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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-9 section-2

Each section contains 100 MCQs on World History .
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In which year Christopher Columbus discovered america
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited.
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Who among the following played a prominent role during the "Reign of Terror" in France?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The period of the French Revolution (5 sep, 1793 - 27 july, 1794) is referred as 'Reign of Terror', 'The Terror' and 'French La Terreur' French lawyer and politician Maximilian Robespierre played a prominent role during the French Revoulution.
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Who is known as the founder of the 'Republic of Turkey'
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The history of modern Turkey begins with the foundation of the republic on October 29, 1923, with Kemal as its first president. The government was formed from the Ankara-based revolutionary group, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his colleagues.
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Who is known as the founder of Tudor dynasty in England
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Answer: Option C
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The dynasty started when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. This was the final stage of the Wars of the Roses and made him Henry VII, king of England.
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Total number of theses written by Martin Luther on Power of Indulgences are
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany.
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Who has called the Prime Minister Primus inter pares (first among equlas)?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Lord Morely described the Prime Minister 'Primus inter pares' (first among equal).
87
Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Previously, he had served as the second vice president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level.
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Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Zend Avesta is the sacred book of the Parsis(Zoroastrianism). It contains the cosmogony, law and liturgy and the teachings of the prophet Zoroaster.
89
Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
President Paul von Hindenburg had already appointed Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 after a series of parliamentary elections and associated backroom intrigues.
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Who was the chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party at the time of liberation of China?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Mao Zedong was Marxist theorist, statesman and soldier who lead the Chinese Communist Party's revolution from 1935 until his death. The communist party led by Mao established People's Republic of China on 1st October,1949.