FIA World History MCQs (1-100)

 

  1. The first man to walk on the Moon was:
    A) Yuri Gagarin
    B) Neil Armstrong
    C) Buzz Aldrin
    D) John Glenn
    Answer: B
  2. The United Nations was established in:
    A) 1919
    B) 1939
    C) 1945
    D) 1950
    Answer: C
  3. The Berlin Wall fell in:
    A) 1985
    B) 1987
    C) 1989
    D) 1991
    Answer: C
  4. World War I began in:
    A) 1912
    B) 1914
    C) 1916
    D) 1918
    Answer: B
  5. The Renaissance began in:
    A) England
    B) Germany
    C) Italy
    D) France
    Answer: C
  6. The founder of the Mongol Empire was:
    A) Kublai Khan
    B) Hulagu Khan
    C) Genghis Khan
    D) Timur
    Answer: C
  7. The French Revolution started in:
    A) 1776
    B) 1789
    C) 1815
    D) 1848
    Answer: B
  8. The Magna Carta was signed in:
    A) 1066
    B) 1215
    C) 1492
    D) 1688
    Answer: B
  9. The Industrial Revolution first began in:
    A) France
    B) Germany
    C) Britain
    D) Russia
    Answer: C
  10. The discovery of America is associated with:
    A) Vasco da Gama
    B) Ferdinand Magellan
    C) Christopher Columbus
    D) James Cook
    Answer: C
  11. The Cold War was mainly between:
    A) USA and Germany
    B) USA and USSR
    C) Britain and France
    D) China and Japan
    Answer: B
  12. The capital of the Byzantine Empire was:
    A) Rome
    B) Athens
    C) Constantinople
    D) Cairo
    Answer: C
  13. The League of Nations was formed after:
    A) World War I
    B) World War II
    C) Crimean War
    D) Cold War
    Answer: A
  14. Napoleon Bonaparte belonged to:
    A) Spain
    B) Italy
    C) France
    D) Germany
    Answer: C
  15. The American Declaration of Independence was issued in:
    A) 1776
    B) 1789
    C) 1812
    D) 1865
    Answer: A
  16. The Great Wall is located in:
    A) Japan
    B) India
    C) China
    D) Korea
    Answer: C
  17. The father of modern Turkey was:
    A) Suleiman
    B) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
    C) Abdul Hamid
    D) Mehmed II
    Answer: B
  18. World War II ended in:
    A) 1943
    B) 1945
    C) 1947
    D) 1950
    Answer: B
  19. The Roman Empire officially split into two parts in:
    A) 395 AD
    B) 476 AD
    C) 622 AD
    D) 800 AD
    Answer: A
  20. The Bolshevik Revolution occurred in:
    A) China
    B) France
    C) Russia
    D) Germany
    Answer: C
  21. The first President of the United States was:
    A) Abraham Lincoln
    B) Thomas Jefferson
    C) George Washington
    D) John Adams
    Answer: C
  22. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the:
    A) Black Sea
    B) Red Sea
    C) Arabian Sea
    D) Caspian Sea
    Answer: B
  23. The founder of Buddhism was:
    A) Mahavira
    B) Ashoka
    C) Gautama Buddha
    D) Chandragupta
    Answer: C
  24. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in:
    A) 1918
    B) 1919
    C) 1921
    D) 1925
    Answer: B
  25. The first European to reach India by sea was:
    A) Columbus
    B) Vasco da Gama
    C) Magellan
    D) Marco Polo
    Answer: B
  26. The capital of the ancient Inca Empire was:
    A) Lima
    B) Cusco
    C) Quito
    D) Santiago
    Answer: B
  27. The founder of Pakistan was educated in:
    A) Oxford
    B) Cambridge
    C) Lincoln’s Inn
    D) Harvard
    Answer: C
  28. The Opium Wars were fought between China and:
    A) France
    B) Russia
    C) Britain
    D) Japan
    Answer: C
  29. The famous ship Titanic sank in:
    A) 1905
    B) 1912
    C) 1918
    D) 1925
    Answer: B
  30. The first woman Prime Minister in the world was:
    A) Indira Gandhi
    B) Benazir Bhutto
    C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
    D) Margaret Thatcher
    Answer: C
  31. The headquarters of NATO is in:
    A) Paris
    B) Brussels
    C) London
    D) Rome
    Answer: B
  32. The Russian Revolution took place in:
    A) 1905
    B) 1917
    C) 1920
    D) 1939
    Answer: B
  33. The first civilization of the world developed in:
    A) Nile Valley
    B) Indus Valley
    C) Mesopotamia
    D) China
    Answer: C
  34. The founder of the Maurya Empire was:
    A) Ashoka
    B) Chandragupta Maurya
    C) Harsha
    D) Akbar
    Answer: B
  35. The Hundred Years’ War was fought between:
    A) England and France
    B) Germany and Italy
    C) Russia and Turkey
    D) Spain and Portugal
    Answer: A
  36. The capital of ancient Egypt was:
    A) Cairo
    B) Memphis
    C) Alexandria
    D) Luxor
    Answer: B
  37. The first printing press was invented by:
    A) Galileo
    B) Gutenberg
    C) Newton
    D) Edison
    Answer: B
  38. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in:
    A) 1955
    B) 1962
    C) 1971
    D) 1980
    Answer: B
  39. The first Secretary-General of the UN was:
    A) U Thant
    B) Dag Hammarskjöld
    C) Trygve Lie
    D) Kofi Annan
    Answer: C
  40. The Reformation movement was started by:
    A) Martin Luther
    B) John Calvin
    C) Henry VIII
    D) Erasmus
    Answer: A
  41. The first World War ended in:
    A) 1917
    B) 1918
    C) 1919
    D) 1920
    Answer: B
  42. The capital of the Ottoman Empire was:
    A) Ankara
    B) Baghdad
    C) Constantinople
    D) Damascus
    Answer: C
  43. The founder of the Mughal Empire was:
    A) Akbar
    B) Babur
    C) Humayun
    D) Aurangzeb
    Answer: B
  44. The American Civil War was fought between:
    A) North and South
    B) East and West
    C) Britain and America
    D) France and America
    Answer: A
  45. The first atomic bomb was dropped on:
    A) Tokyo
    B) Hiroshima
    C) Kyoto
    D) Nagasaki
    Answer: B
  46. The capital of the Roman Empire was:
    A) Athens
    B) Rome
    C) Venice
    D) Milan
    Answer: B
  47. The first country to industrialize was:
    A) Germany
    B) Britain
    C) USA
    D) France
    Answer: B
  48. The founder of the Qing Dynasty was from:
    A) Han Chinese
    B) Mongols
    C) Manchus
    D) Tibetans
    Answer: C
  49. The first crusade was launched in:
    A) 1095
    B) 1204
    C) 1291
    D) 1453
    Answer: A
  50. The Renaissance artist who painted Mona Lisa was:
    A) Michelangelo
    B) Raphael
    C) Leonardo da Vinci
    D) Donatello
    Answer: C
  51. The capital of the Soviet Union was:
    A) Leningrad
    B) Moscow
    C) Stalingrad
    D) Kiev
    Answer: B
  52. The Boer War was fought in:
    A) India
    B) South Africa
    C) Egypt
    D) Sudan
    Answer: B
  53. The founder of Sikhism was:
    A) Guru Gobind Singh
    B) Guru Nanak
    C) Guru Arjan
    D) Guru Tegh Bahadur
    Answer: B
  54. The Treaty of Westphalia was signed in:
    A) 1648
    B) 1707
    C) 1815
    D) 1919
    Answer: A
  55. The first human in space was:
    A) Neil Armstrong
    B) Yuri Gagarin
    C) Alan Shepard
    D) Valentina Tereshkova
    Answer: B
  56. The headquarters of the European Union is in:
    A) Berlin
    B) Brussels
    C) Paris
    D) Geneva
    Answer: B
  57. The first emperor of Rome was:
    A) Julius Caesar
    B) Nero
    C) Augustus
    D) Constantine
    Answer: C
  58. The Wall Street Crash occurred in:
    A) 1919
    B) 1929
    C) 1939
    D) 1945
    Answer: B
  59. The founder of Islam was born in:
    A) Madinah
    B) Jerusalem
    C) Makkah
    D) Damascus
    Answer: C
  60. The first successful airplane was invented by:
    A) Edison
    B) Wright Brothers
    C) Bell
    D) Marconi
    Answer: B
  61. The capital of Nazi Germany was:
    A) Munich
    B) Frankfurt
    C) Berlin
    D) Hamburg
    Answer: C
  62. The first country to grant women the right to vote was:
    A) USA
    B) Britain
    C) New Zealand
    D) France
    Answer: C
  63. The founder of the Safavid Empire was:
    A) Shah Abbas
    B) Ismail I
    C) Nadir Shah
    D) Timur
    Answer: B
  64. The Black Death occurred in:
    A) 10th century
    B) 12th century
    C) 14th century
    D) 16th century
    Answer: C
  65. The capital of ancient Greece was:
    A) Sparta
    B) Athens
    C) Corinth
    D) Troy
    Answer: B
  66. The first Olympic Games were held in:
    A) Athens
    B) Rome
    C) Olympia
    D) Sparta
    Answer: C
  67. The founder of Microsoft is:
    A) Steve Jobs
    B) Elon Musk
    C) Bill Gates
    D) Mark Zuckerberg
    Answer: C
  68. The Korean War began in:
    A) 1945
    B) 1950
    C) 1955
    D) 1960
    Answer: B
  69. The first European settlement in America was established by:
    A) Spain
    B) France
    C) England
    D) Portugal
    Answer: A
  70. The founder of the Gupta Empire was:
    A) Samudragupta
    B) Chandragupta I
    C) Ashoka
    D) Harsha
    Answer: B
  71. The United States entered World War II after the attack on:
    A) Berlin
    B) Pearl Harbor
    C) London
    D) Midway
    Answer: B
  72. The first emperor of China was:
    A) Sun Yat-sen
    B) Qin Shi Huang
    C) Kublai Khan
    D) Mao Zedong
    Answer: B
  73. The founder of the Roman Republic was traditionally believed to be:
    A) Julius Caesar
    B) Augustus
    C) Brutus
    D) Lucius Junius Brutus
    Answer: D
  74. The first country to launch a satellite into space was:
    A) USA
    B) USSR
    C) China
    D) France
    Answer: B
  75. The headquarters of the Red Cross is in:
    A) Vienna
    B) Geneva
    C) Paris
    D) Rome
    Answer: B
  76. The founder of the Delhi Sultanate was:
    A) Balban
    B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    C) Alauddin Khilji
    D) Ibrahim Lodhi
    Answer: B
  77. The capital of the Abbasid Caliphate was:
    A) Cairo
    B) Damascus
    C) Baghdad
    D) Cordoba
    Answer: C
  78. The first European explorer to circumnavigate the globe was:
    A) Columbus
    B) Vasco da Gama
    C) Ferdinand Magellan
    D) James Cook
    Answer: C
  79. The Great Depression started in:
    A) 1914
    B) 1929
    C) 1933
    D) 1945
    Answer: B
  80. The founder of modern China was:
    A) Mao Zedong
    B) Sun Yat-sen
    C) Chiang Kai-shek
    D) Deng Xiaoping
    Answer: B
  81. The first battle of World War I was:
    A) Battle of Somme
    B) Battle of Verdun
    C) Battle of Marne
    D) Battle of Tannenberg
    Answer: D
  82. The headquarters of UNESCO is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) New York
    C) Paris
    D) London
    Answer: C
  83. The founder of the Ottoman Empire was:
    A) Osman I
    B) Mehmed II
    C) Suleiman
    D) Selim I
    Answer: A
  84. The first successful vaccination was developed by:
    A) Louis Pasteur
    B) Edward Jenner
    C) Robert Koch
    D) Fleming
    Answer: B
  85. The capital of the Holy Roman Empire was:
    A) Vienna
    B) Berlin
    C) Rome
    D) No fixed capital
    Answer: D
  86. The founder of the Han Dynasty was:
    A) Liu Bang
    B) Qin Shi Huang
    C) Confucius
    D) Sun Yat-sen
    Answer: A
  87. The first telephone was invented by:
    A) Edison
    B) Marconi
    C) Alexander Graham Bell
    D) Tesla
    Answer: C
  88. The headquarters of the World Bank is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) Washington, D.C.
    C) New York
    D) London
    Answer: B
  89. The first country to use paper money was:
    A) India
    B) China
    C) Egypt
    D) Greece
    Answer: B
  90. The founder of the Mauryan capital Pataliputra was:
    A) Ajatashatru
    B) Ashoka
    C) Chandragupta
    D) Bindusara
    Answer: A
  91. The first successful steam engine was developed by:
    A) James Watt
    B) George Stephenson
    C) Thomas Newcomen
    D) Faraday
    Answer: C
  92. The headquarters of the IMF is in:
    A) Paris
    B) Geneva
    C) Washington, D.C.
    D) Brussels
    Answer: C
  93. The founder of the Persian Empire was:
    A) Darius
    B) Xerxes
    C) Cyrus the Great
    D) Alexander
    Answer: C
  94. The first modern Olympic Games were held in:
    A) Athens
    B) Paris
    C) London
    D) Rome
    Answer: A
  95. The capital of the Mughal Empire during Akbar’s reign was:
    A) Delhi
    B) Lahore
    C) Agra
    D) Fatehpur Sikri
    Answer: D
  96. The first successful electric bulb was invented by:
    A) Newton
    B) Edison
    C) Tesla
    D) Volta
    Answer: B
  97. The founder of the Achaemenid Empire was:
    A) Cyrus the Great
    B) Darius I
    C) Xerxes I
    D) Cambyses
    Answer: A
  98. The first parliament in the world is considered to be of:
    A) England
    B) Iceland
    C) France
    D) Greece
    Answer: B
  99. The headquarters of Amnesty International is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) London
    C) Paris
    D) Brussels
    Answer: B
  100. The founding conference of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries was held in:
    A) Baghdad
    B) Tehran
    C) Riyadh
    D) Kuwait
    Answer: A
FIA World History MCQs (101-200)
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