world History

No.	Question	Answer
01	The first Olympiad was held in Greece in the year	776 BC
02	Rome was founded in the year	753 BC
03	The Great wall of China was built in the year	214 BC
04	The first voyage around the world was undertook by whom in 1522	Magellan
05	The first President of USA was	George Washington
06	Which Battle marked the end of Napoleon era	Waterloo
07	The American War of Independence was fought between	America and Great Britain
08	Adolf Hitler was also known as	Fuhrer
09	The first woman in world to become the Prime minister of a country was	Sirimao Bandara Naike
10	The Emperor of Germany who dismissed his Chancellor Bismark in 1980 was	William II
11	Two Presidents of USA were father and son.Their names were	John Adams & Quincey
12	The UNO came into existance in	1945 AD
13	The king of England before Elizabeth II was	George VI
14	Queen Elizabeth I ascended the throne of England in the year	1558 AD
15	The Statue of Liberty of New York was a gift from	France
16	Hitler's secret service was also known as	Gestapo
17	The last Emperor of Rome was	Romulus Augustus
18	Florence Nightingale was known as	Lady of the Lamp
19	Mao Tse Tung died in the year	1976 AD
20	In 1806,the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by	Napolean
21	The country which celebrates Independence day on 15th August, apart from India, is	South Korea
22	The first World War ended in	1918 AD
23	The US President who was forced to resign due to the Watergate scandal was	Nixon
24	The Second World War ended in	1945 AD
25	The first communist manifesto was issued in	1848 AD
26	The first Prime Minister of Independent Kenya was	Jomo Kenyatta
27	Malenkov became the Soviet Prime Minister after the death of	Stalin
28	The first British Prime Minister was	Sir Robert Walpole
29	The French revolution took place during the years	1789-1799 AD
30	The British Commander who surrendered before the Americans and French at York town in 1781 was	Lord Cornwallis

31	The American War of Independence was faught during the years	1775-1783 AD
32	Stalin became the Premiere of USSR in	1924 AD
33	Lenin was succeeded by	Stalin
34	In the Second World War,atomic bombs were dropped in Japan which destroyed	Hiroshima
35	Leningrad was built by	Peter I
36	White House,the residence of the President of the USA is located at	Washington DC
37	In European History,the year 1848 is known as	Year of Revolution
38	The first Prime Minister of Israel was	David Bengurian
39	The English King who was prepared to exchange his kingdom for a horse was	Richard III
40	Nixon was succeeded by	Gerald Ford
41	Nixon resigned in the year	1974 AD
42	The First World War broke out in	1914 AD
43	In the year 1959,Chinese occupied	Tibet
44	A big Naval expedition sent by Philip II against England was known as the	Spanish Armada
45	Magna Karta is also known as the	Bible of English Constitution
46	The king who was forced to sign the Magna Karta was	King John II
47	Winston Churchil died in the year	1965 AD
48	Battle of Britain was fought in the year	1940 AD
49	Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in 1941 against the	Soviet Union
50	Bolschevik Revolution took place in	1917 AD
51	Christopher Columbus died in the year	1506 AD
52	De Champlain was a	French Explorer
53	China was also known as	Chung hua
54	Alexandria was founded by	Alexander
55	In the first Punic War fought in 264-261 BC,the Romans defeated	Carthaginians
56	Modern Parliament was introduced by	Edward I
57	The Disease which struck Europe in the 14th Century was	Plague
58	In the thirteenth Century,Russia was overun by	Mongols
59	In 1260,the Mongol army was defeated by the armies of Islam at	Ain Jalut
60	Timur died in the year	1405 AD

61	The first colony established by the English in north America was	Jamestown
62	Henry IV was assassinated in	1610 AD
63	The War of the Grand Alliance was fought during	1689-97 AD
64	The War of the Spanish succession was fought during	1701-14 AD
65	In 1707,the two countries who became united were	England and Scotland
66	Napoleon crowned himself as Emperor in	1801 AD
67	Napoleon brought a detailed revision of the French Legal System called as	Code Napoleon
68	In 1805,the French fleet was destroyed at	The Battle of Trafalgar
69	The unification of Italy took place during	1858-1870 AD
70	The unification of Germany was carried-out during	1864-1870 AD
71	In 1870,Germany waged war with	France
72	In 1822,the country which was declared an independent empire was	Brazil
73	Abraham Lincoln,the American President was a republican from	Illinois
74	The 1849 Gold-Rush was due to gold discovered at	Northern California
75	Between 1836-1847,USA was at war with	Mexico
76	In 1898,USA was at war with	Spain
77	In 1867,USA purchased Alaska from	Russia
78	In 1770,James Cook,the English Captain landed at	Botany Bay of Australia
79	Suez Cananl was opened in	1869 AD
80	In 1818,the Zulu Kingdom was founded by	Shaka
81	In 1911,Italy invaded	Libya
82	King Leopold was from	Belgium
83	The Union of South Africa was formed in	1909 AD
84	In earlier times,Turkey was referred to as	The sick man of Europe
85	In 1877,Russia went to war with	Turkey
86	In July 1914,Austria invaded	Serbia
87	In August 1914,Germany attacked	France
88	In the first World War,German forces were defeated Grumbinnen by	Russia
89	In the first World War,Austria fought alongside	Germany
90	In the first World War,Austria & Germany were known as	Central powers

91	Finland Won Independence in 1917 from	Russia
92	In 1935,Italy attacked	Ethiopia
93	Benito Mussolini was the dictator of	Italy
94	Mein Kampf was written by	Adolf Hitler
95	Adolf Hitler was the dictator of	Germany
96	In a mass genocide,Hitler targetted	The Jews
97	In 1939,Hitler and Stalin concluded the	Nazi-Soviet Pact
98	The Bolschevik revolution occurred in	1917 AD
99	Franco came to power in Spain in	1939 AD
100	Hitler's Nazy party came to power in	1933 AD
101	In 1940,Germany defeated	Poland
102	In 1940,Germany invaded	France
103	Winston Churchill was the premier of	Britain
104	In December 1941,Japan attacked	Pearl Harbour
105	In June 1941,Hitler launched Operation	Barbarossa
106	Operation Barbarossa was launched against	Soviet Union
107	In 1942,Russians broke the German front at	Stalingrad
108	In 1942,British defeated the Africa Corps at	El Alamein
109	The Marshall Plan was launched in	June 1947
110	The European Ecomic Community was formed in	1952 AD
111	The Berlin Wall was built in	1961 AD
112	In 1937,Japan attacked	China
113	In the first World War, Japan allied with	Germany
114	Pearl Harbour is located in	Hawai
115	During the first World War,America's President was	Roosewelt
116	In February 1942,Singapore fell to	Japan
117	Indonesia became independent in	1948 AD
118	Phillipines became independent in	1946 AD
119	Malaya became independent in	1957 AD
120	The Cultural Revolution was launched in China in 1966 by	Mao Tse-tung

121	Prior to its Independence,Korea was a Colony of	Japan
122	The Korean War was fought in	1950-53 AD
123	Tibet is presently occupied by	China
124	During 1945-52,Japan was occupied by	United States troops
125	In 1997,Hong Kong was reunified with	China
126	Ghana became independent in	1957 AD
127	Before independence Ghana was a colony of	Britain
128	The earlier name of Ghana was	Gold Coast
129	Kenya became independent in	1963 AD
130	Zimbabwe became independent in	1976 AD
131	Before independence,Zimbabwe was a colony of	Britain
132	Zaire became independent in	1960 AD
133	The earlier name of Zaire was	Congo
134	Before independence,Zaire was under the control of	Belgians
135	Before independence,Angola was under the control of	Portuguese
136	The unpopular practise of South Africa was	Apartheid
137	South Africa withdrew from the British Common Wealth in	1961 AD
138	In 1994,the African National Congress won the elections in South Africa under the leadership of	Nelson Mandela
139	The popular leader of Cuba is	Fidel Castro
140	In 1990,Iraq attacked and occupied	Kuwait
141	In 1979,Afghanistan witnessed invasion by	Soviet Union
142	Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty was signed in	1991 AD
143	During the Gulf War,Iraq fought under the leadership of	Saddam Hussein
144	The Shah of Iran was overthrown in	1979 AD
145	Ayatollah Khomeini was the religious leader of	Iran