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Basic World History Quiz for Competitive Exams

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Q :  

Who among the following was the American leader who led the non-violent movement to gain full civil rights for American Negroes?

(A) Abraham Lincoln

(B) John F. Kennedy

(C) Martin Luther King

(D) George Washington

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

When was the first Geneva Convention on the treatment of war victims accepted?

(A) 1832

(B) 1857

(C) 1864

(D) 1909

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Write the name of the person, who discovered America.

(A) Vasco-da-Gama

(B) Columbus

(C) Captain Cook

(D) Amundsen

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Where was Pablo Picasso from?

(A) Spain

(B) Italy

(C) France

(D) Great Britain

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

What does non-alignment basically mean?

(A) Choosing your policy

(B) Neutrality towards power blocs

(C) To bring peace and unity in the world

(D) Being a third world power

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Where was Christopher Columbus from?

(A) Venice

(B) Geneva

(C) Spain

(D) Portugal

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

What is the meaning of the cold war?

(A) Tension between East and West

(B) Ideological antagonism between the capitalist and communist worlds

(C) Tension between the great powers

(D) All of the above

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of Indian independence?

(A) Harold Wilson

(B) Winston Churchill

(C) Clement Attlee

(D) Macmillan

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

On whose side did Japan fight in the First World War?

(A) Not on either side, he was neutral.

(B) With Germany against the United Kingdom

(C) Against Russia on its part

(D) With United Kingdom against Germany

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Which of the following was the famous painter Pablo Picasso?

(A) French

(B) Italian

(C) Flemish

(D) Spanish

Correct Answer : D

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