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NTSE SAT History - French Revolution, Russian Revolution Practice Questions

NTSE SAT History - French Revolution, Russian Revolution

Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30

1 )

18^th century French society was divided into:

(a)
castes
(b)
four Estates
(c)
three Estates
(d)
two Estates

2 )

Who advocated government based on Social Contract?

(a)
Darwin
(b)
Spencer
(c)
Rousseau
(d)
Montesquieu

3 )

Which of the following was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791?

(a)
to limit the powers of the king alone
(b)
do away with feudal privileges
(c)
give equal rights to women
(d)
establish a constitutional monarchy

4 )

French legacy to the world;

(a)
Democracy
(b)
Socialism and nationalism
(c)
Republicanism
(d)
Liberty, Freedom and Equality

5 )

What French king was portrayed in France as the "Liberator" of America?

(a)
Louis XIV
(b)
Louis XVI
(c)
Louis XV
(d)
George III

6 )

The event that brought France to the brink of bankruptcy was:

(a)
Marie Antoinette's construction of a model village at Versailles
(b)
Louis XVI's inability to understand financial policies
(c)
The loss of the French merchant marine fleet in a great storm
(d)
French entry into the American Revolution as a colonial ally

7 )

The legislative body of France before the French Revolution of 1789 was the

(a)
National Assembly
(b)
Parliament
(c)
Third Estate
(d)
Estates-General

8 )

The tennis court Oath was made by:

(a)
A group of moderates known as Girondists
(b)
King Louis XVI
(c)
Napoleon
(d)
Representatives of the Third Estate

9 )

The nobility's main source of income was:

(a)
Feudal dues collected from peasants
(b)
Tithes collected from church members
(c)
Taxes on the income of artisans and merchants
(d)
Government salaries

10 )

Who were sans-culottes?

(a)
Common people of lndia
(b)
Common people of Paris
(c)
Common people of Washington
(d)
None of these

11 )

Unit of currency used in France till 1794 is called:

(a)
Clergy
(b)
Chateau
(c)
Livere
(d)
Tithe

12 )

Foreign intervention during the French Revolution helped to bring about the:

(a)
Occupation of France by England
(b)
Establishment of an absolute monarchy
(c)
Reign of Terror
(d)
Destruction of radical groups

13 )

After the year 1500, the rulers of Russia were called:

(a)
Tsars
(b)
General
(c)
Duke
(d)
King

14 )

Who was Russian last Tsar?

(a)
Nicholas II
(b)
Vladimir Lenin
(c)
Joseph Stalin
(d)
Angles

15 )

Whom did Karl Marx say would be ruler in a Communist Government?

(a)
Tsars
(b)
President
(c)
Workers
(d)
Prime Minister

16 )

Which leader took Russia out of the First World War?

(a)
Nicholas II
(b)
Vladimir Lenin
(c)
Joseph Stalin
(d)
None of these

17 )

Match the following events:

A. Formation of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party	I. 1898
B. The Bloody Sunday	II. 1905
C. Abolishment of Czar	III. 1917
D. Beginning of Collectivism	IV. 1929

(a)
A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
(b)
A-Il, B-I, C-III, D-IV
(c)
A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
(d)
A-IV, B-II, C-III. D-I

18 )

Which among the following was the most important change occurred in Russia after October 1917?

(a)
Russian Communist Party came into existence
(b)
Russia became a Communist country
(c)
Cheka, the Russian secret police was formed
(d)
Duma was re-established.

19 )

Nazi youth groups for children below 14 years of age called:

(a)
Semite
(b)
Youth foundation
(c)
Jung volk
(d)
Gestapo

20 )

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

21 )

The terrible destruction of human life has come to be known as the?

(a)
Final solution
(b)
Holocaust
(c)
Horrific
(d)
All of these

22 )

Which of the following book was written by Hitler?

(a)
Mein Kampf
(b)
Das capital
(c)
Struggle to Death
(d)
All of these

23 )

Which was one of the most important clauses of Treaty of Versailles which led to the rise of Nazism in Germany?

(a)
Germany lost many territories including overseas and neighboring
(b)
Germany was forced to pay compensation of 6 million pounds to allies
(c)
The war guilt clause which held Germany responsible for war and damages was humiliating for Germany's national pride
(d)
Allied powers demilitarised Germany

24 )

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.

25 )

Which is the most appropriate definition of hyperinflation?

(a)
A steady rise in prices
(b)
Increase in prices in long term
(c)
Prices rising phenomenally high
(d)
A steep fall in prices

26 )

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)

27 )

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

28 )

Which of the following Indian leaders wrote letters to Adolf Hitler advising him to be peaceful in actions?