Explore topic-wise MCQs in History.

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401.

%_When did Charlemagne conquer the Lombards?_%

A. 752
B. 753
C. 757
D. 774
Answer» E.
402.

%_When was the modern petroleum industry started?_%

A. 1808
B. 1829
C. 1846
D. 1898
Answer» D. 1898
403.

%_Who said "Man is a social animal"?_%

A. Aristotle
B. Rousseau
C. Laski
D. Plato
Answer» B. Rousseau
404.

%_Who build the St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia_%

A. Peter I
B. Vladislav I
C. Ivan the Terrible
D. Feodor I
Answer» D. Feodor I
405.

%_Who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"?_%

A. Auguste Comte
B. Charles Darwin
C. Emile Durkheim
D. Herbert Spencer
Answer» E.
406.

%_When was the Tripartite Pact signed?_%

A. 1939
B. 1940
C. 1941
D. 1945
Answer» C. 1941
407.

%_When did Congress pass the Sherman Antitrust Act?_%

A. 1890
B. 1911
C. 1900
D. 1872
Answer» B. 1911
408.

%_When did the Third Battle of Panipat take place?_%

A. 1707
B. 1761
C. 1751
D. 1765
Answer» C. 1751
409.

%_When did the Battle of Nicopolis take place?_%

A. 1396
B. 1453
C. 1305
D. 1378
Answer» B. 1453
410.

%_Which city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance_%

A. Florence
B. Venice
C. Rome
D. London
Answer» B. Venice
411.

%_When did the British establish colonies in New Zealand?_%

A. 1814
B. 1840
C. 1872
D. 1830
Answer» C. 1872
412.

%_When was Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile?_%

A. 1200
B. 1248
C. 1203
D. 1261
Answer» C. 1203
413.

%_Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was_%

A. French
B. Italian
C. Flemish
D. Spanish
Answer» E.
414.

%_The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was_%

A. Islamabad
B. Karachi
C. Lahore
D. Hyderabad
Answer» C. Lahore
415.

%_In which year did the Suez Canal was open for trade_%

A. 1869
B. 1880
C. 1774
D. 1620
Answer» B. 1880
416.

%_Alexander was the son of Philip II of ___________%

A. Sparta
B. Athens
C. Macedonia
D. Carthage
Answer» D. Carthage
417.

%_Which of the following is the name of US Parliament?_%

A. Diet
B. Senate
C. Congress
D. House of commons
Answer» D. House of commons
418.

%_When was the Trans- Siberian Railway completed?_%

A. 1872
B. 1882
C. 1890
D. 1916
Answer» E.
419.

%_1917 is known for_%

A. Battle of Trafalgar
B. Battle of Waterloo
C. End of the World War-I
D. The Russian Revolution
Answer» E.
420.

%_Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because_%

A. he fell ill
B. he suffered defeat in India
C. his forces refused to go further
D. he did not like India
Answer» D. he did not like India
421.

%_In which year 'University of Oxford' was founded_%

A. 1016
B. 1562
C. 1117
D. 1342
Answer» D. 1342
422.

%_When did Able Archer 83 start?_%

A. 1959
B. 1975
C. 1962
D. 1983
Answer» E.
423.

%_When were Jews expelled from Spain?_%

A. 1376
B. 1453
C. 1492
D. 1327
Answer» D. 1327
424.

%_Who was the Chinese Emperor when Marco Polo visited China_%

A. Temur Khan
B. Kublai Khan
C. Genghis Khan
D. Ogedei Khan
Answer» C. Genghis Khan
425.

%_Who wrote, "On the Geneology of Morals"?_%

A. Friedrich Nietzsche
B. Immanual Kant
C. Karl Marx
D. Sigmund Freud
Answer» B. Immanual Kant
426.

%_'Mein Kampf' is the autobiography which political leader_%

A. Joseph Stalin
B. Benito Mussolini
C. Winston Churchill
D. Adolf Hitler
Answer» E.
427.

%_When was Government of India Act passed?_%

A. 1818
B. 1819
C. 1858
D. 1800
Answer» D. 1800
428.

%_In which year, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established_%

A. 1945
B. 1948
C. 1949
D. 1952
Answer» D. 1952
429.

%_Peking is the sacred place of_%

A. Taoism
B. Shintoism
C. Confucianism
D. Judaism
Answer» D. Judaism
430.

%_When was Socrates born?_%

A. 469 BC
B. 465 BC
C. 460 BC
D. 449 BC
Answer» B. 465 BC
431.

%_Who made the famous statement ""Man is brone free, but everywhere he is in chains."_%

A. John Locke
B. Mirabeau
C. Voltaire
D. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Answer» E.
432.

%_Who proclaimed the First Crusade?_%

A. Alexios I Komnenos
B. Peter the Hermit
C. Pope Gregory VII
D. Pope Urban II
Answer» E.
433.

%_Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?_%

A. Queen Victoria
B. Queen Elizabeth-II
C. Queen Mary Tudor
D. Queen Anne
Answer» C. Queen Mary Tudor
434.

%_Genghis Khan was died in the year_%

A. 1209
B. 1219
C. 1227
D. 1232
Answer» D. 1232
435.

%_Who united Norway, Denmark and, Sweden?_%

A. Albert, King of Sweden
B. Eric of Pomerania
C. Haakon VI of Norway
D. Margaret I of Denmark
Answer» E.
436.

%_Democracy is a "government in which everyone has a share" was the opinion of_%

A. Jeovans
B. Seeley
C. Plato
D. Abraham Lincoln
Answer» E.
437.

%_In which battle did the defeat of Muslims stop their invasions?_%

A. Battle of Fontenoy
B. Battle of Lechfeld
C. Battle of Verdun
D. Battle of Vouille
Answer» D. Battle of Vouille
438.

%_"Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes the period ___________%

A. AD 300 - AD 1600
B. Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
C. Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
D. End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
Answer» D. End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
439.

%_United Nations was formed in the year_%

A. 1944
B. 1945
C. 1947
D. 1948
Answer» C. 1947
440.

%_In European history, which year is known as the year of revolution_%

A. 1732
B. 1765
C. 1848
D. 1896
Answer» D. 1896
441.

%_Which Roman Emperor had banned the ancient Olympic games_%

A. Julius Caesar
B. Arcadius
C. Theodosius
D. Tacitus
Answer» D. Tacitus
442.

%_Benito Mussolini was a leader of_%

A. Germany
B. Italy
C. French
D. Portugal
Answer» C. French
443.

%_Which country first invented Gunpower in around 270 AD_%

A. China
B. India
C. Korea
D. England
Answer» B. India
444.

%_Who established the Edo society?_%

A. Akechi Mitsuhide
B. Kuroda Yoshitaka
C. Oda Nobunaga
D. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Answer» E.
445.

_ 1911 Revolution of China resulted in$?

A. Establishment of a Republic
B. Federalism
C. Democracy
D. Increased problems of people
Answer» B. Federalism
446.

_ Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in$?

A. 1930
B. 1929
C. 1936
D. 1933
Answer» E.
447.

_ Absolute sovereign power of the Monarch was advocated by$?

A. Thomas Hobbes
B. Rousseau
C. John Locke
D. Karl Marx
Answer» B. Rousseau
448.

_ "The word impossible is found, in the dictionary of fools" was the famous quote of$?

A. Hitler
B. Alexander the Great
C. Julius Caesar
D. Napoleon
Answer» E.
449.

_ Who is known as the founder of the Durrani Empire$?

A. Timur Shah Durrani
B. Zaman Shah Durrani
C. Mahmud Shah Durrani
D. Ahmad Shah Durrani
Answer» E.
450.

_ Who discovered America?$?

A. Vascoda Gama
B. Columbus
C. Captain Cook
D. Amundsen
Answer» C. Captain Cook