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GK (Modern European History)

Description: About Contemporary Eurpope (18th and 19th century)
Number of Questions: 25
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In 1813, which battle did Napoleon lose?

  1. Battle of Waterloo

  2. Battle of Prussia

  3. Battle of Leipzig

  4. Battle of Ligny


Correct Option: C

When did the Vienna peace settlement take place?

  1. 1814 - 1815

  2. 1813 - 1814

  3. 1820 - 1821

  4. 1811 - 1812


Correct Option: A

What is Elle?

  1. Measurement of taxes

  2. Measurement of cloth

  3. Measurement of water

  4. Measurement of land


Correct Option: B

For which of the following is the year 1789 famous?

  1. The Peasants Revolution

  2. The American Revolution

  3. The French Revolution

  4. The Russian Revolution


Correct Option: C

Who founded the secret societies of Young Italy in Marseilles and Young Europe in Berne?

  1. Mazzini

  2. Baudelaire

  3. Rousseau

  4. Napoleon


Correct Option: A

What is Civil Code of 1804 also known as?

  1. Napoleonic Code

  2. National Code

  3. Peasants Code

  4. American Code


Correct Option: A

Which dynasty was restored to power during the age of conservatism starting from 1815?

  1. Jocobean Dynasty

  2. Bourbon Dynasty

  3. Scottish Dynasty

  4. Agilolfing Dynasty


Correct Option: B

Which treaty recognised Greece as an independent nation?

  1. Treaty of Constantinople

  2. Treaty of Utrecht

  3. Paris Treaty

  4. Treaty of Rouen


Correct Option: A

In which year did Napoleon Bonaparte become the emperor of France?

  1. 1804

  2. 1808

  3. 1818

  4. 1798


Correct Option: A

What is the name of the Grimm brothers?

  1. Jacob and Wilhelm

  2. John and William

  3. Tony and David

  4. William and David


Correct Option: A

Where was the proclamation of the German empire held?

  1. Hall of Comedy

  2. Hall of Mirrors

  3. Hall of Walls

  4. Hall of Royals


Correct Option: B

When Italy was divided into 7 states in the middle of the nineteenth century, who ruled Sardinia-Piedmont?

  1. King Victor Emmanuel II

  2. King Louis VI

  3. King Emmanuel III

  4. King Umberto II


Correct Option: A

Which country was forcibly inducted into the United Kingdom in 1801?

  1. Dublin

  2. Ireland

  3. Greece

  4. Wales


Correct Option: B

Who headed the proclamation of the German empire?

  1. Kaiser William I, Prussia

  2. Napoleon Bonaparte

  3. Hitler

  4. Otto von Bismarck


Correct Option: A

In which year did Louis XVI ascend the French throne?

  1. 1774

  2. 1779

  3. 1802

  4. 1807


Correct Option: A

Between which two countries did the act of union, 1707 take place?

  1. France and Prussia

  2. England and Scotland

  3. England and France

  4. Scotland and France


Correct Option: B

What is the major cause of the French Revolution?

  1. Not receiving the taxes

  2. Demolition of Bastille

  3. Loss of monarchy

  4. Atrocity of the Gauls


Correct Option: B

What is Old Regime?

  1. Societies and institutions of France before 1789

  2. Societies and institutions of England before 1789

  3. Conservatism of Ireland

  4. Societies and institutions of Greece before 1789


Correct Option: A

In which century did Nation State emerge in Europe?

  1. 18th century

  2. 19th century

  3. 20th century

  4. 21st century


Correct Option: B

What was Subsistence Crisis in the late 18th century in France?

  1. Loss of conservatism

  2. Extreme shortage of basic means of livelihood

  3. Shortage of soldiers

  4. The loss of authority of the French rulers over France


Correct Option: B

Who wrote the Two Treatises of the Government?

  1. Locke

  2. Garibaldi

  3. Rousseau

  4. Napolean


Correct Option: A

What was Taille?

  1. Direct tax extracted from the peasants in France

  2. Indirect tax extracted from the peasants in France

  3. Measurement of cloth

  4. Taxes extracted from the rich in England


Correct Option: A

Who composed the patriotic song ''Marseillaise''?

  1. Roget de Lisle

  2. King Louis XVI

  3. Montesquieu

  4. Rousseau


Correct Option: A

Who wrote the Spirit of the Laws?

  1. Mazzini

  2. Johnson

  3. Montesquieu

  4. Rousseau


Correct Option: C

Who wrote The Social Contract?

  1. Pope

  2. Rousseau

  3. Johnson

  4. Garibaldi


Correct Option: B
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