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This section includes 917 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 351. |
……………actually came to be known as the “Athens of Italy”. |
| A. | cambridge |
| B. | florence |
| C. | venice |
| D. | milan |
| Answer» C. venice | |
| 352. |
Before the invention of the…………., Knowledge was the privilege of the wealthy people |
| A. | gun powder |
| B. | mariner’s compass |
| C. | printing press |
| D. | computer |
| Answer» D. computer | |
| 353. |
In the middle of the 15th Century, ……………was successful in operating the first printing presswith movable types at Mainz in Germany. |
| A. | john gutenberg |
| B. | caxton |
| C. | nicholas v |
| D. | peter burke |
| Answer» B. caxton | |
| 354. |
………………….brought about a transition from the religious approach to the humanisticapproach to the problems of the world. |
| A. | reformation |
| B. | renaissance |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | romanticism |
| Answer» C. enlightenment | |
| 355. |
The Renaissance, a movement which stressed the ideas of the classical world had its originin…………… |
| A. | germany |
| B. | italy |
| C. | france |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» C. france | |
| 356. |
In 1949 Indonesia becomes independent from …………rule. |
| A. | none |
| B. | dutch french |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | british |
| Answer» C. spanish | |
| 357. |
In 1941 …………..attacked the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor. |
| A. | china |
| B. | japan |
| C. | britain |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» C. britain | |
| 358. |
Japan captured Manchuria and withdrew from the League of Nations in …………... |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» D. 1935 | |
| 359. |
The Manchu dynasty was overthrown in a revolution of ……………. |
| A. | 1879 |
| B. | 1891 |
| C. | 1911 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» D. 1921 | |
| 360. |
In 1894 ……………..founded the Chinese Revival society. |
| A. | dr. sun yat sen |
| B. | chiang kai-shek |
| C. | mao |
| D. | yuanshikai |
| Answer» B. chiang kai-shek | |
| 361. |
The Boxer Rebellion in China was in ……………… |
| A. | 1800 |
| B. | 1890 |
| C. | 1900 |
| D. | 1907 |
| Answer» D. 1907 | |
| 362. |
…………….led the USSR from 1962-1982. |
| A. | leonid brezhnev |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | khrushchev |
| D. | cherenkov |
| Answer» B. stalin | |
| 363. |
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved on 25thDecember,………….. |
| A. | 1941 |
| B. | 1951 |
| C. | 1967 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 364. |
By 1967 the ………………had decided that their primary goal was the destruction of thestate of Israel. |
| A. | plo |
| B. | zionism |
| C. | cominform |
| D. | cento |
| Answer» B. zionism | |
| 365. |
The PLO was created in ………………… |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1924 |
| C. | 1944 |
| D. | 1964 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 366. |
Who wrote the book “The Jewish State”? |
| A. | theodor herzl |
| B. | john f. kennedy |
| C. | nikita khrushchev |
| D. | fidel castro |
| Answer» B. john f. kennedy | |
| 367. |
The first Zionist congress took place in 1897 in Basel under the guidance of……………..journalist Theodor Herzl. |
| A. | austrian |
| B. | lebanon |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | american |
| Answer» B. lebanon | |
| 368. |
In the late 19th century ………….arose as a nationalist and political movement aimed atrestoring the land of Israel as a national home for the Jewish people. |
| A. | zionism |
| B. | cento |
| C. | lollards |
| D. | judaism |
| Answer» B. cento | |
| 369. |
In…………, the Suez Canal became the focus of a major world conflict. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» D. 1958 | |
| 370. |
CENTO was formally disbanded in……………. |
| A. | 1959 |
| B. | 1969 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» D. 1989 | |
| 371. |
………………. was renamed the Central Treaty Organization, or CENTO, in 1959 after Iraqpulled out of the Pact. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | hungary |
| C. | bulgaria |
| D. | romania |
| Answer» B. hungary | |
| 372. |
The main purpose of the …………Pact was to prevent communist incursions and fosterpeace in the Middle East. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | albania |
| C. | poland |
| D. | palestine |
| Answer» B. albania | |
| 373. |
The ……………..pact was a defensive organization for promoting shared political,military and economic goals founded in 1955 by Turkey, Iraq, Great Britain, Pakistan and Iran. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | malaysia |
| Answer» B. jerusalem | |
| 374. |
SEATO was formally disbanded in………….. |
| A. | 1967 |
| B. | 1977 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» C. 1979 | |
| 375. |
The Warsaw Pact officially disbanded in March and July of …………. following thedissolution of the Soviet Union. |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1991 |
| D. | 1992 |
| Answer» D. 1992 | |
| 376. |
The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political andmilitary alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the …………….and several Eastern European countries. |
| A. | soviet union |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | america |
| Answer» B. jerusalem | |
| 377. |
Which was the Headquarters of SEATO? |
| A. | czechoslovakia |
| B. | bangkok |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | malaysia |
| Answer» C. jerusalem | |
| 378. |
South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed in…………. |
| A. | 1944 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1959 |
| Answer» C. 1957 | |
| 379. |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in …………. by the United States,Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1951 |
| D. | 1959 |
| Answer» C. 1951 | |
| 380. |
Germany was reunified on 3 October……………….. |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1960 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 381. |
On October 1, …………., Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creationof the People's Republic of China (PRC). |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1953 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» C. 1953 | |
| 382. |
Under the guidance of Soviet Russia, a founding meeting of the Chinese Communistparty (CCP) was held in ……….in July 1921. |
| A. | luxembourg |
| B. | shanghai |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | hunan |
| Answer» C. thailand | |
| 383. |
The Berlin Wall fell in November ………………… |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1959 |
| C. | 1969 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 384. |
In the …………….Agreement of 2 August 1945, the four victorious allies – the USA,Soviet Union, England and France – decided to divide Germany up into four occupied zones. |
| A. | potsdam |
| B. | luxembourg |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | thailand |
| Answer» B. luxembourg | |
| 385. |
The Second World War ended in …………. with the defeat of Nazi Germany. |
| A. | 1915 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 386. |
After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from Cominform in June…………….., the seat wasmoved to Bucharest, Romania. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1918 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» D. 1953 | |
| 387. |
The initial seat of Cominform was located in …………….(then the capital of theFederative People's Republic of Yugoslavia). |
| A. | belgrade |
| B. | luxembourg |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | thailand |
| Answer» B. luxembourg | |
| 388. |
Harry S. Truman was the president of ……………….. |
| A. | usa |
| B. | french |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» B. french | |
| 389. |
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded in September 1947 at a conference of Communist party leaders in SzklarskaPoręba,………………... |
| A. | poland |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | czechoslovakia |
| Answer» B. belgium | |
| 390. |
Cominform was founded in …………………. |
| A. | 1917 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 391. |
……………….., a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of "containment,"the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union. |
| A. | george f. kennan |
| B. | george c. marshall |
| C. | john f. kennedy |
| D. | yuri andropov |
| Answer» B. george c. marshall | |
| 392. |
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in ………….on April 4, 1949. |
| A. | washington |
| B. | malaysia |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | paris |
| Answer» B. malaysia | |
| 393. |
Who declared that the United States must adopt a policy to support free peoples whowere resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures? |
| A. | truman |
| B. | john f. kennedy |
| C. | yasser arafat |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» B. john f. kennedy | |
| 394. |
The Truman Doctrine was announced by President Truman in the American Congresson March 12,………….. |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» B. 1949 | |
| 395. |
The term ‘Cold War’ was first coined by Bernard Baruch, an ……………statesman andlater popularized by Professor Lippmann. |
| A. | american |
| B. | belgian |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | british |
| Answer» B. belgian | |
| 396. |
The post World War II period saw a new kind of international relations set in. It wasneither an era of peace nor of war. The major power blocs were the Western Bloc, led by The United States and Great Britain and, the Eastern Bloc, led by the……………. |
| A. | soviet union |
| B. | malaysia |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | america |
| Answer» B. malaysia | |
| 397. |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was set up as the world´s "Atoms forPeace" organization in …………..within the United Nations family. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 398. |
November 1946 UNESCO was established with its head quarters at…………….. |
| A. | paris |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | czechoslovakia |
| Answer» B. belgium | |
| 399. |
The UNICEF was established in …………. with its headquarters at New York. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 400. |
1941 - The US president Roosevelt and the ……………Prime Minister Churchill issueddeclaration called the Atlantic Charter. |
| A. | spanish |
| B. | british |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | african |
| Answer» C. portuguese | |