Top 250+ Solved Transition to the Contemporary World MCQ Questions Answer
Q. …………..invented the first steam engine in 1705, in order to pump waterout of the mines.
a. Thomas Newcomen
b. Michael Faraday
c. Jethro Tull
d. Viscount Townsend
Q. In 1769, ………….invented a better steam engine called the ’Beelzebub.’
a. James Watt
b. Alexandro Volta
c. Michael Faraday
d. Robert Bakewell
Q. Who invented a Seed Drill that would distribute the seeds evenly in rows, over a large piece of land?
a. Jethro Tull
b. Viscount Townsend
c. Benjamin Disraeli
d. Robert Owen
Q. The discovery of a new method of ’Crop Rotation’, was madeby……………….
a. Viscount Townsend
b. Robert Bakewell
c. Adam Smith
d. Benjamin Disraeli
Q. In……………., Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the ‘Communist Manifesto’ which introduced scientific socialism or Communism.
a. 1648
b. 1748
c. 1848
d. 1948
Q. In 1867 Marx and Engels published the first of three volumes, entitled……….., in which they explained the sum and substance of Marxian Socialism or Communism.
a. Communist Manifesto’
b. Wealth of Nations
c. Das Kapital
d. Utopia
Q. ……………means "leave to do, leave to pass" or more accurately "let things alone, let them pass".
a. Socialism
b. Communism
c. Laissez-faire
d. Chartism
Q. The Chartist Movement had at its core the so-called "People's Charter" of 1838.This document, created for the London Working Men's Association, was primarily the work of ………………………
a. William Lovett
b. Rousseau
c. Auguste Comte
d. Newton
Q. The "People's Charter" of 1838 was a public petition aimed at redressing omissions from the electoral ……………………..
a. Representation of the People Act, 1918
b. Representation of the People Act, 1928
c. Reform Act of 1832
d. Reform Act of 1884
Q. Who formed a Consultative Council, known as the ’Witan’ (the Council of the wise men), which was composed of several learned men?.
a. James I
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Robert Owen
d. King Alfred
Q. On June 15, 1215 ……………affixed his seal on the ’Great Charter’, which is referred to as the ’Magna Carta.’
a. Robert Owen
b. Charles I
c. Oliver Cromwell
d. King John
Q. Who is called as the "Father of Parliament"?
a. Louis Blanc
b. Saint Simon
c. Charles Fourier
d. Simon-De-Montford
Q. In 1295, King Edward attempted to curb the nobles and the clergy, by securing the support of the third estate, consisting of the common people. To do so, he summoned the first complete English Parliament including representatives from all sections of society. This meeting came to be referred to as the……………..
a. The Petition of Rights
b. Bill of Rights
c. Act of Settlement ,1701
d. Model Parliament
Q. ……………was a strong champion of the doctrine of the Divine Right ofkings.
a. Karl Marx
b. Robert Owen
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. James I
Q. Charles I (1625-49) was forced to call a parliament, which laid certain conditions on him in the famous document known as ……………….
a. Bill of Rights
b. Act of Settlement ,1701
c. Model Parliament
d. The Petition of Rights