World history

No: 1 - Q:The first news paper in the world was started by?
Ans- China

No: 2 - Q:Who is known as Man of Blood and Iron?
Ans- Bismarck

No: 3 - Q:Emergence of two power blocs after the second world war. What are they?
Ans- Emergence of two great power blocs

No: 4 - Q:What were the watchwords for French Revolution?
Ans-Liberty , Equality and Fraterenity

No: 5 - Q:Who is called the Napoleon of Iran?
Ans- Nader Shah

No: 6 - Q:Which is considered as oldest civilization of the world?
Ans- Mesopotamian Civilization

No: 7 - Q:Who is considered as the master of Greek comedy ?
Ans-Aristophanes

No: 8 - Q:Young Italy movement by led by two revolutionaries, One was "Mazzini" and Other was?
Ans- Garibaldi

No: 9 - Q:Which of these was an action of Farmers Alliances ?
Ans-Involving farmers in political action & Helping farmers fight for better prices

No: 10 - Q:Which among following is called "Gift of the Nile" ?
Ans- Egypt

No: 11 - Q:In which country Aztec civilization was originated ?
Ans- Mexico

No: 12 - Q:Whose period was known as the Golden Age of Rome
Ans- Augustus Caesar

No: 13 - Q:During Kargil War, Who was the Indian Army chief of staff
Ans-Ved Prakash Malik

No: 14 - Q:The oldest dynasty still ruling in which country?
Ans- Japan

No: 15 - Q:The slogan No taxation without representation was first raised during the American Revolution in?
Ans- Massachussets Assembly

No: 16 - Q:Which political party used to have swastik symbol ?
Ans-National Socialist Party, Germany

No: 17 - Q:Who was the modern world's first woman head of government?
Ans- Sirimao Bandaru nayake

No: 18 - Q:Who is the First Test Tube Twins Babies in the World ?
Ans-Stephan & Amanda

No: 19 - Q:Who was among the famous Roman poets ?
Ans-Virgil

No: 20 - Q:Is statement about the clergy is true or false ?
Ans-TRUE

No: 21 - Q:Which of the following tribes does not share its name to a mountain peak?
Ans- Bheel

No: 22 - Q:What was the name of the atom bomb dropped by USA on Hiroshima in Japan during the second world war ?
Ans- Little Boy

No: 23 - Q:When did the first Railway Train begin to carry passengers and freight?
Ans- 1830 AD

No: 24 - Q:Who among the following empasized the 'Five Relationships?
Ans- Confucius

No: 25 - Q:Which Battle marked the end of Napoleon era ?
Ans-Waterloo

No: 26 - Q:Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by Indians ?
Ans-Because it was made up of Britishers.

No: 27 - Q:Which is true of the 1912 presidential election ?
Ans-Because all three major candidates were Progressive, Progressive votes were split

No: 28 - Q:The earliest Chinese civilization of which archaeologists tell us in the _______ civilization ?
Ans- Shang

No: 29 - Q:Who among the following devised the method of making 'Pakka' roads?
Ans- Mc Adam

No: 30 - Q:The historical monument Al Khazneh is located in which city?
Ans- Petra

No: 31 - Q:Which country has always remained free from foreign rule?
Ans- Nepal

No: 32 - Q:The English King who was prepared to exchange his kingdom for a horse was /
Ans-Richard III

No: 33 - Q:'The Peloponnesian war' was fought between _______ and _____ ?
Ans-Sparta and Athens

No: 34 - Q:Russian revolutionary, who founded the Communist Party was?
Ans- Lenin

No: 35 - Q:France joined the Triple Entente because ?
Ans-it needed protection from Germany

No: 36 - Q:Who said that " Man is a political animal" ?
Ans- Aristotle

No: 37 - Q:The schools which taught primary education to Muslims during the period of sultanate ?
Ans-Makthabs

No: 38 - Q:Which of the following city has highest historical monuments ?
Ans-Delhi

No: 39 - Q:Whose winter residence did potala palace serve as till 1959 ?
Ans- Dalai lama

No: 40 - Q:The US President who was forced to resign due to the Watergate scandal was ?
Ans-Nixon

No: 41 - Q:The invasion of which of these countries in 1939 widely regarded to have started World War II ?
Ans-Poland

No: 42 - Q:Who is also known as the founder of scientific socialism ?
Ans-Karl Marx

No: 43 - Q:The Opium war id held between which two countries ?
Ans-China and England

No: 44 - Q:Which of the following structures was built in the memory of soldiers who fought in world war 1
Ans-India Gate

No: 45 - Q:The only Communist Government of Europe which had kept itself free from the influence of Soviet Union is ______ ?
Ans-Yugoslavia

No: 46 - Q:A system of writing evolved by Sumerians is known as ______ ?
Ans-Cuneiform

No: 47 - Q:Which of the following countries was associated with Khmer Rouge ?
Ans-Combodia

No: 48 - Q:The most imposing of all the pyramids is the Great Pyramid at Gizeh near Cairo, was built about 2650 B.C by the ____ of the Old kingdom ?
Ans-Pharaoh Cheops (Khufu)

No: 49 - Q:What is the name of autobiography of Adolf Hitler?
Ans- Mein Kampf

No: 50 - Q:When was the Opium war held between Britain and China ?
Ans- 1839

No: 51 - Q:USA suggsted a policy, according to which all countries would have equal rights to trade anywhere in China,was known as_______ ?
Ans-open Door Policy and Me Too Policy

No: 52 - Q:Where is the 'Pearl Harbour' located ?
Ans- Pacific ocean

No: 53 - Q:Habeas Corpus Act was passed in ___?
Ans- 1679

No: 54 - Q:Which year is associated with the Boston Tea Party ?
Ans- 1773

No: 55 - Q:With which of the following is the term Liberty, Equality and Fraternity associated ?
Ans-French Revolution

No: 56 - Q:Which, among the following, was the most powerful kingdom of Italy on the eve of unification ?
Ans-Sardinia

No: 57 - Q:Who began the construction of a wall in ancient China, to keep out invaders from the north, known as the Great wall of China?
Ans- Chin Ruler

No: 58 - Q:Who is the first woman in space ?
Ans-Valentina Tereshkova

No: 59 - Q:In which year American Independence was acknowledged by England?
Ans- 1783

No: 60 - Q:In which year Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany?
Ans- 1933

No: 51 - Q:A constitutional convention was called in Philadelphia to frame a new Constitution of America, which came into effect in _________ ?
Ans-1789

No: 62 - Q:Which of these cities has one part of it is in Asia and other part in Europe ?
Ans-Istanbul

No: 63 - Q:Who did the historian K M Pannikar call "India's new Manu, the spirit of modern law incarnate" ?
Ans-Thomas Babington Macaulay

No: 64 - Q:Which company made the first tea bags ?
Ans-Tetley

No: 65 - Q:Which of the following year is considered as the first year of the Muslim calender?
Ans- AD 622

No: 66 - Q:Which of the following statements about Australian football is TRUE?
Ans- Goals are scored by kicking the ball through goal posts

No: 67 - Q:Colonial America adopted whose NCO traditions?
Ans- France

No: 68 - Q:Florence Nightingale was known as ?
Ans-Lady of the Lamp

No: 69 - Q:Pearl Harbour is located in ?
Ans-Hawai

No: 70 - Q:Which of the following describes the Urban League ?
Ans-focused on helping poor African American workers

No: 71 - Q:The first President of USA was ?
Ans-George Washington

No: 72 - Q:A constitutional monarchy provides what power to a monarch ?
Ans-Only power given in the constitution

No: 73 - Q:The 1849 Gold-Rush was due to gold discovered at?
Ans- Northern California

No: 74 - Q:The 1911 Chinese revolution ended the rule of the?
Ans- Manchus dynasty

No: 75 - Q:'Sphinx' is associated with which of the following civilizations ?
Ans-Egyptian Civilization

No: 76 - Q:Which of the following poems was/were credited to a Greek poet named Homer ?
Ans-Iliad and Odyssey

No: 77 - Q:Which of the following events of World History marked the beginning of the Second World War?
Ans- Invasion of Poland by German armies

No: 78 - Q:Who organized 'Red Army'?
Ans- Trotsky

No: 79 - Q:In 1994,the African National Congress won the elections in South Africa under the leadership of ?
Ans-Nelson Mandela

No: 80 - Q:When was the Battle of Marathon occurred ?
Ans-490 B.C

No: 81 - Q:The international crisis in 2014 between Russia and Ukraine belongs to which of the following place?
Ans- Crimea

No: 82 - Q:Name the Harappan site in modern Gujarat , the only indus site close to the sea ?
Ans-Lothal

No: 83 - Q:In Which three languages is the Rosetta Stone written?
Ans- Greek, demotic Egyptian and hieroglyphics.

No: 84 - Q:What is the world’s oldest surviving republic?
Ans- ?
Ans-San Marino

No: 85 - Q:Which of these fields was the lost generation associated with ?
Ans-Literature

No: 86 - Q:Which among the following pairs is mismatched ?
Ans-Green Revolution – 1991

No: 87 - Q:In 1933 congress repealed prohibition with the ?
Ans-21st Amendment

No: 88 - Q:Which of the following civilization is associated with ?
Ans-'Achaemenid Empire Iranian Civilization

No: 89 - Q:Which of the following is the sacred book of Judaism?
Ans- Old Testament and Aporypha

No: 90 - Q:Who was the first to sail round the world ?
Ans-Magellan

No: 91 - Q:The New Deal ended in 1938 partly because?
Ans- national concern shifted to overseas aggression

No: 92 - Q:What is the main purpose of state legislatures?
Ans- to make and pass laws at the state level

No: 93 - Q:In which year Bartholomew Diaz reached Cape of Good Hope?
Ans- 1487

No: 94 - Q:What was the unique about the way in which these three Indian states slipped into British hands - Satara in 1848, Jhansi in 1853 and Nagpur in 1854?
Ans- Because of the Doctrine of Lapse; if Hindu rulers did not have direct natural heirs, the British would impose their rule

No: 95 - Q:When was Bulkan War II fought?
Ans- 1913

No: 96 - Q:Which dynasty was in power throughout the 1500's in China?
Ans- Ming

No: 97 - Q:Which country is associated with the 'Jesuit School' ?
Ans-Spain

No: 98 - Q:A king of the Roman Empire, in 37 B.C, became the most powerful and ruled for 44 years.Who was that king?
Ans- Octavian

No: 99 - Q:Which of the following civilization is associated with 'Laws of Twelve Tables' ?
Ans-Roman Civilization

No: 100 - Q:Who was the last Emperor of Rome?
Ans- Romulus Augustulus

No: 101 - Q:When the European union formed nations began to?
Ans- cooperate on law enforcement.

No: 102 - Q:Which of the following contributed to the failure of prohibition ?
Ans-organized crime controlled illegal alcohol production

No: 103 - Q:What is Portland Bill ?
Ans-A Lighthouse

No: 104 - Q:Which dynasty was responsible for the Mahabalipuram monuments near Chennai?
Ans- Pallava

No: 105 - Q:The Marine Corps philosophy of leadership is based upon developing individual Marine?
Ans- TRUE

No: 106 - Q:Who described his policy of unification as one of 'blood and iron'?
Ans- Bismarck

No: 107 - Q:Who wrote the first history book?
Ans- Herodotus

No: 108 - Q:Who started the construction of Colosseum in Rome ?
Ans-Vespasian

No: 109 - Q:The fall of the Czar in Russia is known as _______?
Ans- February Revolution

No: 110 - Q:Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in 1941 against the ?
Ans-Soviet Union

No: 111 - Q:Where in South India has the largest collection of Roman coins been found?
Ans- Coimbatore

No: 112 - Q:What movement tried to end racial discrimination ?
Ans-The Civil Rights movement

No: 113 - Q:Who was the first ruler to consolidate the slavic tribes ?
Ans-Rurik

No: 114 - Q:Which period in medieval western Europe is known as 'Dark Ages' ?
Ans-Early Middle Ages

No: 115 - Q:What resulted from the French and Indian war?
Ans- ?
Ans-France lost its Canadian territory

No: 116 - Q:The bankruptcy of which company initiated the Panic of 1873 ?
Ans-Jay Cooke & Company

No: 117 - Q:French Revolution was started in the Year ?
Ans-1789

No: 118 - Q:The first country to make a constitution?
Ans- United States

No: 119 - Q:In which year American Revolution started?
Ans- 1775

No: 120 - Q:The name of ancient Egyptian script is ________ ?
Ans-Hieroglyphic

No: 121 - Q:Of which country was the religion 'Shintoism?
Ans- Japan

No: 122 - Q:Which period in history, is known as '100 days' ?
Ans-The interval of time between Napoleon's escape from Elba and his abdication after the Battle of Waterloo

No: 123 - Q:Boston Tea Party incident happened in ?
Ans-1773

No: 124 - Q:'Babeuf's Conspiracy' , an important event in the history socialism, was associated with which of the following countries?
Ans- France

No: 125 - Q:The Bolschevik revolution occurred in?
Ans- 1917 AD

No: 126 - Q:Which of the following countries is associated with 'Glorious Revolution'?
Ans- England

No: 127 - Q:Buckingham palace became the official royal residence during the reign of which British monarch ?
Ans-Queen Victoria

No: 128 - Q:Two important schools of philosophy Stoicism and Epicureanism were associated with________?
Ans- Greeks

No: 129 - Q:The First battle of which war was the Battle of Alma ?
Ans-Crimean war

No: 130 - Q:Guernica, the world famous painting was painted by ?
Ans- Picasso

No: 131 - Q:The Last Supper is an immortal paintings of ?
Ans- Leonardo Da Vinci

No: 132 - Q:Wilhelm I was declared kaiser of Germany in?
Ans- 1871

No: 133 - Q:July 14 is celebrated every year as a national holiday in France. On this day in 1789, ?
Ans- The fall of Bastille took place

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