Latest World History General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Russian revolutionary, who founded the Communist Party was ?

A)

Francis Bacoor

B)

Karl Marx

C)

Thomas Paine

D)

Vladimir Lenin

Correct Answer : Vladimir Lenin

2 .

In which year Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany?

A)

1933

B)

1943

C)

1948

D)

1955

Correct Answer : 1933

On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany.

3 .

Who is known as Man of Blood and Iron?

A)

Bismarck

B)

Napoleon

C)

Sir Walter Scott

D)

Ho Chi Minh

Correct Answer : Bismarck

Blood and Iron (German: Blut und Eisen) is the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck given on 30 September 1862, at the time when he was Minister President of Prussia, about the unification of the German territories.

4 .

When did World War 2 start?

A)

1 September 1913

B)

1 September 1929

C)

1 September 1932

D)

1 September 1939

Correct Answer : 1 September 1939

5 .

Young Italy movement by led by two revolutionaries, one was "Mazzini" and Other was?

A)

Garibaldi

B)

Victor

C)

Louis

D)

Emmanuel

Correct Answer : Garibaldi

6 .

In which year American Revolution started?

A)

1670 - 1680

B)

1775 - 1783

C)

1830 - 1845

D)

1890 - 1897

Correct Answer : 1775 - 1783

7 .

"Boston Tea Party" incident happened in?

A)

1690

B)

1697

C)

1750

D)

1773

Correct Answer : 1773

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.

8 .

Habeas Corpus Act was passed in?

A)

1679

B)

1682

C)

1689

D)

1694

Correct Answer : 1679

The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of Parliament in England during the reign of King Charles II

9 .

Who was the first to sail around the world?

A)

Francis Drake

B)

Columbus

C)

Vasco da Gama

D)

Ferdinand Magellan

Correct Answer : Ferdinand Magellan

Five hundred years ago, Ferdinand Magellan began a historic journey to circumnavigate the globe.

10 .

Who was among the famous Roman poets?

A)

Tacitus

B)

Marcus

C)

Virgil

D)

Plinky

Correct Answer : Virgil

Virgil and Horace were the famous Roman poets. Tacitus and Plinky were the famous Roman historians.