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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The Greek Seleucid Empire used a chronology that began with Seleucus Nicator’soccupation of ……………..in 311 B.C. |
| A. | assyria |
| B. | babylon |
| C. | france |
| D. | netherlands |
| Answer» C. france | |
| 2. |
The Roman calendar began with Rome’s founding in …………… B.C. |
| A. | 740 |
| B. | 750 |
| C. | 762 |
| D. | 778 |
| Answer» C. 762 | |
| 3. |
The Moslem calendar begins with the hegira, Mohammed’s journey from Mecca toMedina in ……………….. A.D. |
| A. | 612 |
| B. | 615 |
| C. | 618 |
| D. | 622 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Martin Luther caused a split in western Christianity by posting his “95 Theses” onthe door of the castle church in……………, Germany (1517 A.D.). |
| A. | babylonia |
| B. | wittenberg |
| C. | philadelphia |
| D. | assyria |
| Answer» C. philadelphia | |
| 5. |
Columbus first set foot in ………………..in 1492 A.D. |
| A. | france |
| B. | assyria |
| C. | america |
| D. | netherlands |
| Answer» D. netherlands | |
| 6. |
Ottoman Turks extinguished the Eastern Roman Empire by capturing…………………(1453 A.D.), |
| A. | constantinople |
| B. | babylonia |
| C. | philadelphia |
| D. | assyria |
| Answer» B. babylonia | |
| 7. |
The last emperor of the western Roman Empire, ……………., was deposed by theHeruli king Odoacer (476 A.D.). |
| A. | romulus augustulus |
| B. | george washington |
| C. | john kelleher |
| D. | arthur schlesinger |
| Answer» B. george washington | |
| 8. |
…………founded the city of Constantinople as the empire’s second capital (330 A.D.) |
| A. | constantine |
| B. | theodosius i |
| C. | romulus augustulus |
| D. | george washington |
| Answer» B. theodosius i | |
| 9. |
The Roman emperor ……………..decided to tolerate Christianity (313 A.D.) |
| A. | constantine |
| B. | colin mcevedy |
| C. | justinian |
| D. | romulus augustulus |
| Answer» B. colin mcevedy | |
| 10. |
Ancient history ended with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in …………… A.D. |
| A. | 476 |
| B. | 486 |
| C. | 496 |
| D. | 498 |
| Answer» B. 486 | |
| 11. |
Fernand Braudel was a …………..historian. |
| A. | french |
| B. | chinese |
| C. | indian |
| D. | british |
| Answer» B. chinese | |
| 12. |
The Soviet Union was collapsed in the year …………. |
| A. | 1981 |
| B. | 1988 |
| C. | 1991 |
| D. | 1999 |
| Answer» D. 1999 | |
| 13. |
The term "third world" was coined by economist Alfred Sauvy in an article in the ……………….magazine L'Observateur of August 14, 1952. |
| A. | english |
| B. | french |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» C. portuguese | |
| 14. |
The term "third world" was coined by economist Alfred Sauvy in an article in the Frenchmagazine L'Observateur of August 14,……………... |
| A. | 1942 |
| B. | 1952 |
| C. | 1962 |
| D. | 1965 |
| Answer» C. 1962 | |
| 15. |
The term "third world" was coined by economist …………………..in an article in the Frenchmagazine L'Observateur of August 14, 1952. |
| A. | alfred marshell |
| B. | alfred sauvy |
| C. | adam smith |
| D. | keynes |
| Answer» C. adam smith | |
| 16. |
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF): was formed in 1946with its head quarters at………….. |
| A. | new york |
| B. | libya |
| C. | tunisia |
| D. | algeria |
| Answer» B. libya | |
| 17. |
World Health Organization (W.H.O) was established on April 7, 1948 with head quarters at…………….. |
| A. | geneva |
| B. | morocco |
| C. | namibia |
| D. | vietnam |
| Answer» B. morocco | |
| 18. |
The Food and Agricultural Organization (F.A.O.) was established in October 16, 1945 withhead quarters at……………. |
| A. | rome |
| B. | new zealand |
| C. | ussr |
| D. | vietnam |
| Answer» B. new zealand | |
| 19. |
The UNESCO was established on November 4, 1946 with head quarters at………………. |
| A. | paris |
| B. | peking |
| C. | petrograd |
| D. | vienna |
| Answer» B. peking | |
| 20. |
The League of Nations was the ‘brain-child’ of the American President,……………….. |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | eisenhower |
| C. | roosevelt |
| D. | abraham lincoln |
| Answer» B. eisenhower | |
| 21. |
The U.N.O. took its birth on 24th October………….. |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1949 |
| D. | 1955 |
| Answer» B. 1947 | |
| 22. |
Japan surrendered on 2nd September……………….. |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1936 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» D. 1950 | |
| 23. |
U.S.A. initially kept aloof but the attack on the U.S.A. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, ……………by Japan forced her to declare war on Japan. |
| A. | 1941 |
| B. | 1943 |
| C. | 1946 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» B. 1943 | |
| 24. |
On August 6, ………….the first Atom Bomb exploded in Hiroshima shocking the whole world. |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1937 |
| C. | 1940 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
…………….tore away the Treaty of Versailles and entered into military pacts such as Nazi- Soviet Pact, Anglo-German Naval Agreement and ultimately Rome-Berlin Tokyo Axis. |
| A. | mac arthur |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | churchill |
| D. | stalin |
| Answer» C. churchill | |
| 26. |
Second World War broke out in…………... |
| A. | 1929 |
| B. | 1932 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
………………. added an “Aryan paragraph” to the Old Testament and appointed his own man, Ludwig Muller, as the Bishop of Germany. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | mussolini |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | sun yat sen |
| Answer» B. mussolini | |
| 28. |
The Secret Policy known as ‘the Gestapo’ promptly reported every matter to……………... |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | mussolini |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Born in 1839, as the son of a customs officer, ……………became an orphan at an early age and won his bread by working as a painter and an architect. |
| A. | mussolini |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» C. kerensky | |
| 30. |
The flag of the ……………party was red with white circle and black Swastika at the middle – asymbol of Aryan supremacy. |
| A. | socialist |
| B. | communist |
| C. | fascist |
| D. | nazi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
The Nazi party took the biography of ……………known as the ‘Mein Kamp’ (My struggle) as the bible. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | kerensky |
| C. | woodrow wilson |
| D. | mussolini |
| Answer» B. kerensky | |
| 32. |
…………….is a Latin word meaning bundle of Rods. |
| A. | fascism |
| B. | nazism |
| C. | marxism |
| D. | capitalism |
| Answer» B. nazism | |
| 33. |
After the First World War ………………..organized the National Fascist Party in November1921 and subsequently became the high priest of Fascism. |
| A. | benito mussolini |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | kerensky |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» B. machiavelli | |
| 34. |
It was the Fascist party spearheaded by Benito Mussolini, the journalist and Ex-socialist,which repudiated democracy and established dictatorship in…………….. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | italy |
| C. | africa |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» C. africa | |
| 35. |
Woodrow Wilson was the president of ……………… |
| A. | spain |
| B. | france |
| C. | u.s.a. |
| D. | china |
| Answer» D. china | |
| 36. |
……………. was socialist in the beginning and was the editor of the Official socialistNewspaper, the ‘Avanti’. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | mussolini |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» D. karl marx | |
| 37. |
The Architecture-Duke, Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne was murderedwith his wife on 28th June 1914 while on a visit to Sarajevo, the capital of………………. |
| A. | bosnia |
| B. | brazil |
| C. | naples |
| D. | guiana |
| Answer» B. brazil | |
| 38. |
Serbia brought forward “the Great Serbian Scheme”, to unite ……………and Herzegovina with her, since they were having a common culture and common race. |
| A. | bosnia |
| B. | manchuria |
| C. | guiana |
| D. | brazil |
| Answer» B. manchuria | |
| 39. |
In 1907……………, France and Russia formed the “Triple Entente” for their protection againstthe “Triple Alliance” formed by Germany, Austria and Italy. |
| A. | turkey |
| B. | britain |
| C. | poland |
| D. | bulgaria |
| Answer» C. poland | |
| 40. |
……………….united the scattered German States into a mighty empire and placed Germanyon the road of aggressive nationalism. |
| A. | kerensky |
| B. | mussolini |
| C. | john cabot |
| D. | bismarck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
When First World War broke out? |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1914 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» D. 1939 | |
| 42. |
……………….was born on Dec. 26, 1893, into a well-to-do peasant family in Shao-shan, Hunan province. |
| A. | mao tse-tung |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | v. i. lenin |
| D. | sun yat-sen |
| Answer» B. karl marx | |
| 43. |
The Chinese Communist party was founded in……………….. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» C. 1931 | |
| 44. |
Mao Tse-tung founded the People's Republic of China in……………... |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1959 |
| D. | 1969 |
| Answer» C. 1959 | |
| 45. |
Under ……………..the Chinese Peoples’ Republic was established in 1949 with Peking (new Beijing) as the Capital. |
| A. | mao-tse tung |
| B. | sun yat-sen |
| C. | deng xiaoping |
| D. | chiang kai-shek |
| Answer» B. sun yat-sen | |
| 46. |
In 1949 the whole mainland of China was captured by the communists and Chiang-Kai-Sheikevacuated to the Island of………….. |
| A. | taiwan |
| B. | st.helena |
| C. | mali |
| D. | minicoi |
| Answer» B. st.helena | |
| 47. |
The strife between the nationalists and the communist in china was fully utilized by Japanand in 1931 she captured………………. |
| A. | taiwan |
| B. | yugoslavia |
| C. | hong kong |
| D. | manchuria |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
After the death of Dr. Sun Yat Sen his trusted disciple ……………..led the army of the Kuomintang. |
| A. | mao-tse-tung |
| B. | chiang-kai-shak |
| C. | chou-enlai |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» C. chou-enlai | |
| 49. |
The Kuomintang Party of …………………..revolted against the Manchu ruler and compelled him to abdicate on 12th February 1912 A.D. |
| A. | deng xiao ping |
| B. | yuan shikai |
| C. | sun yat sen |
| D. | chuteh |
| Answer» D. chuteh | |
| 50. |
In October of……………, a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revoltagainst the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» B. 1921 | |