Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. What was the primary goal of the Treaty of Vienna of 1815?  

   A) To expand Napoleon’s empire  

   B) To restore monarchies and create a new conservative order in Europe  

   C) To promote democracy across Europe  

   D) To establish the United Nations  

   Answer: B) To restore monarchies and create a new conservative order in Europe

2. Who hosted the Congress of Vienna in 1815?  

   A) Napoleon Bonaparte  

   B) Giuseppe Mazzini  

   C) Duke Metternich of Austria  

   D) Otto von Bismarck  

   Answer: C) Duke Metternich of Austria

3. Which economic policy was abolished in Britain, leading to cheaper food imports?  

   A) The Navigation Acts  

   B) The Corn Laws  

   C) The Factory Act  

   D) The Stamp Act  

   Answer: B) The Corn Laws

4. What did the Zollverein, formed in 1834, aim to achieve?  

   A) Promote military alliances among German states  

   B) Abolish monarchy in Germany  

   C) Create economic unity by removing tariff barriers  

   D) Expand German colonies overseas  

   Answer: C) Create economic unity by removing tariff barriers

5. Which country experienced rapid industrial growth in the nineteenth century, influencing global trade patterns?  

   A) China  

   B) Britain  

   C) India  

   D) Brazil  

   Answer: B) Britain

6. What were the three major types of flows in the nineteenth-century global economy?  

   A) Trade, Migration, Capital  

   B) Agriculture, Technology, Industry  

   C) Politics, Religion, Education  

   D) Art, Literature, Music  

   Answer: A) Trade, Migration, Capital

7. Which revolutionary leader believed that nations were natural units of mankind and founded ‘Young Italy’?  

   A) Giuseppe Mazzini  

   B) Napoleon Bonaparte  

   C) Otto von Bismarck  

   D) Count Cavour  

   Answer: A) Giuseppe Mazzini

8. What was one major consequence of the abolition of the Corn Laws in Britain?  

   A) Decrease in food imports  

   B) Increase in agricultural production within Britain  

   C) Unemployment in the agricultural sector  

   D) Reduction in industrial growth  

   Answer: C) Unemployment in the agricultural sector

9. Which factor contributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century?  

   A) The rise of Napoleon  

   B) Successful modernization and reforms  

   C) Spread of nationalist movements in the Balkans  

   D) Strong alliances with European powers  

   Answer: C) Spread of nationalist movements in the Balkans

10. The Balkan region became a site of conflict due to:  

    A) Religious harmony  

    B) The growth of multinational corporations  

    C) Nationalist rivalries and big power interference  

    D) Decline of industrialization  

    Answer: C) Nationalist rivalries and big power interference