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Q1.
Multiple choice questions:
- Who was the king of France at the revolution of 1789?
- Louis XIV
- Louis XV
- Louis XVI
- Louis XVIII
- In which battle was Napoleon finally defeated?
- Leipzig
- Waterloo
- Berlin
- Fontainebleau
- Napoleon died in:
- Waterloo
- Elba
- Ajaccio
- St. Helena
- How many colonies were set up by Britain in North America?
- 11
- 13
- 15
- 17
- Which day is celebrated by the Americans as their independence day?
- 4 July
- 14 July
- 24 July
- 28 July
- When was Stamp Act passed?
- 1766
- 1776
- 1765
- 1767
- Which was the first sate to secede from the Union?
- Southern Carolina
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Arkansas
- With which battle did the Civil War begin?
- Petersburg
- Fort Sumter
- Appomattox
- Georgia
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- (c) Louis.
- (b) Waterloo
- (a) Waterloo.
- (b) 13.
- (a) 4 July.
- (c) 1765.
- (a) Southern Carolina.
- (b) Fort Sumter.
Q2.
Fill in the blanks:
- Revolution in _________ took place in the year 1789.
- Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th August ____________ .
- Napoleon started the Continental System against ____________ .
- The policies of king ______ provided the immediate cause for the revolt of the colonists.
- The colonists raised the cry of ‘no __________ without representation'.
- The Sugar Act was passed in ___________ .
- The ____________ states were in favour of slavery.
- _____ confederate states and ____________ union states fought against each other.
- Abraham Lincoln was the first elected President in the year _______ .
- Slavery was abolished in the USA in the year ________ .
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- France.
- 1769.
- England.
- Gorge III.
- Taxation.
- 1764.
- North Carolina.
- Europe, England.
- 1860.
- 1865.
Q3.
Name the following:
- The Queen of Louis XVI.
- The three philosophers of France.
- The British General whose surrender brought the war in America to an end.
- The first President of the USA.
- The first southern state to secede from the Union.
- The author of the book ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’
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- Marie Antoinotte
- Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau
- General Lee
- George Washington
- South Carolina
- Mrs. H.B. Stowe
Q4.
Mark the following statements as True or False:
- Louis XIV was the ruler at the time of the outbreak of revolution in France.
- Continental System was the main cause of Napoleon's downfall.
- Napoleon died at Elba.
- Napoleon was finally defeated in the Battle of Waterloo.
- Nineteen American colonies revolted against the English Government.
- The famous Stamp Act was passed in 1765.
- George Washington was the commander of the British forces.
- Thomas Jefferson prepared the Declaration of American Independence.
- American independence was declared on 4th July 1776.
- The civil war was fought between the states of north and west America.
- The slaves were very useful for domestic work.
- The planters treated their slaves with kindness.
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- False
- True
- False
- True
- False
- True
- False
- True
- True
- False
- False
- False
Q5.
Match the columns:
| 1. Battle of Waterloo | (a) 1776 |
| 2. Declaration of American Independence | (b) Commander of United colonial army |
| 3. George Washington | (c) Gettysburg Address |
| 4. Abraham Lincoln | (d) 1815 |
| 5. Louis XVI | (e) Declaration of American Independence |
| 6. Greenville | (f) 1804 |
| 7. Thomas Jefferson | (g) Stamp Act |
| 8. Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor | (h) King of France |
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- (d) 1815
- (a) 1776
- (b) Commander of United colonial army
- (c) Gettysburg Address
- (h) King of France
- (g) Stamp Act
- (e) Declaration of American Independence
- (f) 1804































































































