GK BASED ON WORLD HISTORY

******* GK BASED ON WORLD HISTORY (PART-1)********
1. The first President of USA was ?
Ans. George Washington
2. Rome was founded in the year?
Ans. 753 BC
3. The Great wall of China was built in the year?
Ans.214 BC
4. The first voyage around the world was undertook by whom in 1522?
Ans. Magellan
5. The first Olympiad was held in Greece in the year?
Ans. 776 BC
6. Which Battle marked the end of Napoleon era?
Ans. Waterloo
7. The American War of Independence was fought between?
Ans. America and Great Britain
8. Adolf Hitler was also known as ?
Ans. Fuhrer
9. The first woman in world to become the Prime minister of a country
was?
Ans. Sirimao Bandara Naike.
10. The Emperor of Germany who dismissed his Chancellor Bismark in
1980 was?
Ans. William II

11. Two Presidents of USA were father and son.Their names were?

Ans. John Adams & Quincey
12. The UNO came into existance in which year ?
Ans. 1945 AD
13. The king of England before Elizabeth II was ?
Ans. George VI
14. Queen Elizabeth I ascended the throne of England in the year ?
Ans. 1558 AD
15. The Statue of Liberty of New York was a gift from ?
Ans. France
16. Hitler's secret service was also known as ?
Ans. Gestapo
17. The last Emperor of Rome was ?
Ans. Romulus Augustus
18. Florence Nightingale was known as ?
Ans. Lady of the Lamp
19. Mao Tse Tung died in the year ?
Ans. 1976 AD
20. In 1806,the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by ?
Ans. Napolean

21). The country which celebrates Independence day on 15th August,

apart from India, is ?
Ans. South Korea
22). The first World War ended in ?
Ans. 1918 AD
23). The US President who was forced to resign due to the Watergate
scandal was ?Ans. Nixon
24). The Second World War ended in ?
Ans. 1945 AD
25). The first communist manifesto was issued in ?
Ans. 1848 AD
26). The first Prime Minister of Independent Kenya was ?
Ans. Jomo Kenyatta
27). Malenkov became the Soviet Prime Minister after the death of ?
Ans. Stalin
28). The first British Prime Minister was ?
Ans. Sir Robert Walpole
29). The French revolution took place during the years ?
Ans. 1789-1799 AD
30). The British Commander who surrendered before the Americans and
French at York town in 1781 was?Ans. Lord Cornwallis