World History Questions and Answers

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.

Q: Leonid Breznev was a former President of

Leonid Brezhnev was a former President of the U.S.S.R.Brezhnev led the Soviet Union for eighteen years as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 until his death in 1982. He was also Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the Soviet head of state, from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982, which is why he is described as its President.He held no office in the U.S.A, Brazil or Israel.

41.

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.

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42.

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.

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43.

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.

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44.

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.

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45.

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.

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46.

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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47.

Which is the first country to commence competitive examination in civil services ?

A.China
B.India
C.USA
D.UK

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2019,

Answer: A

The first country to hold competitive civil service examinations was China.

Imperial China selected its officials through written examinations from the Sui dynasty (around 605 CE) until 1905. The system influenced Western reformers centuries later.

Britain adopted open competitive examination for its civil service after the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1854, and the Indian Civil Service examination began in 1855. The United States followed after the Pendleton Act of 1883. All are much later than China.

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48.

Leonid Breznev was a former President of

A.U.S.A
B.U.S.S.R
C.Brazil
D.Israel.

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2013,

Answer: B

Leonid Brezhnev was a former President of the U.S.S.R.

Brezhnev led the Soviet Union for eighteen years as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 until his death in 1982. He was also Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the Soviet head of state, from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982, which is why he is described as its President.

He held no office in the U.S.A, Brazil or Israel.

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49.

Which one of the following State was not a Nation State in the 17th century ?

A.France
B.Germany
C.England
D.Spain

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

Germany was not a nation state in the seventeenth century: it was a collection of many states under the Holy Roman Empire and was unified only in 1871. The answer is option B.

France, England and Spain had consolidated monarchies with defined territories by then, so they are counted as nation states.

Unification came in 1871 under Prussia, after the wars with Denmark, Austria and France, which shows how late the German nation state was formed.

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50.

The beginning of the Great Depression is related to

A.The collapse of Prices in Japan
B.The sudden rise of Price Index in Europe
C.The collapse of Prices in Wall Street
D.Depression in Pacific Ocean region

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The Great Depression is related to the collapse of prices on Wall Street, option C. The stock market crash of October 1929 in New York began a worldwide fall in output, prices and employment.

Japan, Europe and the Pacific region suffered the effects, but prices in Japan (A), a sudden rise in the price index in Europe (B) and depression in the Pacific (D) were not the starting point.

The crash was followed by bank failures in the United States and the collapse of farm and industrial prices, and the effects spread to Europe and Japan through falling trade and the withdrawal of American loans.

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