Top 250+ Solved Modern World in Transition MCQ Questions Answer
Q. …………………..is economic nationalism for the purpose of building a wealthy and powerful state.
a. mercantilism
b. laissez-faire
c. utilitarianism
d. renaissance
Q. …………………. coined the term “mercantile system” to describe the system of political economy that sought to enrich the country by restraining imports and encouraging exports.
a. adam smith
b. thomas jefferson
c. ferdinand magellan
d. vasco da-gama
Q. In………………….., Jean-Baptiste Colbert was the minister of finance under Louis XIV
a. france
b. britain
c. spain
d. italy
Q. The term ‘Laissez faire’ was coined by the ……………economic philosophers of theEnlightenment (Physiocrates).
a. french
b. british
c. spanish
d. french
Q. Utilitarianism was a philosophical theory of ethics outlined by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham and developed by………………….
a. john stuart mill
b. karl marx
c. thomas jefferson
d. columbus
Q. John Stuart Mill, a ……….philosopher and economist led the utilitarian movement in 1800s.
a. french
b. british
c. dutch
d. german
Q. The …………………historian Henrie Pirenne formulated the theory of the ‘revival of longdistance trade’ for the decline of feudalism.
a. british
b. belgian
c. german
d. american
Q. In 1904, …………………published his monumental work ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit ofCapitalism’ in which he argued that capitalism was the product of Protestantism.
a. marx
b. weber
c. eric hobsbawm
d. thomas jefferson e) vasco da-gama
Q. According to Weber the emergence of Protestantism, particularly Calvinism, during the 16th and 17th centuries created the necessary condition for the origin of………………….
a. colonialism
b. capitalism
c. mercantilism
d. socialism
Q. …………………wrote an important book entitled ‘Two Treatises of Government’.
a. john locke
b. thomas jefferson
c. ferdinand magellan
d. columbus
Q. The death of Elizabeth I in ……………. A.D ended the glorious period of the Tudors.
a. 1503
b. 1603
c. 1608
d. 1628
Q. The protracted struggle began with James I, “the wisest fool of Christendom” and endedwith the glorious or Bloodless Revolution of 1688 A.D. during the reign of………………...
a. john adams
b. james ii
c. charles townshend
d. charles i
Q. James II established friendly relation with Louis XIV of………………..
a. germany
b. france
c. america
d. new york