A. unemployment, sickness, and industrial accidents.
B. seasonal unemployment.
C. cyclical economic depressions.
D. All of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Modern World History MCQs
The expression, “ angel in the house ,” refers to:
A. a London Prostitute.
B. the Victorian middle-class woman.
C. an essay by John Stuart Mill.
D. a London domestic servant.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The mythical leader of a British rural rebellion in 1820s was:
A. Ned Lud.
B. John Ball.
C. Captain Swing.
D. Wat Tyler.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
John Kay?s invention of the “flying shuttle” in 1773 revolutionized the process of cotton:
A. spinning.
B. weaving.
C. carding.
D. combing.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Which pairing is incorrect?
A. William Thackeray- Vanity Fair.
B. Charles Dicken- Hard Times.
C. Honore de Balzac- The Human Comedy.
D. Victor Hugo- Oliver Twist.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
In general European serfdom:
A. was an obstacle to the commercialization of agriculture.
B. disappeared across Eastern Europe and Russia by 1800.
C. provided vast incentives for landowners to improve farming techniques.
D. Both A and B.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
British tariffs prohibiting the importation of East Indian Cottons:
A. acted as a brake on the manufacture of domestic cottons.
B. forced the British to abandon cotton manufacture altogether.
C. served as an inducement to the manufacture of domestic cottons.
D. stimulated the manufacture and sale of woolen goods.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
By 1817, which country was one of the core nations of industrial Europe?
A. France.
B. Russia.
C. Italy.
D. Germany.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The Great Famine of1845-1849 took place in:
A. France and Belgium.
B. Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands.
C. The United States.
D. All of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
After the 1850s, who led the invention and commercialization of electricity?
A. Britain.
B. France.
C. Belgium and France.
D. Germany and the United States.
✅ The correct answer is option D.