THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT IN INDO-CHINA


Q-1. When was the Tonkin Free School started?
a) 1905
b) 1907
c) 1909
d) 1910

Ans. (b) 1907

Q-2. Name the two countries with which the Vietnamese nationalists had a close relationship.
a) India & China
b) Japan & China
c) America & France
d) Japan & Russia

Ans. (b) Japan & China

Q-3. Who was the founder of Indo Chinese communist Party?
a) Ho Chin Minh
b) Trieu Au
c) Sun yat Sen
d) None of these

Ans. (a) Ho Chin Minh

Q-4. Paris Peace Treaty was held in………..
a) 1972
b) 1974
c) 1976
d) 1978

Ans. (b) 1974

Q-5. When west the Tonkin free school started?
a) 1907
b) 1905
c) 1908
d) 1906

Ans. (a) 1907

Q-6. When Indo-China ‘Panchsheel’ agreement did was implemented?
a) 24 August 1945
b) 9 April 1954
c) 20 October 1962
d) 24 October 1945

Ans. (b) 9 April 1954

 Q-7. Why did the United States decide to intervene the Vietnam War?
a) Because Vietnam attacked United States
b) Because United States was trading partner of France
c) Because Communist had gained power
d) Because United States failed to achieve its objective during the war

Ans. (c) Because Communist had gained power

Q-8. Which of the following was the most important cash of Vietnam:
a) Rice
b) Cotton
c) Sugarcane
d) Tea

Ans. (a) Rice

Q-9. The founder of 'Hoa Hao' movement in Vietnam was
a) Confucius
b) Huynh Pho So
c) Laotse
d) Liang Qichao

Ans. (b) Huynh Pho So

Q-10. Consider the Statement given below and select the correct explanation from the responses given thereafter.
Statement: In 1907-08 some 300 Vietnamese went to Japan to acquire modern education because:
a) They wanted to get lucrative jobs
b) To avoid unstable political conditions in Vietnam
c) To drive out French from Vietnam
d) To enjoy modern lifestyle

Ans. (c) To drive out French from Vietnam

Q-11. Who was the founder of "Hoa Hao" movement in Mekong delta region?
a) Phan Boi
b) Liang Qichao
c) Huynh Phu So
d) Ho Chi Minh

Ans. (c) Huynh Phu So

Q-12. In which famous battle were the French defeated?
a) Dien Bien Phu
b) Ha Tinh
c) NyheAn
d) Phan Boi

Ans. (a) Dien Bien Phu

Q-13. Which European country colonised Vietnam?
a) France
b) Germany
c) Switzerland
d) England

Ans. (a) France

Q-14. Which of the following country is not a part of the Indo-China.
a) Cambodia
b) Laos
c) Vietnam
d) China

Ans. (d) China

Q-15. Which society did Phan Boi Chau form?
a) Hao-Hoa
b) Revolutionary society
c) Carbonari
d) Party of young Annan
Ans. (b) Revolutionary society

Q-16. Christianity was introduced in Vietnam by………
a) English
b) German
c) French
d) American

Ans. (c) French

Q-17. ...... Were the two major religions in Indo-China?
a) Buddhism & Janism
b) Hinduism & Islam
c) Buddhism & Confucianism
d) Christianity & Confucianism

Ans. (c) Buddhism & Confucianism

Q-18. Who was the first President of the Vietnamese Democratic Republic?
a) Phan Boi Chau
b) Ling oichao
c) Ho Chi Minh
d) Huyuh Phu so

Ans. (c) Ho Chi Minh

Q-19. When did Vietnam get its freedom?
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1910

Ans. (a) 1945

Q-20. Name a religious movement which was hostile to the western presence in Vietnam.
a) The scholar's Revolt
b) Hoa-Hao movement
c) Education movement
d) All the above

Ans. (a) the scholar's Revolt

Q-21. Who was the author of 'The History of the Loss of Vietnam?
a) Phan Boi Chau
b) Huynh Phu so
c) Ngyuyen Dinh Chieu
d) None of these

Ans. (a) Phan Boi Chau

Q-22. When did Vietnam get independence?
a) 1887
b) 1945
c) 1873
d) 1858

Ans. (b) 1945

Q-23. Which imperialist power dominated Vietnam?
a) French
b) German
c) Russian
d) None of these

Ans. (a) French

Q-24. Which out of the following modern countries comprised the Indo-China?
a) India
b) Laos
c) Italy
d) France

Ans. (b) Laos

Q-25. What was Thailand then called:
a) Yunan
b) Mekong
c) Siam
d) None of these

Ans. (c) Siam

Q-26. What did Paul Bernard think was necessary for the economic development of the colonies?
a) Land reforms
b) Increase in cultivation
c) Curbing population
d) None of these

Ans. (a) Land reforms

Q-27. The colonial economy in Vietnam was primarily based on:
a) tea plantation
b) rice cultivation 
c) cotton production
d) both (b) and (c)

Ans. (b) rice cultivation 

Q-28. French colonisation of Vietnam was based on:
a) economic exploitation
b) upliftment and growth
c) bringing modern civilisation
d) none of these

Ans. (c) bringing modern civilisation

Q-29. Who wrote the History of the Loss of Vietnam?
a) Huynh Phu So
b) Phan Boi Chau
c) Phan Chu
d) None of these

Ans. (b) Phan Boi Chau

Q-30. When was the long established monarchy in China overthrown?
a) 1910
b) 1909
c) 1911
d) 1912

Ans. (c) 1911

 Q-31. Who brought together the competing nationalist groups to establish the Vietnamese Communist Party?
a) Bao dai
b) Henry Navarre
c) Ho Chi Minh
d) None of these

Ans. (c) Ho Chi Minh

Q-32. What was the ‘Ordinance 10'?
a) The coup that overthrew Bao's regime
b) The reason for North and South Vietnam
c) Communist led government
d) French law that permitted Christianity but outlawed Buddhism 

Ans. (d) French law that permitted Christianity but outlawed Buddhism

Q-33. What was the 'Ho Chi Minh Trail?
a) Supply line of the Vietnamese
b) Hollywood film on Vietnam war
c) A trail of bombs to attack US troops
d) None of these

Ans. (a) Supply line of the Vietnamese

Q-34. Who were the 'Colons?
a) Educated Vietnamese
b) Uneducated Vietnamese
c) Native people of Vietnam
d) French citizens living in Vietnam

Ans. (d) French citizens living in Vietnam

Q-35. What did school textbooks in Vietnam proclaim? 
a) Vietnamese should resist colonisation
b) Vietnamese were more educated
c) French rule could ensure peace in Vietnam
d) Vietnamese should stop working in the fields

Ans. (c) French rule could ensure peace in Vietnam

Q-36. What kind of education did the Tonkin Free School in 1907, stress on?
a) Learning English language
b) Looking modern
c) Inculcating western ideas
d) Both (b) and (c)

Ans. (d) Both (b) and (c)

Q-37. Why did a major protest erupt in the Saigon Native Girls School, in 1926?
a) A Vietnamese girl got expelled
b) French students bullied the Vietnamese students
c) Vietnamese students were only punished
d) Vietnamese were disqualified for white collar jobs

Ans. (a) A Vietnamese girl got expelled

Q-38. What was the 'Party of Young Annan?
a) Haircutting charm
b) Student political party
c) Newspaper daily
d) None of these

Ans. (b) Student political party

Q-39. What happened to the modern part of Hanoi in 1903?
a) Struck by famine
b) Struck by bubonic
c) Struck by smallpox
d) All of these

Ans. (b) struck by bubonic

Q-40. Huynh Phu So’s criticism against what had a wide appeal?
a) Child marriage
b) Child abuse
c) Alcohol abuse
d) Useless expenditure

Ans. (d) Useless expenditure

Q-41. Women in Vietnam traditionally enjoyed greater equality than in:
a) India
b) France
c) China
d) US
Ans. (c) china

Q-42. Who were the "Trung Sisters'?
a) Writers
b) Women rebels in Vietnam
c) Actors
d) None of these

Ans. (b) Women rebels in Vietnam

Q-43. Why could the US not destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
a) Rebuilt quickly
b) Never existed
c) Lack of troops 
d) Lack of ammunition

Ans. (a) rebuilt quickly

Q-44. Why did the US intervene in Vietnam?
a) To help Vietnam fight the Chinese
b) To bring peace to the nation
c) To unite North and South Vietnam
d) Contain communism in Vietnam

Ans. (d) Contain communism in Vietnam

Q-45. Why the Vietnam War was called the first television war?
a) Brought home stories from soldiers
b) Led to increased sale of television sets
c) Battle scenes were shown on daily news
d) None of these

Ans. (c) Battle scenes were shown on daily news