251. The second industrial revolution relied on innovation in:
A. steel
B. electricity
C. chemicals
D. all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Modern World History
252. The Europeans turned their attention towards Africa in the later part of the:
A. 16th century
B. 17th century
C. 18th century
D. 19th century
✅ The correct answer is option D.
253. Which of the following did not embrace “scientific racism”?
A. Hubertine Auclert
B. Francis Galton
C. John Stuart Mill
D. Houston Stewart Chamberlain
✅ The correct answer is option C.
254. Romanticism developed in the early nineteenth century as a reaction against:
A. Enlightenment
B. Scientific Revolution
C. Classicism
D. Industrial Revolution
✅ The correct answer is option A.
255. Christian missionaries in India wanted to:
A. westernize India
B. defer to local culture
C. replace blind superstition
D. all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
256. Which of the following was the most significant cultural movement in the early nineteenth century?
A. Classicism
B. Enlightenment
C. Romanticism
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
257. The “white man’s burden” was notorious concept popularized by:
A. Rudyard Kipling
B. Karl Pearson
C. Cecil Rhodes
D. Joseph Chamberlain
✅ The correct answer is option A.
258. What was NOT a major motivating factor for the European powers in their scramble for Africa?
A. To gain prestige
B. To gain economic advantage
C. To bring civilization and Christianity to Africa
D. To gain strategic advantage
✅ The correct answer is option C.
259. In 1900 there were only three independent African nations. Two of these were Abyssinia and Morocco. Which was the third?
A. Liberia
B. Libya
C. Union of South Africa
D. Egypt
✅ The correct answer is option A.
260. One of the richest opium-growing areas in the world located in
A. Eastern China
B. Sumatra
C. Japan
D. North East India
✅ The correct answer is option D.