World History Question Answer

21. With which revolution is the 'Tennis Court Oath' associated?

• A) American Revolution
• B) Russian Revolution
• C) French Revolution
• D) Glorious Revolution

22. Who said, "World history is nothing but the biography of great men"?

• A) Thomas Carlyle
• B) Edward Gibbon
• C) Leopold von Ranke
• D) Arnold Toynbee

23. In which year did the British East India Company establish a settlement in Singapore?

• A) 1810
• B) 1819
• C) 1825
• D) 1835

24. Who was the commander of the Seventh Coalition army that defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?

• A) Arthur Wellesley
• B) Gebhard von Blücher
• C) William of Orange
• D) Louis-Nicolas Davout

25. In which year did Alexander the Great become the king of Macedonia?

• A) 336 BC
• B) 340 BC
• C) 332 BC
• D) 345 BC

26. In which year was Fidel Castro first appointed as Prime Minister of Cuba?

• A) 1956
• B) 1957
• C) 1958
• D) 1959

27. The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of which war?

• A) Franco-Prussian War
• B) First World War
• C) Second World War
• D) Seven Years' War

28. What was the slogan of the French Revolution?

• A) Liberty, Authority, Fraternity
• B) Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
• C) Liberty, Equality, Freedom
• D) Liberty, Law, Fraternity

29. In which year did the Russian Revolution occur?

• A) 1914
• B) 1916
• C) 1917
• D) 1919

30. Which country is credited with inventing gunpowder around 270 AD?

• A) China
• B) Persia
• C) India
• D) Japan