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Solved MCQs of British History Past Papers (2000-2011)
[SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkRed"][I]British History MCQs, 2000 Paper I.[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE]
[COLOR="DarkRed"][/COLOR] [B][I](1) Glorious Revolution happened in: (a) 1865 [COLOR="DarkRed"](b) [U]1688[/U][/COLOR] (c) 1699 (d) None of these (2) George II was a: [COLOR="#8b0000"][U](a) German[/U][/COLOR] (b) Bohemian (c) Austrian (d) None of these (3) George III ascended the throne of England in: (a) 1765 (b) 1770 (c) 1780 [COLOR="#8b0000"](d) [U]None of these.(1760)[/U][/COLOR] (4) William of Orange was James II’s: (a) Brother in law (b) Father in law [COLOR="#8b0000"][U](c) Son in law[/U][/COLOR] (d) None of these (5) Seven Years War was brought to a close in: (a) 1756 (b) 1760 [COLOR="#8b0000"][U](c) 1763[/U][/COLOR] (c) None of these (6) Edmund Burke was born in: [COLOR="#8b0000"][U](a) 1729[/U][/COLOR] (b) 1739 (c) 1749 (c) None of these (7) Who died in the year 1850? [COLOR="#8b0000"][U](a) Sir Robert Peel[/U][/COLOR] (b) Pitt the Younger (c) Sir Robert Walpole (d) None of these (8) The War of Spanish Succession ended in: [COLOR="#8b0000"][U](a) 1713(Treaty of Utrecht)[/U][/COLOR] (b) 1710 (c) 1708 (d) None of these (9) The Hanoverian Dynasty lasted from: (a) 1727 to 1760 (b) 1714 to 1820 [COLOR="#8b0000"][U](c) 1714 to 1901[/U][/COLOR] (d) None of these (10) After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to: (a) Vienna (b) London (c) Paris [COLOR="#8b0000"](d)[U] None of these(Saint Helena)[/U][/COLOR] (B) Fill in the blanks with correct answers: (11) France accepted William as King of England by the __ [COLOR="#8b0000"][U]Treaty of Ryswick[/U][/COLOR]___ in 1697 AD. (12) The Bill of Rights ended the [COLOR="#8b0000"][U]Theory of Divine Right[/U][/COLOR] (13) A treatise "The Conduct of the Allies " was published by [COLOR="#8b0000"][U]Jonathan Swift.[/U][/COLOR] (14) The Act of Settlement was passed in [COLOR="#8b0000"][U]1701 AD.[/U][/COLOR] (15) Walpole got education at [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Eton Colleg[/COLOR][/U]e and [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Cambridge Universities. [/COLOR][/U] (16) William Pitt became the War Minister in [COLOR="#8b0000"][U]1783 AD [/U][/COLOR]and [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Resigned in 1801 AD[/COLOR][/U] due to differences with George III. (17) George III called himself the [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Whig of Revolution[/COLOR][/U] . (18) Lord Townshend was popularly known as [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Turnip Townshend[/COLOR][/U] (19) Pitt the Younger was deeply affected by Adam Smith’s book [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]The Wealth of Nations.[/COLOR][/U] (20) The new police force organized by Sir Robert Peel became known as [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Peelers [/COLOR][/U][/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkRed"][I]British History MCQs, 2000 Paper II.[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [COLOR="DarkRed"][/COLOR] [I][B](1) Who was the Prime Minister of England in 1923: (a) Glad Stone (b) Disroeli [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](c) Baldwin[/COLOR][/U] (d) Peel (2) Secret Ballot Act was passed in: (a) 1870 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1872[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1874 (d) 1876 ‘ (3) Lord Polrmerston died in: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) 1865[/COLOR][/U] (b)1867 ‘ (c) 1872 (d) 1875 ‘ ‘ (4) Free Education Act was passed in: [COLOR="#8b0000"][U](a) 1891[/U][/COLOR] (b) 1902 (c) 1918 (d) 1936 (5) Who was the Queen of England in 1877 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Queen Victoria 1837-1901[/COLOR][/U] (6) When British troops occupied the French colony of Algeria: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) 1942 [/COLOR][/U](b) 1946 (c) 1948 (d) 1950 (7) Harold Wilson was the leader of Labour Party:- [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) Yes[/COLOR][/U] (b) No (8) When Churchill became the Prime Minister of England-for second time: (a) 1949 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1951(1951-55)[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1953 (d) 1955 (9) Crimean war came to end through: (a) Treaty of London ([U][COLOR="#8b0000"]b) Treaty of Paris[/COLOR][/U] (c) Treaty of Berlin (d) Treaty of Manchester (10) Who was the Prime Minister of England when dual system of government was introduced to India? [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]David Lloyd George [/COLOR][/U] (11) "The fall of British Empire 1918-1968" was written by: (a) Taylor (b) Churchill [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](c) Cohn Crass [/COLOR][/U](d) Margrett Thatcher - - (12) Who succeeded Anthony Eden as Prime Minister? [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Harold Macmillan[/COLOR][/U] (13) When the Suez war was fought? ‘ - (a) 1955 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1956[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1957 (d) 1958 (14) Who is the author of a Book "Britain in the Century of Total War 1900-1967": (a) J.H. Plumb (b) David Thomson [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](c) Arthur Marwick[/COLOR][/U] (d) G.M. Trevelyan (15) Mrs. Thatcher was Minister of Education: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) Yes (From 20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 during Prime Minister Edward Heath's period )[/COLOR][/U] (b) No (16) Britain entered the European Economic Community in: (a) 1971 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](b) 1973 [/COLOR][/U]-‘ (c) 1975 (d) 1977 (17) Falklands war was fought in: (a) 1980 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1982[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1984 (d) 1986 (18) When the general strike in England was declared illegal? [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]1926[/COLOR][/U] (19) Who was the captain of England Cricket Team during the World Cup of 1999? [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Graham Gooch[/COLOR][/U] (20) London School of Economics is part of the Oxford University: (a) True [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) False[/COLOR][/U][/B][/I] |
[SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkRed"][I]British History MCQs, 2001 Paper I.[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE]
[COLOR="DarkRed"][/COLOR] [B][I] (1) George Canning was Foreign Secretary of England from [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]September 1822 – April 1827[/COLOR][/U] (2) The defeat of Stuart Kings doomed the case of [COLOR="#8b0000"]Theory of Divine Right[/COLOR]. (3) The throne of England was offered jointly to [COLOR="#8b0000"][U]William[/U][/COLOR] and [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Marry.[/COLOR][/U] (4) William III died in [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]1702 AD[/COLOR][/U]. (5) The Union Jack came into existence as a result of the [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Act of Union 1800 (Union between England and Ireland)[/COLOR][/U]. (6) The Hanoverian succession put on end to the principles of hereditary succession and [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]the divine right [/COLOR][/U] of kings. (7) The Riot Act was passed in [COLOR="DarkRed"][U]1714 AD.[/U][/COLOR] (8) George III made his mind to destroy the [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Whigh oligarchy[/COLOR][/U] System and establish personal rule in the country. (9) The Quebec Act gave religious freedom to the Canadian in [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]year 1774[/COLOR][/U] (10) The Third Coalition was formed by [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]William Pitt The Younger.[/COLOR][/U] (11) George III was known as the [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Farmer [/COLOR][/U]king. (12) Irish Rebellion failed as the expected help from [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]France[/COLOR][/U] did not come in time. (13) Methodism encouraged a violent hatred of [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Luxurious Life Style[/COLOR][/U]. (14) George IV came to the throne in [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]1820 AD[/COLOR][/U] (15) Castlereagh is known as the best European [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Foreign[/COLOR][/U] Minister in Britain’s history. (16) The object of the treaty of London with Russia and France was to secure the independence of [COLOR="#8b0000"]Turkey[/COLOR]. (17) The famous Emancipation Act was passed in [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]1829.[/COLOR][/U] (18) Queen Victoria was the daughter of [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]Prince Edward, Duke of Kent [/COLOR][/U]. (19) The Navigation Laws were partly responsible for the war of [COLOR="#8b0000"][U]American [/U][/COLOR]independence. (20) The Union of Ireland with England was first discussed in the Irish parliament in January [U][COLOR="#8b0000"]1800[/COLOR][/U].[/I][/B] |
[SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkRed"][I]British History MCQs, 2002 Paper I.[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE]
[COLOR="DarkRed"][/COLOR] [B][I](1) Bill of Rights was passed in [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] (a) 1689[/COLOR][/U] (b) 1693 (c) 1967 (d) None of these (2) Queen Mary died in (a) 1962 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1694[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1696 (d) None of these (3) Queen Anne had (a) Three children (b) Nine children [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) Eighteen children [/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (4):George III reigned England for (a) 40 years (b) 50 years [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 60 years[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (5) Who developed the Cabinet System in government in England? [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) Walpole [/COLOR][/U] (b) Gladston (c) Palmerston (d) None of these (6) The State of Prison was written by [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) John Lock [/COLOR][/U] (b) John Howard (c) John Chancellor (d) None of these (7) George IV Ruled England for: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (a) 10 years[/COLOR][/U] (b) 20 years (c) 30 years (d) None of these (8) During the reign of George IV Death Penalty was done with (a) 60 offences (b) 80 offences [COLOR="#8b0000"][U] (c) 100 offences[/U][/COLOR] (d) None of these (9) The Test Act and Corporation Act were repeated in: (a) 1826 (b) 1828 (c) 1830 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](d) None of these[/COLOR][/U] (10) Who was denied a seat in the parliament after winning election in 1828 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) Danial O’ Connell[/COLOR][/U] (b) John Hawkins (c) Robert Smith (d) None of these (11) Who was called the “Whig of the Revolutiom”? (a) George II [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) George III[/COLOR][/U] (c) George IV (d) None of these (12) Pitt the elder resigned from the office in: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) 1761[/COLOR][/U] (b) 1771 (c) 1781 (d) None of these (13) Who was the Prime Minister of England from 1770 –1782? (a) Lord Asquith [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) Lord North[/COLOR][/U] (c) Lord Townshend (d) None of these (14) “George be a King”. Who said this to George III? [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) His Mother[/COLOR][/U] (b) His Father (c) His Wife (d) None of these (15) England granted independent parliament to Ireland in (a) 1762 (b) 1772 (c) 1782 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](d) None of these[/COLOR][/U] (16) Population of England in 1815 was (a) 21 Million (b) 31 Million (c) 41 Million [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (d) None of these[/COLOR][/U] (17) Sir Humphrey Davy invented the safety lamp in: (a) 1810 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1815[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1820 (d) None of these (18) Pitt the younger died at the age of (a) 27 (b) 37 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](c) 47[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (19) Who wrote the book “Reflections on the French Revolution”? [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) Edmond Burk[/COLOR][/U] (b) Tom Paine (c) Napoleon (d) None of these (20) After the Napoleonic war the National Debt of England has risen to [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) 800 Million Pounds[/COLOR][/U] (b) 1000 Million Pounds (c) 1200 Million Pounds[/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkRed"][I]British History MCQs, 2002 Paper II.[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [COLOR="DarkRed"][/COLOR] [B][I](1) When Chartist Movement came to an end? (a) 1858 (b) 1862 (c) 1862 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (d) None of these[/COLOR][/U] (2) Palmerston died in (a) 1863 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1865[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1867 (d) None of these (3) When Disraeli introduced the 2nd reform Bill: (a) 1866 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1867[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1868 (d) None of these (4):The Secret Ballot Act was passed during the premiership of: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (a) Gladston[/COLOR][/U] (b) Disraeli (c) Palmerston (d) None of these (5) The Parliament Act o f1911 was passed during the premiership of (a) Palmerston [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Asquith[/COLOR][/U] (c) Lloyd George (d) None of these (6) When men above 21 years and women above 30 years were given the right to vote? (a) 1916 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1918[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1920 (d) None of these (7) Queen Victoria ascended the throne at the age of [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (a) 18 years[/COLOR][/U] (b) 22 years (c) 26 years (d) None of these (8) General Strikes were declared illegal in: (a) 1923 (b) 1827 (c) 1831 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](d) None of these(1926)[/COLOR][/U] (9) Who became the Prime Minister of England in 1923 (a) Chamberlain [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Baldwin[/COLOR][/U] (c) Palmerston (d) None of these (10) Treaty of Versailles was signed on: (a) April 28, 1919 (b) May 28, 1919 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) June 28, 1919[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (11) The Book “Modern England” was written in 1975 by: (a) Southgate [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) R. K. Webb[/COLOR][/U] (c) T. S. Ashton (d) None of these (12) What was the age of Palmerston when he became the Prime Minister in 1855? (a) 50 years (b) 60 years [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 70 years[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (13) Protection of property was passed in: (a) 1865 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1875[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1885 (d) None of these (14) How many factory laws were passed from 1802 to 1937? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 19 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (d) None of these(12)[/COLOR][/U] (15) School leaving age was raised to 15 years in: (a) 1916 (b) 1926 (c) 1936 (d) None of these (16) Sir Winston Churchill died at the age of: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) 90 years[/COLOR][/U] (b) 95 years (c) 100 years (d) None of these (17) The Bank of England was Nationalized in: (a) 1936 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1946[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1956 (d) None of these (18) British Pound was devalued in: (a) 1948 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1949[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1950 (d) None of these (19) Macmillan resigned as Prime Minister in: (a) 1953 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1963[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1973 (d) None of these (20) In 1988 which new party was born in England? (a) Social Democrats [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Liberal Democrats[/COLOR][/U] (c) Social and Liberal Democrats[/I][/B] |
[SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2003 Paper I.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE]
[B][I] (1) William III ascended the throne of England in [COLOR="DarkRed"][U](a) 1689[/U][/COLOR] (b) 1691 (c) 1693 (d) None of these (2) Queen Anne ruled England for: (a) 10 years [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 12 years(1702-1714)[/COLOR][/U] (c) 14 years (d) None of these (3) The Parliamentary Union between England and Scotland took place in: (a) 1703 (b) 1705 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1707 [/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (4):George II personally led his force against France in 1743 at the battle of (a) Silesia [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) Detigen [/COLOR][/U] (c) Fonteney (d) None of these (5) Maria Theresa was confined as the ruler of Austria by the Treaty of (a) Treaty of London [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Treaty of Aix-La-Charelle(1748)[/COLOR][/U] (c) Treaty of Paris (d) None of these (6) GREFORIAN calendar was adopted in England in: (a) 1741 (b) 1745 (c) 1751 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](d) None of these(1752)[/COLOR][/U] (7) Who was Prime Minister of England from 1744 – 1754? (a) Newcastle (b) Carteret [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](c) Pelham (Henry Pelham)[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (8) Who followed the policy of “Let sleeping dogs lie”? (a) Stanhope (b) Pit [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) Walpole[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (9) The BOSTON MASSACRE occurred in: (a) 1760 (b) 1765 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](c) 1770[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (10) The Congress of PHILADELPHIA was held in: (a) 1754 (b) 1764 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1774[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (11) Lord Cornwallis surrendered in 1781 at: (a) LEXINTON (b) BROOKLYN [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) YORK TOWN [/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (12) Who asked the English Parliament to remove many of the restrictions in Irish Trade? [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](a) Lord Fitz William(not confirm)[/COLOR][/U] (b) Lord North (c) Lord Castlereagh (d) None of these (13) Napoleon was defeated by Wellington at the battle of Waterloo in: (a) 1810 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1815[/COLOR][/U] (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 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 21 years[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (15) The famous Poem, “The Deserted Village”, was written by the poet: (a) Johnson [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) Oliver Goldsmith[/COLOR][/U] (c) Wordsworth (d) None of these (16) In 1765, James Hargreaves (An English Weaver) invented: (a) Flying Shuttle (b) Spinning Frame [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](c) Spinning Jenny[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (17) The First daily news paper “The Daily Courant” appeared in England in: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (a) 1702[/COLOR][/U] (b) 1710 (c) 1726 (d) None of these (18) Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in: (a) 1823 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1833[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1843 (d) None of these (19) Castlereagh was so unpopular that the London mob scoffed at his funeral in: (a) 1920 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1822[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1825 (d) None of these (20) Who was known as the Great Commoner? (a) New Castle [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Pitt the elder[/COLOR][/U] (c) Pelham (d) None of these [/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]British History MCQs, 2003 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I] (1) Prince Concert’s real name was [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) Prince Albert[/COLOR][/U] (b) Prince William (c) Prince Charles (d) None of these (2) Sir Robert Peel died in [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (a) 1850[/COLOR][/U] (b) 1860 (c) 1855 (d) None of these (3) Dis-establishment of the Irish Church by Gladstone took place in: (a) 1859 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1869[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1879 (d) None of these (4) Zulus defeated the English in 1879 at: (a) Ulundi [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) Isandhlwana [/COLOR][/U] (c) Trasvaal (d) None of these (5) The Reform Bill of 1867 was called “a Conservative Surrender” by: (a) Randolph Churchill [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Salisbury[/COLOR][/U] (c) Ashbourne (d) None of these (6) Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee was established in: (a) 1877 (b) 1885 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1897[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (7) Disraeli’s maiden speech in the House of Commons was: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](a) Failure[/COLOR][/U] (b) Successful (c) Normal (d) None of these (8) The Secret Ballot Act was introduced in England in: (a) 1862 (b) 1867 (c) 1875 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](d) None of these(1872)[/COLOR][/U] (9) Who was Prime Minister of England from 1880 – 1885? (a) Disraeli [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Gladstone[/COLOR][/U] (c) Lord Derby (d) None of these (10) Archduke Francis Ferdinand was murdered at: (a) Bulgaria (b) Serbia [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) Sarajevo[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (11) Ferdinand De Lesseps, a French Engineer, completed the Suez canal in: (a) 1865 (b) 1867 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1869[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (12) Miss Florence Nightingale worked as a Nurse at the Army Hospital of: (a) Verna (b) Slistria [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) Scutri[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (13) Mahdisudni defeated the forces of General Gordon and Khidev of Egypt at: (a) Dingola [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Khartum[/COLOR][/U] (c) Omdurman (d) None of these (14) Partition of Palestine and emergence of Israeli State took place in: (a) 1945 (b) 1947 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1948[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (15) King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 over the question of his marriage with: (a) Lady Margaret [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Lady Simpson[/COLOR][/U] (c) Lady Macdonald (d) None of these (16) De Valera came into power in Ireland in: (a) 1929 (b) 1930 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1932[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (17) Communal Award for India was announced by the British Government in: (a) 1930 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1932[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1934 (d) None of these (18) Who succeeded Gladstone when he resigned in 1894: (a) Sir William Hartcourt (b) Balfour [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) Lord Rosebery[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (19) The Charge of the Light Brigade was immortalized by the Poet: (a) Shelley [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Tennyson[/COLOR][/U] (c) Wordsworth (d) None of these (20) Neutrality of Belgium (guaranteed by the European Powers) was violated by: (a) England [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Germany[/COLOR][/U] (c) U.S.A. (d) None of these[/I][/B] |
[SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2004 Paper I.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE]
[B][I](1) Glorious Revolution took place in (a) 1665 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] (b) 1688[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1699 (d) None of these (2) Cromwell and his son ruled the country for: (a) 20 years [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 11 years[/COLOR][/U] (c) 25 years (d) None of these (3) William and Mary came to England after the flight of: (a) Queen Victoria [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) James II[/COLOR][/U] (c) William III (d) None of these (4) The book “History of England” was written by: (a) Derry (b) Serlley (c) Wood (d) None of these (5) Act of Settlement was passed in: (a) 1688 (b) 1697 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1701[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (6) Union of England and Scotland took place in: (a) 1702 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1707[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1710 (d) None of these (7) George II came to the throne in: (a) 1720 (b) 1725 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](c) 1727[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (8) The book “England under the Hanoverians” was authored by: (a) Corbett [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Robertson(Charles Grant Robertson)[/COLOR][/U] (c) Hervey (d) None of these (9) The Riot Act was passed in (a) 1705 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1715[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1719 (d) None of these (10) Queen Mary lived upto: (a) 1690 (b) 1701 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1694[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (11) George III became King in: (a) 1750 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1760 [/COLOR][/U] (c) 1768 (d) None of these (12) Lord Russell was given the Nick-name of: (a) Educator [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) Reformer[/COLOR][/U] (c) Scientist (d) None of these (13) “England in the Eighteenth Century” was written by: (a) Wood [COLOR="#8b0000"][U] (b) Selley(W.T. Selley)[/U][/COLOR] (c) Carter (d) None of these (14) French Empire in India and Canada was liquidated by: (a) George III [COLOR="#8b0000"][U] (b) Pitt [/U][/COLOR] (c) Fox (d) None of these (15) Navigation Acts were repealed in (a) 1830 (b) 1842 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1849[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (16) The first Coalition against France was organized by Britain in: (a) 1770 (b) 1782 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1793[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (17) George IV came to the throne in: (a) 1810 (b) 1815 [COLOR="#8b0000"][U] (c) 1820[/U][/COLOR] (d) None of these (18) Queen Victoria was daughter of: (a) Pitt [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Edward(Duke of Kent )[/COLOR][/U] (c) William (d) None of these (19) Factory Act was passed in: (a) 1823 (b) 1830 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] (c) 1833[/COLOR][/U] (d) 1835 (20) The Catholic Emancipation Act was passed in (a) 1815 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1829[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1837 (d) None of these[/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2004 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I](1) The First Reform Act was passed in: (a) 1822 (b) 1828 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] (c) 1832[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (2) “A Text Book of Modern English History” was written by: (a) Wood (b) Serlley [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] (c) Southgate[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (3) The Treaty of Versailles was signed in: (a) 1929 (b) 1921 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) 1919 [/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (4):Lord Salisbury was born in: (a) 1820 (b) 1825 [COLOR="#8b0000"][U] (c) 1830[/U][/COLOR] (d) None of these (5) Diseraeli became the Prime Minister of England for Second Term in: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (a) 1874[/COLOR][/U] (b) 1880 (c) 1884 (d) None of these (6) The real stake in the Crimean war was (a) Central Europe [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Turkey[/COLOR][/U] (c) Germany (d) None of these (7) Gladstone was Prime Minister of England for: (a) Two times (b) Three times [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) Four times [/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (8) In July 1945 the Allied Powers called upon Japan to: (a) Return the Prisoners (b) Stop bombing the civil prisoners [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) Surrender of all Japanese armed forces[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"](26 July 1945 The Western Allies (UK, US, USSR) and the Nationalist China of General Chiang Kai-shek asked Japan to surrender or be destroyed.)[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (9) Armistice of 1918 was signed by Germany in: (a) March (b) June [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) November[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (10) In the Assembly of the League of Nation, each member state was to be represented by a maximum of: (a) Five delegates (b) Three delegates (c) Seven delegates (d) None of these (11) The Treaty of Sevres (1920) was made between: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (a) Allies and Turkey [/COLOR][/U] (b) Germany and France (c) America and Japan (d) None of these (12) Queen Victoria died in: (a) 1904 (b) 1907 (c) 1907 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (d) None of these(1901)[/COLOR][/U] (13) Edward II was son of: (a) William (b) James (c) Queen Victoria (d) None of these (14) The Berlin Settlement was signed in: (a) 1868 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1878 (13 july ,1878)[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1872 (d) None of these (15) Edward VII was succeeded by: [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (a) George V[/COLOR][/U] (b) James (c) Edward VIII (d) None of these (16) The Treaty of NEVILLY (1919) was made between: (a) Germany and Japan (b) Ireland and Britain [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (c) Bulgaria and the Allies[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (17) Sir Robert Peel became the Home Secretary in: (a) 1815 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1822[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1828 (d) None of these (18) The book ‘Britain Between the Wars” was written by: (a) Carter [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) Mowart Charles[/COLOR][/U] (c) Wood (d) None of these (19) Edward VIII abdicated the throne in: (a) 1930 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"] (b) 1936(December)[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1938 (d) None of these (20) George V succeeded Edward VII in: (a) 1907 [U][COLOR="#8b0000"](b) 1910[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1913 (d) None of these[/I][/B] |
This is really a valueable service u are rendering to those whuo have opted for the subject as u did in international law.plaese keep it up.It is also your moral obligation to do something for those appearing in next year as u r free todays doing nothing except waiting result.God bless u
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[QUOTE=qamar abbas ranjha;367326]This is really a valueable service u are rendering to those whuo have opted for the subject as u did in international law.plaese keep it up.It is also your moral obligation to do something for those appearing in next year as u r free todays doing nothing except waiting result.God bless u[/QUOTE]
[B][I][COLOR="Sienna"]Thanks Brother ! Thanks a lot for your words of encouragement. Here I am commencing it again.[/COLOR][/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2005 Paper I.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I] (1) George Canning became Foreign Secretary of England in : (a) 1804 (b) 1888 [COLOR="darkred"][U](c) 1807[/U][/COLOR] (d) None of these (2) Glorious Revolution took place in: (a) 1665 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1688 [/COLOR][/U](c) 1699 (d) None of these (3) Cromwell and his son ruled the country for: (a) 20 years [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 11 years[/COLOR][/U] (c) 25 years (d) None of these (4) The book “Constitutional History of England” was written by: (a) Adams (b) Ramsay (c) Muir [U][COLOR="darkred"](d) None of these(Frederic William Maitland)[/COLOR][/U] (5) Union of England and Scotland took place in: (a) 1702 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1707[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1710 (d) None of these (6) The massacre of Glencoe took place in: (a) 1688 (b) 1690 (c) 1693 [U][COLOR="darkred"](d) None of these(1692)[/COLOR][/U] (7) Queen Anne was the daughter of : [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) James II[/COLOR][/U] (b) Charles II (c) Hyde (d) None of these (8) The book “England under the Stuarts” was written by: (a) Clark [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Trevelvan [/COLOR][/U](c) Traill (d) None of these (9) Queen Mary lived upto: (a) 1690 (b) 1701 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1694[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (10) Philip II was the grandson of : (a) Charles (b) Louis (c) William [U][COLOR="darkred"](d) None of these[/COLOR][/U] (11) Walpole resigned in : (a) 1725 (b) 1737 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1742[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (12) The Riot Act was passed in: (a) 1712 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1715[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1718 (d) None of these (13) Navigation Act was repealed in : (a) 1830 (b) 1842 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1849[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (14) The Seven Years War ended in: (a) 1756 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1763[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1769 (d) None of these (15) Pitt, The Elder, was born in : (a) 1713 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1708[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1711 (d) None of these (16) Lord North came to power in : (a) 1767 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1770[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1775 (d) None of these (17) Habeas Corpus Act was passed in: (a) 1786 (b) 1794 (c) 1796 [U][COLOR="darkred"](d) None of these(1795)[/COLOR][/U] (18) Queen Victoria was the daughter of : (a) Pitt (b) William [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) Edward(The Duke of Kent)[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (19) George III was called: (a) Sailor [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Farmer[/COLOR][/U] (c) Poet (d) None of these (20) Catholic Emancipation Act was passed in: (a) 1815 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1829[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1826 (d) None of these [/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2005 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I](1) Sir Robert Peel was born in: (a) 1770 (b) 1778 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1788[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these. (2) The Treaty of Versailles was signed in: (a) 1929 (b) 1921 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1919[/COLOR][/U] (d) None of these (3) The real stake in Crimean War was: (a) Turkey [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](b) Central Europe[/COLOR][/U] (c) Russia (d) None of these (4) Gladstone was the Prime Minister of England for: (a) Two Times [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Four Times [/COLOR][/U](c) Three Times (d) None of these (5) Kind Edward VIII abdicated the throne in: (a) 1926 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1936[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1938 (d) None of these (6) Disraeli became the Prime Minister of England for the second term in: (a) 1880 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1874[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1884 (d) None of these (7) The Book “Queen Victoria” was written by : [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) Strachey(Giles Lytton Strachey The said book completed in 1921)[/COLOR][/U] (b) Marriott (c) Woodward (d) None of these (8) Russell was given the nickname of : (a) Warrior [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Reformer(Lord of Reforms)[/COLOR][/U] (c) Sailor (d) None of these (9) Gladstone accomplished more in the field of: (a) Foreign Policy [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Home Policy[/COLOR][/U] (c) Colonial Policy (d) None of these (10)The famous Judicator Act was passed in: (a) 1860 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1873[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1883 (d) None of these (11) The Boers were masters of: (a) Fortified war [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Irregular war[/COLOR][/U] (c) Naval war (d) None of these (12) According to Benthem, the chief objective of punishment was: [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) Prevent Crimes[/COLOR][/U] (b) Vindictiveness (c) Welfare of the Society (d) None of these (13) The Trade Unions are great power in England. Their number exceeds: (a) 700 (b) 900 (c) 1100 (d) None of these (14) The Union of Roumelia and Bulgeria was opposed by: (a) Germany [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Russia[/COLOR][/U] (c) Italy (d) None of these (15) The first breach of the Policy of Splendid Isolation took place when Great Britain entered into an alliance with : [U][COLOR="darkred"](a)France[/COLOR][/U] (b) Japan (c)Germany (d) None of these (16) The immediate cause of First World War was the murder of : (a) Bismarck [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Ferdinand[/COLOR][/U] (c) William (d) None of these (17) The Treaty of Berlin was signed in: (a) 1978 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1878[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1888 (d) None of these (18) The League of Nations was formed in: (a) 1918 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1919[/COLOR][/U] (c) 1920 (d) None of these (19) The book “World Crises” was written by: (a) Davis[U][COLOR="darkred"] (b) Churchill[/COLOR][/U] (c) Hayes (d) None of these (20) Edward VIII was succeeded by: (a) Queen Mary [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) George VI [/COLOR][/U](c) Elizabeth (d) None of these [/I][/B] |
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[B][I]1. Act of Settlement was passed in the time of: Pitt, Canning, [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]William III,(1701)[/COLOR][/U] None of these 2. Union of England and Scotland took place in: 1607,[U][COLOR="DarkRed"]1707[/COLOR][/U],1717,None of these 3. George II came to the throne in: 1715,1708,[U][COLOR="darkred"]1727[/COLOR][/U], None of these 4. Seven years War started in: 1754, 1727, 1718, [U][COLOR="darkred"]None of these(1756)[/COLOR][/U] 5. Treaty of Paris was signed in: 1760, 1755, [U][COLOR="darkred"]1763[/COLOR][/U], None of these 6. Undoubtedly Walpole was a great: Educator, [U][COLOR="darkred"]Financier,[/COLOR][/U] Reformer, None of these 7. George III was the grand son of: George I, [U][COLOR="darkred"]George II[/COLOR][/U], George V, None of these 8. Cromwell and his son ruled the country for: 20 years, [U][COLOR="darkred"]11 years[/COLOR][/U], 9 years, None of these 9. Queen Marry Lived upto: 1690, 1701, [U][COLOR="darkred"]1694[/COLOR][/U], None of these 10. Habeas Corpus Act was passed in: 1767, 1775, 1770, [COLOR="darkred"][U]None of these()1795[/U][/COLOR] 11. The book” England under the Stuarts” was written by: Clark, Thraill, [U][COLOR="darkred"]Trevalvan[/COLOR][/U], None of these 12. Sir Walter Scott Died in: 1812, [U][COLOR="darkred"]1832,[/COLOR][/U] 1825, None of these 13. Poor Law Reform Act was passed in: 1830, 1832, [U][COLOR="darkred"]1834,[/COLOR][/U] None of these 14. The book “ History of England” was written by: Serlley, Wood, [U][COLOR="darkred"]Carter, (George Carter)[/COLOR][/U]None of these 15. The territory of Florida was sold to USA by: France, [U][COLOR="darkred"]Spain, (in year 1763 AD)[/COLOR][/U]Italy, None of these 16. George IV was married to: Marry,[U][COLOR="darkred"] Caroline(Caroline of Brunswick)[/COLOR][/U], Victoria, None of these 17. The treat of Chaumont was concluded against: Germany, [U][COLOR="darkred"]France(Against Napolean 1814)[/COLOR][/U], Spain, None of these 18. The Industrial Revolution resulted in the creation of: [U][COLOR="darkred"]Capitalism[/COLOR][/U], Agrarian Society, Socialism, None of these 19. Pitt, the elder, was born in: 1608, [U][COLOR="darkred"]1708, [/COLOR][/U]1718, None of these 20. The French Revolution took place in: 1769, [U][COLOR="darkred"]1789,[/COLOR][/U] 1786, None of these [/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2006 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I]1. the book "World Crises" was written by: a. Davis [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. Churchill[/COLOR][/U]c. Hayes d. None 2. the treaty of berlin was signed in a. 1978 [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. 1878[/COLOR][/U]c. 1888 d. none 3. the Balfour Committee was appointed in: a. 1922 b. 1918 [U][COLOR="darkred"]c. 1926[/COLOR][/U]d. none 4. in the Second World War, the Great Briton declared war on Germany in: a. june b. November [U][COLOR="darkred"]c. September[/COLOR][/U]d. None 5.Hitler commiteed suicide and germany surrendered unconditionally in: a. 1943 b. 1946 [U][COLOR="darkred"]c. 1945(8th May 1945 Victory Day)[/COLOR][/U]d. none 6.the UN has a security council which consists of: a. 6 members b. 9 members c. 11 members [U][COLOR="darkred"]d. none[/COLOR][/U] 7.Lord Russell became PM for the second time in: a. 1855 [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. 1865(October 1865-June1866)[/COLOR][/U]c. 1869 d. none 8. the book history of England was written by a. derry b. serlly c. woods d. none 9. the real stake in the Crimean war was a. turkey b. Russia [U][COLOR="darkred"]c. Central Europe[/COLOR][/U]d. None 10. Lord Salisbury was born in a. 1820 b. 1825 [U][COLOR="darkred"]c. 1830[/COLOR][/U]d. none 11. Edward VII was son of a. William b. James [U][COLOR="darkred"]c. Victoria[/COLOR][/U]d. None 12. bentham was a great [U][COLOR="darkred"]a. philosopher(Utalitarian Philosopher)[/COLOR][/U]b. philauthropist c. reformer d. none 13. general buller was defeated in 1899 at a. ladysmith b. colenso [U][COLOR="darkred"]c. stormberg[/COLOR][/U]d. none 14. the mine act of 1842 put an end to the employment of women and children under the age of a. 15 [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. 10[/COLOR][/U]c. 20 d. none 15. Guild Socalism had a marked influence on a. Socialist thought b. Capitalist system [U][COLOR="darkred"]c. Syndicalism[/COLOR][/U]d. None 16.Re-action against the policy of free trade started in Britain towards the end of a. 16th century [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. 18th century[/COLOR][/U]c. 19th century 17. reform act of 1884 was passed in the time of [U][COLOR="darkred"]a. Gladstone(in his second term a PM 180-85)[/COLOR][/U]b. George II c. Peel d. None 18. Turkey was forced to sign the treaty of sevres in a. 1912 [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. 1920[/COLOR][/U]c. 1925 d. none 19. the immediate cause of world war I was the murder of a. bismark [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. Ferdinand[/COLOR][/U]c. Walpole d. None 20. The treaty of versaillies was signed in a. 1914 [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. 1919[/COLOR][/U]c. 1924 d. none [/I][/B] |
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[B][I](1) Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle made in: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](a) 1748[/COLOR][/U](b) 1744 (c) 1746 (d) None of these (2) Pitt’s India Act was passed in: (a) 1761 (b)1780 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1784[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (3) Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender at Yorktown in: [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) 1781[/COLOR][/U](b) 1777 (c) 1783 (d) None of these (4) The battle of Nations took place in: (a) 1809 (b) 1812 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1813[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (5) The Union of England and Ireland took place in: (a) 1799 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1800[/COLOR][/U](c) 1789 (d) None of these (6) When George I ascended the throne, his age was: (a) 61 years [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 54 years[/COLOR][/U](c) 58 years (d) None of these (7) Pitt the Elder became Prime Minister in: (a) 1755 (b) 1760 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1766[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (8) George III was taught by his: (a) Father (b) Mother (c) Grand-father [U][COLOR="darkred"](d) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Bute , his teacher[/COLOR]) [/U] (9) “Reflections on the French Revolution” was written: (a) Montague (b) Voltaire [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](c) Edmund Burke[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (10) Bank of England was founded in: [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) 1694[/COLOR][/U](b) 1700 (c) 1698 (d) None of these (11) “Wealth of Nations” is written by: (a) David Ricardo (b) Thomas Malthus [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) Adam Smith[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (12) From the Romantic poets, only one survived upto the reign of Queen Victoria. He was: (a) Keats (b) Byron [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) Wordsworth[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (13) Gibraltar was captured in 1704 by: (a) Admiral Nelson [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Admiral Rooke[/COLOR][/U](c) Admiral Vernon (d) None of these (14) Battle of Ramillies was fought: [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) 1706[/COLOR][/U](b) 1709 (c) 1708 (d) None of these (15) The Durham Report was a valuable and beneficial document on the subject of: [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) British Colonial Policy[/COLOR][/U](b) Its war policy (c) British Home Policy (d) None of these (16) Steam Engine was invented by: (a) James Margreen [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) James Watt[/COLOR][/U](c) William Murdock (d) None of these (17) Robert Clive fought the battle of Plassey in: (a) 1750 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1757[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Defeated Nwab Siraj Uddaula) [/COLOR] [/U](c) 1760 (d) None of these (18) Famos Munore Doctrine was enunciated in: (a) 1820 (b) 1822 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](c) 1823[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](James Monroe 5th American President ) [/COLOR] [/U](d) None of these (19) Castlereagh became Foreign Secretary in: (a) 1810 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](b) 1812[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]1812-22 [/COLOR] [/U](c) 1800 (d) None of these (20) Seringapatam, the Capital of Tipu Sultan was Captured by: (a) Marquis Wellesley (b) Sir Arthur Wellesley [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](c) Lord Cornwallis[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these [/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2007 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I](1) The Reform Bill of 1867 was called ‘a Conservative Surrender’ by: (a) Randolaph Churchill [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Salisbury[/COLOR][/U](c) Ashbourne (d) None of these (2) The Treaty of SEATO was signed at Manila in: (a) 1953 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1954[/COLOR][/U](c) 1955 (d) None of these (3) After unconditional surrender in 1945, Japan was occupied by an Allied Army commanded by: [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) General Mac Arthur[/COLOR][/U](b) General Eisen Hower (c) General Montgomery (d) None of these (4) The charge of the light Brigade was immortalized by the poet: (a) Shelley [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Tennyson[/COLOR][/U](c) Wordsworth (d) None of these (5) The Secret Ballot Act was passed in: (a) 1870 (b) 1868 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1872[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (6) Who became Prime Minister of England in 1923: [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) Stanley Baldwin[/COLOR][/U](b) Marquis Curzon (c) Austin Chamberlain (d) None of these (7) Entente Cordial was signed in: (a) 1905 (b) 1906 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1904[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](With France) [/COLOR] [/U](d) None of these (8) The Treaty of Versailles was signed in: (a) 1929 (b) 1921 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](c) 1919[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (9) Chinese Communists established their new Regime at Peking in: [U][COLOR="darkred"](a) 1949[/COLOR][/U](b)1950 (c) 1951 (d) None of these (10) Devalera came into power in Ireland in: (a) 1930 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1932[/COLOR][/U](c) 1934 (d) None of these (11) Who succeeded Gladstone when he resigned in 1894? (a) Sir William Hart Court (b) Balfour [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) Lord Roseberry[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (12) TREATY of TIENTSN was signed in: (a) 1856 (b) 1860 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1858[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (13) The women were given the Right of Vote in: (a) 1916 (b) 1926 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1918[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (14) In 1858 the TAKU forts of China were finally captured by: (a) American (b) French [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) English [/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (15) Public Telephones were introduced in England in: (a) 1913 (b) 1912 (c) 1911 (d) None of these (16) In England who advocated the cause of ‘free education’ and promised “old age pension”? [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](a) Joseph Chamberlain[/COLOR][/U](b) Dike (c) Salisbury (d) None of these (17) The fall of Sabastopol took place in: (a) 1854 (b) 1857 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1855[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (18) Who succeeded Wilson when he retired in 1976? (a) Dennis Healey [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) Challaghan[/COLOR][/U](c) Michael Foot (d) None of these (19) Fashoda (NILE) incident took place in: (a) 1893 (b) 1895 [U][COLOR="darkred"](c) 1898[/COLOR][/U](d) None of these (20) Dis-establishment of the Irish Church by Gladstone took place in: (a) 1857 [U][COLOR="darkred"](b) 1869[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]( Irish Church Act 1869 )[/COLOR] [/U](c) 1879 (d) None of these [/I][/B] |
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[B][I](1) France recognized William as the King of England by Treaty of: (A) Augsburg [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](B) Ryswick[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](1697)[/COLOR] [/U](C) Vienna (D) None of these (2) War between England and France from 1689-1697 is known as the war of: [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) English Succession[/COLOR][/U](B) French Succession (C) Spanish Succession (D) None of these (3) The war of Spanish Succession started in: (A) 1700 (B) 1701 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](C) 1702[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (4) Who was given the title of Duke of Marlborough? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) John Churchill[/COLOR][/U](B) John Chancellor (C) John Marshall (D) None of these (5) George 1 was the son of: (A) Anne (B) Elizabeth [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Sophia[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (6) Who was the leader of Jacobite Revolt in Scotland? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) Earl of Marx[/COLOR][/U](B) Earl of Stanford (C) Earl of Edwards (D) None of these (7) Stanhope (1716-1721) the Prime Minister of England belonged to which party: (A) Tory [U][COLOR="darkred"](B) Whig[/COLOR][/U](C) Labour (D) None of these (8) George 2 became king of England in: (A) 1723 (B) 1725 [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) 1727[/COLOR][/U](D) none of these (9) The word ‘Whig’ means: (A) Dacoit (B) Intelligent [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Rebel[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] (Wheyface, Abhorer also) [/COLOR] [/U](D) None of these (10) George 3 created a new group which was called: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](A) King’s friends[/COLOR][/U](B) King’s supported (C) King’s loyalists (D) none of these (11) Who was the author of “Treatise on civil Governments”? (A) Filmer (B) Hobbes [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) John Locke[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (12) Who was the Prime Minister of England during the War of Jenkin’s Ear? (A) Pitt the younger (B) Pitt the elder [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Walpole [/COLOR][/U](D) none of these (13) War of Austrian Succession ended in 1748 by the treaty of: (A) Paris (B) London [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Aix-la-Chapele[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (14) Who was appointed as Prime Minister after Pitt the elder resigned in 1761? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) Bute[/COLOR][/U](B) Wellington (C) Walpole (D) None of these (15) Who was known as the “Drill Sergeant” of the Whig Party? (A) Disraeli (B) Gladstone [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Peel[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (16) What was the amount of the annual pension of Walpole when he resigned in 1742? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) 4000 pounds[/COLOR][/U](B) 6000 pounds (C) 8000 pounds (D) None of these (17) The national debt of England in 1721 was: (A) 51 million pounds (B) 53 million pounds [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) 55 million pounds[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] ( was 52 million in 1714 AD which rose to 52 million pounds in 1721. It was the moment when Walpole became PM and situation took turn in right direction. Walpole's long ministry forms an epoch by itself in English history. It was a period of peace, economy, and financial reform)[/COLOR] [/U](D) none of these (18) Walpole died in: (A) 1741 A.D (B) 1743 A.D [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](C) 1745 A.D (March 18th)[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (19) The seven years war came to an end by the treaty of: (A) Brunswick (B) London [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Paris[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (20) Edmund Burke became a member of British Parliament in: (A) 1764 (B) 1766 (C) 1768 [U][COLOR="darkred"](D) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] (December 1765) [/COLOR] [/U] [/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2008 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I]1. The first newspaper was published in 1772 by the name of: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](A) The morning post[/COLOR][/U](B) The evening news (C) The evening times (D) None of these 2. In 1815 the population of England was: (A) 21 million (B) 23 million (C) 25 million [U][COLOR="darkred"](D) none of these (10.25 million).[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue" ]1714 - 5.25 million 1727 - 5.45 million 1760 - 6.15 million 1815 - 10.25 million [/COLOR][/U] 3. Articles written by Napoleon were published in the shape of: (A) 28 books (B) 30 books (C) 32 books (D) None of these 4. The battle of waterloo was fought in: (A) 1813 [U][COLOR="darkred"](B) 1815[/COLOR][/U](C) 1817 (D) None of these 5. IN 1830 Belgium became separate from: (A) England (B) France [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Holland [/COLOR][/U](D) None of these 6. The league of Nations was established in: (A) 1923 (B) 1925 (C) 1927 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](D) None of these[/COLOR][/U] 7. “The state of prisons” was written by : [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](A) John Howard[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Published in 1777)[/COLOR] [/U](B) John Wallace (C) John Lovett (D) None of these 8. The reform act of 1928 gave the right to vote all men and women above the age of : a. 19 years [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. 21 years[/COLOR][/U]c. 23 years d. None of these 9. when was the tenure of the house of commons reduced to 5 years from 7 years? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) 1911[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Parliament Act 1911 ) [/COLOR] [/U](B) 1913 (C) 1915 (D) None of these 10. in 1839 a uniform postage rate was fixed at: (A) one pence (B) two pence (C) three pence [U][COLOR="darkred"](D) none of there[/COLOR] (Four pence ) [/U] 11. Queen Victoria ascended the throne at the age of: [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) 18 years[/COLOR][/U](B) 20 years (C) 22 years (D) None of these 12. Palmerston became the prime minister of England at the age of: [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) 70 years[/COLOR][/U](B) 71 years (C) 72 years (D) None of these 13. The opium war ended with the: (A) treaty of tinets [U][COLOR="darkred"](B) treaty of nauking[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] (The Treaty of Nanking 1842 AD) [/COLOR] [/U](C) treaty of London (D) none of these 14. The civil war started between northern and southern states of America in: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](A) 1861[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](1861-1865) [/COLOR][/U](B) 1863 (C) 1865 (D) None of these 15. The old age pension act was passed in: (A) 1906 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](B) 1908[/COLOR][/U](C) 1910 (D) None of these 16. who was the founder of the Methodist movement: (A) Charles Wesley (B) David Wesley [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) John Wesley[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these 17. in 1831 an act was passed by which children below 18 years could not be made o work for more than: (A) 8 hours (B) 10 hours [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) 12 hours[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these 18. Education act of 1936 raised the school leaving age to: (A) 13 years [U][COLOR="darkred"](B) 15 years [/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]( education act of 1921 raised the school leaving age to 14. The 1936 education act raised the leaving age to 15.)[/COLOR] [/U] (C) 17 years (D) None of these 19. Who became the prime minister of England in 1923? (A) chamberlain (b) Heath [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](C) Baldwin[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these 20. Who was the author of the famous novel “Sybil”? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) Disraeli[/COLOR][/U](B) Gladstone (C) Palmerston (D) none of these [/I][/B] |
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[B][I] 1. William 3 and Mary ascended to the throne in: a) Feb, 1688 b) Feb 1788 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Feb, 1889[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 2. The book “England under the Stuarts” has been written by: a) G.N CLARK [U] B) [COLOR="DarkRed"] G.M TRAVELYN[/COLOR][/U] c) WINSTON CHURCHILL d) None of these 3. The United Kingdom of Great Britain came into existence on: a) 1 march 1707 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1 may 1707[/COLOR][/U] c) 1 sept, 1707 d) None of these 4. George 1 remained on the throne from: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) 1714-27[/COLOR][/U] b) 1727-60 c) 1760-83 d) None of these 5. The 7yr war (1756-63) was fought in a) Europe, Africa and Far East b) North America, Australia and Europe [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Europe, America and India[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 6. The Book “Constitutional history of Modern Britain” has been written by: a) Winston Churchill b) Stanley Lane Poole c) V.A Smith [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] Sir David Lindsay Keir [/COLOR][/U] 7. The founder of theory of English Conservatism was: a) Edmund Burke b) Robert Walpole [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Pitt, the Younger[/COLOR][/U] [d) None of these 8. The book “England and French Revolution” was written by: a) Dickens b) Keats c) Brown [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] d) None of these[/COLOR][/U] 9. In 1800, England’s Union took place with: a) Scotland [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) Ireland[/COLOR][/U] c) Wales d) None of these 10. The supreme organizer of Methodist Movement was: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) John Wesley[/COLOR][/U] b) Pitt, the Elder c) Napoleon Bonaparte d) None of these 11. Sir Robert Western produced the Book titled: a) Discourse on revolution b) Discourse on War [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Discourse on Husbandry[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 12. The Power Loom was invented by: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) Edmund Cartwright[/COLOR][/U] b) John Kay c) George Stephenson d) None of these 13. George 4 married Queen a) Victoria b) Anne [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Caroline[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] (Caroline of Brunswick)[/COLOR] [/U] d) None of these 14. Who has been called “The Sailor King”? a) George 2 b) George 3 c) George 4 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) None of these.[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](William IV)[/COLOR][/U] 15. Queen Victoria was the daughter of: a) Duke of Aquitaine [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] b) Duke of Kent[/COLOR][/U] c) Duke of Salisbury d) None of these 16. The number of children of Queen Victoria was: a) 5 b) 7 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 9[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 17. Crimean War took place from: a) 1837-42 b) 1844-50 c) 1855-60 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] (October 1853 – February 1856)[/COLOR] [/U] 18. Durham Report came in a) 1830 b) 1837 c) 1844 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](1839 FEB)[/COLOR] [/U] 19. Charles Kingsley is the best known clerical writer on: a) French Revolution [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] b) Industrial Revolution[/COLOR][/U] c) Glorious Revolution d) None of these 20. Oscar Wilde was a: a) General b) Historian [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Poet [/COLOR][/U] d) None of these[/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2009 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I] 1. Lord Salisbury remained Prime Minister: a) Once b) Twice [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Thrice[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR="Blue"]1885-1886 1886-1892 1895-1902[/COLOR] d) None of these 2. The book titled “The Queen’s Prime Minister” has been written by: a) Froude b) Churchill c) Burkley d) None of these 3. The Boer War remained during: a) 1892-95 b)1898-1906 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 1899-1902[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 4. Who was the father of Utilitarian School of Thought? a) Gibbons b) Disraeli c) Gladstone [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]Bentham[/COLOR][/U] 5. Karl Marx died in: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) London[/COLOR] died [COLOR="Blue"]( March 14, 1883 )[/COLOR][/U] b) Moscow c) Berlin d) None of these 6. “The National Guilds League” was founded in: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) 1915[/COLOR][/U] b) 1919 c) 1927 d) None of these 7. Which Parliamentary Act established the supremacy of House of Commons? a) 1919 [COLOR="DarkRed"][U]b) 1911[/U][/COLOR] c) 1909 d) None of these 8. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance took place in: a) 1909 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] b) 1902[/COLOR][/U] c) 1905 d) None of these 9. Triple Entete member states were: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) France Russia and England[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]( 1907) [/COLOR][/U] b) Germany Austria and Italy c) England USA and Spain d) None of these 10. French Prime Minister during World War1 was: a) Lloyd George b) Wilson c) Orlando [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](René Viviani 13 June 1914 – 29 October 1915) [/COLOR] [/U] 11. Treaty of Sevres was between the Allies and: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) Turkey[/COLOR][/U] b) Japan c) Italy d) None of these 12. The book titled “The League of Nations at Work” has been written by: a) P.K Hitti b) P.J.N Baker c) Rushbrook Williams [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] d) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]( ARTHUR SWEETSER. )[/COLOR] [/U] 13. George 5 was succeeded by: a) George 6 b) Edward 4 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Edward 8[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 14. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax peace mission in Jan, 1939 failed at: a) Berlin [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] b) Rome[/COLOR] [/U] c) Tokyo d) None of these 15. Who conquered Manchuria in 1931: a) Italy b) Germany [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) England[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 16. The Charter of United Nations was signed by England and its Allies in June 1945 at: a) London [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] b) San Francisco[/COLOR][/U] c) Oxford d) None of these 17. Churchill became again the PM in 1951 at the age of: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) 76[/COLOR][/U] b) 60 c) 55 d) None of these 18. Harold Macmillan remained PM during: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) 1957-63[/COLOR][/U] b) 1963-67 c) 1974-81 d) None of these 19. In August 1979 who died in bomb blast a) Rippon [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] b) Mountbatten[/COLOR][/U] c) Dilhouise d) None of these 20. The Falkland War between England and Argentine took place in a) 1988 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1982[/COLOR][/U] c) 1995 d) None of these[/I][/B] |
mcq no.2 ans is FROUDE :)
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15. Who conquered Manchuria in 1931:
a) Italy b) Germany c) England d) None of these Taswer Bhai,though u made tremendous effort while solving MCQs yet a litttle confusion regarding above one..Was it England who conquered Manchuria or Japan????? |
[QUOTE=sayira;372809]mcq no.2 ans is FROUDE :)[/QUOTE]
[B][I][COLOR="Sienna"]Thanks for the contribution. I had searched for that, but I could not found[/COLOR].[/I][/B] [QUOTE=qamar abbas ranjha;372858]15. Who conquered Manchuria in 1931: a) Italy b) Germany c) England d) None of these Taswer Bhai,though u made tremendous effort while solving MCQs yet a litttle confusion regarding above one..Was it England who conquered Manchuria or Japan?????[/QUOTE] [B][I][COLOR="Sienna"]Brother you are absolutely right. I am thoroughly obliged for this correction. I have solved these mcqs with much consideration and care, yet there may be errors as well as mistakes. I would be obliged for corrections. [/COLOR][/I][/B] [B][I]The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, when Manchuria was invaded by the Army of the Empire of Japan. And it was a part of Second Sino-Japanese War. The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. [/I][/B] |
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[B][I]1) The bank of England was founded in: A) 1690 b) 1695 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 1694[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 2) Great Britain captured Gibralter in: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]A) 1704[/COLOR][/U] b) 1700 c) 1703 d) None of These 3) Queen Anne ascended on the throne of England in: A)1700 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1702[/COLOR][/U] c) 1701 d) None of These 4) The Septennial Act was passed in: A) 1702 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1715[/COLOR][/U] c) 1716 d) None of These 5) Walpole became Prime Minister in: a) 1720 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1721[/COLOR][/U] c) 1722 d) None of These 6) Riot ACT was passed in: A) 1712 b) 1715 c) 1718 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) None of These[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"] ( It was passed in 1714 though it came into effect in 1715)[/COLOR][/U] 7)’Social Contract’ was written by: a) Hobbes b) Lock [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Rousseau[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 8) The Estates General met for the last time in: A) 1650 b) 1670 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 1614[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 9) Congress of Troppau held in: A) 1819 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1820[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"](The Congress of Troppau was a conference of the Quintuple Alliance to discuss means of suppressing the revolution in Naples of July 1820, and at which the Troppau Protocol was signed on 19 November 1820.)[/COLOR][/U] c) 1821 d) None of These 10) David Ricardo was: A) Philosopher B) Statesman [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Economist[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 11) The organizer of victory was: a) Prieur B)Lindet [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Carnot[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Carnot (13 May 1753 – 2 August 1823), the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, was a French politician, engineer, and mathematician.)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 12) ‘Hogarth’ (d.1764) a painter belonged to the country and is a: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) British[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"](William Hogarth 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764)[/COLOR][/U] b) Dutch c) German d) None of These 13) Catholic Emancipation Act was passed on: a) 1815 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b)1829[/COLOR][/U] c)1826 d) None of These 14) Battle of Wandewash won by: a) Clive b) Duplex [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Eyre Coot[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]( January 1760 Wandiwash, India. A decisive war between French and British forces, A part of Seven Years War)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 15) American declaration of Independence issued from: a) York Town b) Massachauset [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Philadelphia[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"](July 4, 1776)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 16) England began the peninsular war in Spain: a) 1800 b) 1801 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 1808[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"]( May 1808 )[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 17) Canning became Foreign Secretary in: a) 1820 b) 1825 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 1822[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"]( 1822–1827)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 18) In the battle of Navarino, who was defeated? a) Germany b) Austria [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Turkey[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"](1827)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 19) Which British Prime Minister established a civilian Police force for London? a) Lord North b) PIIT the younger [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Peel[/COLOR][/U] d) None of These 20) Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in: a) 1830 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1833[/COLOR][/U] c) 1835 d) None of These [/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2010 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I]1) Gladstone was born in : a) London b) Lancashire [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Liverpool[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"](1809)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 2) The University Test Act was passed in: a) 1870 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1871[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"](The Universities Tests Act 1871)[/COLOR][/U] c) 1872 d) None of these 3) Queen Victoria was the daughter of: a) William IV b) George III [COLOR="DarkRed"][U]c) Edward Duke of Kent[/U][/COLOR] d) None of these e) 4) ‘The History of Mr.Polly’ is written by: a) Oscarwild b) Stevenson [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) H.G.Wells[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](The History of Mr. Polly is a 1910 comic novel by H. G. Wells.)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 5) The Suez Canal was opened for traffic in: a) 1863 b) 1867 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 1869[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 6) The book on Liberty is written by: a) James Mill b) Jermy Benthem [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) J.S.Mill[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 7) The founder of modern Communist theory is: a) Hegel b) Karl Marx [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Kropatkin[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin) [/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 8) Guild Socialists advocated the use of: a) Revolutionary methods b) Anarchical methods [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Constitutional and peaceful methods[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 9) According to Travelyon, ________ was the father of factory legislation: a) Peel b) Lord Shaftsbury [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Robert own[/COLOR] [/U][COLOR="Blue"](Its Robert Owen not Peel because Peel acted under Owen's influence)[/COLOR] d) None of these 10) Milosh Obrenovitch was recognized by Sultan in 1820 as ‘Prince of Serbia’ but in 1868. The Crown fell on a member of this family, he was _______: a) Milan Obrenovitch-II b) Michael Obrenovitch-III [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Milan Obrenovitch-IV[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 11) Benjamin Disraeli became the PM 2nd time in: a) 1870 b) 1873 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 1874[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 12) Which ruler of Russia described Turkey as ‘ Sick man of Europe’ ________: a) Alexander – II b) Alexander – I [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Nicholas-I[/COLOR] [/U][COLOR="Blue"](The phrase "sick man of Europe" is commonly attributed to Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, referring to the Ottoman Empire, because it was increasingly falling under the financial control of the European powers and had lost territory in a series of disastrous wars.)[/COLOR] d) None of these 13) Who was Vladimir ilyich Ulyanor ________? a) Stalin b) Gorky [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Lenin[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 14) Tolstoy wrote: a) Crime and Punishment b) Mother [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Ware and Peace[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Published in 1869)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 15) Treaty of Versailles (1919) ratified by U.S.A in: a) 1920 b) June 1919 c) August 1920 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](U.S.A didn't ratify it at all.)[/COLOR][/U] 16) In 1933, who was the President of Germany? [COLOR="DarkRed"][U]a) Hindenburg[/U] [COLOR="Blue"](Paul von Hindenburg was field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934.)[/COLOR][/COLOR] b) Ebert c) Stressman d) None of these 17) General Montgomery defeated the Rommel’s army at ________: a) Tunis b) Libya [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) El-Alamin[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](El Alamein, Egypt 23 October – 11 November 1942)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 18) The Inter Allied Military Tribunal set up at: a) Rome b) Sarajevo [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Nuremberg[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Also known as Nuremburg Trials)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 19) The charter of UNO was drawn up by the delegates of 50 states who met at: a) Philadelphia b) New York [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) San Francisco[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these 20) The European Economic Community known in Britain as the Common Market was established by the Treaty of: a) London b) Paris [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Rome[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Treaty of Rome, 1957)[/COLOR][/U] d) None of these[/I][/B] |
British History MCQs, 2011 Paper
[SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2011 Paper I.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE]
[B][I](i) Robert Walpole playerd a prominent role in solving which major crisis? a) The Potato Faminine b) The Free Trade Debate [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) The South Sea Bubble[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR="Blue"] 1720[/COLOR] d) The Seven Years War e) None of these. (ii) The first lord of Treasury was responsible for portfolio? a) Naval / Fleet Affairs b) Foreighn Affairs c) Colonial Affairs d) The Bank of England [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]e) None of These.[/COLOR][/U] (iii) The British upper House of Parliament comprised which group of people? [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) The Lord Temporal and Ecclesiastical[/COLOR][/U] b) The Lord Imperial c) The Businessmen and Industrialists d) The Landlords e) None of These. [SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkRed"]Note:[/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR="Blue"](Upper House consists of Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual. These Lords Spirituals are also called Lord Ecclesiastical. )[/COLOR] (iv) Which of the following wars led to the collapse of the French miliotary threat to Britain? a) The War of Roses b) The 30 Years War [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) The Napoleonic Wars[/COLOR][/U] d) The War of Austrian Succession e) None of These. (v) Adominion of Settelment reffrs to? a) A territory conquered by the British b) A territory colonised by the British c) Aprotectrorate of the British [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) An Ally of the British[/COLOR][/U] e) None of These. (vi) The Glorious Revolution of 1688 is called "Glorious " because: a) It led to the violent death of thousands of enemies of the constitutional monarcy b) It achieved British Independent c) It destroyed Catholic power in Britain [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) It placed Britain on the path of World Power Status[/COLOR][/U] e) None of These. (vii) The rise of France under Louis XIV threatened Britain primarily because: a) France wanted to conquer England b) Louis XIV was a diehard Catholic [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Louis XIV wanted to dominate continental Europe[/COLOR][/U] d) The French were pursuing a Great Game e) None of These. (viii) Britain is home to Adam Smith , the auther of which one of the following works ? a) The Decline and Fall of Roman Empire b) Force and Statecraft c) The Povert of Nations d) Das Kapital [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]e) None of These.[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR="Blue"](Wealth of the Nations)[/COLOR] (ix) By joining anti-French Alliance between 1688 and 1815the British wanted to: a) Ensure Prusian domination of Europe b) Conquer France and turn it into a colont of the British Empire c) Punish Austria [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) Maintain a balance of power in Europe[/COLOR][/U] e) None of These. (x) The British Empire was formally founded on : a) June 15, 1215 b) Chrismas Day, 1688 c) New Year Day, 1815 d) Empire Day , 1800 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]e) None of These.[/COLOR][/U] (xi) Colonial Policy Referes to: a) Policy towards Europian Countries b) Policy towards the balance of power [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Policy towards overseas conquests, settelment and trade[/COLOR][/U] d) Policy towards Communism e) None of These. (xii) Free Trade is : a) A system of commercial exchange that is strictly regulated by governments [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) An economic policy that is based on minimal intereference in the working of internal and external markets[/COLOR][/U] c) A system of government in which only wealth are allowed to vote d) A global system for mobilizing resources to achieve humane goals e) None of These. (xiii) Industrialization began in Britain around what time period? [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) 1750 - 1800[/COLOR][/U] b) 1800 - 1815 c) 1800 - 1850 d) 1825 - 1850 e) None of These. (xiv) Catholic Emancipation occured inwhich year? a) 1776 b) 1825 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) 1829[/COLOR][/U] d) 1810 e) None of These. (xv) The Reform Act of 1832 turned Britain into: a) A constitutional monarchy b) An egalitarian republic c) A communis dictatorship [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) A more open parliamemtary oligarchy[/COLOR][/U] e) None of These. (xvi) William Lovett authered " The People's Charter" in: a) 1832 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1838[/COLOR][/U] c) 1836 d) 1840 e) None of These. [COLOR="Blue"]In 1837, six Members of Parliament and six working men, including William Lovett, (from the London Working Men's Association, set up in 1836) formed a committee, which then published the People's Charter in 1838. [/COLOR] (xvii) The Tories and Whigs were : a) Rival Churches b) Rival Pressure /groups [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Rival Political Parties[/COLOR][/U] d) Cmrades e) None of These. (xviii) Lord Palmerston was foreign secretary of England from : [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) 1830 - 1841[/COLOR][/U] b) 1835 - 1842 c) 1800 - 1810 d) 1815 - 1820 e) None of These. (xix) Queen Victoria Ascended the throne in: a) 1836 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 1837[/COLOR][/U] c) 1838 d) 1839 e) None of These. (xx) The French Commander of Expeditionary Forces in the Americal Revolution was : a) Burgoyne b) De Tocqueville c) Marquis de Custine [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) Marquis de Lafayette[/COLOR][/U] e) None of These. [/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="DarkRed"]British History MCQs, 2011 Paper I.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I](i) The Crimean War involved which combination of countries: a) Russia , France , UK b) Russia , France , UK, Piedmont-Sardinia c) Russia , France , Austria, Prusia, UK d) Russia , UK, Prusia, Italy [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]e) None of These. [/COLOR][/U] [COLOR="Blue"] 1853 - 1856 , This war was fought between Russian Empire on one side and France ,Ottoman Empire , British Empire and Kingdom of Sardinia on the other. [/COLOR] (ii) In 1851, the United Kingdom was described , on account of its industrialization a) The Emporium of the World b) The Shopkeeper the World [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) The Workshop the World[/COLOR][/U] d) The Tyrant the World e) None of These. (iii) Disraeli and Gladstone were both: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) Leaders of rival parties and Prime Ministers of Britain:[/COLOR][/U] b) Leaders of Rival Parties c) Failed Generals d) Prime Ministers of Britain e) None of These. (iv) British global imperial supermacy before 1914 was based on: a) Innate racial superiority and the Grace of God b) Financial and Industrial strength , overseas colonies and a disciplined dictatorial government at home [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Naval, Industrial and commercial strength, plus political and social stabilty at home.[/COLOR][/U] d) Superiority of leadership e) None of These. (v) The Reform Act of 1867 extended voting right to: a) Jews and Catholics b) Women and Jews c) All adult men [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) All male householders and rent-paying tenants[/COLOR][/U] e) None of These. (vi) The 1870 Education Act made : a) Schooling up to grade 12 free and compulsory for all b) Schooling for children aged 5 - 12 free for all poor law union ratepayers in countries and boroughs c) Schooling for children aged 5 - 12 free and compulsory for all d) Schooling for females was made compulsory at all levels e) None of These. (vii) The rise of Imperial Germany threatened Britain because : [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) Germany naval armament build up post 1898[/COLOR][/U] b) Germany's cultural dominance over Europe c) Germany's alliance with Russia and France d) Germany's alliance with Italy and Japan e) None of These. (viii) The British Policy towards Russia in Middle East and Balkans was designed to : a) Play the Great Game [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) Prevent Russia from reaching the Mediterranean[/COLOR][/U] c) Punish Prussia for its aggression against China d) Prevent Austria Hungry from implonding e) None of These. (ix) The British gained Egypt's share of ownership of the Suez Canal in : [U][COLOR="DarkRed"] a) 1875[/COLOR][/U] b) 1888 c) 1900 d) 1935 e) None of These. (x) Britain and France entered into what kind of alliance before World War I ? [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) Non-aggression pact [/COLOR][/U] b) Mutual defence pact c) Permanent military alliance d) Strategic understanding and naval agreement e) None of These. (xi) During the 1910s and 1920s which third party emerged on British political scene? a) The ultra conservatives [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) The Labour Party[/COLOR][/U] c) The Liberal Party d) The Imperial Party e) None of These. (xii) In 1928 voting rights were extended to a) Jews and Blacks b) Gypsies [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]c) Adult Women[/COLOR][/U][COLOR="Blue"]Reform Act 1832[/COLOR] d) Everybody over the age of 16 e) None of These. (xiii) Lloyd George's was the British Prime Minister who : [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) Began creating a welfare state in the UK[/COLOR][/U] b) Tried to convert UK into a confederation c) Lost of the First World War d) Defetaed Winston Churchil e) None of These. [SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkRed"]Note =[/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR="Blue"]He is best known as the highly energetic Prime Minister (1916–22) who guided the Empire through the First World War to victory over Germany and her allies. He was a major player at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 that reordered the world after the Great War. Lloyd George was a devout evangelical and an icon of 20th century liberalism as the founder of the welfare state[/COLOR] (xiv) The Policy of the 1930 government towards which countries was dubbed as "appeasement" a) USSR, USA and Spain b) Germany , Italy and Turkey c) Japan Italy and Russia d) Germany, France and Japan [U]e) [COLOR="DarkRed"]None of These.[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR="Blue"]The policy was chiefly towards Germany and also towards Japan and Italy.[/COLOR] (xv) Winston Churchil served for how many terms as Prime Minister ? a) 0 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) 2[/COLOR][/U] c) 3 d) 1 e) None of These. (xvi) Post - 1945 , the Labour Party formed the government having pledged to: a) Create a one party state on the Soviet model [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) Legislate a comprehensive system of welafare[/COLOR][/U] c) Win the Cold War d) Develope Nuclear Weapon e) None of These. (xvii) In 1952, London suffered an environmental disaster due to: a) Radiation [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]b) Toxic Smog build-up[/COLOR][/U] c) Explosion in a major chemicals processing plant d) Bad Weather e) None of These. [COLOR="DarkRed"][SIZE="4"]Note:[/SIZE][/COLOR][U] [COLOR="SeaGreen"][SIZE="4"]Great Smog[/SIZE][/COLOR][/U] [COLOR="Blue"]The Great Smog of '52 or Big Smoke was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, during December 1952. It lasted from Friday 5 to Tuesday 9 December 1952, and then dispersed quickly after a change of weather. It gave an important impetus to the modern environmental movement. [/COLOR] (xviii) Euro - Skeptics are those who : [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) refuse to cooperate with European integration[/COLOR][/U] b) Want to dismantle the European Union c) Want to preserve British freedom of action on certain key issues d) Refise ti accept Dutch domination of key European Union Committees e) None of These. [COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"][U][COLOR="SeaGreen"]Euroscepticism[/COLOR][/U][/SIZE] is a general term used to describe criticism of the European Union (EU), and opposition to the process of European integration, existing throughout the political spectrum.[/COLOR] (xix) The "special relationship " refers to the relationship between : a) The UK and its former " Jewl in the Crown ", India. b) The UK and Australia c) The UK and Canada [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]d) The UK and USA[/COLOR][/U] e) None of These. [COLOR="Sienna"][SIZE="4"]Note:[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"][COLOR="SeaGreen"][SIZE="4"][U]The Special Relationship[/U][/SIZE][/COLOR] is a phrase used to describe the exceptionally close political, diplomatic, cultural, economic, military and historical relations between the United Kingdom and the United States. The term finds its use in a 1946 speech by British statesman Winston Churchill. [/COLOR] (xx) Thatcherism is [U][COLOR="DarkRed"]a) A critique of the welfare state that urges it is unsustainable and needs to be made more responsive to market forces[/COLOR][/U] b) A strategic doctrine that call for the UK to to restore its empire c) A gendr reform movement that calls for equal rights for women d) A kind of Market socialism e) None of These. [/I][/B] |
(vi) The 1870 Education Act made :
a) Schooling up to grade 12 free and compulsory for all [I][B]b) Schooling for children aged 5 - 12 free for all poor law union ratepayers in countries and boroughs[/B][/I] c) Schooling for children aged 5 - 12 free and compulsory for all d) Schooling for females was made compulsory at all levels e) None of These. (vi) The Glorious Revolution of 1688 is called "Glorious " because: a) It led to the violent death of thousands of enemies of the constitutional monarcy b) It achieved British Independent c) It destroyed Catholic power in Britain d) It placed Britain on the path of World Power Status(It was due to 7 years War) [B][I]e) None of These.(because it was bloodless revolution)[/I][/B] |
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[QUOTE=Tassawur;367634][SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2008 Paper I.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE]
[B][I](1) France recognized William as the King of England by Treaty of: (A) Augsburg [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](B) Ryswick[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](1697)[/COLOR] [/U](C) Vienna (D) None of these (2) War between England and France from 1689-1697 is known as the war of: [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) English Succession[/COLOR][/U](B) French Succession (C) Spanish Succession (D) None of these (3) The war of Spanish Succession started in: (A) 1700 (B) 1701 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](C) 1702[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (4) Who was given the title of Duke of Marlborough? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) John Churchill[/COLOR][/U](B) John Chancellor (C) John Marshall (D) None of these (5) George 1 was the son of: (A) Anne (B) Elizabeth [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Sophia[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (6) Who was the leader of Jacobite Revolt in Scotland? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) Earl of Marx[/COLOR][/U](B) Earl of Stanford (C) Earl of Edwards (D) None of these (7) Stanhope (1716-1721) the Prime Minister of England belonged to which party: (A) Tory [U][COLOR="darkred"](B) Whig[/COLOR][/U](C) Labour (D) None of these (8) George 2 became king of England in: (A) 1723 (B) 1725 [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) 1727[/COLOR][/U](D) none of these (9) The word ‘Whig’ means: (A) Dacoit (B) Intelligent [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Rebel[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] (Wheyface, Abhorer also) [/COLOR] [/U](D) None of these (10) George 3 created a new group which was called: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](A) King’s friends[/COLOR][/U](B) King’s supported (C) King’s loyalists (D) none of these (11) Who was the author of “Treatise on civil Governments”? (A) Filmer (B) Hobbes [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) John Locke[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (12) Who was the Prime Minister of England during the War of Jenkin’s Ear? (A) Pitt the younger (B) Pitt the elder [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Walpole [/COLOR][/U](D) none of these (13) War of Austrian Succession ended in 1748 by the treaty of: (A) Paris (B) London [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Aix-la-Chapele[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (14) Who was appointed as Prime Minister after Pitt the elder resigned in 1761? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) Bute[/COLOR][/U](B) Wellington (C) Walpole (D) None of these (15) Who was known as the “Drill Sergeant” of the Whig Party? (A) Disraeli (B) Gladstone [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Peel[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (16) What was the amount of the annual pension of Walpole when he resigned in 1742? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) 4000 pounds[/COLOR][/U](B) 6000 pounds (C) 8000 pounds (D) None of these (17) The national debt of England in 1721 was: (A) 51 million pounds (B) 53 million pounds [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) 55 million pounds[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] ( was 52 million in 1714 AD which rose to 52 million pounds in 1721. It was the moment when Walpole became PM and situation took turn in right direction. Walpole's long ministry forms an epoch by itself in English history. It was a period of peace, economy, and financial reform)[/COLOR] [/U](D) none of these (18) Walpole died in: (A) 1741 A.D (B) 1743 A.D [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](C) 1745 A.D (March 18th)[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (19) The seven years war came to an end by the treaty of: (A) Brunswick (B) London [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Paris[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these (20) Edmund Burke became a member of British Parliament in: (A) 1764 (B) 1766 (C) 1768 [U][COLOR="darkred"](D) None of these[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] (December 1765) [/COLOR] [/U] [/I][/B] [SIZE="6"][CENTER][U][B][FONT="Georgia"][I][COLOR="Sienna"]British History MCQs, 2008 Paper II.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/B][/U][/CENTER][/SIZE] [B][I]1. The first newspaper was published in 1772 by the name of: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](A) The morning post[/COLOR][/U](B) The evening news (C) The evening times (D) None of these 2. In 1815 the population of England was: (A) 21 million (B) 23 million (C) 25 million [U][COLOR="darkred"](D) none of these (10.25 million).[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue" ]1714 - 5.25 million 1727 - 5.45 million 1760 - 6.15 million 1815 - 10.25 million [/COLOR][/U] 3. Articles written by Napoleon were published in the shape of: (A) 28 books (B) 30 books (C) 32 books (D) None of these 4. The battle of waterloo was fought in: (A) 1813 [U][COLOR="darkred"](B) 1815[/COLOR][/U](C) 1817 (D) None of these 5. IN 1830 Belgium became separate from: (A) England (B) France [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) Holland [/COLOR][/U](D) None of these 6. The league of Nations was established in: (A) 1923 (B) 1925 (C) 1927 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](D) None of these[/COLOR][/U] 7. “The state of prisons” was written by : [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](A) John Howard[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Published in 1777)[/COLOR] [/U](B) John Wallace (C) John Lovett (D) None of these 8. The reform act of 1928 gave the right to vote all men and women above the age of : a. 19 years [U][COLOR="darkred"]b. 21 years[/COLOR][/U]c. 23 years d. None of these 9. when was the tenure of the house of commons reduced to 5 years from 7 years? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) 1911[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](Parliament Act 1911 ) [/COLOR] [/U](B) 1913 (C) 1915 (D) None of these 10. in 1839 a uniform postage rate was fixed at: (A) one pence (B) two pence (C) three pence [U][COLOR="darkred"](D) none of there[/COLOR] (Four pence ) [/U] 11. Queen Victoria ascended the throne at the age of: [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) 18 years[/COLOR][/U](B) 20 years (C) 22 years (D) None of these 12. Palmerston became the prime minister of England at the age of: [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) 70 years[/COLOR][/U](B) 71 years (C) 72 years (D) None of these 13. The opium war ended with the: (A) treaty of tinets [U][COLOR="darkred"](B) treaty of nauking[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] (The Treaty of Nanking 1842 AD) [/COLOR] [/U](C) treaty of London (D) none of these 14. The civil war started between northern and southern states of America in: [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](A) 1861[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"](1861-1865) [/COLOR][/U](B) 1863 (C) 1865 (D) None of these 15. The old age pension act was passed in: (A) 1906 [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](B) 1908[/COLOR][/U](C) 1910 (D) None of these 16. who was the founder of the Methodist movement: (A) Charles Wesley (B) David Wesley [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) John Wesley[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these 17. in 1831 an act was passed by which children below 18 years could not be made o work for more than: (A) 8 hours (B) 10 hours [U][COLOR="darkred"](C) 12 hours[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these 18. Education act of 1936 raised the school leaving age to: (A) 13 years [U][COLOR="darkred"](B) 15 years [/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]( education act of 1921 raised the school leaving age to 14. The 1936 education act raised the leaving age to 15.)[/COLOR] [/U] (C) 17 years (D) None of these 19. Who became the prime minister of England in 1923? (A) chamberlain (b) Heath [U][COLOR="DarkRed"](C) Baldwin[/COLOR][/U](D) None of these 20. Who was the author of the famous novel “Sybil”? [U][COLOR="darkred"](A) Disraeli[/COLOR][/U](B) Gladstone (C) Palmerston (D) none of these [/I][/B][/QUOTE] Brother thanks a lot and I appreciate this hard work. Bother I had a question apart from past paper , where should i practice MCQs for Exam ? Should I read all the recommended books by FPSC or buy individual books for MCQs preparation? |
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