World History

The military, the civil services and the church were the three great institutions of imperial England.

This is the correct option. The economic contribution by the mills of Lancashire and by the financial houses of the City of London was the actual reason for England winning the Napoleonic wars.

The Battle of Plassey (1757) was decisively won by the British primarily due to the betrayal by Mir Jafar, the Commander-in-Chief of Siraj-ud-Daulah's army. Mir Jafar conspired with the British and deliberately withheld his forces from the battle. While Clive's leadership was important and French withdrawal helped, Mir Jafar's treachery was the decisive factor that turned the battle. This victory marked the beginning of British political dominance in Bengal.

In 1739, the Marathas captured the strategic territories of Salsette (Salcette) and Bassein (Vasai) from the Portuguese. Bassein was a significant Portuguese fort north of Bombay, and its capture marked a major Maratha victory against European colonial power in the region.

Otto von Bismarck unified German states into the German Empire in 1871, earning the title 'founder of modern Germany'. He served as the first Chancellor. He was not associated with France, Holland, or Denmark's founding.

Salsette Island (part of modern-day Mumbai and Thane district) was conquered from the Portuguese by the Maratha forces under Chimaji Appa in 1739 after a protracted campaign. This victory was significant as it weakened Portuguese control in the region and expanded Maratha influence along the western coast of India. The Marathas had been fighting to reclaim territories from European colonial powers.

French citizens living in Vietnam were called colons.

This is the correct answer as the Austrian Chancellor Duke Metternich hosted the Congress where the Treaty of Vienna was signed in 1815.

This is the correct answer. The Civil Code of 1804, also known as the Napoleonic Code, did away with all privileges based on birth, established equality before the law and secured the right to property.

The chief minister of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck, was the architect of the process of unification of German Empire, carried out with the help of the Prussian army and bureaucracy.

This is the correct answer. Giuseppe Garibaldi led the forces of armed volunteers that helped Sardinia-Piedmont succeed in defeating the Austrian forces in 1859, which led to the unification of Italy.

This is the correct answer. The North was under Austrian Habsburgs before the unification of Italy and Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed king of united Italy.

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica in 1769, making the island his birthplace and ancestral home. Corsica became part of France the year before his birth. Mussolini was Italian, Hitler German, and Churchill British.

 With the fall of Bastille  the French Revolution began