Modern History - MCQs with answers - Part 6

ANSWER: b) 1919

Chinese representatives refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles due to intense pressure from the student protesters and public opinion alike.

ANSWER: c) 1921

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has its origins in the May Fourth Movement of 1919.

ANSWER: a) 1931

The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo.

ANSWER: c) 1937

Abyssinia crisis resulted from the ongoing conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia.

ANSWER: d) 1939

The Abyssinian war encouraged the remilitarization of the Rhineland in conspicuous disregard of the Treaty of Versailles. This was the first in a series of provocative acts culminating in the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the beginning of the Second World War.

ANSWER: c) 1937

The USS Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the American gunboat 'Panay'.

ANSWER: c) 1937

The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

ANSWER: b) 1940

The Tripartite Pact was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan.

ANSWER: a) 1939

It was a non-agression pact signed between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in Moscow.

ANSWER: a) 1940

Germany invaded western Europe in May 1940.