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World History GK Questions and answers for Competitive Exams

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Q :  

Where was Christopher Columbus from?

(A) Venice

(B) Geneva

(C) Spain

(D) Portugal

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Which of the following US Presidents visited China in 1972 to strengthen diplomatic relations?

(A) Richard Nixon

(B) George Bush (Sr.)

(C) D. Eisenhower

(D) J.F. Kennedy

Correct Answer : A

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 President of the Chinese Communist Party at the time of the liberation of China?

(A) Zhou Enlai

(B) Deng Xiaoping

(C) Mao Zedong

(D) Liu Shawqi

Correct Answer : C

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 :  

From whose idea did Marxist materialism come?

(A) Hegel

(B) Feuerbach

(C) Darwin

(D) Angels

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 :  

In which of the following battles was the final defeat of Napoleonic France?

(A) Battle of Trafalgar

(B) Battle of Wagram

(C) Battle of the Pyramids

(D) Battle of Austerlitz

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Which of the following was the famous painter Pablo Picasso?

(A) French

(B) Italian

(C) Flemish

(D) Spanish

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

On whose principles were the US Declaration of Independence based?

(A) Civil rights

(B) Moral rights

(C) Legal right

(D) Natural right

Correct Answer : D

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