GK - World History 1

1. Which of the following year is associated with the outbreak of World War II?

a) 1935
b) 1937
c) 1638
d) 1939

2. Who was the author of the American Declaration of Independence?

a) George Washington
b) Thomas Paine
c) Lafayette
d) Thomas Jefferson

3. The Russian city where a tank of radio active waste exploded in April 1993 is

a) Chernobyl
b) Serov
c) Tomsk-7
d) Cerepovec

4. The Hijra era is counted from

a) 1526 AD
b) 712 AD
c) 632 AD
d) 622 AD

5. The Gulf war of 1991 was precipitated by the Iraqi annexation of

a) Bahrain
b) Kuwait
c) Saudi Arabia
d) South Yemen

6. Who among the following were known as ‘Physiocrats’ at the time of French Revolution?

a) The clergy
b) economists
c) the nobility
d) medical professionals

7. The parleys between the Prime Ministers Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indira Gandhi, so much referred to in world politics, were held at

a) Manali
b) Rawalpindi
c) Shimla
d) Islamabad

8. Which of the following was strongly advocated by Fascism?

a) disarmament
b) federalism
c) secularism
d) war

9. Fabian socialism emerged first in

a) India
b) Great Britain
c) Germany
d) Russia

10. Which of the following is not associated with socialism?

a) Fabianism
b) Syndicalism
c) Communism
d) Fascism

11. Russian revolution took place in

a) 1789
b) 1776
c) 1688
d) 1917

12. In America, the Bill of Rights was added to the Federal Constitution largely at the instance of

a) Thomas Jefferson
b) George Washington
c) Thomas Paine
d) Benjamin Franklin

13. Who wrote ‘Das Capital’?

a) Engel
b) Lenin
c) Karl Marx
d) Adam Smith

14. Civil Disobedience is associated with

a) Voltaire
b) Thomas Paine
c) HD Thoreau
d) Thomas Hobbes

15. French Revolution took place in

a) 1789
b) 1776
c) 1688
d) 1917

16. Who among the following is associated with the philosophy of ‘the social contract’?

a) Voltaire
b) Thomas Paine
c) HD Thoreau
d) Thomas Hobbes

17. American War of Independence took place in

a) 1776
b) 1789
c) 1801
d) 1919

18. Which of the following was built between 3000 BC and 1800 BC?

a) The tomb of Alexander
b) The Collosus of Rhodes
c) The Palace of Diana at Ephesis
d) The Pyramids of Egypt

19. Which of the following parties is associated with former Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan?

a) Pakistan People’s Party
b) Jamhurie Islam
c) Tehreek e-Insaf
d) Awami League

20. Who among the following is associated with the philosophy of ‘Rights of Man’?

a) Thomas Paine
b) Rousseau
c) Emerson
d) Abraham Lincoln

21. The Cairo Summit held in March 1996 was concerned with which of the following?

a) peace in West Asia
b) terrorism
c) oil crisis
d) economic aid to African countries

22. No taxation without representation is a well-known slogan associated with which of the following?

a) French revolution
b) British civil war
c) Indian National Movement
d) American War of Independence

23. Which one of the following is not related to the continuing turmoil in Bosnia?

a) Serbs
b) Muslims
c) Jews
d) Croats

24. The fall of the prison at Bastille is associated with which of the following?

a) Russian revolution
b) French revolution
c) American War of Independence
d) none of those

25. Who among the following faced a devastating defeat in the battle of Waterloo?

a) Duke of Wellington
b) Napoleon
c) Alexander the Great
d) Hitler

Answers

1. 1939
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Chernobyl
4. 622 AD
5. Kuwait
6. economists
7. Shimla
8. war
9. Great Britain
10. Fascism
11. 1917
12. Thomas Jefferson
13. Karl Marx
14. HD Thoreau
15. 1789
16. Voltaire
17. 1776
18. The Pyramids of Egypt
19. Tehreeq-e-Insaf
20. Thomas Paine
21. terrorism
22. American War of Independence
23. Jews
24. French revolution
25. Napoleon