MCQs about History & World Affairs
1. The Congress of Vienna (1815) was
mainly organized to:
(A) Redraw the political map of Europe after Napoleon
(B) Establish the League of Nations
(C) Divide Africa among European powers
(D) Plan the defeat of the Ottoman Empire
Answer is : (A) Redraw the political
map of Europe after Napoleon
2. The “Iron Curtain” was a term
popularized by:
(A) Joseph Stalin
(B) Winston Churchill
(C) Harry Truman
(D) Charles de Gaulle
Answer is : (B) Winston Churchill
3. The Meiji Restoration in Japan
began in:
(A) 1848
(B) 1857
(C) 1868
(D) 1876
Answer is : (C) 1868
4. The Marshall Plan was primarily
aimed at:
(A) Rebuilding Europe after WWII
(B) Expanding U.S. military bases worldwide
(C) Containing communism in Asia
(D) Creating NATO
Answer is : (A) Rebuilding Europe
after WWII
5. The Battle of Hastings (1066) was
fought between:
(A) Normans and Anglo-Saxons
(B) French and English
(C) Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
(D) Normans and Franks
Answer is : (A) Normans and
Anglo-Saxons
6. Who was the first woman Prime
Minister in the world?
(A) Margaret Thatcher
(B) Golda Meir
(C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(D) Indira Gandhi
Answer is : (C) Sirimavo
Bandaranaike
7. The Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)
was a secret deal between:
(A) Britain and Russia
(B) Britain and France
(C) France and Germany
(D) USA and Britain
Answer is : (B) Britain and France
8. Who led the Bolshevik Revolution
in Russia (1917)?
(A) Leon Trotsky
(B) Joseph Stalin
(C) Vladimir Lenin
(D) Nikita Khrushchev
Answer is : (C) Vladimir Lenin
9. The famous explorer Marco Polo
was originally from:
(A) Spain
(B) Portugal
(C) Italy
(D) France
Answer is : (C) Italy
10. The Ottoman Empire officially
ended after:
(A) Treaty of Versailles, 1919
(B) Treaty of Lausanne, 1923
(C) Fall of Constantinople, 1453
(D) World War I, 1918
Answer is : (B) Treaty of Lausanne,
1923
11. The Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)
took place in:
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) Korea
(D) Vietnam
Answer is : (B) China
12. The Balfour Declaration (1917)
is associated with:
(A) Creation of the League of Nations
(B) U.S. entry into World War I
(C) British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine
(D) End of the Ottoman Caliphate
Answer is : (C) British support for
a Jewish homeland in Palestine
13. Who was the first President of
the United States to resign from office?
(A) Richard Nixon
(B) John F. Kennedy
(C) Andrew Johnson
(D) Bill Clinton
Answer is : (A) Richard Nixon
14. The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
was primarily between:
(A) USA and Cuba
(B) USA and USSR
(C) USSR and Britain
(D) USA and China
Answer is : (B) USA and USSR
15. The Indus Valley Civilization is
considered one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. It existed mainly
in:
(A) Egypt
(B) Mesopotamia
(C) South Asia
(D) China
Answer is : (C) South Asia
16. The Crimean War (1853–1856) was
fought between Russia and:
(A) France, Britain, Ottoman Empire
(B) Germany, Italy, Austria
(C) USA, Britain, France
(D) Ottoman Empire, Persia, Egypt
Answer is : (A) France, Britain,
Ottoman Empire
17. The Hundred Years’ War was
fought mainly between:
(A) Spain and Portugal
(B) France and England
(C) Germany and Italy
(D) England and Scotland
Answer is : (B) France and England
18. Who was known as the “Desert
Fox” during World War II?
(A) Dwight Eisenhower
(B) Erwin Rommel
(C) Bernard Montgomery
(D) George Patton
Answer is : (B) Erwin Rommel
19. The Khmer Rouge regime led by
Pol Pot ruled which country?
(A) Vietnam
(B) Cambodia
(C) Laos
(D) Thailand
Answer is : (B) Cambodia
20. The League of Nations failed
largely because:
(A) Germany and Japan refused to join
(B) The USA never joined
(C) It lacked a standing army
(D) All of the above
Answer is : (D) All of the above
21. The Partition of Bengal (1905)
was carried out by:
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Wellesley
Answer is : (A) Lord Curzon
22. The NATO alliance was
established in:
(A) 1945
(B) 1947
(C) 1949
(D) 1951
Answer is : (C) 1949
23. The capital of the Byzantine
Empire was:
(A) Rome
(B) Alexandria
(C) Constantinople
(D) Athens
Answer is : (C) Constantinople
24. The Opium Wars (19th century)
were fought between:
(A) Britain and Japan
(B) Britain and China
(C) France and China
(D) USA and China
Answer is : (B) Britain and China
25. Who was the last Tsar of Russia
before the revolution?
(A) Nicholas I
(B) Alexander II
(C) Nicholas II
(D) Peter the Great
Answer is : (C) Nicholas II
26. The Renaissance began in which
country?
(A) France
(B) Italy
(C) Spain
(D) Germany
Answer is : (B) Italy
27. The famous “Boston Tea Party”
was a protest against:
(A) British taxation
(B) French rule
(C) Spanish colonization
(D) Dutch trade monopoly
Answer is : (A) British taxation
28. The Korean War began in:
(A) 1949
(B) 1950
(C) 1951
(D) 1953
Answer is : (B) 1950
29. The United Nations headquarters
is located in:
(A) Geneva
(B) New York
(C) Paris
(D) London
Answer is : (B) New York
30. The term “Renaissance Man” is
often associated with:
(A) Napoleon Bonaparte
(B) Leonardo da Vinci
(C) Martin Luther
(D) Galileo Galilei
Answer is : (B) Leonardo da Vinci
31. The Berlin Blockade (1948–1949)
was an attempt by:
(A) USA to isolate East Berlin
(B) USSR to cut off West Berlin
(C) Britain to stop German unification
(D) France to control Berlin
Answer is : (B) USSR to cut off West
Berlin
32. Who was the first Emperor of
China?
(A) Han Wudi
(B) Qin Shi Huang
(C) Sun Yat-sen
(D) Kublai Khan
Answer is : (B) Qin Shi Huang
33. The French Revolution began in
which year?
(A) 1776
(B) 1789
(C) 1799
(D) 1815
Answer is : (B) 1789
34. The “Domesday Book” was compiled
during the reign of:
(A) Henry II
(B) Edward I
(C) William the Conqueror
(D) Richard the Lionheart
Answer is : (C) William the
Conqueror
35. The Vietnam War ended in:
(A) 1973
(B) 1975
(C) 1977
(D) 1979
Answer is : (B) 1975
36. Who was the founder of the
Ottoman Empire?
(A) Osman I
(B) Mehmed II
(C) Suleiman the Magnificent
(D) Murad I
Answer is : (A) Osman I
37. The “Scramble for Africa” was
formalized during:
(A) Paris Conference, 1856
(B) Berlin Conference, 1884–85
(C) Versailles Treaty, 1919
(D) Yalta Conference, 1945
Answer is : (B) Berlin Conference,
1884–85
38. The Spanish Armada was defeated
in:
(A) 1558
(B) 1588
(C) 1618
(D) 1648
Answer is : (B) 1588
39. Who was the founder of modern
Turkey?
(A) Ismet Inönü
(B) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
(C) Enver Pasha
(D) Abdul Hamid II
Answer is : (B) Mustafa Kemal
Atatürk
40. The “Great Depression” began
with the stock market crash of:
(A) 1927
(B) 1929
(C) 1931
(D) 1933
Answer is : (B) 1929
41. The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
resulted in the defeat of:
(A) Napoleon Bonaparte
(B) Otto von Bismarck
(C) Julius Caesar
(D) Charles V
Answer is : (A) Napoleon Bonaparte
42. The United Nations was founded
in:
(A) 1919
(B) 1939
(C) 1945
(D) 1950
Answer is : (C) 1945
43. The Reformation in Europe was
initiated by:
(A) John Calvin
(B) Martin Luther
(C) Henry VIII
(D) Zwingli
Answer is : (B) Martin Luther
44. The city of Carthage was located
in present-day:
(A) Egypt
(B) Tunisia
(C) Algeria
(D) Libya
Answer is : (B) Tunisia
45. Who was the first Emperor of the
Holy Roman Empire?
(A) Charlemagne
(B) Otto I
(C) Charles V
(D) Frederick I
Answer is : (A) Charlemagne
46. The Russo-Japanese War
(1904–1905) ended with the Treaty of:
(A) Portsmouth
(B) Versailles
(C) Tordesillas
(D) Utrecht
Answer is : (A) Portsmouth
47. The “Cultural Revolution” took
place in:
(A) Soviet Union
(B) China
(C) North Korea
(D) Vietnam
Answer is : (B) China
48. The city of Machu Picchu was
built by which civilization?
(A) Aztec
(B) Inca
(C) Maya
(D) Olmec
Answer is : (B) Inca
49. The Suez Crisis (1956) involved
which Egyptian leader?
(A) Anwar Sadat
(B) Hosni Mubarak
(C) Gamal Abdel Nasser
(D) King Farouk
Answer is : (C) Gamal Abdel Nasser
50. The Warsaw Pact was formed in
response to:
(A) Marshall Plan
(B) Truman Doctrine
(C) NATO
(D) League of Nations
Answer is : (C) NATO
51. The city of Troy, famous in
Homer’s epics, was located in present-day:
(A) Greece
(B) Turkey
(C) Italy
(D) Cyprus
Answer is : (B) Turkey
52. The famous speech “I Have a
Dream” was delivered by:
(A) Nelson Mandela
(B) Martin Luther King Jr.
(C) Malcolm X
(D) Barack Obama
Answer is : (B) Martin Luther King
Jr.
53. The Black Death (plague) first
struck Europe in:
(A) 1215
(B) 1347
(C) 1492
(D) 1520
Answer is : (B) 1347
54. The Battle of Stalingrad
(1942–1943) was fought between:
(A) Germany and Soviet Union
(B) USA and Germany
(C) Britain and Italy
(D) Japan and Soviet Union
Answer is : (A) Germany and Soviet
Union
55. The Magna Carta was signed in
which year?
(A) 1066
(B) 1215
(C) 1415
(D) 1517
Answer is : (B) 1215
56. The Roman Colosseum was mainly
used for:
(A) Gladiatorial contests
(B) Political debates
(C) Religious ceremonies
(D) Military training
Answer is : (A) Gladiatorial
contests
57. The Gulf War (1990–1991) was
triggered by the invasion of:
(A) Kuwait by Iraq
(B) Iraq by Iran
(C) Saudi Arabia by Iraq
(D) Kuwait by Iran
Answer is : (A) Kuwait by Iraq
58. The famous explorer Vasco da
Gama discovered the sea route to India in:
(A) 1492
(B) 1494
(C) 1498
(D) 1501
Answer is : (C) 1498
59. The Spanish Civil War
(1936–1939) ended with the victory of:
(A) Republicans
(B) Nationalists
(C) Communists
(D) Socialists
Answer is : (B) Nationalists
60. Who was the first President of
modern Egypt after monarchy was abolished?
(A) Hosni Mubarak
(B) Gamal Abdel Nasser
(C) Anwar Sadat
(D) Muhammad Naguib
Answer is : (D) Muhammad Naguib
61. The Crusades were primarily
fought between:
(A) Christians and Muslims
(B) Catholics and Protestants
(C) Romans and Greeks
(D) Mongols and Persians
Answer is : (A) Christians and
Muslims
62. Who discovered America in 1492?
(A) Ferdinand Magellan
(B) Christopher Columbus
(C) Amerigo Vespucci
(D) James Cook
Answer is : (B) Christopher Columbus
63. The Cold War ended with the
collapse of the Soviet Union in:
(A) 1987
(B) 1989
(C) 1991
(D) 1993
Answer is : (C) 1991
64. The Great Wall of China was
mainly built to protect against:
(A) Japanese
(B) Mongols
(C) Persians
(D) Indians
Answer is : (B) Mongols
65. The “Long March” is associated
with which leader?
(A) Mao Zedong
(B) Sun Yat-sen
(C) Chiang Kai-shek
(D) Ho Chi Minh
Answer is : (A) Mao Zedong
66. The Mughal ruler Akbar was the
grandson of:
(A) Humayun
(B) Babur
(C) Jahangir
(D) Sher Shah Suri
Answer is : (B) Babur
67. The Treaty of Versailles (1919)
ended:
(A) World War I
(B) World War II
(C) Franco-Prussian War
(D) Crimean War
Answer is : (A) World War I
68. Who was the first Emperor of
Rome?
(A) Julius Caesar
(B) Augustus Caesar
(C) Nero
(D) Marcus Aurelius
Answer is : (B) Augustus Caesar
69. The American Civil War was
fought between:
(A) USA and Britain
(B) North and South states of USA
(C) USA and France
(D) USA and Spain
Answer is : (B) North and South
states of USA
70. The ancient city of Babylon was
located in present-day:
(A) Egypt
(B) Iraq
(C) Iran
(D) Syria
Answer is : (B) Iraq
71. The Nobel Peace Prize was first
awarded in:
(A) 1895
(B) 1901
(C) 1910
(D) 1925
Answer is : (B) 1901
72. The Peloponnesian War was fought
between:
(A) Athens and Sparta
(B) Rome and Carthage
(C) Greece and Persia
(D) Macedonia and Athens
Answer is : (A) Athens and Sparta
73. The Industrial Revolution began
in which country?
(A) France
(B) Germany
(C) Britain
(D) USA
Answer is : (C) Britain
74. Who was the last Emperor of the
Western Roman Empire (deposed in 476 AD)?
(A) Romulus Augustulus
(B) Constantine
(C) Diocletian
(D) Nero
Answer is : (A) Romulus Augustulus
75. The Great Fire of London took
place in:
(A) 1556
(B) 1666
(C) 1766
(D) 1866
Answer is : (B) 1666
76. The policy of “Apartheid” was
enforced in:
(A) USA
(B) South Africa
(C) Australia
(D) Brazil
Answer is : (B) South Africa
77. The Bolshevik Party later became
known as the:
(A) Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(B) Social Democratic Party
(C) Workers’ Party of Russia
(D) Marxist Revolutionaries
Answer is : (A) Communist Party of
the Soviet Union
78. The explorer Ferdinand Magellan
is credited with:
(A) Discovering America
(B) Leading the first circumnavigation of the globe
(C) Discovering sea route to India
(D) Exploring Australia
Answer is : (B) Leading the first
circumnavigation of the globe
79. The Khmer Empire was based in
present-day:
(A) Vietnam
(B) Cambodia
(C) Thailand
(D) Laos
Answer is : (B) Cambodia
80. The United States dropped the
first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in:
(A) 1943
(B) 1944
(C) 1945
(D) 1946
Answer is : (C) 1945
81. The Persian Empire was founded
by:
(A) Xerxes
(B) Cyrus the Great
(C) Darius I
(D) Cambyses
Answer is : (B) Cyrus the Great
82. The Vietnam War ended with the
fall of:
(A) Hanoi
(B) Saigon
(C) Hue
(D) Phnom Penh
Answer is : (B) Saigon
83. The famous explorer James Cook
is known for his voyages to:
(A) Africa
(B) South America
(C) Australia & Pacific Islands
(D) North America
Answer is : (C) Australia &
Pacific Islands
84. The Roman Emperor Constantine is
famous for:
(A) Dividing the empire
(B) Legalizing Christianity
(C) Expanding the empire into Persia
(D) Building the Colosseum
Answer is : (B) Legalizing
Christianity
85. The term “Iron Chancellor”
refers to:
(A) Adolf Hitler
(B) Otto von Bismarck
(C) Joseph Goebbels
(D) Kaiser Wilhelm II
Answer is : (B) Otto von Bismarck
86. The Great Schism of 1054 divided
Christianity into:
(A) Catholic and Protestant
(B) Catholic and Orthodox
(C) Protestant and Orthodox
(D) Eastern and Oriental Churches
Answer is : (B) Catholic and
Orthodox
87. The famous city of Petra is
located in present-day:
(A) Jordan
(B) Syria
(C) Egypt
(D) Saudi Arabia
Answer is : (A) Jordan
88. The United States entered World
War I in:
(A) 1915
(B) 1916
(C) 1917
(D) 1918
Answer is : (C) 1917
89. The Berlin Conference (1884–85)
was about:
(A) Division of Africa
(B) End of slavery
(C) Balance of power in Europe
(D) Colonization of Asia
Answer is : (A) Division of Africa
90. The famous “Salt March” in India
was led by:
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer is : (B) Mahatma Gandhi
91. The city of Timbuktu was a
famous center of learning in which empire?
(A) Mali Empire
(B) Songhai Empire
(C) Ghana Empire
(D) Kushite Empire
Answer is : (A) Mali Empire
92. The famous line “Mr. Gorbachev,
tear down this wall!” was spoken by:
(A) John F. Kennedy
(B) Ronald Reagan
(C) George Bush Sr.
(D) Margaret Thatcher
Answer is : (B) Ronald Reagan
93. The earliest known code of laws,
“Code of Hammurabi,” was developed in:
(A) Egypt
(B) Mesopotamia
(C) Persia
(D) Greece
Answer is : (B) Mesopotamia
94. The city of Hiroshima is located
on which Japanese island?
(A) Honshu
(B) Hokkaido
(C) Shikoku
(D) Kyushu
Answer is : (A) Honshu
95. The assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand triggered:
(A) World War I
(B) World War II
(C) Crimean War
(D) Cold War
Answer is : (A) World War I
96. The famous “Berlin Airlift” took
place in:
(A) 1947–48
(B) 1948–49
(C) 1950–51
(D) 1952–53
Answer is : (B) 1948–49
97. The Mayan Civilization was
located in:
(A) South America
(B) Central America
(C) North America
(D) Africa
Answer is : (B) Central America
98. The famous book “The Prince” was
written by:
(A) Thomas Hobbes
(B) Niccolò Machiavelli
(C) John Locke
(D) Montesquieu
Answer is : (B) Niccolò Machiavelli
99. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
(1943) was against:
(A) Soviet occupation
(B) Nazi Germany
(C) Polish government
(D) Austro-Hungarian Empire
Answer is : (B) Nazi Germany
100. The famous ancient library of
Alexandria was located in:
(A) Greece
(B) Egypt
(C) Rome
(D) Syria
Answer is : (B) Egypt
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