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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-10 section-2

Each section contains 100 MCQs on World History .
91
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Treaty of Versailles, peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919; it took force on January 10, 1920.
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Who is the first European to reach New Zealand
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Answer: Option A
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Abel Tasman is officially recognised as the first European to 'discover' New Zealand in 1642. His men were the first Europeans to have a confirmed encounter with Māori.
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When did the USS 'Panay' incident happen?
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Answer: Option C
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The USS Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the American gunboat Panay while it was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanking (now spelled Nanjing), China on 12 December 1937. Japan and the United States were not at war at the time.
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1911 Revolution of China resulted in
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Answer: Option A
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The 1911 Revolution was a great victory because it overthrew the Qing Dynasty, ended the autocratic monarchy that had ruled China for more than 2,000 years and led to the establishment of the Republic of China. The 1911 Revolution emancipated the minds of the Chinese people.
95
Who said, "The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State"?
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Answer: Option A
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Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher had given the quote "The state exists because crime exist in society", other wise there would be no need of a state.
96
Who was the last Byzantine Emperor during the fall of Constantinople in 1453
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Answer: Option D
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The fall of Constantinople was when the Ottoman Empire took over Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, on 29 May 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by 21-year-old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, who defeated an army commanded by Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos.
97
Where did the February Revolution take place
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Answer: Option B
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In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia's use of the Julian calendar) begins on this day in 1917, when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg). By 1917, most Russians had lost faith in the leadership ability of the czarist regime.
98
When was the construction of Great Wall of China started?
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Answer: Option D
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When Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered construction of the Great Wall around 221 B.C., the labor force that built the wall was made up largely of soldiers and convicts. It is said that as many as 400,000 people died during the wall's construction; many of these workers were buried within the wall itself.
99
"The word impossible is found, in the dictionary of fools" was the famous quote of
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Answer: Option D
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French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte quoted "The word impossible is found in the dictionary of fools."
100
Who wrote the book Ninety-Five Theses, which is regarded as initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation
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Answer: Option B
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“Disputation of Martin Luther and the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” became the principle catalyst for the coming Protestant Reformation. This became known as the Ninety-Five Theses and was enclosed in a letter protesting indulgences that Luther wrote to Archbishop Albrecht in October of 1517.