Basic World History Quiz for Competitive Exams
According to which of the following the state is a necessary evil?
(A) According to communists
(B) According to liberals
(C) According to the individualists
(D) According to anarchists
Correct Answer : D
Which of the following famous battle took place between Napoleon I and the Duke of Wellington?
(A) Battle of Austerlies
(B) Battle of Leipzig
(C) Battle of Borodini
(D) Battle of Waterloo
Correct Answer : D
The absolute sovereignty of the king was supported by which of the following?
(A) Thomas Hobbes
(B) Rousseau
(C) John Locke
(D) Karl Marx
Correct Answer : A
After how many years has India been elected a temporary member of the Security Council for the seventh time?
(A) 19 years later
(B) 17 years later
(C) 14 years later
(D) after 21 years
Correct Answer : A
One of the important reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War was that the provisions of any one of the following treaties were humiliating. That was the treaty.
(A) Treaty of Paris
(B) Treaty of Versailles
(C) Treaty of Lorraine
(D) Treaty of Brussels
Correct Answer : B
What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the First World War?
(A) Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
(B) Imprisonment of Lenin
(C) America's desire for world domination
(D) Lioyd George's sudden demise
Correct Answer : A
Who was the first Prime Minister of England?
(A) Oliver Cromwell
(B) Benjamin Disraeli
(C) Robert Walpole
(D) Gladstone
Correct Answer : C
The economic dimension of justice has been emphasized by which of the following?
(A) Idealists
(B) Capitalists
(C) Socialists
(D) Fascists
Correct Answer : C
'Jend Awasta' is the holy book of which of the following?
(A) Parsi
(B) Jain
(C) Jews
(D) Buddhist
Correct Answer : A
The National Party of China (Party) 'Kuomintang' was founded by
(A) Pu-E-Ne
(B) Mao Zedong
(C) Chang Kai-shek
(D) Sanayat Sen
Correct Answer : D