World History MCQs Quiz Questions and Answers

2. Adolf Hitler was a __________ military and political leader.
(A) American
(B) British
(C) German
(D) French

3. Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated at the _______ in June 1815.
(A) Peninsular War
(B) Invasion of Russia
(C) Battle of Waterloo
(D) Battle of Leipzig

4. World War II in Europe was outbreak by the German invasion of
(A) Russia
(B) Poland
(C) Croatia
(D) France

5. United States was discovered by Christopher Columbus during his voyage in
(A) 1486
(B) 1488
(C) 1490
(D) 1492

6. In United States, the Congress declared independence from Great Britain on
(A) July 4, 1774
(B) July 4, 1775
(C) July 4, 1776
(D) July 4, 1777

7. North Atlantic Treaty of NATO was signed on _____ in Washington D.C.
(A) April 04, 1947
(B) April 04, 1948
(C) April 04, 1949
(D) April 04, 1950

8. In the war of 1812 between 13 States of US and Great Britain; Britain set fire to White House in
(A) April 1813
(B) August 1813
(C) April 1814
(D) August 1814

9. World War I was lasted from?
(A) 1914 to 1918
(B) 1913 to 1917
(C) 1914 to 1917
(D) 1913 to 1918

10. World War II was lasted from?
(A) 1939 to 1945
(B) 1939 to 1944
(C) 1937 to 1941
(D) 1937 to 1939

ANSWERS: HISTORY MCQs

1. D
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. A

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12. Belligerents of Battle of Salamis were ?
(A) Romans and Mithradates
(B) Phoenicians and Romans
(C) Greeks and Persians
(D) Spartans and Macedonians

13. Area where World’s first civilization emerged ?
(A) Mesopotamia
(B) Congo River valley
(C) Yucatan Peninsula
(D) Grand Canyon

14. Cyrus was the famous conqueror of ?
(A) Persia
(B) India
(C) Greece
(D) Egypt

15. Punic wars were fought between ?
(A) Carthage and Roman
(B) Romans and Gaul
(C) Romans and Vandals
(D) Greece and Romans

16. Hannibal was a renowned military strategist and general of ?
(A) Greece
(B) Carthage
(C) Sparta
(D) Troy

17. Rome conquered Jerusalem in ?
(A) 60 AD
(B) 70 AD
(C) 63 AD
(D) 80 AD

18. Name the Vandal King who conquered Western Roman Empire ?
(A) Odoacer
(B) Attila
(C) Charlemagne
(D) Justanian

19. Battle of Badr was fought in ?
(A) 625 AD
(B) 622 AD
(C) 620 AD
(D) 624 AD

20. Alexander was a king of ?
(A) Sparta
(B) Macedonia
(C) Greece
(D) Athens

ANSWERS: HISTORY QUIZ

11. B
12. C
13. A
14. A
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. D
20. B

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22. Arabs divested the provinces of __________ from Roman Empire ?
(A) Lebanon & Jordan
(B) Algeria & Libya
(C) Syria & Egypt
(D) Iraq & Iran

23. Crusaders besieged Jerusalem in ?
(A) 1099 AD
(B) 1100 AD
(C) 1094 AD
(D) 1096 AD

24. Battle of Hastings was fought in ?
(A) 1070 AD
(B) 1080 AD
(C) 1100 AD
(D) 1066 AD

25. Who was the First Norman king of England ?
(A) William
(B) Bjorn
(C) Harold Godwin son
(D) Henry

26. Peloponnesian wars were fought from ?
(A) 532 to 530 BC
(B) 490 to 480 BC
(C) 470 to 450 BC
(D) 431 to 404 BC

27. Founder of Ottoman dynasty was ?
(A) Ertughral
(B) Orkhan
(C) Osman
(D) Bayezid

28. Saladin took back Jerusalem after the Battle of ?
(A) Ajnadin
(B) Zama
(C) Ain u Jalloot
(D) Hittin

29. Who was the founder of sanguinary order of Assassins ?
(A) Omer Khayyam
(B) Hasan bin Sabbah
(C) Rashid u Din Sinan
(D) Rukn-ud-Din Khurshah

30. Helagu conquered Baghdad in ?
(A) 1258 AD
(B) 1259 AD
(C) 1260 AD
(D) 1261 AD

ANSWERS: HISTORY QUIZZES

21. A
22. C
23. A
24. D
25. A
26. D
27. C
28. D
29. B
30. A

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32. Which grandson of Genghis Khan ruled China ?
(A) Helagu
(B) Batu
(C) Janibeg
(D) Kublai

33. Gunpowder was first used in Subcontinent by ?
(A) Babur
(B) Tamerlane
(C) Ibrahim Lodhi
(D) Aurangzeb

34. Constantinople was conquered by Ottoman sultan ?
(A) Bayezid
(B) Salim
(C) Murad
(D) Muhammad

35. Spain came under the rule of Muslims after the Battle of ?
(A) Guadalete
(B) Las novas
(C) Tours
(D) Aqab

36. Muslim presence in Hispania lasted from ?
(A) 711 to 1492 AD
(B) 712 to 1096 AD
(C) 712 to 1098 AD
(D) 710 to 1498 AD

37. William the Conquerer was __________ before becoming King of England.
(A) Duke of Normandy
(B) King of Swedan
(C) A viking Earl
(D) Duke of Saxony

38. Who ruled the eastern part of Roman Empire after its division ?
(A) Diocletian
(B) Titus
(C) Constantine
(D) Augustus

39. Ashoka was a king of Subcontinent who ruled in ?
(A) 10th century BC
(B) 6th century BC
(C) 5th century BC
(D) 3rd century BC

40. Vikramaditya was a legendry emperor of ?
(A) Ujjain
(B) Nagpur
(C) Jaipur
(D) Rajhistan

ANSWERS: WORLD HISTORY QUIZZES

31. D
32. D
33. B
34. D
35. A
36. A
37. A
38. C
39. D
40. A

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42. Who helped initiate Crusades ?
(A) Pope Urban
(B) Charlemagne
(C) Henry
(D) Alfonso

43. In middle ages, economy was predominantly ?
(A) Pastoral
(B) Feudal
(C) Industrial
(D) Militaristic

44. Renaissance took inception in ?
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Spain
(D) Italy

45. Spain annexed Grenada, last Muslim stronghold, in ?
(A) 1492
(B) 1493
(C) 1494
(D) 1495

46. Baroque art was famous artistic style of ?
(A) Industrial ages
(B) Middle ages
(C) Renaissance
(D) Modern age

47. Reformation started in which country ?
(A) France
(B) England
(C) Germany
(D) Spain

48. Who attempted to reform the Church in 16th century?
(A) Martin Luther
(B) Calvin
(C) Erasmus
(D) Thomas Aquinas

49. Council of Trent was held from ?
(A) 1545 to 1563
(B) 1550 to 1556
(C) 1560 to 1563
(D) 1540 to 1545

50. Leonardo Da Vinci was an inventor, scientist and engineer of ?
(A) Florence
(B) Geneva
(C) Genoa
(D) Turin

ANSWERS: WORLD HISTORY QUIZ

41. B
42. A
43. B
44. D
45. A
46. C
47. C
48. A
49. A
50. A

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52. Taj Mahal was costructed by famous Mughal emperor ?
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Akbar
(C) Humayun
(D) Shah Jahan

53. Babur was the king of __________ at the time of his invasion of India.
(A) Turkemanistan
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Iran
(D) Tajikistan

54. First battle of panipat was fought between ?
(A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(B) Akbar and Lal Singh
(C) Ahmed Shah and Balaji Baji Rao
(D) Tamerlane and Behlol Lodi

55. Who is called the first emeror of China ?
(A) Qin Shi Huang
(B) Zheng He
(C) Qin Er Shi
(D) Shang Zhou

56. Name of the Mongol dynasty that ruled China ?
(A) Yuan
(B) Ming
(C) Qin
(D) Shun

57. Battle of Actium was a decisive war fought between ?
(A) Roman Republic and Octavian
(B) Mark Antony and Octavian
(C) Caesar and Pompey
(D) Saprtacus and Pompey

58. Battle of Lepanto was fought in ?
(A) 1570
(B) 1571
(C) 1560
(D) 1555

59. Galelio Galilie was a renowned philosopher, scientist and engineer of ?
(A) Spain
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Italy

60. Adam smith was one the pioneer of ?
(A) Sociology
(B) Militarism
(C) Anthropology
(D) Political economy

ANSWERS: WORLD HISTORY MCQS

51. B
52. D
53. B
54. A
55. A
56. A
57. A
58. B
59. D
60. D

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62. Peace treaty of Council of Westphalia was signed in ?
(A) 1670
(B) 1671
(C) 1672
(D) 1648

63. Habeas Corpus act was enacted in ?
(A) 1670
(B) 1660
(C) 1650
(D) 1679

64. Who was one of the rebel leader in English Civil war ?
(A) Oliver Cromwell
(B) Prince Rupert
(C) Charles II
(D) Henry

65. Joan of Arc was a French military leader and a hero of ?
(A) Thirty year war
(B) War of Roses
(C) Hundred year war
(D) French Civil war

66. Treaty of Tordesillas was concluded between ?
(A) Spain and France
(B) Spain and Portugal
(C) Holland and Belgium
(D) England and France

67. Which newly discovered land was named after Amerigo Vespucci ?
(A) West Indies
(B) America
(C) Indonesia
(D) Australia

68. Thirty Year War lasted from ?
(A) 1610 to 1640
(B) 1625 to 1665
(C) 1640 to 1670
(D) 1618 to 1648

69. US declared independence from England in ?
(A) 1787
(B) 1783
(C) 1776
(D) 1789

70. Who was the first president of United States ?
(A) John Adams
(B) George Washington
(C) Thomas Jefferson
(D) Richard Henry

ANSWERS: HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

61. C
62. D
63. D
64. A
65. C
66. B
67. B
68. D
69. C
70. B

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72. In which year French Revolution came ?
(A) 1789
(B) 1779
(C) 1769
(D) 1759

73. Who were ruling in France at the time of revolution ?
(A) Bourbons
(B) Medici
(C) Borgias
(D) Normans

74. Who was called the “Man of Destiny” ?
(A) Fredrick
(B) Napoleon
(C) William
(D) Henry

75. Napoleon invaded Egypt in ?
(A) 1798
(B) 1800
(C) 1805
(D) 1810

76. Battle of Waterloo brought the downfall of ?
(A) Napoleon
(B) Napoleon II
(C) Bourbons
(D) French Nobility

77. Battle of Waterloo was fought in year ?
(A) 1810
(B) 1815
(C) 1816
(D) 1814

78. Fredrick the Great was the king of ?
(A) Prussia
(B) England
(C) France
(D) Sweden

79. Who was the first chancellor of Germany ?
(A) Fredrick
(B) Whilhelm
(C) Otto Von Bismarck
(D) Adolf Hitler

80. Blood and Iron is a speech associated with ?
(A) Otto Von Bismarck
(B) Hitler
(C) Henry the Great
(D) Mussolini

ANSWERS: HISTORY QUESTIONS

71. B
72. A
73. A
74. B
75. A
76. A
77. B
78. A
79. C
80. A

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82. War of Independence was fought in which year ?
(A) 1856
(B) 1858
(C) 1857
(D) 1859

83. Who laid the foundation of British Colonialism in India ?
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Robert Clive
(C) George Barlow
(D) Lord Dufferin

84. Sultan Tipu embraced martyrdom in which year ?
(A) 1800
(B) 1796
(C) 1795
(D) 1799

85. Anglo-Afghan wars lasted from ?
(A) 1839-1842
(B) 1840-1842
(C) 1841-1842
(D) 1838-1842

86. Opium wars were fought between ?
(A) US and England
(B) England and India
(C) England and China
(D) England and Japan

87. Boxer rebellion took place in ?
(A) England
(B) Vietnam
(C) China
(D) Japan

88. British signed Treaty of Durand line with ?
(A) Wazir Akbar Khan
(B) Dost Muhammad Khan
(C) Abur Rehman Khan
(D) Jamal Khan Barakzai

89. Russo-Japanese war was fought during ?
(A) 1903-1905
(B) 1902-1903
(C) 1901-1902
(D) 1904-1905

90. In which year Bolshevik Revolution came ?
(A) 1911
(B) 1912
(C) 1913
(D) 1917

ANSWERS: WORLD HISTORY QUESTIONS

81. B
82. C
83. B
84. D
85. A
86. C
87. C
88. C
89. D
90. D

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92. League of Nations was founded in which year ?
(A) 1920
(B) 1921
(C) 1933
(D) 1939

93. Treaty of Versailles marked the end of ?
(A) Second world war
(B) First world war
(C) Russo-Japanese war
(D) Crimean wars

94. Ottoman Caliphate was abolished in ?
(A) 1924
(B) 1923
(C) 1921
(D) 1920

95. Battle of Gallipoli resulted in the victory of ?
(A) Turkey
(B) Allied Powers
(C) Ottomans
(D) England

96. Who was the emperor of Japan during second World War ?
(A) Chiang Kai Shek
(B) Taisho
(C) Sin Ke Qiang
(D) Hirohito

97. England fought second world war under the leadership of ?
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Roosevelt
(C) Mountbatten
(D) Clement Attlee

98. Year in which Cuban Missile Crisis took place ?
(A) 1960
(B) 1961
(C) 1962
(D) 1963

99. Paramilitary group that invaded Cuba under the aegis of CIA was called ?
(A) Brigade 2506
(B) Cuban liberation front
(C) United Cuban army
(D) Cuban tigers

100. Operation Searchlight was started by Pakistan Army in ?
(A) East Pakistan
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) India
(D) Kashmir

ANSWERS: WORLD HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
91. C
92. A
93. B
94. B
95. A
96. D
97. A
98. C
99. A
100. A

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