Ancient World History Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

ancient world history questions and answers
Ancient World History Questions and Answers MCQs General Knowledge on World History for competitive exam and interview. Includes wide range of GK and General Awareness questions on World History which can be helpful for any Competitive Exams.


1. The Great Wall of China was built by :

  • (A) Li-tai-pu
  • (B) Shih Huang-ti
  • (C) Lao-tze
  • (D) Confucius
2. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between :
  • (A) Russia and Turkey
  • (B) USA and England
  • (C) Russia and Japan
  • (D) England and France
3. Who is known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?
  • (A) Joan of Art
  • (B) Helen Keller
  • (C) Florance Nightingale
  • (D) Sarojini Naidu
4. Anti Semitism’ to Adolf Hitler meant :
  • (A) Anti Black policy
  • (B) Anti Jewish policy
  • (C) Anti Protestant policy
  • (D) Anti German policy
5. The Industrial Revolution in England represented the climax of the transition from :
  • (A) slavery to feudalism
  • (B) feudalism to capitalism
  • (C) capitalism to socialism
  • (D) socialism to market socialism
6. When did the Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 Independent Republics?
  • (A) 1990
  • (B) 1991
  • (C) 1992
  • (D) 1993
7. Who said’ ‘I am the State?
  • (A) James II of England
  • (B) Napoleon I of France
  • (C) Louis XIV of France
  • (D) Hitler of Germany
8. Karl Marx lived in exile and wrote from :
  • (A) Moscow
  • (B) London
  • (C) Paris
  • (D) Stockholm
9. According to Marx, the source of value is :
  • (A) Capital
  • (B) Land
  • (C) Labour
  • (D) None of the above
10. “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
11. The policy of ‘imperial preferences’ adopted by Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as the :
  • (A) Hong Kong Agreement
  • (B) London Agreement
  • (C) Ottawa Agreement
  • (D) Paris Agreement
12. Who said, “Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf Hitler. He who pledges himself to Hitler pledges himself to Germany”?
  • (A) R. Hess
  • (B) Mussolini
  • (C) Hitler
  • (D) Communist International
13. Who advocated Nazism in Germany?
  • (A) Frederick William 
  • (B) Adolf Hitler
  • (C) Bismarck
  • (D) William III
14. John Locke profounded :
  • (A) Social Contract Theory
  • (B) Theory of Divine Rights
  • (C) Patriarchal Theory
  • (D) Theory of Force
15. That all appointments made by the President and all treaties signed by him must be ratified by the Senate in U.S.A. indicates :
  • (A) Theory of separation of powers
  • (B) Theory of checks and balances
  • (C) Due process of law
  • (D) Rule of law
16. Pearl Harbour, an American Naval and Airforce base was attacked by :
  • (A) Germany
  • (B) Japan
  • (C) France
  • (D) England
17. Which of the following is a name of US Parliament?
  • (A) Diet
  • (B) Senate
  • (C) Congress
  • (D) House of commons
18. The Policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called :
  • (A) Non-Aligned
  • (B) Civil Rights Movement
  • (C) Apartheid
  • (D) Suffrage
19. The Second World War started in the year :
  • (A) 1940
  • (B) 1939
  • (C) 1941
  • (D) 1942
20. The immediate cause for the out break of the first World War was :
  • (A) the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
  • (B) the imprisonment of Lenin
  • (C) the ambition of America to dominate the world
  • (D) the sudden death of Lloyd George
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