World History Question Answer
Q91. Who made this statement, "World History is nothing but the biography of great men”
(A) Thomas Carlyle
(B) G. J. Renier
(C) Will Durant
(D) A. L. Rowse
Answer: (A) Thomas Carlyle
Q92. The statement that “Egypt is the gift of the river Nile” is attributed to
(A) Homer
(B) Herodotus
(C) Aristotle
(D) Strabo
Answer: (B) Herodotus
Q93. International Solar Alliance was established to promote the solar energy. Its headquarters is established at
(A) Paris
(B) London
(C) Gurugram
(D) Tokyo
Answer: (C) Gurugram
Q94. Walter Lippmann, who has popularised the term ‘Cold war’ was a journalist of
(A) America
(B) Russia
(C) France
(D) Britain
Answer: (A) America
Q95. In England slave trade was abolished in the year
(A) 1805
(B) 1807
(C) 1811
(D) 1814
Answer: (B) 1807
Q96. Who was of the opinion that ‘revolutions are locomotives of history’
(A) E. Kant
(B) K. Marx
(C) F. Engels
(D) G.W.E. Hegel
Answer: (B) K. Marx
Q97. Who had first proposed the “Atoms for Peace Plan” in 1953
(A) Richard Nixon
(B) Harry Truman
(C) Dwight Eisenhower
(D) John F. Kennedy
Answer: (C) Dwight Eisenhower
Q98. Who led the famous Battle of Dien Bien Phu
(A) Pol Pot
(B) Ngo Dinh Diem
(C) Nguyen Sinh Sac
(D) Ho Chi Minh
Answer: (D) Ho Chi Minh
Q99. The Treaty of Nanking was signed between China and
(A) England
(B) Japan
(C) Australia
(D) South Korea
Answer: (A) England
Q100. Who has been identified as 'II Duce'
(A) Hitler
(B) Mussolini
(C) Franco
(D) Bismarck
Answer: (B) Mussolini
Q101. Who was known as the ‘Iron Chancellor’
(A) Garibaldi
(B) Adolf Hitler
(C) Bismarck
(D) Hindenburg
Answer: (C) Bismarck
Q102. Which international agreement split Vietnam in 1954
(A) Treaty of Hanoi
(B) Treaty of Paris
(C) Treaty of Tokyo
(D) Geneva Accord
Answer: (D) Geneva Accord
Q103. Operation Barbarossa was the code name of the German invasion in _______
(A) Britain
(B) French
(C) Poland
(D) Soviet Russia
Answer: (D) Soviet Russia
Q104. Who said "I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world"
(A) Alexander
(B) Socrates
(C) Aristotle
(D) Heraclitus
Answer: (B) Socrates
Q105. Who was the first female pharaoh of Egypt
(A) Nefertiti
(B) Cleopatra
(C) Hatshepsut
(D) Ankhesenamun
Answer: (C) Hatshepsut