All Free International Relations MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Australia
  • B. Ireland
  • C. New Zealand
  • D. Canada

Explanation: John Howard became Australia’s prime minister in 1996 and served until 2007.

Correct answer: Australia
  • A. Croatia
  • B. Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • C. Yugoslavia
  • D. Macedonia

Explanation: Alija Izetbegović served as the leading political figure and President of Bosnia-Herzegovina during and after the country’s independence…

Correct answer: Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • A. Belgium
  • B. Canada
  • C. Switzerland
  • D. France

Explanation: Lionel Jospin was France’s prime minister from 1997 to 2002 under President Jacques Chirac.

Correct answer: France
  • A. Victoria
  • B. Elizabeth
  • C. Mary
  • D. Anne

Explanation: Elizabeth I was crowned in 1558, and her long reign is associated with the Elizabethan Age, noted for English cultural and maritime…

Correct answer: Elizabeth
  • A. Peter
  • B. Ivan
  • C. Nicholas
  • D. Boris

Explanation: Ivan IV, known as Ivan the Terrible, was the first Russian ruler to be formally crowned tsar and died in 1584.

Correct answer: Ivan
  • A. King Philip of Spain
  • B. Queen Mary
  • C. John Smith
  • D. Walter Raleigh

Explanation: Sir Walter Raleigh financed and organised the 1587 English settlement at Roanoke under a royal charter.

Correct answer: Walter Raleigh
  • A. Harold Macmillan
  • B. Clement Attlee
  • C. Winston Churchill
  • D. Alec Douglas-Home

Explanation: Harold Macmillan succeeded Anthony Eden as British prime minister in 1957 after Eden resigned because of ill health and the political…

Correct answer: Harold Macmillan
  • A. Great Britain
  • B. France
  • C. The Netherlands
  • D. Spain

Explanation: Belgium revolted against the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and gained independence in 1830.

Correct answer: The Netherlands
  • A. Paris
  • B. Lateran Treaty
  • C. Brest-Litovsk
  • D. Versailles

Explanation: The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, imposed the main peace settlement on Germany after World War I.

Correct answer: Versailles
  • A. Tony Blair
  • B. Harold Wilson
  • C. Margaret Thatcher
  • D. Winston Churchill

Explanation: Winston Churchill popularised the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his 1946 speech at Fulton, Missouri, describing the division between…

Correct answer: Winston Churchill
  • A. 1608
  • B. 1688
  • C. 1655
  • D. 1680

Explanation: The Glorious Revolution took place in 1688, when William of Orange and Mary replaced James II on the English throne.

Correct answer: 1688
  • A. Roger Williams
  • B. Anne Hutchinson
  • C. William Penn
  • D. Peter Minuit

Explanation: Roger Williams founded Rhode Island in 1636 after leaving Massachusetts because of disagreements over religious liberty and the separation…

Correct answer: Roger Williams
  • A. Peace of Northphalia
  • B. Peace of Westphalia
  • C. Peace of Southphalia
  • D. Peace of EastphaliaGet Study Guides

Explanation: The Peace of Westphalia, concluded in 1648, ended the Thirty Years' War and is often linked with the development of the modern…

Correct answer: Peace of Westphalia
  • A. Franklin Roosevelt
  • B. Ronald Reagan
  • C. Bill Clinton
  • D. Nevile Chamberlain

Explanation: Neville Chamberlain made this favourable assessment of Adolf Hitler before the failure of appeasement became clear.

Correct answer: Nevile Chamberlain
  • A. Prussia
  • B. Austria
  • C. France
  • D. Russia

Explanation: Klemens von Metternich was an Austrian statesman who served as Austria’s foreign minister and later chancellor.

Correct answer: Austria
  • A. Foch
  • B. Daladier
  • C. Petain
  • D. Champlain

Explanation: Édouard Daladier was the French prime minister who represented France during the Munich appeasement crisis of 1938.

Correct answer: Daladier
  • A. Elizabeth ll
  • B. George Vl
  • C. George V
  • D. Edward Vll

Explanation: Casablanca was released in 1942, during the reign of George VI. Elizabeth II succeeded to the throne in 1952, while George V and Edward…

Correct answer: George Vl
  • A. Howard Taft
  • B. Theodore Roosevelt
  • C. Grover Cleveland
  • D. William McKinley

Explanation: Australia became a federation on 1 January 1901, when William McKinley was still US president.

Correct answer: William McKinley
  • A. Victoria
  • B. George V
  • C. Edward VII
  • D. George VI

Explanation: George V was the British monarch during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Correct answer: George V
  • A. 22 May 1972
  • B. 12 May 1972
  • C. 2 May 1972
  • D. 20 May 1972

Explanation: Nixon's historic first visit to the Soviet Union began on 22 May 1972 and produced important US-Soviet agreements, including the SALT I…

Correct answer: 22 May 1972