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- The first Secretary-General of the United Nations from Asia was:
A) U Thant
B) Ban Ki-moon
C) Kofi Annan
D) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Answer: A - The Treaty of Utrecht was signed in:
A) 1648
B) 1713
C) 1815
D) 1919
Answer: B - The founder of the Mughal Empire was born in:
A) Samarkand
B) Kabul
C) Andijan
D) Bukhara
Answer: C - The first successful use of the printing press in Europe was by:
A) Martin Luther
B) Johannes Gutenberg
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Galileo
Answer: B - The headquarters of the International Labour Organization is in:
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) Brussels
D) Vienna
Answer: A - The first civilization to develop writing was:
A) Egyptian
B) Chinese
C) Mesopotamian
D) Indus Valley
Answer: C - The Seven Years’ War was fought during:
A) 1756–1763
B) 1789–1795
C) 1812–1819
D) 1914–1921
Answer: A - The founder of the Roman Empire was:
A) Julius Caesar
B) Augustus Caesar
C) Nero
D) Constantine
Answer: B - The first successful electric telegraph was invented by:
A) Edison
B) Samuel Morse
C) Bell
D) Tesla
Answer: B - The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is in:
A) Paris
B) Lausanne
C) Geneva
D) Rome
Answer: B - The first Muslim conquest outside Arabia was in:
A) Egypt
B) Persia
C) Syria
D) Iraq
Answer: C - The founder of the Sikh religion was born at:
A) Lahore
B) Nankana Sahib
C) Amritsar
D) Delhi
Answer: B - The first successful vaccine for smallpox was introduced in:
A) 1796
B) 1850
C) 1901
D) 1928
Answer: A - The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund is in:
A) Geneva
B) Washington, D.C.
C) New York
D) Paris
Answer: B - The first emperor of the Byzantine Empire was:
A) Justinian
B) Constantine the Great
C) Theodosius
D) Nero
Answer: B - The founder of the Ottoman Empire established the state in:
A) 1299
B) 1453
C) 1517
D) 1071
Answer: A - The first successful human blood transfusion was carried out in:
A) France
B) England
C) Germany
D) Italy
Answer: A - The headquarters of the International Criminal Court is in:
A) Geneva
B) The Hague
C) Brussels
D) Vienna
Answer: B - The first Muslim ruler to invade India was:
A) Muhammad bin Qasim
B) Mahmud Ghaznavi
C) Babur
D) Ahmad Shah Abdali
Answer: A - The founder of the Mauryan Empire signed a treaty with:
A) Seleucus Nicator
B) Alexander
C) Darius
D) Xerxes
Answer: A - The first successful use of penicillin was discovered by:
A) Fleming
B) Koch
C) Pasteur
D) Jenner
Answer: A - The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization is in:
A) Geneva
B) Rome
C) Paris
D) Vienna
Answer: B - The first modern revolution in Europe was:
A) French Revolution
B) Glorious Revolution
C) Russian Revolution
D) Industrial Revolution
Answer: B - The founder of Pakistan demanded a separate homeland in the:
A) Lahore Resolution
B) Lucknow Pact
C) Delhi Proposals
D) Simla Agreement
Answer: A - The first successful electric motor was invented by:
A) Faraday
B) Edison
C) Tesla
D) Volta
Answer: A - The headquarters of UNESCO was established in:
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) London
D) Rome
Answer: B - The first European to discover the sea route to India rounded the Cape of:
A) Good Hope
B) Horn
C) Gibraltar
D) Malacca
Answer: A - The founder of the Abbasid capital Baghdad was:
A) Harun al-Rashid
B) Al-Mansur
C) Al-Mamun
D) Al-Mutasim
Answer: B - The first successful parachute jump was made by:
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) André Garnerin
C) Wright Brothers
D) Galileo
Answer: B - The headquarters of NATO was originally established in:
A) Paris
B) Brussels
C) London
D) Rome
Answer: A - The first Mughal emperor buried in India was:
A) Babur
B) Humayun
C) Akbar
D) Jahangir
Answer: B - The founder of the Delhi Sultanate was originally a slave of:
A) Mahmud Ghaznavi
B) Muhammad Ghori
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Balban
Answer: B - The first successful use of anesthesia in surgery was with:
A) Ether
B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen
D) Carbon dioxide
Answer: A - The headquarters of the World Health Organization was founded in:
A) 1945
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1960
Answer: B - The first emperor of the Mughal Empire in India defeated Rana Sanga at:
A) Panipat
B) Khanwa
C) Tarain
D) Plassey
Answer: B - The founder of the modern nursing profession was:
A) Marie Curie
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Clara Barton
D) Jane Addams
Answer: B - The first successful use of radar occurred during:
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Korean War
D) Vietnam War
Answer: B - The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations is in:
A) Canberra
B) Ottawa
C) London
D) Wellington
Answer: C - The first Muslim dynasty in Spain was:
A) Abbasids
B) Fatimids
C) Umayyads
D) Ottomans
Answer: C - The founder of the Khilji dynasty was:
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Jalaluddin Khilji
C) Balban
D) Ibrahim Lodhi
Answer: B - The first successful vaccine against tuberculosis was called:
A) BCG
B) MMR
C) OPV
D) DPT
Answer: A - The headquarters of the European Commission is in:
A) Brussels
B) Berlin
C) Paris
D) Strasbourg
Answer: A - The first modern empire in Europe was established by:
A) Napoleon
B) Charlemagne
C) Hitler
D) Mussolini
Answer: B - The founder of the Lodhi dynasty was:
A) Sikandar Lodhi
B) Bahlul Lodhi
C) Ibrahim Lodhi
D) Daulat Khan Lodhi
Answer: B - The first successful communication satellite was:
A) Sputnik
B) Telstar
C) Apollo
D) Voyager
Answer: B - The headquarters of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is in:
A) Beijing
B) Moscow
C) Tashkent
D) Astana
Answer: A - The first major battle won by Muslims against the Persians was:
A) Yarmouk
B) Qadisiyyah
C) Nahavand
D) Badr
Answer: B - The founder of the Tughlaq dynasty was:
A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
D) Balban
Answer: A - The first successful human spaceflight was launched in:
A) 1957
B) 1961
C) 1965
D) 1969
Answer: B - The headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union is in:
A) Geneva
B) Vienna
C) Paris
D) Brussels
Answer: A - The first ruler to use the title “Caesar” was:
A) Augustus
B) Julius Caesar
C) Nero
D) Constantine
Answer: B - The founder of the Mughal Empire wrote his memoirs in:
A) Persian
B) Arabic
C) Turkish
D) Urdu
Answer: C - The first successful vaccination campaign eradicated:
A) Polio
B) Cholera
C) Smallpox
D) Malaria
Answer: C - The headquarters of the Organization of American States is in:
A) New York
B) Washington, D.C.
C) Ottawa
D) Mexico City
Answer: B - The first emperor of unified Italy was:
A) Victor Emmanuel II
B) Garibaldi
C) Mussolini
D) Cavour
Answer: A - The founder of the Sur Empire was:
A) Sher Shah Suri
B) Babur
C) Akbar
D) Humayun
Answer: A - The first successful modern census in India was conducted in:
A) 1872
B) 1881
C) 1901
D) 1911
Answer: A - The headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization is in:
A) Geneva
B) Montreal
C) Paris
D) Brussels
Answer: B - The first Muslim naval battle was:
A) Battle of Badr
B) Battle of the Masts
C) Battle of Yarmouk
D) Battle of Uhud
Answer: B - The founder of the Mauryan Empire established his capital at:
A) Delhi
B) Taxila
C) Pataliputra
D) Agra
Answer: C - The first successful steam-powered ship was developed by:
A) Robert Fulton
B) James Watt
C) Edison
D) Bell
Answer: A - The headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is in:
A) Cairo
B) Jeddah
C) Riyadh
D) Doha
Answer: B - The first ruler of the Ottoman Empire to conquer Constantinople was:
A) Osman I
B) Suleiman
C) Mehmed II
D) Selim I
Answer: C - The founder of the Vijayanagara Empire was:
A) Harihara and Bukka
B) Krishnadevaraya
C) Ashoka
D) Chandragupta
Answer: A - The first successful modern submarine attack occurred during:
A) American Civil War
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) Crimean War
Answer: A - The headquarters of the World Trade Organization is in:
A) Geneva
B) Brussels
C) Vienna
D) Paris
Answer: A - The first Muslim scientist known for algebra was:
A) Ibn Sina
B) Al-Khwarizmi
C) Al-Biruni
D) Jabir ibn Hayyan
Answer: B - The founder of the Chagatai Khanate was:
A) Hulagu Khan
B) Chagatai Khan
C) Timur
D) Batu Khan
Answer: B - The first successful transcontinental railroad was completed in:
A) Britain
B) USA
C) Russia
D) China
Answer: B - The headquarters of the European Central Bank is in:
A) Paris
B) Berlin
C) Frankfurt
D) Brussels
Answer: C - The first ruler of England after the Norman Conquest was:
A) Henry II
B) William the Conqueror
C) Richard I
D) John
Answer: B - The founder of the Ghaznavid Empire was:
A) Mahmud Ghaznavi
B) Sabuktigin
C) Muhammad Ghori
D) Timur
Answer: B - The first successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by steamship was by:
A) Great Western
B) Titanic
C) Lusitania
D) Queen Mary
Answer: A - The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements is in:
A) Zurich
B) Basel
C) Geneva
D) Vienna
Answer: B - The first Muslim ruler to establish an empire in Spain was:
A) Tariq bin Ziyad
B) Musa bin Nusayr
C) Abd al-Rahman I
D) Harun al-Rashid
Answer: C - The founder of the Ghorid dynasty was:
A) Alauddin Husain
B) Ghiyasuddin Ghori
C) Muhammad Ghori
D) Mahmud Ghaznavi
Answer: B - The first successful use of antibiotics transformed medicine during:
A) 18th century
B) 19th century
C) 20th century
D) 21st century
Answer: C - The headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is located in:
A) Jakarta
B) Bangkok
C) Manila
D) Kuala Lumpur
Answer: A - The first king of a unified England was:
A) Alfred the Great
B) Edward the Confessor
C) Athelstan
D) William I
Answer: C - The founder of the Mughal Empire invaded India from:
A) Persia
B) Kabul
C) Turkey
D) Arabia
Answer: B - The first successful modern vaccine was developed against:
A) Cholera
B) Rabies
C) Smallpox
D) Tuberculosis
Answer: C - The headquarters of the International Maritime Organization is in:
A) Geneva
B) London
C) Paris
D) Rome
Answer: B - The first Muslim ruler to introduce Arabic coins was:
A) Muawiyah
B) Abdul Malik
C) Harun al-Rashid
D) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
Answer: B - The founder of the Delhi Sultanate ruled from:
A) Lahore
B) Agra
C) Delhi
D) Multan
Answer: C - The first successful use of electricity for lighting streets occurred in:
A) London
B) Paris
C) New York
D) Berlin
Answer: B - The headquarters of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is in:
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) Vienna
D) Brussels
Answer: B - The first Muslim conquest of Jerusalem occurred during the caliphate of:
A) Abu Bakr
B) Umar
C) عثمان
D) Ali
Answer: B - The founder of the Qing Dynasty conquered:
A) Japan
B) India
C) China
D) Korea
Answer: C - The first successful diesel engine was invented by:
A) Rudolf Diesel
B) James Watt
C) Edison
D) Tesla
Answer: A - The headquarters of the International Organization for Migration is in:
A) Geneva
B) Vienna
C) Paris
D) Rome
Answer: A - The first Muslim dynasty to rule Egypt independently was:
A) Fatimids
B) Tulunids
C) Umayyads
D) Abbasids
Answer: B - The founder of the Umayyad rule in Spain was:
A) Abd al-Rahman I
B) Tariq bin Ziyad
C) Musa bin Nusayr
D) Abdul Malik
Answer: A - The first successful use of nuclear energy for electricity occurred in:
A) USA
B) USSR
C) Britain
D) France
Answer: B - The headquarters of the International Union for Conservation of Nature is in:
A) Geneva
B) Gland
C) Paris
D) Vienna
Answer: B - The first Muslim ruler to conquer Sindh was:
A) Mahmud Ghaznavi
B) Muhammad bin Qasim
C) Babur
D) Muhammad Ghori
Answer: B - The founder of the Safavid Empire made which sect official in Iran?
A) Sunni
B) Shia
C) Ibadi
D) Wahhabi
Answer: B - The first successful use of paper currency in Europe was in:
A) Italy
B) Sweden
C) England
D) France
Answer: B - The headquarters of the International Red Crescent Movement is in:
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) Vienna
D) Brussels
Answer: A - The first Muslim battle fought on Indian soil was:
A) Battle of Panipat
B) Battle of Rajasthan
C) Battle of Debal
D) Battle of Tarain
Answer: C - The founder of the Ottoman Empire was succeeded by:
A) Murad I
B) Orhan
C) Mehmed II
D) Bayezid I
Answer: B