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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.

Each section contains 100 MCQs on World History .
1
During the First World War, which country signed the Peace Treaty (1917) with Germany
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
In December 1917, Germany agreed to an armistice and peace talks with Russia, and Lenin sent Leon Trotsky to Brest-Litovsk in Belarus to negotiate a treaty. The talks broke off after Germany demanded independence for Russian holdings in Eastern Europe, and in February 1918 fighting resumed on the eastern front. They signed the Peace Treaty.
2
When did United Kingdom declared war on Germany which lead to World War II?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
On 3rd September 1939, Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to announce to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and Germany. World War II had begun.
3
In which year, America joined the Second World War
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The United States joined World War II in 1941.

This happened after the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7, 1941.

Following this attack, the U.S. declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941.

Soon after, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, bringing America fully into the global conflict.

Therefore, the correct answer is 1941.
4
The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo was the immediate cause of WWI.
5
Who were the Axis powers in World War-II?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The World War-II lasted from 1939 to 1945 fought between two opposite Military alliances the Allied powers (France, Great Britain, The United States, The Soviet Union) and the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan).
6
On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
World War-I began with the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinaud. In this conflict Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire (Central Power) fought against the Great Briain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (Allied Power).
7
The last country of Axis power to surrender during the end of the World War II was
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed.
8
Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Hitler committed suicide on 30 April. In accordance with Hitler's will, Goebbels succeeded him as Chancellor of Germany; he served one day in this post.
9
The war criminals of the World War-II were put to trial in
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Nuremberg trial were series of 13 trials carried out in Nurembeng, Germany held by the Allied forces after World War-II. The International tribunal sentenced 12 high ranking Nazis to death for war crimes on Oct 1, 1946. It is refferred as "the Greatest trial in history".
10
Where was republic established in Germany after the First World War
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Weimar Republic was Germany's government from 1919 to 1933, the period after World War I until the rise of Nazi Germany.