Question

Which country had the largest army in the world before WWI.
(A) India
(B) Russia
(C) China
(D) England

Answer 1

Hint: It is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. One of its major cities includes Saint Petersburg and it is the largest and ninth-most populous country in the world. It spans over one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area.

Complete Step by Step Answer The country which had the largest army in the world before WWI is Russia. It had approximately 1,400,000 soldiers on active duty. It was an allied power that possessed greater overall demographic, industrial, and military resources than the Central Powers.

Additional Information Russia stretches over eleven time zones and borders 16 sovereign nations. It is the largest country in the world and it is divided into 85 federal subjects. It has the world’s second-most powerful military and the fourth largest military expenditure. The Russian Armed Forces were formed in 1992 and possess the largest stockpile of nuclear warheads in the world.

So, the correct answer is an option (B).

Note World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. There were two powers fighting against each other that consisted of the armies of different countries. The two powers were Allied Power and Central Power. The Allied Powers were the coalition led by France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States whereas the Central Powers was the coalition of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.