World History Questions and Answers

Q: From July 17 to August 2, 1945, leaders from the Allied nations met at the Potsdam Conference to decide the sanctions to be put in place against the recently defeated Nazi Germany. During the conference, the decision was made that certain industries in Germany would be

Certain industries were to be disabled in order to destroy potential for war.At Potsdam, Truman, Stalin and Churchill (replaced by Attlee during the conference) agreed on the principles of demilitarisation, denazification, democratisation and decentralisation for occupied Germany. Industry that could be used for war production was to be eliminated or strictly controlled, and plant and equipment could be removed as reparations.The conference did not aim to restore German industry, so 'revitalized' is the opposite of the decision. Germany as a whole was placed under the four occupying powers, but the decision about industry was to dismantle its war potential, and nothing was said about pre-World War I levels.

Q: Black Death was an epidemic of Plague that killed millions of people in Europe in the ................... century.

The Black Death struck Europe in the Fourteenth century.The pandemic of bubonic plague reached Europe in 1347 through Mediterranean ports and spread across the continent by 1351, killing an estimated third or more of the population. The labour shortage that followed shook the manorial system and helped provoke revolts such as the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381.The thirteenth century came before the outbreak, and the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries saw recurring but smaller plague epidemics, not the Black Death itself.

Q: Apartheid is related to ................. .

Apartheid is related to Racial discrimination.Apartheid ('apartness' in Afrikaans) was the system of racial segregation enforced by law in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s. It classified people by race and kept the non-white majority apart and subordinate in residence, education, employment and political rights, until it was dismantled and Nelson Mandela was elected President in 1994.It was founded on race, not on gender, on the rural-urban divide, or on religion.

Q: During the cold war, which was the first test of strength between USA and USSR ?

The first test of strength was the Berlin Blockade.In June 1948 the Soviet Union cut off road, rail and canal access to the western sectors of Berlin to force the Western powers out of the city. The United States and Britain responded with the Berlin Airlift, flying supplies in until the USSR lifted the blockade in May 1949. It was the first major confrontation of the Cold War and led to the formation of NATO and the division of Germany.The Korean War began later, in 1950, and the Cuban Missile Crisis came in 1962. The Polish question was a point of tension at the end of the war, but not a direct test of strength between the two powers.

Q: As a symbol of the end of cold war, in which year was the Berlin Wall demolished ?

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989.On 9 November 1989 East Germany opened the border crossings in the Berlin Wall, and crowds began breaking it down. The fall of the wall became the symbol of the end of the Cold War and led to German reunification on 3 October 1990.1990 is the year of reunification, which is the trap. 1985 is when Gorbachev came to power, and 1988 precedes the opening of the wall.The wall had divided East and West Berlin since August 1961, so its opening after 28 years marked the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

Q: Which social thinker in his Imperialism, a Study (1902), attacked ‘New Imperialism’ and argued that the roots of imperialism were essentially economic, the result of the unequal distribution of the profits of nineteenth century industrial growth ?

The thinker is J.A. Hobson.John Atkinson Hobson's Imperialism: A Study (1902) argued that under-consumption at home, caused by the unequal distribution of income, drove capitalists to seek outlets for surplus capital in colonies, so imperialism had economic roots.Lenin built on Hobson in Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916), and Bukharin and Trotsky also wrote on imperialism, but later, and the 1902 book is Hobson's.

Q: How many stages did Immanuel Wallerstein identify in his World Systems theory ?

Wallerstein identified four stages.In his account of the modern world-system, Immanuel Wallerstein traced the capitalist world-economy through four stages: its emergence in Europe (about 1450-1640), consolidation (about 1640-1815), the great expansion that brought the whole globe into it (about 1815-1917), and the consolidation of the system in the twentieth century.The trap is the number three. Wallerstein divided the world-economy into three zones, core, semi-periphery and periphery, but those are spatial zones, not stages. Two and five are not his scheme.

Q: The Treaty of Versailles was signed in

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919.It was signed on 28 June 1919 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, five years to the day after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It formally ended the war between Germany and the Allies and created the League of Nations.1918 is the trap: the fighting stopped with the armistice of 11 November 1918, but the treaty came the following year. 1920 is when the treaty entered into force and the League began work, and 1917 is the year the USA entered the war.

Q: Analects is the secret book of

The Analects is the book of Confucianism.The Analects is a collection of the sayings and conversations of Confucius, compiled by his disciples after his death. It is the central text of Confucian teaching on ethics, family and government.The key text of Taoism is the Tao Te Ching, attributed to Laozi. Shintoism draws on the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, and Judaism on the Torah.

Q: Which of the three leaders attended the Yalta Conference (1945) ?

The Yalta Conference was attended by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin.The 'Big Three', US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, met at Yalta in the Crimea in February 1945 to plan the end of the war and the post-war order, including the occupation of Germany and the founding of the United Nations.Truman became President only after Roosevelt's death in April 1945 and attended the later Potsdam Conference instead, so the options with Truman are wrong. Woodrow Wilson was the US President of the First World War era.

41.

From July 17 to August 2, 1945, leaders from the Allied nations met at the Potsdam Conference to decide the sanctions to be put in place against the recently defeated Nazi Germany. During the conference, the decision was made that certain industries in Germany would be

A.brought back to their pre-World War I levels.
B.governed by the forces occupying the country.
C.disabled in order to destroy potential for war.
D.revitalized because the war had damaged them.

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2021,

Answer: C

Certain industries were to be disabled in order to destroy potential for war.

At Potsdam, Truman, Stalin and Churchill (replaced by Attlee during the conference) agreed on the principles of demilitarisation, denazification, democratisation and decentralisation for occupied Germany. Industry that could be used for war production was to be eliminated or strictly controlled, and plant and equipment could be removed as reparations.

The conference did not aim to restore German industry, so 'revitalized' is the opposite of the decision. Germany as a whole was placed under the four occupying powers, but the decision about industry was to dismantle its war potential, and nothing was said about pre-World War I levels.

Discuss in Forum

42.

Black Death was an epidemic of Plague that killed millions of people in Europe in the ................... century.

A.Thirteenth
B.Fourteenth
C.Fifteenth
D.Sixteenth

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The Black Death struck Europe in the Fourteenth century.

The pandemic of bubonic plague reached Europe in 1347 through Mediterranean ports and spread across the continent by 1351, killing an estimated third or more of the population. The labour shortage that followed shook the manorial system and helped provoke revolts such as the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

The thirteenth century came before the outbreak, and the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries saw recurring but smaller plague epidemics, not the Black Death itself.

Discuss in Forum

43.

Apartheid is related to ................. .

A.Gender discrimination
B.Rural-Urban discrimination
C.Racial discrimination
D.Religious discrimination

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

Apartheid is related to Racial discrimination.

Apartheid ('apartness' in Afrikaans) was the system of racial segregation enforced by law in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s. It classified people by race and kept the non-white majority apart and subordinate in residence, education, employment and political rights, until it was dismantled and Nelson Mandela was elected President in 1994.

It was founded on race, not on gender, on the rural-urban divide, or on religion.

Discuss in Forum

44.

During the cold war, which was the first test of strength between USA and USSR ?

A.The Korean Issue
B.Berlin Blockade
C.Polish Crisis
D.Cuban Missile Crisis

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The first test of strength was the Berlin Blockade.

In June 1948 the Soviet Union cut off road, rail and canal access to the western sectors of Berlin to force the Western powers out of the city. The United States and Britain responded with the Berlin Airlift, flying supplies in until the USSR lifted the blockade in May 1949. It was the first major confrontation of the Cold War and led to the formation of NATO and the division of Germany.

The Korean War began later, in 1950, and the Cuban Missile Crisis came in 1962. The Polish question was a point of tension at the end of the war, but not a direct test of strength between the two powers.

Discuss in Forum

45.

As a symbol of the end of cold war, in which year was the Berlin Wall demolished ?

A.1985
B.1988
C.1989
D.1990

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

On 9 November 1989 East Germany opened the border crossings in the Berlin Wall, and crowds began breaking it down. The fall of the wall became the symbol of the end of the Cold War and led to German reunification on 3 October 1990.

1990 is the year of reunification, which is the trap. 1985 is when Gorbachev came to power, and 1988 precedes the opening of the wall.

The wall had divided East and West Berlin since August 1961, so its opening after 28 years marked the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

Discuss in Forum

46.

Which social thinker in his Imperialism, a Study (1902), attacked ‘New Imperialism’ and argued that the roots of imperialism were essentially economic, the result of the unequal distribution of the profits of nineteenth century industrial growth ?

A.V.I. Lenin
B.J.A. Hobson
C.Nikolai Bukharin
D.Leon Trotsky

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The thinker is J.A. Hobson.

John Atkinson Hobson's Imperialism: A Study (1902) argued that under-consumption at home, caused by the unequal distribution of income, drove capitalists to seek outlets for surplus capital in colonies, so imperialism had economic roots.

Lenin built on Hobson in Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916), and Bukharin and Trotsky also wrote on imperialism, but later, and the 1902 book is Hobson's.

Discuss in Forum

47.

How many stages did Immanuel Wallerstein identify in his World Systems theory ?

A.Two
B.Three
C.Four
D.Five

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: C

Wallerstein identified four stages.

In his account of the modern world-system, Immanuel Wallerstein traced the capitalist world-economy through four stages: its emergence in Europe (about 1450-1640), consolidation (about 1640-1815), the great expansion that brought the whole globe into it (about 1815-1917), and the consolidation of the system in the twentieth century.

The trap is the number three. Wallerstein divided the world-economy into three zones, core, semi-periphery and periphery, but those are spatial zones, not stages. Two and five are not his scheme.

Discuss in Forum

48.

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in

A.1917
B.1918
C.1919
D.1920

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2014,

Answer: C

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919.

It was signed on 28 June 1919 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, five years to the day after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It formally ended the war between Germany and the Allies and created the League of Nations.

1918 is the trap: the fighting stopped with the armistice of 11 November 1918, but the treaty came the following year. 1920 is when the treaty entered into force and the League began work, and 1917 is the year the USA entered the war.

Discuss in Forum

49.

Analects is the secret book of

A.Shintoism
B.Taoism
C.Confucianism
D.Judaism

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2019,

Answer: C

The Analects is the book of Confucianism.

The Analects is a collection of the sayings and conversations of Confucius, compiled by his disciples after his death. It is the central text of Confucian teaching on ethics, family and government.

The key text of Taoism is the Tao Te Ching, attributed to Laozi. Shintoism draws on the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, and Judaism on the Torah.

Discuss in Forum

50.

Which of the three leaders attended the Yalta Conference (1945) ?

A.Roosevelt, Truman, Stalin
B.Churchil, Truman, Stalin
C.Roosevelt, Churchil, Stalin
D.Wilson, Churchil, Stalin

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2026,

Answer: C

The Yalta Conference was attended by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin.

The 'Big Three', US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, met at Yalta in the Crimea in February 1945 to plan the end of the war and the post-war order, including the occupation of Germany and the founding of the United Nations.

Truman became President only after Roosevelt's death in April 1945 and attended the later Potsdam Conference instead, so the options with Truman are wrong. Woodrow Wilson was the US President of the First World War era.

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