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World History MCQ Questions Set-1

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1 During the First World War which country signed the Peace Treaty (1917) with Germany
2 When did United Kingdom declared war on Germany which lead to World War II?
3 In which year America joined the Second World War
4 The immediate cause for the out break of the first World War was
5 Who were the Axis powers in World War-II?
6 On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?
7 The last country of Axis power to surrender during the end of the World War II was
8 Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War
9 The war criminals of the World War-II were put to trial in
10 Where was republic established in Germany after the First World War
11 When was ancient Rome founded?
12 When was Bulgaria founded?
13 When was NATO signed?
14 In which year Alexander the Great become the king of Macedonia
15 When was Socrates born?
16 When was Sputnik 1 launched?
17 The worlds first drainage system was build by the people of
18 Which of the following group of thinkers influenced Fascism?
19 From which language has the term democracy been derived?
20 Who made the famous statement Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains.
21 Napoleon-I and the Duke of Wellington fought the famous
22 Which Mountains volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
23 When was the All Red Line inaugurated?
24 Who was the king during the french revolution
25 Genghis Khan died in the year
26 Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement ZXCAnarchism?
27 Fascism believes in the application of the principle of
28 Whom did Henry Tudor defeat in 1485?
29 Queen Elizabeth I of England belongs to which dynasty
30 Who proclaimed the First Crusade?
31 Which one was the capital city of Byzantine Empire
32 When was Hammer of the Witches published?
33 Pearl Harbour an American Naval and Airforce base was attacked by
34 When did Henry Tudor seize the crown?
35 Who was the King of Britain during the First World War?
36 Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
37 The famous painting Monalisa was the creation of
38 Who was popularly known as Africas Gandhi?
39 Who made tripartite periodisation standard?
40 In which year Napoleon I crowned himself as Emperor of France
41 Who united Norway Denmark and Sweden?
42 The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called
43 Who was the US President during World War II
44 One of the important factors that led to the World War-II the humiliating provisions in one of the following treaties. Which is that treaty?
45 Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?
46 Who officially instituted the first system of imperial examinations in China?
47 Democracy is a ZXCgovernment in which everyone has a share was the opinion of
48 Marco Polo was a traveller from __________
49 The Second World War started in the year
50 The Hundred Years War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between
51 Napoleon was exiled to the Saint Helena after the defeat in the war of
52 The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Carter and George Herbert in the year
53 Crimean War was started in the year
54 Cold War refers to
55 When was the first of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war victims adopted?
56 The First Opium War was fought between British and __________
57 First war of Crusade was ended in the year
58 When did the Chinese Civil War begin?
59 Till when did the Hundred Years War last?
60 Till when did the Wars of the Roses last?
61 Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?
62 When did Greco-Persian Wars end?
63 The war of Falklands was fought between which two countries
64 First Sino-Japanese War was fought in the year
65 American Civil War was started in the year
66 The Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire started in the year
67 When did the Vietnam war occur?
68 The Falklands War was fought in the year
69 The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
70 Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
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