World History Objective Questions and Answers : World History GK covered the whole subjects related Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for better understanding the evolving nature of competitive exams like UPSC-Prelims, IAS-Prelims, SSC, CDS, NDA, State Services and Railways etc.

1. Marco Polo, Venetian traveller, travelled from Venice to China and Japan in :
(A) 1285–90 (B) 1288–93 ✔
(C) 1290–96 (D) 1295–1301

2. The world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is : [SSC CML -2002]
(A) Jerusalem (B) Baghdad
(C) Istanbul (D) Damascus ✔

3. Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the : [SSC CML -2002]
(A) Parsis ✔ (B) Jains
(C) Jews (D) Buddhists

4. The island of Corsica is associated with : [SSC CPO Sub-Inspector -2007]
(A) Mussolini (B) Hitler
(C) Napoleon Bonaparte ✔ (D) Winston Churchill

5. Marx belonged to : [SSC CGL 2010]
(A) Germany ✔ (B) Holland
(C) France (D) Britain

6. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year : [SSC CGL 2013, 2014]
(A) 1814 (B) 1813
(C) 1815 ✔ (D) 1816

7. The Declaration of the Rights of Man is related with : [SSC CGL- (2013), 2014]
(A) The Russian Revolution (B) The French Revolution ✔
(C) The American War of Independence (D) The Glorious Revolution of England

8. Which U.S. President announced the “New Deal” for economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Depression? [SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA-2015]
(A) Abraham Lincoln (B) Benjamin Franklin
(C) Roosevelt ✔ (D) J. F. Kennedy

9. Which of the following is a wonder of the ancient world? [SSC CML-2002]
(A) The statue of Jupiter Zeus at Olympia ✔ (B) The colosseum of Rome
(C) The Leaning Tower of Pisa (D) The Mosque at St. Sophia (Constantinople)

10. From which language, has the term ‘democracy’ been derived? [SSC MTS-2013]
(A) Greek ✔ (B) Hebrew
(C) English (D) Latin

11. ‘He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’-Who said this? [SSC MTS-2013]
(A) Montesque (B) Angles
(C) Sophists (D) Aristotle ✔

12. The world’s first drainage system was build by the people of : [SSC CML -2002]
(A) Egyptian civilization (B) Indus valley civilization ✔
(C) Chinese civilization (D) Mesopotamian civilization

13. The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was : [SSC Data Entry Operator -2009]
(A) Islamabad (B) Karachi ✔
(C) Lahore (D) Hyderabad

14. Rivers Tigris and Euphrates are associated with?
(A) Mesopotamian Civilization ✔ (B) Egyptain Civilization
(C) Harappan Civilization (D) Chinese Civilization

15. ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ is the call associated with : [SSC CML.2000]
(A) American Revolution (B) French Revolution ✔
(C) Chinese Revolution (D) Russian Revolution

16. Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in : [SSC CML.2000]
(A) 1930 (B) 1929
(C) 1936 (D) 1933 ✔

17. Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was : [SSC CGL 2014]
(A) French (B) Italian
(C) Flemish (D) Spanish ✔

18. 1917 is known for : [SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC-2014]
(A) Battle of Trafalgar (B) Battle of Waterloo
(C) End of the World War I (D) The Russian Revolution ✔

19. The previous name of Zaire was : [SSC CHSL (10+2) -2014]
(A) Benin (B) Liberia
(C) Congo ✔ (D) Sierra Leone

20. Which decade is called as the “Era of Decolonisation”? [SSC CHSL (10+2) -2014]
(A) 1950’s ✔ (B) 1980’s
(C) 1990’s (D) 1970’s

21. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State? [SSC CGL -2013]
(A) Herbert Spencer ✔ (B) J. S. Mill
(C) John Locke (D) Tocqueville

22. Who speaks of Cabinet system as “the steering wheel of the ship of state”? [SSC CGL -2014]
(A) Lowell (B) Muin ✔
(C) Marriot (D) Bagehot

23. Who is considered as the master of Greek comedy?
(A) Aeschylus (B) Sophocles
(C) Aristophanes ✔ (D) Philip

24. The Great Wall of China was built by : [SSC CMNL- 2011]
(A) Li-tai-pu (B) Shih Huang-ti ✔
(C) Lao-tze (D) Confucius

25. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between : [SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC-2014]
(A) Russia and Turkey ✔ (B) USA and England
(C) Russia and Japan (D) England and France

26. Who said’ ‘I am the State? [SSC CML.2000]
(A) James II of England (B) Napoleon I of France
(C) Louis XIV of France ✔ (D) Hitler of Germany

27. Karl Marx lived in exile and wrote from : [SSC CML.2000]
(A) Moscow (B) London ✔
(C) Paris (D) Stockholm

28. Who advocated Nazism in Germany? [SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC-2015]
(A) Frederick William (B) Adolf Hitler ✔
(C) Bismarck (D) William III

29. John Locke profounded : [SSC CAPFs (CPO) SI & ASI, DP.SI -2016]
(A) Social Contract Theory ✔ (B) Theory of Divine Rights
(C) Patriarchal Theory (D) Theory of Force

30. The Second World War started in the year : [SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC 2014]
(A) 1940 (B) 1939 ✔
(C) 1941 (D) 1942

31. The immediate cause for the out break of the first World War was : [SSC CML-200l]
(A) the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand ✔ (B) the imprisonment of Lenin
(C) the ambition of America to dominate the world (D) the sudden death of Lloyd George

32. 1911 Revolution of China resulted in : [SSC CML -2000]
(A) Establishment of a Republic ✔ (B) Federalism
(C) Democracy (D) Increased problems of people

33. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of : [SSC CML -2000]
(A) Dutch (B) English
(C) French (D) Portuguese ✔

34. Which was not an Roman Philosopher?
(A) Cicero (B) Seneca
(C) Lucretius (D) Octavian ✔

35. The United Kingdom is a classic example of a/ an : [SSC Section Officer -2007]
(A) Aristocracy (B) Absolute monarchy
(C) Constiutional monarchy ✔ (D) Polity

36. With the fall of which among the following the French Revolution began? [SSC I.T. C.E.-2007]
(A) Bastille ✔ (B) Communes
(C) Jacobin Club (D) Pilinitz

37. Potato was introduced to Europe by : [Re-Exam 2013, 2014]
(A) Portuguese (B) Germans
(C) Spanish ✔ (D) Dutch

38. Marxian materialism came from the idea of : [SSC CAPs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi Police -2014]
(A) Hegel (B) Feuerbach ✔
(C) Darwin (D) Engels

39. Slash and burn agriculture is known as ‘Milpa’ in : [SSC CGL-2013]
(A) Venezuela (B) Brazil
(C) Central Africa (D) Mexico and Central America ✔

40. Two Party System is found in : [SSC CGL-2014]
(A) Russia (B) U.S.A ✔
(C) India (D) France

41. Marcopolo is known for : [SSC MTS-2013]
(A) Discovering Greenland (B) Travelling to China, India and Asia ✔
(C) Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope (D) Discovering Canada

42. Cold War refers to : [SSC MTS-2013]
(A) Tension between East and West ✔ (B) Ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist world
(C) Tension between Superpowers (D) All of the above

43. Which of the following is not a religion developed in ancient time (i.e. In B.C)? [SSC CML -2002]
(A) Shintoism (B) Zorastranianism
(C) Islam ✔ (D) Tasism

44. The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by : [SSC CML -2002]
(A) Pu-yi (B) Mao Tse-tung
(C) Chiang Kai-shek (D) Sun Yat-Sen ✔

45. Where did the practice of Shadow Cabinet’ originate? [SSC CPO Sub-Inspector -2010]
(A) United States of America (B) Great Britain ✔
(C) Italy (D) France

46. The Treaty of Versailles humiliated : [SSC CML.2000]
(A) Austria (B) Germany ✔
(C) England (D) France

47. Who has called the Prime Ministerm Primus inter pares (first among equlas)? [SSC CGL -2014]
(A) Morely ✔ (B) Harcourt
(C) Laski (D) Lowell

48. The slogan of the French Revolution was : [SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC-2014]
(A) One nation, one leader and one flag (B) Government of the people, by the people and for the people
(C) Liberty, equality and fraternity ✔ (D) None of these

49. Who was popularly known as Africa’s Gandhi? [MTS-2014]
(A) Mir Karzai (B) Firoz Gandhi
(C) Nelson Mandela ✔ (D) M.K. Gandhi

50. Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488? [SSC CHSL (10+2) -2014]
(A) Magellan (B) Columbus
(C) Bartholomew Oias ✔ (D) Vasco da Gama