UPSC World History – Chapter 15: Decolonisation in Africa and West Asia (20 MCQs)

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UPSC World History – Chapter 15: Decolonisation in Africa and West Asia (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.  

The Suez Canal Company was nationalised in 1956 by:

Correct Answer: B [Gamal Abdel Nasser]

Explanation:

26 July 1956.

2.  

The first sub-Saharan colony to become independent after the Second World War was:

Correct Answer: C [Ghana]

Explanation:

6 March 1957.

3.  

The "wind of change" speech (1960) was made by:

Correct Answer: D [Harold Macmillan]

Explanation:

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan spoke of a 'wind of change' blowing through Africa in his February 1960 speech at Cape Town.

4.  

The Organisation of African Unity was founded in 1963 at:

Correct Answer: B [Addis Ababa]

Explanation:

25 May 1963.

5.  

The Mau Mau rising (1952–60) took place in:

Correct Answer: A [Kenya]

Explanation:

The Mau Mau rising (1952–60) was a Kikuyu-led revolt against British colonial rule and white settlers in Kenya.

6.  

The Évian Accords (1962) ended the war of independence in:

Correct Answer: D [Algeria]

Explanation:

The Évian Accords of March 1962 between France and the FLN ended the Algerian war; Algeria became independent on 5 July 1962.

7.  

The Congolese Prime Minister killed in 1961 was:

Correct Answer: D [Patrice Lumumba]

Explanation:

Patrice Lumumba, the Congo's first Prime Minister, was overthrown during the crisis and killed in Katanga in January 1961.

8.  

The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (1965) was made by the white minority in:

Correct Answer: C [Rhodesia]

Explanation:

Ian Smith.

9.  

The first UN armed peacekeeping force was sent in 1956 to:

Correct Answer: B [Suez (Egypt)]

Explanation:

UNEF.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. Nelson Mandela was released on 11 February 1990.
2. South Africa held its first non-racial elections in 1994.
3. Apartheid was introduced by the ANC in 1948.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Mandela was freed on 11 February 1990 and the first non-racial elections came in April 1994; apartheid was the National Party's policy.

11.  

Assertion (A): Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal Company in July 1956.

Reason (R): The US and Britain had withdrawn their offer to fund the Aswan High Dam.

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

Explanation:

After the US and Britain withdrew Aswan Dam funding in July 1956, Nasser nationalised the canal company to pay for the dam.

12.  

The Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique became independent after:

Correct Answer: A [the Carnation Revolution in Portugal]

Explanation:

April 1974.

13.  

The British Prime Minister who resigned after the Suez Crisis was:

Correct Answer: C [Anthony Eden]

Explanation:

January 1957.

14.  

The State of Israel was proclaimed on:

Correct Answer: A [14 May 1948]

Explanation:

David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, as the British mandate over Palestine ended.

15.  

The only Param Vir Chakra awarded for a UN peacekeeping operation went to:

Correct Answer: B [Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria]

Explanation:

Congo, 1961.

16.  

The Iranian Prime Minister who nationalised the oil industry in 1951 was:

Correct Answer: C [Mohammad Mossadegh]

Explanation:

Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh nationalised Iran's oil industry in 1951 and was overthrown in a British- and US-backed coup in 1953.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Suez Crisis
2. Proclamation of Israel
3. Independence of Algeria
4. Release of Nelson Mandela

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

Explanation:

1948, 1956, 1962, 1990.

18.  

The leader of Tanganyika at independence in 1961 was:

Correct Answer: D [Julius Nyerere]

Explanation:

Julius Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union and became the country's leader at independence in December 1961.

19.  

The Sharpeville massacre (1960) took place in:

Correct Answer: C [South Africa]

Explanation:

At Sharpeville, a South African township, police shot dead 69 people protesting against the pass laws on 21 March 1960.

20.  

Guinea became independent in 1958 after it:

Correct Answer: B [voted "No" in de Gaulle's referendum on the French Community]

Explanation:

In the 1958 referendum on de Gaulle's French Community, Guinea under Sékou Touré alone voted 'No' and became independent that October.

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