Decolonization Revolution and the Transformation of Asia and Africa MCQs

Question. The first Arab-Israeli War ended in
(a) 1948
(b) 1949
(c) 1950
(d) 1951

Answer: B

Question. Yom Kippur War (also known as October War) was fought in
(a) 1973
(b) 1978
(c) 1975
(d) 1965

Answer: A

Question. The process whereby a colonial power grants judicial independence to a colony, but nevertheless maintains a ‘de facto’ political and economic control is known as
(a) neo-Marxism
(b) neo-communism
(c) neo-colonialism
(d) neo-Fascism

Answer: C

Question. Congo (Zaire) and Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda and Burundi) were the colonies of
(a) Great Britain
(b) France
(c) Belgium
(d) Holland

Answer: C

Question. The process whereby an imperial power gives up its formal authorities over its colonies is called
(a) Colonialism
(b) Imperialism
(c) Decolonialization
(d) Neo-colonialism

Answer: C

Question. An organization of independent states linked by their common ties to the former British Empire is called
(a) Containment
(b) Commonwealth
(c) Dominion
(d) Protectorates

Answer: B

Question. On 17th August 1945, Indonesia got its independence from
(a) Holland
(b) Britain
(c) Portugal
(d) France

Answer: A

Question. The Colonies in Indo-China gained independence from
(a) France
(b) Great Britain
(c) China
(d) Portugal

Answer: A

Question. Who wrote the book, Der Judenstaat?
(a) Theodor Herzl
(b) Adolf Hitler
(c) Alfred Dreyfus
(d) Charles Darwin

Answer: A

Question. The Apartheid policy was introduced in South Africa by
(a) Nelson Mandela
(b) Chief Albert Luthuli
(c) F. W. de Klark
(d) Dr. Malan

Answer: D

Question. The first major war in which the US got directly involved was the war in
(a) Korea
(b) Vietnam
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Hungary

Answer: A

Question. After elections were held in South Korea, the Republic of Korea in August 1948 was set with and the first president was
(a) Rhee Syngman
(b) Kim Il Sung
(c) Yun Posun
(d) Park Chung-hee

Answer: A

Question. The most popular leader who fought to end Apartheid was
(a) Nelson Mandela
(b) Chief Albert Luthuli
(c) F. W. de Klark
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer: A

Question. Ba’th is associated with
(a) Pan-Africanism
(b) Pan-Arabism
(c) Pan-Asianism
(d) Pan-Judaism

Answer: B

Question. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) got is independence in 1948 from
(a) Britain
(b) France
(c) Holland
(d) Portugal

Answer: A

Question. The Geneva Accords that divided Vietnam into north and south was concluded in
(a) 1945
(b) 1947
(c) 1948
(d) 1954

Answer: D

Question. The First Congress of Ba’th was held in
(a) Baghdad
(b) Amman
(c) Damascus
(d) Mecca

Answer: C

Question. The main body of Muslims who follow the path of Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali’s accession to the Caliphate was
(a) Mujahidin
(b) Shia Islam
(c) Sunni Islam
(d) Intifada

Answer: B

Question. The transition to black majority rule in South Africa came after the general election held in
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1994
(d) 1996

Answer: C

Question. An independent state of Israel was born on
(a) 14th May, 1947
(b) 14thMay, 1948
(c) 14th May 1949
(d) 14th May 1950

Answer: B

Question. Viet Minh was headed by
(a) Sukarno
(b) Vietcong
(c) Ho ChiMinh
(d) Red Army

Answer: C

Question. The Vietcongs were
(a) The South Vietnamese Army
(b) The North Vietnamese Army
(c) The Americans who helped the Vietnamese
(d) The Vietnamese Communist Revolutionaries (NLF)

Answer: D

Question. The Six-Day War was fought in
(a) June 1966
(b) June 1963
(c) June 1967
(d) June 1956

Answer: C

Question. First Palestine President
(a) Yasser Arafat
(b) Ismael Haniyeh
(c) Amina Abbas
(d) Mahmoud Abbas

Answer: A

Question. ‘Apartheid’ is an Afrikaans word for
(a) togetherness
(b) pulling away
(c) separateness
(d) living apart

Answer: C

Question. The African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was released from jail after being jailed for
(a) 20 years
(b) 23 years
(c) 25 years
(d) 27 years

Answer: D

Question. The Suez War was fought in
(a) 1956
(b) 1965
(c) 1953
(d) 1957

Answer: A

Question. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in
(a) 1964
(b) 1967
(c) 1969
(d) 1975

Answer: A

Question. A Palestinian guerrilla organization which became the core of the PLO is
(a) Fatah
(b) Mujahedeen
(c) Fedayeen
(d) Jihad

Answer: A

Question. The Organization of African Unity (OAU) was founded in Addis Ababa in the year
(a) 1960
(b) 1961
(c) 1962
(d) 1963

Answer: D

Question. Movement for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine was called
(a) Der Juudenstaat
(b) EretzYisra’el
(c) Zionism
(d) Semitism

Answer: C

Question. Burma (Myanmar) was the colony of
(a) British
(b) French
(c) Portuguese
(d) Belgian

Answer: A

Question. The Korean War became an all-out war in
(a) 1948
(b) 1949
(c) 1950
(d) 1951

Answer: C

Question. Korea was divided temporarily at the
(a) 22nd Parallel
(b) 19th Parallel
(c) 17th Parallel
(d) 38th Parallel

Answer: D

Question. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in 1964 by
(a) Yasser Arafat
(b) Salah Bitar
(c) Abdel Nasser
(d) Saddam Hussein

Answer: C

Question. Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation is named
(a) Intifada
(b) Jihad
(c) Mufti
(d) Fedayeen

Answer: A

Question. Majority of Muslims belong to the
(a) Sunni Islam
(b) Shia Islam
(c) Calipha Islam
(d) Taliban

Answer: A

Question. The belief or behavior hostile towards Jews just because they are Jewish is called
(a) Zionism
(b) anti-Semitism
(c) pogroms
(d) Holocaust

Answer: B

Question. By the Geneva Agreement (1954), Vietnam was temporarily divided into two States at
(a) 22nd parallel
(b) 19th parallel
(c) 17th parallel
(d) 21st parallel

Answer: C

Question. The main body of Muslims who follow the path of Prophet Muhammed is
(a) Shi’a Muslim
(b) Sunni Muslim
(c) Ulemas
(d) Mujahidin

Answer: B