World History MCQs

Total Questions: 100

1) Who was the first President of the United States?

a) Thomas Jefferson

b) Abraham Lincoln

c) George Washington

d) John Adams

2) In which year did World War I begin?

a) 1910

b) 1914

c) 1918

d) 1920

3) Who was the first Emperor of Rome?

a) Julius Caesar

b) Nero

c) Augustus

d) Tiberius

4) Which civilization built the pyramids?

a) Romans

b) Greeks

c) Egyptians

d) Persians

5) Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II?

a) Winston Churchill

b) Neville Chamberlain

c) Margaret Thatcher

d) Clement Attlee

6) In which year did the French Revolution begin?

a) 1776

b) 1789

c) 1812

d) 1848

7) Who discovered America in 1492?

a) Vasco da Gama

b) Christopher Columbus

c) Ferdinand Magellan

d) James Cook

8) Who was known as the Maid of Orleans?

a) Catherine the Great

b) Cleopatra

c) Joan of Arc

d) Marie Antoinette

9) Which war was fought between the North and South regions in the United States?

a) American Revolutionary War

b) War of 1812

c) American Civil War

d) Mexican-American War

10) Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

a) Buzz Aldrin

b) Yuri Gagarin

c) John Glenn

d) Neil Armstrong

11) Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?

a) Roman Empire

b) Mongol Empire

c) Ottoman Empire

d) Persian Empire

12) In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

a) 1987

b) 1989

c) 1991

d) 1993

13) Who was the Queen of England during the Spanish Armada?

a) Mary I

b) Elizabeth I

c) Victoria

d) Anne

14) What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

a) Athens

b) Rome

c) Constantinople

d) Carthage

15) Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

a) Theresa May

b) Margaret Thatcher

c) Angela Merkel

d) Indira Gandhi

16) Which ancient city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD?

a) Athens

b) Carthage

c) Pompeii

d) Rome

17) Who was the leader of Nazi Germany during World War II?

a) Joseph Stalin

b) Adolf Hitler

c) Benito Mussolini

d) Winston Churchill

18) Which treaty ended World War I?

a) Treaty of Versailles

b) Treaty of Tordesillas

c) Treaty of Paris

d) Treaty of Utrecht

19) Who was the first President of South Africa after apartheid?

a) Nelson Mandela

b) F.W. de Klerk

c) Thabo Mbeki

d) Jacob Zuma

20) Which war was fought between Britain and China in the mid-19th century?

a) Opium War

b) Boxer Rebellion

c) Taiping Rebellion

d) Sino-Japanese War

21) Which Russian leader is known for the policy of glasnost and perestroika?

a) Joseph Stalin

b) Vladimir Lenin

c) Mikhail Gorbachev

d) Nikita Khrushchev

22) What was the main religion of the Ottoman Empire?

a) Christianity

b) Buddhism

c) Islam

d) Hinduism

23) In which year did the Titanic sink?

a) 1905

b) 1912

c) 1915

d) 1920

24) Who was the first Emperor of China?

a) Liu Bang

b) Kublai Khan

c) Qin Shi Huang

d) Sun Yat-sen

25) What was the ancient name of Iran?

a) Persia

b) Babylon

c) Assyria

d) Sumer

26) Which war was fought between the Greeks and the Trojans?

a) Punic Wars

b) Peloponnesian War

c) Trojan War

d) Gallic Wars

27) Who was the last Tsar of Russia?

a) Peter the Great

b) Nicholas II

c) Ivan the Terrible

d) Alexander III

28) Which US President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

a) George Washington

b) Abraham Lincoln

c) Theodore Roosevelt

d) Woodrow Wilson

29) Which ancient civilization is known for its warriors called Spartans?

a) Romans

b) Egyptians

c) Greeks

d) Persians

30) Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

a) Marie Curie

b) Rosalind Franklin

c) Florence Nightingale

d) Amelia Earhart

31) Which explorer first circumnavigated the Earth?

a) Christopher Columbus

b) Vasco da Gama

c) Ferdinand Magellan

d) James Cook

32) Which US President was involved in the Watergate scandal?

a) John F. Kennedy

b) Richard Nixon

c) Lyndon B. Johnson

d) Ronald Reagan

33) In which year did India gain independence from Britain?

a) 1945

b) 1947

c) 1950

d) 1952

34) Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

a) Vladimir Lenin

b) Joseph Stalin

c) Leon Trotsky

d) Nikita Khrushchev

35) Which battle marked the end of Napoleon’s rule?

a) Battle of Trafalgar

b) Battle of Leipzig

c) Battle of Austerlitz

d) Battle of Waterloo

36) Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution?

a) Joseph Stalin

b) Leon Trotsky

c) Vladimir Lenin

d) Mikhail Gorbachev

37) Which ancient civilization invented writing?

a) Egyptians

b) Romans

c) Chinese

d) Sumerians

38) Who was assassinated on November 22, 1963?

a) John F. Kennedy

b) Robert F. Kennedy

c) Martin Luther King Jr.

d) Malcolm X

39) Which country was divided into two during the Cold War?

a) Germany

b) China

c) Vietnam

d) Korea

40) Who was the King of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in history?

a) Julius Caesar

b) Cyrus the Great

c) Alexander the Great

d) Charlemagne

41) Which event started World War I?

a) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b) Invasion of Poland

c) Sinking of the Lusitania

d) Zimmerman Telegram

42) Which leader was known for the non-violent resistance movement in India?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Bhagat Singh

c) Sardar Patel

d) Mahatma Gandhi

43) Who was the Queen of France during the French Revolution?

a) Catherine the Great

b) Marie Antoinette

c) Isabella I

d) Joan of Arc

44) What was the primary cause of the American Revolutionary War?

a) Civil rights

b) Independence from British rule

c) Territorial disputes

d) Religious freedom

45) Which treaty ended World War II?

a) Treaty of Versailles

b) Treaty of Tordesillas

c) Treaty of Paris

d) None of the above

46) Who was the last monarch of Hawaii?

a) Kamehameha I

b) Kalakaua

c) Queen Liliuokalani

d) Kamehameha III

47) Which Pharaoh built the Great Pyramid of Giza?

a) Ramses II

b) Tutankhamun

c) Khufu

d) Amenhotep III

48) Who was the first President of the Republic of China?

a) Sun Yat-sen

b) Mao Zedong

c) Chiang Kai-shek

d) Deng Xiaoping

49) Which famous conqueror was born in Macedonia?

a) Julius Caesar

b) Alexander the Great

c) Attila the Hun

d) Hannibal

50) Which Roman Emperor converted to Christianity?

a) Augustus

b) Nero

c) Constantine

d) Tiberius

Total Questions: 100

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