmo b) Prarthana
c) Arya d) Adi Brahmo
15. ________ was a priest of Dakshineswar near Kolkata.
a) Ramakrishna b) Vivekananda
c) Dayanand Saraswati d) Shraddhananda
16. TheTheosophical Society founded by the USA shifted to India at ________, Chennai.
a) Santhome b) Nungambakkam
c) Mylapore d) Adyar
17. The Theosophical Society played an important role in the revival of _____ in India.
a) Christianity b) Buddhism
c) Islam d) Jainism
18. _______ is tchiefly knonw as the earlist leader of the Non-Brahman movement.
a) Annie Besant b) Ayyankali
c) M.G.Ranade d) Jyotiba Phule
19. ______ evolved into a poet and scholar in Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit.
a) Ayyankali b) Raja Rammohan Roy
c) Narayana Guru d) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
20. Aligarh Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental college was raised to the status of a university in _____
a) 1915 b) 1920 c) 1930 d) 1925
21. ________ was a revivalist movement organized by the orthodox Muslim Ulema.
a) Aligarh movement b) Satyashodak Samaj
c) Arya Samaj d) Deoband movement
22. ________ organized in campaign for legislation against the practice of child marriage in Mumbai.
a) Behrramji Malabari b) Furdunji Naoroji
c) Pherozeshah Mehta d) Dinshaw Wacha
23. The main objective of the Singh Sabha was to restore the purity of _________
a) Hinduism b) Sikhism
c) Christianity d) Islam
24. _________ a crusader for social justice in south India haled from Samithoppu.
a) Narayana Guru b) Ramalinga Adigal
c) Vaikunda Swami d) Jyothee Thassar
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25. Viakunda Swami was respectfully called _______ by his followers.

a) Sir b) Swami
c) Anna d) Ayya
26. ______, a socio –political activist was also a siddha medicine practitioner.
a) Vaikunda Swami b) Iyothee Thassar
c) Ramalinga Adigal d) John Rathinam
II. Fill in the blanks:
1.Ramalinga Adigal founded the Samarasa Vedha Sasnmarga Sangam.
2. The founder of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was Mahadev Govind Ranade.
3. Satyashodak Samaj was launched by Jyotiba Govindrao Phule.
4. Gulumgir was written by Jyotiba Phule.
5. Satyarthaprakash enumerates the positive principles of strict monotheism, condemnation of idolatry,
and rejection of Brahman domination of ritual and social practices.
6. Ramakrishna mission was established by Swami Vivekananda
7. Singh Sabha was the forerunner of Akali Movement.
8. Narayana Guru and Ayyankali brought tremendous changes in the caste structure in Kerala.
9. Oru paisa Tamilan was started by Iyothee Thassar.
10. Periyar E.V.R is a notable social reformer of Tamil Nadu.
11. Raja Ram Mohan Roy supported the introduction of English language and Western Sciences in
schools and colleges.
12. Raja Rammohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828.
13. After the split in 1866, Debendranath’s organization came to be known as Adi Brahmo Samaj.
14. The cry of Swami Dayanand Saraswati was Go back to Vedas.
15. The Theosophical society was founded by Madame H.P Blavatsky and Colonel H.S Olcott.
16. Narayana Guru established a grand temple at Aruvipuram and dedicated it to all.
17. Inspired by Sree narayana Guru, Ayyankali founded the Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangam.
18. Leader of the parsi community such as Pherozeshah Mehta and Dinshaw Wacha played a big role
in the early congress.
19. Singh Sabha was a forerunner of Akali Movement.
20. Vaikunda Swamigal founded Samathuva Samajam to unite people of various castes.
21. The cult of Viakunda Swamikal was known as Ayya Vazhi.
22. The diea of Ayya Vaikuntha Swamigal are collected into a text called Akila Thirattu.
III. Choose the correct statement:
1. i) Raja Rammohan Roy preached monotheism.
ii) He encouraged idolatry.
iii) He published tracts condemning social evils.
iv) Raja Rammohan Roy was supported by Governor General William Bentinck.
a) i is correct b) i and ii are correct
c) i, ii and iii are correct d) i, iii and iv are correct.
2. i) Prarthana Samaj was founded by Dr. Atma Ram Pandurang.
ii) Prarthana Samaj encouraged inter dining and itner caste marriage.
iii) Jyotiba Phule worked for the upliftmetn of men.
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iv) Prarthana Samaj had its origin in the Punjab.

a) i is correct b) ii is correct
c) i and ii are correct d) iii and iv are correct
3. i) Ramakrishna Mission was actively involved in social causes such as education, health care, relief in
times of calamities.
ii) Ramakrishne emphasized the spiritual union with god through ecstatic practices.
iii) Ramakrishna established the Ramakrishna Misison.
iv) Rama Krishna opposed the Partition of Bengal.
a) i is correct b) i and ii are correct
c) iii is correct d) iv alone correct
4. Assertion: Jyotiba Phule opened orphanages and homes for widows.
Reason: Jyotiba Phule opposed child marriage and supported widow remarriage.
a) Assertion is correct but reason is not apt to the assertion.
b) Assertion is correct and the reason is apt to the assertion.
c) Both are wrong.
d) Reason is correct but assertion is irrelevant.
IV. Match the following:
A. Match the following
1. Ayyavazhi - a) Widows remarriage Reform Act
2. Thiruvarutpa - b) Nirankari
3. Baba dayal Das - c) Adi Bramo Samaj
4. Iswarchandra Vidyasagar - d) Vaikunda Swamigal
5. Debendranath - c) Songs of Grace
Ans: 1-d; 2-e; 3-b; 4-a; 5-c
B. Match the following
1. Sadharan Samaj - a) Gurukulas
2. R.C.Bhandarkar - b) Vallalar
3. Swami Shraddahananda - c) opponents of child marriage.
4. Fatwa - d) Prathana Samaj
5. Ramalinga Adigal - e) Religious decree
Ans: 1-c; 2-d; 3-a; 4-e; 5-b

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