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Semester : IV
Name Of The Subject : Modern World History
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1. The unification of Italy is an outstanding achievement in the …………
2. The …………….Revolution of 1789 produced in Italians, a sense of nationalism.
a) French b) American c) Vietnam d) Indian
3. ………………gave the first impulse to Italian unification.
a) Napoleon b) Metternich c) Mussolini d) Hitler
4. ………………drove away the Austrians and the Bourbons at Sadova.
a) Napoleon b) Cavour c) Louie Philip d) Metternich
5. Early in the 19th century, national feeling in ………….was stirred
societies known as Carbonari
a) Italy b) Germany c) Spain d) Britain
6. The Carbonari wanted to overthrow foreign rule imposed
a) Italy b) Germany c) France d) America
7. The Carbonari wanted to overthrow foreign rule imposed by the ………
a) Vienna b) Paris c) Boston d) German
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8. The Carbonari wanted to overthrow foreign rule imposed
a) Mazzini b) Napoleon c) Hitler d) Prince Metternich
9. In July, 1830, when a revolution in France placed ……………….
a) Louie Philip b) Mazzini c)Peter the Great d)Louis XIV
10. In July, ……………, Joseph Mazzini wanted to expel the foreign government
11. In July, 1848, ……………wanted to expel the foreign government from
a Republican government. a) Garibaldi b) Count Cavour c) Joseph Mazzini
12. To carry out his ideals, ……….established, in 1831, a movement known
13. The “Young Italy” of …………………..lit the flames of patriotism
a) Joseph Mazzini b) Charles Albert c) Garibaldi d) Louie Philip
14. The Austrian army crushed the revolt at Custozza near……………
a) Venice b) Portsmouth c) Algeria d) Malaysia
15. Mazzini roused the people of the Papal States against the…………….
a) Victor Emmanuel II b) Charles Albert
c) Garibaldi d) Pope
16. The Pope was expelled from …………….and a Republic was proclaimed
a) Austria b) Rome c) Sardinia d) Lombardy
17. The Austrians defeated ………………at Navora and he abdicated in favor
a) Charles Albert b) Garibaldi c) Louie Philip d) Napoleon
18. The Austrians defeated Charles Albert at …………….and he abdicated
a) Algeria b) Plombieres c) Sadova d) Navora
19…………….., the “Bismarck” of Italy realized that without any external help, Italy
could never be free.
a)Napoleon III b) Count Cavour
c) Joseph Garibaldi d) Charles Albert
20. By a stroke of diplomatic genius, ……………offered the services of Scandinavian troops to Napoleon III at a critical stage of the Crimean war.
a) Count Cavour b) Charles Albert
c) Victor Emmanuel II d) Hitler
21.The Italians aided by Napoleon III defeated the Austrians at Magenta and Solferino in…………..
a) 1759 b) 1789 c) 1859 d) 1879
22. The Dutchies of Tuscany, Parma, Modena and Romagna expelled their despotic rulers and joined with…………..
a) Hong Kong b) Malaysia c) Sardinia d) Singapore
23. In 1860, the people of Naples and Sicily rose against the Bourbon King……………….
a) Francis II b) Victor Emmanuel II
c) Queen Isabella d) Louis XVI
24. ……………..along with his volunteers landed in Sicily and annexed the two kingdoms to Sardinia.
a) Garibaldi b) Charles Albert
c) Victor Emmanuel II d) Louis XVI
25. ………………..himself led an army into the Papal States and defeated the Papal forces at Casgifigaria.
a) Queen Isabella b) Charles Albert c) Victor Emmanuel d) Edward VI
26. In 1861, the first Italian Parliament except Rome met at …………..and conferred upon Victor Emmanuel II, the title of “King of Italy.”
a) Turin b) Portsmouth c) Algeria d) Hong Kong
27.In the Astro-Prussian war of 1866, also known as the ……………… Weeks War, Victor Emmanuel II helped Prussia.
a) four b) six c) seven d) eight
28. In the Astro-Prussian war of 1866 Victor Emmanuel II helped……………………..
a) Prussia b) Russia c) Spain d) Poland
29. Austria was defeated at Sadova. In the Treaty of Prague that followed, Italy obtained ………..as the price of her help to Prussia.
a) Malaysia b) Portsmouth c) Venice d) Hong Kong
30. The disasters of France during the Franco-Prussian war led to the withdrawal of the French garrison from……, which was then easily occupied by an Italian army.
a) Rome b) Russia c) Portugal d) Spain
31. ……………..became the capital of the united Italian kingdom.
a) Berlin b) Paris c) Washington DC d) Rome
32. The Holy Roman Emperor had been chosen from the ……… family of the Austrians.
a) Hapsburg b) Manchus c) Bourbon d) Stuart
33. One of the significant developments that have changed the course of history was the unification of Germany under the leadership of……………….
a) Britain b) Italy c) America d) Prussia
34. Paradoxically, it was …………….who took the first step towards German unity.
a) Louis XV b) Charles Albert
c) Victor Emmanuel II d) Napoleon
35. After overrunning the various German states and defeating the combined armies of Austria and Russia at…………….., Napoleon formed a political union of German states called the “Confederation of the Rhine.”
a) Austerlitz b) Portsmouth c) Malaysia d) Hong Kong