Q1. Waterloo is located in
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) Belgium
Q2.The Vedas are known as
(a) Smriti.
(b) Sruti.
(c) Jnana.
(d) Siksha.
Q3. The ideology of fascism developed in
(a) Germany
(b) Japan
(c) Italy
(d) Russia
Q4. Which of the following group of thinkers influenced Fascism?
(a) Plato, Machiavelli and Herbet Spencer
(b) Aristotle, St. Augustine and T.H. Green
(c) Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
(d) Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin
Q5. The United Kingdom is a classic example of a/an
(a) aristocracy
(b) absolute monarchy
(c) constitutional monarchy
(d) polity
Q6. Marx belonged to
(a) Germany
(b) Holland
(c) France
(d) Britain
Q7. When did the Soviet Union disintegrate into 15 independent Republics?
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1992
(d) 1993
Q8. Name the country where the first Industrial Revolution took place:
(a) America
(b) Great Britain
(c) Germany
(d) France
Q9.Who is called the ‘Father of History’?
(a) Plutarch
(b) Herodotus
(c) Justin
(d) Pliny
Q10. Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in
(a) Persia
(b) Babylon
(c) Macedonia
(d) Taxila
Q11. From which city did the Russian Revolution begin?
(a) St. Petersburg
(b) Moscow
(c) Kazan
(d) Odessa
Q12. “What is the Third Estate?” pamphlet associated with the French Revolution, was written by:
(a) Marquis-Lafayette
(b) Edmund Burke
(c) Joseph Foulon
(d) Abbe Sieyes
Q13. The Crimean War came to an end by the
(a) Treaty of Trianon
(b) Treaty of Versailles
(c) Treaty of Paris
(d) Treaty of St. Germain
Q14. Who among the following played a prominent role during the “Reign of Terror” in France?
(a) Voltaire
(b) Marat
(c) Robespierre
(d) Montesquieu
Q15. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
(a) 1814
(b) 1813
(c) 1815
(d) 1816
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