UPSC World History – Chapter 9: The First World War and the Peace Settlement (20 MCQs)

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UPSC World History – Chapter 9: The First World War and the Peace Settlement (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo on:

Correct Answer: C [28 June 1914]

Explanation:

Gavrilo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, the spark that set off the July Crisis.

2.  

Which of the following was NOT a member of the Triple Entente?

Correct Answer: C [Italy]

Explanation:

Italy was in the Triple Alliance until 1915.

3.  

The German advance on Paris was halted in 1914 at the battle of:

Correct Answer: D [the Marne]

Explanation:

At the Marne in September 1914 French and British forces stopped the German advance on Paris, wrecking the Schlieffen Plan.

4.  

Russia left the First World War by the Treaty of:

Correct Answer: D [Brest-Litovsk]

Explanation:

March 1918.

5.  

The Fourteen Points were put forward by:

Correct Answer: B [Woodrow Wilson]

Explanation:

January 1918.

6.  

The "war guilt" clause of the Treaty of Versailles was:

Correct Answer: B [Article 231]

Explanation:

Article 231 made Germany and its allies responsible for all loss and damage caused by the war, the legal basis for reparations.

7.  

The Treaty of Trianon (1920) was signed with:

Correct Answer: A [Hungary]

Explanation:

The Treaty of Trianon (4 June 1920) was the Allied peace with Hungary, which lost about two-thirds of its territory.

8.  

The headquarters of the League of Nations was at:

Correct Answer: D [Geneva]

Explanation:

From 1920 the League of Nations had its permanent headquarters at Geneva in neutral Switzerland.

9.  

Consider the following statements:

1. The United States entered the First World War in 1917.
2. The Armistice was signed on 11 November 1918.
3. The United States became a member of the League of Nations in 1920.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

The US entered the war in April 1917 and the Armistice came on 11 November 1918, but the US never joined the League.

10.  

Assertion (A): Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914.

Reason (R): Germany had invaded neutral Belgium.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Germany invaded Belgium, whose neutrality Britain had guaranteed in 1839, so Britain declared war on 4 August 1914.

11.  

The Allied landing at Gallipoli (1915–16) was directed against:

Correct Answer: A [the Ottoman Empire]

Explanation:

The Gallipoli campaign tried to force the Dardanelles and knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war; it failed by January 1916.

12.  

The first Indian soldier to win the Victoria Cross (1914) was:

Correct Answer: D [Khudadad Khan]

Explanation:

Sepoy Khudadad Khan of the 129th Baluchis won the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Hollebeke, Belgium, on 31 October 1914.

13.  

The Dreadnought (1906) was:

Correct Answer: B [a British battleship]

Explanation:

HMS Dreadnought (1906), an all-big-gun Royal Navy battleship, made older warships obsolete and intensified the Anglo-German naval race.

14.  

Which of these new States appeared in Europe after the First World War?

Correct Answer: C [Czechoslovakia]

Explanation:

Czechoslovakia was proclaimed in October 1918 from lands of the collapsing Austro-Hungarian Empire.

15.  

Under the Treaty of Versailles, the German army was limited to:

Correct Answer: A [100,000 men]

Explanation:

Versailles capped the German army at 100,000 men and banned conscription, an air force, tanks and submarines.

16.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Assassination at Sarajevo
2. Treaty of Versailles
3. Entente Cordiale
4. Triple Alliance

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [4-3-1-2]

Explanation:

1882, 1904, 1914, 1919.

17.  

Which of the following represented France at the Paris Peace Conference?

Correct Answer: A [Clemenceau]

Explanation:

Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France, led the French delegation and presided over the Paris Peace Conference.

18.  

The International Labour Organization was set up in:

Correct Answer: A [1919]

Explanation:

The ILO was created in 1919 under Part XIII of the Treaty of Versailles, with India as a founding member.

19.  

The "blank cheque" of July 1914 was Germany's promise of support to:

Correct Answer: B [Austria-Hungary]

Explanation:

In early July 1914 Germany promised Austria-Hungary unconditional support for action against Serbia – the 'blank cheque'.

20.  

The German cruiser that shelled Madras in September 1914 was:

Correct Answer: C [the Emden]

Explanation:

The German light cruiser SMS Emden shelled Madras on 22 September 1914 and set the Burmah Oil Company tanks ablaze.

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