World History Quiz 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 war criminals of the World War II were put to trial in :
- (A) Nuremburg
- (B) Peiter’sburg
- (C) Gettysburg
- (D) Peitsburg
2. Who were the Axis powers in World War-II?
- (A) Poland, Janpan, Germany
- (B) Italy, Japan, Britain
- (C) Germany, Italy, France
- (D) Germany, Italy, Japan
3. Herodotus is considered as the father of :
- (A) History
- (B) Geography
- (C) Political Science
- (D) Philosophy
4. What is the name of the World’s smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq. km only?
- (A) Nauru
- (B) Palermo
- (C) Vatican City
- (D) Namur
5. From which language, has the term ‘democracy’ been derived?
- (A) Greek
- (B) Hebrew
- (C) English
- (D) Latin
6. ‘He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’-Who said this?
- (A) Montesque
- (B) Angles
- (C) Sophists
- (D) Aristotle
7. Democracy is a “government in which every one has a share” was the opinion of :
- (A) Jeovans
- (B) Seeley
- (C) Plato
- (D) Abraham Lincoln
8. When was the League of Nations established?
- (A) In 1918
- (B) In 1920
- (C) In 1939
- (D) In 1914
9. Independence movement of Vietnam was headed by :
- (A) Ngo Dinh Diem
- (B) Zhou Enlai
- (C) Pol Pot
- (D) Ho Chi Minh
10. Which one country is still governed by a monarch?
- (A) Afghanistan
- (B) Iran
- (C) Iraq
- (D) Saudi Arabia
11. The world’s first drainage system was build by the people of :
- (A) Egyptian civilization
- (B) Indus valley civilization
- (C) Chinese civilization
- (D) Mesopotamian civilization
12. The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was :
- (A) Islamabad
- (B) Karachi
- (C) Lahore
- (D) Hyderabad
13. Synagogue is the place of worship of :
- (A) Zorastrianism
- (B) Taoism
- (C) Judaism
- (D) Shintoism
14. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as :
- (A) Taoism
- (B) Zorastrianism
- (C) Shintoism
- (D) Paganism
15. Who among the following is referred to as ‘Desert Fox’?
- (A) Lord Wavell
- (B) Gen. Eisenhover
- (C) Gen. Rommel
- (D) Gen. McArthur
16. Which of the following group of thinkers influenced Fascism?
- (A) Plato, Machiavelli and Herbet Spencer
- (B) Aristotle, St, Augustine and T.H. Green
- (C) Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
- (D) Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin
17. ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ is the call associated with :
- (A) American Revolution
- (B) French Revolution
- (C) Chinese Revolution
- (D) Russian Revolution
18. Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in :
- (A) 1930
- (B) 1929
- (C) 1936
- (D) 1933
19. Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in :
- (A) Persia
- (B) Babylon
- (C) Macedonia
- (D) Taxila
20. When was the first of the Geneva Conventions on the treatement of war victims adopted?
- (A) 1832
- (B) 1857
- (C) 1864
- (D) 1909
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