World History Information Mcqs List-1

World History Information Mcqs List-1

World History Information Mcqs List-1

01The first Olympiad was held in Greece in the year

• 776 BC

02 Rome was founded in the year

• 753 BC

03 The Great Wall of China was built in the year

• 214 BC

04The first voyage around the world was undertaken by whom in 1522

• Magellan

05The first President of the USA was

• George Washington

06Which Battle marked the end of Napoleon era

• Waterloo

07The American War of Independence was fought between

• America and Great Britain

08Adolf Hitler was also known as

• Fuhrer

09The first woman in world to become the Prime minister of a country was

• Sirimao Bandara Naike

10The Emperor of Germany who dismissed his Chancellor Bismark in 1980 was

• William II

11Two Presidents of USA were father and son.Their names were

• John Adams & Quincey

12The UNO came into existance in

• 1945

13The king of England before Elizabeth II was

• George VI

14Queen Elizabeth I ascended the throne of England in the year

• 1558 AD

15The Statue of Liberty of New York was a gift from

• France

16Hitler’s secret service was also known as

• Gestapo

17The last Emperor of Rome was

• Romulus Augustus

18Florence Nightingale was known as

• Lady of the Lamp

19Mao Tse Tung died in the year

• 1976 AD

20In 1806,the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by

• Napolean

21The country which celebrates Independence day on 15th August, apart from India, is

• South Korea

22The first World War ended in

• 1918 AD

23The US President who was forced to resign due to the Watergate scandal was

• Nixon

24The Second World War ended in

• 1945 AD

25The first communist manifesto was issued in

• 1848 AD

26The first Prime Minister of Independent Kenya was

• Jomo Kenyatta

27Malenkov became the Soviet Prime Minister after the death of

• Stalin

28The first British Prime Minister was

• Sir Robert Walpole

29The French revolution took place during the years

• 1789-1799 AD

30The British Commander who surrendered before the Americans and French at York town in 1781 was

• Lord Cornwallis

31The American War of Independence was faught during the years

• 1775-1783 AD

32Stalin became the Premiere of USSR in

• 1924 AD

33Lenin was succeeded by

• Stalin

34In the Second World War,atomic bombs were dropped in Japan which destroyed

• Hiroshima

35Leningrad was built by

• Peter I

36White House,the residence of the President of the USA is located at

• Washington DC

37In European History,the year 1848 is known as

• Year of Revolution

38The first Prime Minister of Israel was

• David Bengurian

39The English King who was prepared to exchange his kingdom for a horse was

• Richard III

40Nixon was succeeded by

• Gerald Ford

41Nixon resigned in the year

• 1974 AD

42The First World War broke out in

• 1914 AD

43In the year 1959,Chinese occupied

• Tibet

44A big Naval expedition sent by Philip II against England was known as the

• Spanish Armada

45 Magna Karta is also known as the Bible of English

• Constitution

46The king who was forced to sign the Magna Karta was

• King John II

47Winston Churchil died in the year

• 1965 AD

48Battle of Britain was fought in the year

• 1940 AD

49Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in 1941 against the

• Soviet Union

50Bolschevik Revolution took place in

• 1917 AD

51Christopher Columbus died in the year

• 1506 AD

52De Champlain was a

• French Explorer

53China was also known as

• Chunghua

54Alexandria was founded by

• Alexander

55In the first Punic War fought in 264-261 BC,the Romans defeated

• Carthaginians

56Modern Parliament was introduced by

• Edward I

57The Disease which struck Europe in the 14th Century was

• Plague

58In the thirteenth Century,Russia was overun by

• Mongols

59In 1260,the Mongol army was defeated by the armies of Islam at

• Ain Jalut

60Timur died in the year

• 1405 AD

61The first colony established by the English in north America was

• Jamestown

62Henry IV was assassinated in

• 1610 AD

63The War of the Grand Alliance was fought during

• 1689-97 AD

64The War of the Spanish succession was fought during

• 1701-14 AD

65In 1707,the two countries who became united were

• England and Scotland

66Napoleon crowned himself as Emperor in

• 1801 AD

67Napoleon brought a detailed revision of the French Legal System called as

• Code Napoleon

68In 1805,the French fleet was destroyed at

• The Battle of Trafalgar

69The unification of Italy took place during

• 1858-1870 AD

70The unification of Germany was carried-out during

• 1864-1870 AD

71In 1870,Germany waged war with

• France

72In 1822,the country which was declared an independent empire was

• Brazil

73Abraham Lincoln,the American President was a republican from

• Illinois

74The 1849 Gold-Rush was due to gold discovered at

• Northern California

75Between 1836-1847,USA was at war with

• Mexico

76In 1898,USA was at war with

• Spain

77In 1867,USA purchased Alaska from

• Russia

78In 1770,James Cook,the English Captain landed at

• Botany Bay of Australia

79Suez Cananl was opened in

• 1869 AD

80In 1818,the Zulu Kingdom was founded by

• Shaka

81In 1911,Italy invaded

• Libya

82 King Leopold was from

• Belgium

83The Union of South Africa was formed in

• 1909 AD

84In earlier times,Turkey was referred to as

• The sick man of Europe

85In 1877,Russia went to war with

• Turkey

86In July 1914,Austria invaded

• Serbia

87In August 1914,Germany attacked

• France

88In the first World War,German forces were defeated Grumbinnen by

• Russia

89In the first World War,Austria fought alongside

• Germany

90In the first World War,Austria & Germany were known as

• Central powers

91Finland Won Independence in 1917 from

• Russia

92In 1935,Italy attacked

• Ethiopia

93Benito Mussolini was the dictator of

• Italy

94Mein Kampf was written by

• Adolf Hitler

95Adolf Hitler was the dictator of

• Germany

96In a mass genocide,Hitler targetted

• The Jews

97In 1939,Hitler and Stalin concluded the

• Nazi-Soviet Pact

98The Bolschevik revolution occurred in

• 1917 AD

99Franco came to power in Spain in

• 1939 AD

100Hitler’s Nazy party came to power in

• 1933 AD

101In 1940,Germany defeated

• Poland

102In 1940,Germany invaded

• France

103Winston Churchill was the premier of

• Britain

104In December 1941, Japan attacked

• Pearl Harbour

105 In June 1941, Hitler launched

• Operation Barbarossa

106Operation Barbarossa was launched against

• Soviet Union

107In 1942, Russians broke the German front at

• Stalingrad

108In 1942, the British defeated the Africa Corps at

• El Alamein

109The Marshall Plan was launched in

• June 1947

110The European Ecomic Community was formed in

• 1952 AD

111The Berlin Wall was built in

• 1961 AD

112In 1937,Japan attacked

• China

113In the first World War, Japan allied with

• Germany

114Pearl Harbour is located in

• Hawai

115During the first World War,America’s President was

• Roosewelt

116In February 1942, Singapore fell to

• Japan

117Indonesia became independent in

• 1948 AD

118Philippines became independent in

• 1946 AD

119Malaya became independent in

• 1957 AD

120The Cultural Revolution was launched in China in 1966 by

• Mao Tse-tung

121 Prior to its Independence, Korea was a

• Colony of Japan

122The Korean War was fought in

• 1950-53 AD

123Tibet is presently occupied by

• China

124During the 1945-52,Japan was occupied by

• United States troops

125In 1997, Hong Kong was reunified with

• China

126Ghana became independent in

• 1957 AD

127Before independence Ghana was a colony of

• Britain

128The earlier name of Ghana was

• Gold Coast

129Kenya became independent in

• 1963 AD

130Zimbabwe became independent in

• 1976 AD

131Before independence, Zimbabwe was a colony of

• Britain

132Zaire became independent in

• 1960 AD

133The earlier name of Zaire was

• Congo

134Before independence,Zaire was under the control of

• Belgians

135 Before independence,Angola was under the control of

• Portuguese

136The unpopular practise of South Africa was

• Apartheid

137South Africa withdrew from the British Common Wealth in

• 1961 AD

138 In 1994,the African National Congress won the elections in South Africa under the leadership o

• Nelson Mandela

139 The popular leader of Cuba is F

• idel Castro

140In 1990,Iraq attacked and occupied

• Kuwait

141In 1979,Afghanistan witnessed invasion by

• Soviet Union

142Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty was signed in

• 1991 AD

143During the Gulf War,Iraq fought under the leadership of

• Saddam Hussein

144The Shah of Iran was overthrown in

• 1979 AD

145Ayatollah Khomeini was the religious leader of

• Iran