

SAT History - French Revolution, Russian Revolution
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Who advocated government based on Social Contract?
- (a)
Darwin
- (b)
Spencer
- (c)
Rousseau
- (d)
Montesquieu
Members of the Third Estate were led by:
- (a)
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
- (b)
Lenin and Kerensky
- (c)
Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
- (d)
Rousseau and Voltaire
Which of the following symbolised Eternity?
- (a)
Sceptre
- (b)
Eye within a triangle radiating light
- (c)
The Law Tablet
- (d)
Snake biting its tail to form a ring
Which of the following was a factor in the rise of Napoleon?
- (a)
Fall of the Jacobin government
- (b)
Robespierre Reign of Terror
- (c)
Political instability of the Directory
- (d)
Nationalist forces
Which were the two privileged classes in France before the Revolution?
- (a)
Nobility and peasants
- (b)
Nobility and clergy
- (c)
Nobility and bourgeoisie
- (d)
Clergy and bourgeoisie
A writer whose ideas influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Man was
- (a)
Rousseau
- (b)
Robespierre
- (c)
Richelieu
- (d)
Hugo
This law gave the French government control of the Catholic Church?
- (a)
Tennis Court Oath
- (b)
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
- (c)
Committee of public safety
- (d)
None of these
The attack on a Pairs prison by enraged citizens was called:
- (a)
The storming of the Bastille
- (b)
The Great Fear
- (c)
The great Fear
- (d)
The Reign of Terror
Who was Rousseau?
- (a)
French philosopher
- (b)
Army general
- (c)
Estate general
- (d)
King of France
Who were sans-culottes?
- (a)
Common people of lndia
- (b)
Common people of Paris
- (c)
Common people of Washington
- (d)
None of these
In their writings, Voltaire and Rousseau emphasized the:
- (a)
Superiority of the French nation
- (b)
Opportunities for world domination by France
- (c)
Deeds of French heroes
- (d)
Injustices of the all times in France
Which leader took Russia out of the First World War?
- (a)
Nicholas II
- (b)
Vladimir Lenin
- (c)
Joseph Stalin
- (d)
None of these
When did the First five year plan started.
- (a)
1927
- (b)
1928
- (c)
1929
- (d)
1930
Which among following was the change occurred in Russia after oct,1917?
- (a)
The Bolshevik Party was renamed as The Russian Communist Party
- (b)
Bolsheviks conducted the elections to the Constituent Assembly
- (c)
Bolsheviks made peace treaty with Germany
- (d)
All of the above
On which country Germany invade on 8th April 1941.
- (a)
Japan
- (b)
America
- (c)
France
- (d)
Balkans
What is the name of the world's biggest stock exchange located in the USA.
- (a)
World trade centre
- (b)
Wall street Exchange
- (c)
World Exchange market
- (d)
None of these
When was the Nazi Party formed?
- (a)
1919
- (b)
1920
- (c)
1921
- (d)
1922
When did Soviet Army enters in Berlin?
- (a)
2nd May 1945
- (b)
5th June 1945
- (c)
10 June 1945
- (d)
10 May 1945
Who were known as Allied Power?
- (a)
Britain, France, Japan and U.S.A.
- (b)
Britain, France, Austria and Russia
- (c)
Britain, France, Russia and U.S.A.
- (d)
All of these
Which one of the following was not included in the Nuremberg Laws of citizenship of September 1935 in Germany?
- (a)
Marriages between Jews and Germans were forbidden
- (b)
Jews were allowed to fly the national flag.
- (c)
Extramarital relations between Jews and Germans were forbidden.
- (d)
Only people of German-related blood enjoyed citizenship right.
What was one of the most important results of the spartacist league uprising in Germany in 1918-19?
- (a)
Weimar-republic crushed it with the help of free corps.
- (b)
Spartacist formed communist party
- (c)
It gave an opportunity to vise of radical forces such as Hitler's Nazi Party
- (d)
Communists and socialists did not reconcile with each other.
Match the following:
Column I | Column II |
A. Genocide | (i) Make up for wrong done |
B. Reparation | (ii) Reduce, empty out |
C. Proletarianisation | (iii) Destruction of large section of people by killings |
D. Deplete | (iv) To become impoverished to the level of working class |
- (a)
(A)-(i), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iii), (D)-(iv)
- (b)
(A)-(ii), (B)-(iii), (C)-(i), (D)-(iv)
- (c)
(A)-(iii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(ii)
- (d)
(A)-(iv), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iii), (D)-(i)
Which of the following statements are correct:
I. The name of Hitler's party was National Socialist German workers party
II. In 1923 Adolf Hitler successfully captured power in Bavaria
III. In 1932, Nazi party becomes the largest party in German Parliament.
IV. Adolf Hitler was offered chancellorship of Germany by Hindenburg.
V. Adolf Hitler did not believe in racial superiority of Aryan race.
- (a)
Only III
- (b)
II & III
- (c)
I, III & IV
- (d)
All are correct.
Which one of the following reasons can be assigned to Hitler's success in the foreign policy in pre war years in Europe?
- (a)
Hitler's Personality
- (b)
German people supported Hitler
- (c)
England's unspoken support
- (d)
Mussolini's help
Which one of the following can be regarded as a source of Hitler's ideology of racism?
- (a)
Aryans Superiority
- (b)
Jewish or anti Semitism
- (c)
Darwin Herbert and Spencer's View
- (d)
German politicians.
Which is the most suitable meaning from the following for lebensraum projected by Nazi ideology?
- (a)
Acquisition of more territories
- (b)
Living space for Germans which required annexation of new territories
- (c)
Capture of Poland only
- (d)
Defeat of Russia only
Who was Pastor Niemoeller and which one of the following rightly explains it?
- (a)
A Jew who killed many German officials
- (b)
A Nazi official who killed many Jews
- (c)
A resistance fighter, who wrote against organised and brutal crimes by Nazis in Germany.
- (d)
None of these
How many Jews were exterminated in 'Final Solution' or Holocaust during Nazi rule and second world war in Europe
- (a)
Three million
- (b)
Six million
- (c)
one million
- (d)
Eight million
Nazis were masters of Art of Propaganda below are given terms (column I) and meanings of it (column II). Choose the correct meaning and match them from code given below:
Column I | Column II |
A. Special treatment | i. mass killing of people |
B. Euthanasia | ii. for the Jews |
C. Final solution | iii. most in famous film |
D. The Eternal Jew | iv. for the disable |
v. concentration camps |
- (a)
(A) -(i), (B)-(iv), (C)- (ii), (D)-(iii)
- (b)
(A) -(iv), (B)-(v), (C)-(iii), (D)-(ii)
- (c)
(A)-(ii), (B)-(iii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(i)
- (d)
(A)-(i), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(v)
When was the famous 'Enabling Act' passed?
- (a)
On 3 March 1933
- (b)
On 4 February 1933
- (c)
On 5 March 1933
- (d)
None of these