GK - World History 2

1. The first World War broke out in

a) 1919
b) 1914
c) 1939
d) 1944

2. The Battle of Waterloo took place in

a) 1815
b) 1800
c) 1911
d) 1839

3. Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of Second World War?

a) Winston Churchill
b) Neville Chamberlain
c)Clement Atlee
d) James Ramsay MacDonald

4. Who among the following is associated with the Peacock throne?

a) Shah Jahan
b) Jahangir
c) Akbar
d) Babur

5. Who among the following signed the charter called ‘Magna Carta’?

a) King John II
b) Henry II
c) Edward II
d) Henry V

6. Magna Carta was signed in

a) 1215
b) 1485
c) 1138
d) 1189

7. In which year did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany?

a) 1933
b) 1939
c) 1945
d) 1951

8. Which of the following parties was credited by Lenin in Russia in 1918?

a) Red Army
b) White Forces
c) Green Grenade
d) Blue Rifle

9. In which year did the Soviet Union disintegrate into independent states?

a) 1991
b) 1992
c) 1993
d) 1994

10. Who became the first black President of South Africa in 1994?

a) Desmond Tutu
b) Milton Obote
c) Robert Mugabe
d) Nelson Mandela

11. In which year did Victoria become the Queen of Great Britain?

a) 1857
b) 1837
c) 1887
d) 1911

12. The Norman Conquest of England took place in

a) 1066
b) 1138
c) 1042
d) 1087

13. Which of the following nations was granted self-government in internal affairs by the Durham report?

a) India
b) Canada
c) Japan
d) Argentina

14. Which of the following is hailed as the ‘Bible of the English Constitution’?

a) Bill of Rights
b) Magna Carta
c) Reforms Act of 1832
d) Parliament Act of 1911

15. The Renaissance Movement first began in

a) Italy
b) England
c) France
d) Germany

16. Who defined Liberalism as the philosophy of ‘Live and let live’?

a) Bertrand Russel
b) Harold Laski
c) JS Mill
d) Jeremy Bentham

17. At which of the following places was the Declaration of Independence of the American Colonies adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776?

a) Washington DC
b) New York
c) Chicago
d) Philadelphia

18. With which of the following is the famous ‘Tennis Court Oath’ associated?

a) American War of Independence
b) French Revolution
c) Emperor Czar Alexander
d) Italian Renaissance

19. Who among the following leaders said ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat’?

a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Subash Chandra Bose
d) Winston Churchill

20. When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

a) 1919
b) 1921
c) 1943
d) 1945

21. Id-l-Milad is associated with which of the following?

a) the martyrdom of Hussein
b) the birth of Prophet Muhammad
c) the death of Muhammad
d) none of these

22. The eleven independent states of former Soviet Union have assumed the name of

a) Cooperative Commonwealth
b) Commonwealth of independent States
c) East European Commonwealth
d) None of these

23. Which one of the following was the only European power trading in India in the seventeenth century?

a) The English
b) The French
c) The Portuguese
d) The Danish

24. ‘Man is born free yet everywhere he is in chains’. Who said this?

a) Rousseau
b) Voltaire
c) Emerson
d) Karl Marx

25. In the American War of Independence, the leader who was put in command of American forces was

a) Thomas Jefferson
b) George Washington
c) Thomas Paine
d) Abraham Lincoln

Answers

1. 1914
2. 1815
3. Winston Churchill
4. Shah Jahan
5. King John II
6. 1215
7. 1933
8. Red Army
9. 1991
10. Nelson Mandela
11. 1837
12. 1066
13. Canada
14. Magna Carta
15. Italy
16. JS Mill
17. Philadelphia
18. French Revolution
19. Winston Churchill
20. 1919
21. The birth of prophet Muhammad
22. Commonwealth of Independent States
23. the Portuguese
24. Rousseau
25. George Washington