World History Questions and Answers

Q: Which one of the following is not a treaty drafted to make the peace of Paris (1919-20) ?

The odd one out is the Treaty of Brest Litovsk.Brest-Litovsk was signed in March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, taking Russia out of the First World War. It was made before the war ended and was annulled by the Armistice.The Paris Peace Conference of 1919-20 produced a treaty with each defeated power: Versailles with Germany, Saint-Germain with Austria, Neuilly with Bulgaria, Trianon with Hungary and Sevres with the Ottoman Empire. So Versailles, St. Germain and Sevres all belong to it.

Q: Karl Marx was awarded the doctrate degree from which university and in which discipline ?

Marx received his doctorate from the University of Jena in Philosophy.Marx studied at Bonn and then Berlin, but he submitted his doctoral thesis, on the difference between the natural philosophy of Democritus and Epicurus, to the University of Jena, which awarded him the degree in April 1841.Bonn was where he began his studies, not where he took his degree. The options naming Moscow ('Mosco') in Socialism or Cambridge in Marxism are not real possibilities: Marx never studied at either, and neither subject was a discipline then.

Q: With reference to the result of World War II, consider the following statements :1) Albania became independent and a communist state2) Austria was seperated from Germany3) Finland ceded some territories to USA4) Hungary and Bulgaria come under the capitalist governments.Which of the statements given above are correct ?

Statements 1 and 2 are correct, so the answer is 1 and 2 only.After the Second World War Albania regained its independence from Italian and German occupation and became a communist state under Enver Hoxha. Austria, annexed by Germany in 1938, was separated from it again and restored as a separate state under four-power occupation.Finland ceded territory to the Soviet Union, including Karelia and Petsamo, not to the USA. And Hungary and Bulgaria came under communist governments in the Soviet sphere, not capitalist ones. So statements 3 and 4 are wrong.

Q: In the process of decolonisation, consider the following statements :1) Self Government for white settler colonies2) Formal end to empire followed by independent rule3) Formal empire replaced by informal empire4) Mere change of imperial masters.Which statement given above are correct ?

The key takes statements 1 and 2, so the answer is 1 and 2 only.Decolonisation as a process took two broad forms. The white settler colonies such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand moved to self-government and dominion status, and the colonies of Asia and Africa saw a formal end to empire followed by independent rule.Statements 3 and 4 describe what critics of the process call neo-colonialism: formal rule giving way to informal economic domination, or one imperial master simply replacing another. They are criticisms of what followed, not the process of decolonisation itself, so the key leaves them out.

Q: Which of the following treaties did not redraw the map of Europe ?

The treaty that did not redraw the map is the Treaty of Locarno.The Locarno treaties of 1925 guaranteed the existing western borders of Germany with France and Belgium, as already fixed at Versailles. They confirmed the map rather than changing it.The others all redrew Europe. The Peace of Westphalia (1648) ended the Thirty Years' War and recognised new states such as the Dutch Republic and Swiss Confederation. The Congress of Vienna (1815) reorganised Europe after Napoleon. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) took territory from Germany and helped create new states such as Poland.

Q: Organization of African Unity intended to

The answer is All of the above.The Organization of African Unity, founded at Addis Ababa in 1963, set out to rid the continent of colonialism and apartheid, to promote unity and cooperation among African states including economic and social cooperation, and to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity.Settling disputes between members, many of them over borders inherited from colonial rule, was also part of its charter, which set up a Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration. Because each of the first three aims was an objective, no single option is complete on its own. The OAU was replaced by the African Union in 2002.

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Which one of the following is not a treaty drafted to make the peace of Paris (1919-20) ?

A.Treaty of Versailles
B.Treaty at St. Germain
C.Treaty at Sevres
D.Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: D

The odd one out is the Treaty of Brest Litovsk.

Brest-Litovsk was signed in March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, taking Russia out of the First World War. It was made before the war ended and was annulled by the Armistice.

The Paris Peace Conference of 1919-20 produced a treaty with each defeated power: Versailles with Germany, Saint-Germain with Austria, Neuilly with Bulgaria, Trianon with Hungary and Sevres with the Ottoman Empire. So Versailles, St. Germain and Sevres all belong to it.

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12.

Consider the following :

1) Individuals are not responsible for their actions.
2) Religion makes a man weak.
3) Support for factory system.
4) Introducing National Workshops run by the state.

Which of the above is the feature of Robert Owen's philosophy ?

A.1 and 2 only
B.1, 2 and 3
C.3 and 4 only
D.1 and 4 only

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: B

Statements 1, 2 and 3 describe Owen's philosophy, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.

Robert Owen held that a person's character is formed by circumstances and environment, not by the individual, so people are not responsible for what they become; he was strongly critical of organised religion; and as manager of the New Lanark mills he showed that the factory system could be run humanely and profitably.

National Workshops run by the state were the idea of the French socialist Louis Blanc and were set up in Paris in 1848. Every option including statement 4 is therefore wrong.

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13.

Karl Marx was awarded the doctrate degree from which university and in which discipline ?

A.University of Bonn in Humanities
B.University of Jena in Philosophy
C.University of Mosco in Socialism
D.University of Cambridge in Marxism

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: B

Marx received his doctorate from the University of Jena in Philosophy.

Marx studied at Bonn and then Berlin, but he submitted his doctoral thesis, on the difference between the natural philosophy of Democritus and Epicurus, to the University of Jena, which awarded him the degree in April 1841.

Bonn was where he began his studies, not where he took his degree. The options naming Moscow ('Mosco') in Socialism or Cambridge in Marxism are not real possibilities: Marx never studied at either, and neither subject was a discipline then.

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14.

With reference to Colonialism the following distinct phases are visible in the post Renaissance practice :

1) Commercial and industrial colonialism
2) New Imperialism
3) Neo-colonialism and Globalization
4) Cold war.

Which of the above phases are incorrect ?

A.1 only
B.1 and 2 only
C.3 and 4 only
D.4 only

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: D

Only the Cold War is not a phase of colonialism, so the answer is 4 only.

Historians describe modern colonialism in phases: commercial colonialism of the trading companies, followed by industrial colonialism once Europe's factories needed raw materials and markets; the New Imperialism of the late nineteenth century and the scramble for Africa; and, after formal independence, neo-colonialism and the economic dominance associated with globalisation.

The Cold War was a rivalry between the two superpower blocs after 1945. It shaped the age of decolonisation, but it is not itself a phase of colonial practice.

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15.

Consider the following :

1) By reducing the wage rates
2) By extending the working hours
3) By decreasing the productivity of the labour
4) Vibrant trade unianism.

Which of the above is the process of the accumulation of capital to raise the surplus value ?

A.1 only
B.1 and 2 only
C.3 only
D.3 and 4 only

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: B

Statements 1 and 2 are the ways described, so the answer is 1 and 2 only.

In Marx's analysis surplus value is the value workers produce beyond what they are paid. Capitalists can raise it by lengthening the working day, which Marx called absolute surplus value, and by pushing wages down, so that more of the day's product is unpaid.

Decreasing the productivity of labour would reduce surplus value, not raise it; Marx's relative surplus value comes from raising productivity. Vibrant trade unionism pushes wages up and hours down, so it works against the accumulation of capital.

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16.

With reference to the result of World War II, consider the following statements :

1) Albania became independent and a communist state
2) Austria was seperated from Germany
3) Finland ceded some territories to USA
4) Hungary and Bulgaria come under the capitalist governments.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?

A.1 only
B.1 and 2 only
C.2 and 3 only
D.1 and 4 only

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: B

Statements 1 and 2 are correct, so the answer is 1 and 2 only.

After the Second World War Albania regained its independence from Italian and German occupation and became a communist state under Enver Hoxha. Austria, annexed by Germany in 1938, was separated from it again and restored as a separate state under four-power occupation.

Finland ceded territory to the Soviet Union, including Karelia and Petsamo, not to the USA. And Hungary and Bulgaria came under communist governments in the Soviet sphere, not capitalist ones. So statements 3 and 4 are wrong.

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17.

In the process of decolonisation, consider the following statements :

1) Self Government for white settler colonies
2) Formal end to empire followed by independent rule
3) Formal empire replaced by informal empire
4) Mere change of imperial masters.

Which statement given above are correct ?

A.1 only
B.1 and 2 only
C.1, 2, 3 only
D.1, 2, 3 and 4

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: B

The key takes statements 1 and 2, so the answer is 1 and 2 only.

Decolonisation as a process took two broad forms. The white settler colonies such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand moved to self-government and dominion status, and the colonies of Asia and Africa saw a formal end to empire followed by independent rule.

Statements 3 and 4 describe what critics of the process call neo-colonialism: formal rule giving way to informal economic domination, or one imperial master simply replacing another. They are criticisms of what followed, not the process of decolonisation itself, so the key leaves them out.

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18.

With reference to the impact of colonialism, consider the following statements :

1) Drain of resources
2) Slave trade
3) Proselytisation
4) Static life style.

Which of the statement given above is correct ?

A.1 and 2 only
B.1, 2 and 3
C.3 and 4 only
D.4 only

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: B

Statements 1, 2 and 3 are impacts of colonialism, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.

Colonial rule drained resources from the colonies to the imperial country, the Atlantic slave trade carried millions of Africans to the Americas, and missionaries working under colonial protection pursued proselytisation.

A static life style is the opposite of what colonialism produced. It disrupted traditional economies and societies through new land systems, cash crops, migration and urban growth, so statement 4 is not an impact, and the options that include it are wrong.

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19.

Which of the following treaties did not redraw the map of Europe ?

A.Treaty of Vienna
B.Treaty of Versailles
C.Treaty of Westphalia
D.Treaty of Locarno

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2025,

Answer: D

The treaty that did not redraw the map is the Treaty of Locarno.

The Locarno treaties of 1925 guaranteed the existing western borders of Germany with France and Belgium, as already fixed at Versailles. They confirmed the map rather than changing it.

The others all redrew Europe. The Peace of Westphalia (1648) ended the Thirty Years' War and recognised new states such as the Dutch Republic and Swiss Confederation. The Congress of Vienna (1815) reorganised Europe after Napoleon. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) took territory from Germany and helped create new states such as Poland.

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20.

Organization of African Unity intended to

A.Eradicate colonialism from African continent
B.Resolve border disputes among African States
C.Promote economic and social cooperation among the African people
D.All of the above

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2025,

Answer: D

The answer is All of the above.

The Organization of African Unity, founded at Addis Ababa in 1963, set out to rid the continent of colonialism and apartheid, to promote unity and cooperation among African states including economic and social cooperation, and to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Settling disputes between members, many of them over borders inherited from colonial rule, was also part of its charter, which set up a Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration. Because each of the first three aims was an objective, no single option is complete on its own. The OAU was replaced by the African Union in 2002.

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