Free Contemporary Global Issues MCQs with Answers
225 Contemporary Global Issues MCQs from International Relations, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
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- A. Pakistan
- B. Australia
- C. Singapore
- D. the United States
Explanation: Pakistan achieved independence in 1947 through the largely constitutional and nonviolent political struggle led by the All-India Muslim…
Correct answer: Pakistan- A. opposition to the weakening of communist economic structures
- B. a desire for greater political freedoms
- C. popular resentment over such problems as inflation and corruption
- D. opposition to a ban on exports to Western countriesGet Study Guides
Explanation: The 1989 Tiananmen protests broadened beyond students because people opposed corruption, inflation, and other social-economic problems…
Correct answer: popular resentment over such problems as inflation and corruption- A. Arak
- B. Ardakan
- C. Bonab
- D. Bushehr
Explanation: Bushehr is Iran’s first commercial nuclear power plant and began producing electricity in 2011.
Correct answer: Bushehr- A. Cultural segregation
- B. Racial segregation
- C. Ethnic segregation
- D. Religious segregation
Explanation: Apartheid was South Africa’s legally enforced system of racial segregation and white minority rule.
Correct answer: Racial segregation- A. Inca
- B. Babylonian
- C. Ottoman
- D. Greek
Explanation: Nebuchadnezzar was a royal name used by four rulers of Babylonia, most famously Nebuchadnezzar II.
Correct answer: Babylonian- A. Nicholas I
- B. Feodor II
- C. Peter I
- D. Ivan IV
Explanation: Ivan IV, known as Ivan the Terrible, was the first Russian ruler formally crowned as Tsar, in 1547.
Correct answer: Ivan IV- A. Nigeria
- B. South Africa
- C. Somalia
- D. Ethiopia
Explanation: Apartheid was South Africa's legally enforced system of white-minority rule and racial segregation, formally institutionalised from 1948.
Correct answer: South Africa- A. Salves
- B. heretics
- C. land
- D. indulgences
Explanation: Martin Luther’s Reformation directly challenged the Catholic Church’s sale of indulgences, which promised remission of punishment for sin.
Correct answer: indulgences- A. papa Doc
- B. Henri I
- C. Faustin I
- D. Jacques I
Explanation: Faustin I, formerly Faustin Soulouque, ruled as Emperor of Haiti from 1849 to 1859 and was the country’s last emperor.
Correct answer: Faustin I- A. Francis Joseph I
- B. Rudolf I
- C. Maximilian
- D. Charles I
Explanation: Charles I was the final emperor of Austria, reigning from 1916 until the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918.
Correct answer: Charles I- A. Manuel II
- B. Dom Pedro I
- C. Dom Pedro II
- D. John VI
Explanation: Dom Pedro II was Brazil’s last emperor, ruling until the monarchy was overthrown in 1889.
Correct answer: Dom Pedro II- A. Bokassa
- B. Ntare V
- C. Idris
- D. Idi Amin Dada
Explanation: Jean-Bédel Bokassa became Bokassa I when the Central African Republic was transformed into the Central African Empire in 1976.
Correct answer: Bokassa- A. Johannes IV
- B. Lij Iyassu
- C. Menelik II
- D. Halie Selassie I
Explanation: Haile Selassie I was Ethiopia’s last emperor, ruling until his deposition in 1974. Menelik II and Yohannes IV were earlier emperors.
Correct answer: Halie Selassie I- A. Nicholas I
- B. Peter the Great
- C. Alexis I
- D. Nicholas II
Explanation: Nicholas II was Russia’s last tsar; he abdicated in 1917 during the Russian Revolution. Nicholas I and Peter the Great ruled much earlier.
Correct answer: Nicholas II- A. Fredrick the Great
- B. William I
- C. William II
- D. Fredrick William I
Explanation: William II, formally Wilhelm II, was the last German Emperor and abdicated after Germany’s defeat in World War I in 1918.
Correct answer: William II36. Which famous British politician became Member of Parliament for the Finchley constituency in 1959?
- A. Winston Churchill
- B. Tony Blair
- C. Harold Wilson
- D. Margaret Thatcher
Explanation: Margaret Thatcher won the Finchley seat in the 1959 general election and represented the constituency until 1992.
Correct answer: Margaret Thatcher- A. The first non stop trans Atlantic flight
- B. The first successful climb of the Eiger
- C. The first successful trek to the North Pole
- D. The first Atlantic crossing in a rowing boat
Explanation: Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight in June 1919, flying from Newfoundland…
Correct answer: The first non stop trans Atlantic flight- A. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- B. John Cabot
- C. Christopher Columbus
- D. Alonso de Hojeda
Explanation: Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean in 1492 and is conventionally credited in European history with opening sustained European…
Correct answer: Christopher Columbus- A. Thomas Jefferson
- B. William Hooper
- C. Edward Rutledge
- D. James Wilson
Explanation: Edward Rutledge of South Carolina was about 26 when he signed the Declaration of Independence, making him the youngest signer among the…
Correct answer: Edward Rutledge- A. The death what
- B. Globalization
- C. Unemployment
- D. Rightwing Policies
Explanation: The Jarrow March was a 1936 protest by unemployed workers from Jarrow in northeast England, demanding jobs and government action against…
Correct answer: Unemployment