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World History MCQ Questions and answers with easy explanations. History section provides you all type of mcq questions on World History with explanations. World History MCQ is important for exams like IBPS, SCC, UPSC, NET etc. Page-2 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on World History .
11
Who was the King of Britain during the First World War ?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was king of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. He became king-emperor on his father's death in 1910.
12
Who was the US President during World War II
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vice President Henry A. Wallace won the election of 1940, and were at the helm of the nation as it prepared for and entered World War II.
13
One of the important factors that led to the World War-II the humiliating provisions in one of the following treaties. Which is that treaty?
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Answer: Option B
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Treaty of Versailles brought World War-I to an end, it was also one of the cause of World War-II. The leaders of the Allied and associated powers, as well as representatives from Germany, gathered in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles to sign the final treaty.
14
The Second World War started in the year
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
World War II also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
15
The Hundred Years' War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne. It lasted from 1337 to 1453, so it might more accurately be called the "116 Years' War."
16
Napoleon was exiled to the Saint Helena after the defeat in the war of
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Answer: Option B
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France in early 1815 and raised a new Grand Army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo against an allied force under Wellington on June 18, 1815. Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa.
17
The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Carter and George Herbert in the year
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Answer: Option B
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Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who became world-famous after discovering the intact tomb (designated KV62) of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamun (colloquially known as "King Tut" and "the boy king"), in November 1922.
18
Crimean War was started in the year
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Answer: Option A
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Crimean War, (October 1853–February 1856), war fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish, with support from January 1855 by the army of Sardinia-Piedmont.
19
When was the first of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war victims adopted?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The First Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in armies in the field, held on 22 August 1864, is the first of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. After the first treaty was adopted in 1864, it was significantly revised and replaced in 1906, 1929, and finally 1949.
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The First Opium War was fought between British and __________
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Opium Wars in the mid-19th century were a critical juncture in modern Chinese history. The first Opium War was fought between China and Great Britain from 1839 to 1942.