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British History MCQs, 2003 Paper I.
(1) William III ascended the throne of England in
(a) 1689
(b) 1691
(c) 1693
(d) None of these
(2) Queen Anne ruled England for:
(a) 10 years
(b) 12 years(1702-1714)
(c) 14 years
(d) None of these
(3) The Parliamentary Union between England and Scotland took place in:
(a) 1703
(b) 1705
(c) 1707
(d) None of these
(4):George II personally led his force against France in 1743 at the battle of
(a) Silesia
(b) Detigen
(c) Fonteney
(d) None of these
(5) Maria Theresa was confined as the ruler of Austria by the Treaty of
(a) Treaty of London
(b) Treaty of Aix-La-Charelle(1748)
(c) Treaty of Paris
(d) None of these
(6) GREFORIAN calendar was adopted in England in:
(a) 1741
(b) 1745
(c) 1751
(d) None of these(1752)
(7) Who was Prime Minister of England from 1744 – 1754?
(a) Newcastle
(b) Carteret
(c) Pelham (Henry Pelham)
(d) None of these
(8) Who followed the policy of “Let sleeping dogs lie”?
(a) Stanhope
(b) Pit
(c) Walpole
(d) None of these
(9) The BOSTON MASSACRE occurred in:
(a) 1760
(b) 1765
(c) 1770
(d) None of these
(10) The Congress of PHILADELPHIA was held in:
(a) 1754
(b) 1764
(c) 1774
(d) None of these
(11) Lord Cornwallis surrendered in 1781 at:
(a) LEXINTON
(b) BROOKLYN
(c) YORK TOWN
(d) None of these
(12) Who asked the English Parliament to remove many of the restrictions in Irish Trade?
(a) Lord Fitz William(not confirm)
(b) Lord North
(c) Lord Castlereagh
(d) None of these
(13) Napoleon was defeated by Wellington at the battle of Waterloo in:
(a) 1810
(b) 1815
(c) 1820
(d) None of these
(14) Pitt the younger became member of the Parliament at the age of:
(a) 25 years
(b) 23 years
(c) 21 years
(d) None of these
(15) The famous Poem, “The Deserted Village”, was written by the poet:
(a) Johnson
(b) Oliver Goldsmith
(c) Wordsworth
(d) None of these
(16) In 1765, James Hargreaves (An English Weaver) invented:
(a) Flying Shuttle
(b) Spinning Frame
(c) Spinning Jenny
(d) None of these
(17) The First daily news paper “The Daily Courant” appeared in England in:
(a) 1702
(b) 1710
(c) 1726
(d) None of these
(18) Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in:
(a) 1823
(b) 1833
(c) 1843
(d) None of these
(19) Castlereagh was so unpopular that the London mob scoffed at his funeral in:
(a) 1920
(b) 1822
(c) 1825
(d) None of these
(20) Who was known as the Great Commoner?
(a) New Castle
(b) Pitt the elder
(c) Pelham
(d) None of these
British History MCQs, 2003 Paper II.
(1) Prince Concert’s real name was
(a) Prince Albert
(b) Prince William
(c) Prince Charles
(d) None of these
(2) Sir Robert Peel died in
(a) 1850
(b) 1860
(c) 1855
(d) None of these
(3) Dis-establishment of the Irish Church by Gladstone took place in:
(a) 1859
(b) 1869
(c) 1879
(d) None of these
(4) Zulus defeated the English in 1879 at:
(a) Ulundi
(b) Isandhlwana
(c) Trasvaal
(d) None of these
(5) The Reform Bill of 1867 was called “a Conservative Surrender” by:
(a) Randolph Churchill
(b) Salisbury
(c) Ashbourne
(d) None of these
(6) Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee was established in:
(a) 1877
(b) 1885
(c) 1897
(d) None of these
(7) Disraeli’s maiden speech in the House of Commons was:
(a) Failure
(b) Successful
(c) Normal
(d) None of these
(8) The Secret Ballot Act was introduced in England in:
(a) 1862
(b) 1867
(c) 1875
(d) None of these(1872)
(9) Who was Prime Minister of England from 1880 – 1885?
(a) Disraeli
(b) Gladstone
(c) Lord Derby
(d) None of these
(10) Archduke Francis Ferdinand was murdered at:
(a) Bulgaria
(b) Serbia
(c) Sarajevo
(d) None of these
(11) Ferdinand De Lesseps, a French Engineer, completed the Suez canal in:
(a) 1865
(b) 1867
(c) 1869
(d) None of these
(12) Miss Florence Nightingale worked as a Nurse at the Army Hospital of:
(a) Verna
(b) Slistria
(c) Scutri
(d) None of these
(13) Mahdisudni defeated the forces of General Gordon and Khidev of Egypt at:
(a) Dingola
(b) Khartum
(c) Omdurman
(d) None of these
(14) Partition of Palestine and emergence of Israeli State took place in:
(a) 1945
(b) 1947
(c) 1948
(d) None of these
(15) King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 over the question of his marriage with:
(a) Lady Margaret
(b) Lady Simpson
(c) Lady Macdonald
(d) None of these
(16) De Valera came into power in Ireland in:
(a) 1929
(b) 1930
(c) 1932
(d) None of these
(17) Communal Award for India was announced by the British Government in:
(a) 1930
(b) 1932
(c) 1934
(d) None of these
(18) Who succeeded Gladstone when he resigned in 1894:
(a) Sir William Hartcourt
(b) Balfour
(c) Lord Rosebery
(d) None of these
(19) The Charge of the Light Brigade was immortalized by the Poet:
(a) Shelley
(b) Tennyson
(c) Wordsworth
(d) None of these
(20) Neutrality of Belgium (guaranteed by the European Powers) was violated by:
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) U.S.A.
(d) None of these
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