World History Quiz 02

Who has given the statement
“Man is born free but he is always in chain ?”

One of the important factors that led to the IInd World War the
humiliating provisions in one of the following treaties. Which is
that treaty ?

The first Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on

Who was popularly known as
Africa’s Gandhi?

The first atomic bomb was thrown over :

Which one of the following countries was first to establish a modern democracy ?

The Second World War started in the year—

Who discovered Cape of Good
Hope in 1488 ?

In which cities of Japan were
atomic bombs dropped during
World War II ?

Which decade is called as the
“Era of Decolonisation”?

Herodotus is considered as the father of

Arrange the following events in
the chronological order :
(A) Birth of Prophet Mohammed
(B) Rise of Gupta dynasty in India
(C) Completion of the Roman Colosseum
(D) Peter the Great becomes the Czar of Russia

Who was the 1st President of
South Africa after apartheid?

The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was
called:

During 18th century who among the following philo-sophers said
these famous words? “Man is born free but is every where in chains.”

During the Second World War, which one of the following
countries was not one of the three Axis Powers, which fought
against the Allied Powers ?

The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was

The previous name of Zaire was

Who were the Axis powers in World War-II ?

D-Day is the day when :

Who is called the “Greatest investigator of antiquity” ?

The theory of “natural rights” was propounded by

Arrange the following events in
the chronological order :
(a) Sir Winston Churchill dies
(b) Alaska becomes the 49th
State of the USA
(c) China and Pakistan sign frontier treaty
(d) First earth satellite (Sputnik 1) launched by the USSR

Who were the three eminent
statesmen who started the Nonaligned Movement ?

The war criminals of the II World War were put to trial in