FIA World History MCQs (101-200)

  1. The first Secretary-General of NATO was:
    A) Hastings Ismay
    B) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    C) Javier Solana
    D) Kofi Annan
    Answer: A
  2. The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed between:
    A) England and France
    B) Spain and Portugal
    C) Germany and Italy
    D) Russia and Turkey
    Answer: B
  3. The founder of the Ming Dynasty was:
    A) Kublai Khan
    B) Zhu Yuanzhang
    C) Sun Yat-sen
    D) Qin Shi Huang
    Answer: B
  4. The first successful heart transplant was performed by:
    A) Louis Pasteur
    B) Christiaan Barnard
    C) Alexander Fleming
    D) Jonas Salk
    Answer: B
  5. The headquarters of the Arab League is in:
    A) Riyadh
    B) Cairo
    C) Damascus
    D) Baghdad
    Answer: B
  6. The first civilization in the Americas was:
    A) Aztec
    B) Maya
    C) Olmec
    D) Inca
    Answer: C
  7. The Crimean War was fought between Russia and:
    A) France and Britain
    B) Germany and Italy
    C) China and Japan
    D) Spain and Portugal
    Answer: A
  8. The founder of the Gupta Golden Age was:
    A) Samudragupta
    B) Chandragupta II
    C) Chandragupta I
    D) Harsha
    Answer: C
  9. The first newspaper was published in:
    A) Germany
    B) China
    C) England
    D) France
    Answer: B
  10. The headquarters of ASEAN is in:
    A) Bangkok
    B) Jakarta
    C) Kuala Lumpur
    D) Manila
    Answer: B
  11. The first battle of Islam was:
    A) Uhud
    B) Khandaq
    C) Badr
    D) Hunain
    Answer: C
  12. The founder of the Spanish Empire in America was:
    A) Cortés
    B) Pizarro
    C) Columbus
    D) Ferdinand
    Answer: C
  13. The first woman to travel into space was:
    A) Sally Ride
    B) Kalpana Chawla
    C) Valentina Tereshkova
    D) Mae Jemison
    Answer: C
  14. The capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was:
    A) Budapest
    B) Prague
    C) Vienna
    D) Bratislava
    Answer: C
  15. The founder of the Mauryan Empire defeated:
    A) Seleucus
    B) Dhana Nanda
    C) Harsha
    D) Porus
    Answer: B
  16. The first successful vaccine for polio was developed by:
    A) Edward Jenner
    B) Jonas Salk
    C) Fleming
    D) Koch
    Answer: B
  17. The headquarters of SAARC is in:
    A) Islamabad
    B) Dhaka
    C) Kathmandu
    D) Colombo
    Answer: C
  18. The Thirty Years’ War ended with the:
    A) Treaty of Versailles
    B) Treaty of Paris
    C) Peace of Westphalia
    D) Treaty of Utrecht
    Answer: C
  19. The founder of the Sikh Khalsa was:
    A) Guru Nanak
    B) Guru Arjan
    C) Guru Gobind Singh
    D) Guru Ram Das
    Answer: C
  20. The first Prime Minister of India was:
    A) Gandhi
    B) Nehru
    C) Patel
    D) Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: B
  21. The headquarters of OIC is in:
    A) Jeddah
    B) Riyadh
    C) Makkah
    D) Cairo
    Answer: A
  22. The first emperor of the Mughal Empire was:
    A) Akbar
    B) Babur
    C) Humayun
    D) Shah Jahan
    Answer: B
  23. The Cold War ended with the dissolution of:
    A) Yugoslavia
    B) Czechoslovakia
    C) USSR
    D) Warsaw Pact
    Answer: C
  24. The founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was:
    A) King Faisal
    B) King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud
    C) King Saud
    D) King Khalid
    Answer: B
  25. The first country to recognize Pakistan was:
    A) Iran
    B) Turkey
    C) Saudi Arabia
    D) China
    Answer: A
  26. The headquarters of the African Union is in:
    A) Nairobi
    B) Addis Ababa
    C) Cairo
    D) Lagos
    Answer: B
  27. The first European university was established in:
    A) Paris
    B) Oxford
    C) Bologna
    D) Cambridge
    Answer: C
  28. The founder of the Ilkhanate was:
    A) Timur
    B) Hulagu Khan
    C) Genghis Khan
    D) Kublai Khan
    Answer: B
  29. The first battle of World War II was fought in:
    A) France
    B) Poland
    C) Germany
    D) Belgium
    Answer: B
  30. The headquarters of the Commonwealth is in:
    A) Ottawa
    B) Canberra
    C) London
    D) Wellington
    Answer: C
  31. The first Chinese traveler to India was:
    A) Faxian
    B) Xuanzang
    C) Ibn Battuta
    D) Marco Polo
    Answer: A
  32. The founder of the Delhi Sultanate slave dynasty was:
    A) Iltutmish
    B) Balban
    C) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    D) Razia Sultan
    Answer: C
  33. The first battle between Muslims and Crusaders was:
    A) Battle of Hattin
    B) Battle of Antioch
    C) Battle of Jerusalem
    D) Battle of Dorylaeum
    Answer: D
  34. The headquarters of FIFA is in:
    A) Paris
    B) Zurich
    C) Geneva
    D) Vienna
    Answer: B
  35. The first modern census was conducted in:
    A) Britain
    B) China
    C) USA
    D) France
    Answer: A
  36. The founder of the Timurid Empire was:
    A) Babur
    B) Timur
    C) Genghis Khan
    D) Nadir Shah
    Answer: B
  37. The first successful submarine was built by:
    A) Fulton
    B) John Holland
    C) Edison
    D) Marconi
    Answer: B
  38. The headquarters of the WTO is in:
    A) New York
    B) Geneva
    C) Paris
    D) Brussels
    Answer: B
  39. The first battle fought with tanks was during:
    A) Battle of Somme
    B) Battle of Verdun
    C) Battle of Waterloo
    D) Battle of Marne
    Answer: A
  40. The founder of the Yuan Dynasty was:
    A) Genghis Khan
    B) Kublai Khan
    C) Timur
    D) Qin Shi Huang
    Answer: B
  41. The first successful photograph was taken by:
    A) Daguerre
    B) Edison
    C) Newton
    D) Bell
    Answer: A
  42. The headquarters of UNICEF is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) London
    C) New York
    D) Paris
    Answer: C
  43. The first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
    A) Fatima Jinnah
    B) Benazir Bhutto
    C) Hina Rabbani Khar
    D) Maryam Nawaz
    Answer: B
  44. The founder of the Mauryan administration system was guided by:
    A) Chanakya
    B) Kalidasa
    C) Ashoka
    D) Panini
    Answer: A
  45. The first Arab-Israeli war took place in:
    A) 1948
    B) 1956
    C) 1967
    D) 1973
    Answer: A
  46. The headquarters of INTERPOL is in:
    A) Paris
    B) Lyon
    C) Vienna
    D) Geneva
    Answer: B
  47. The first successful radio transmission was achieved by:
    A) Bell
    B) Marconi
    C) Tesla
    D) Edison
    Answer: B
  48. The founder of the Ottoman Janissaries was:
    A) Osman I
    B) Orhan
    C) Murad I
    D) Mehmed II
    Answer: C
  49. The first successful cloning of an animal was:
    A) Dolly the Sheep
    B) Lucy the Ape
    C) Laika the Dog
    D) Ham the Chimpanzee
    Answer: A
  50. The headquarters of Greenpeace is in:
    A) Amsterdam
    B) Geneva
    C) Paris
    D) London
    Answer: A
  51. The first successful jet aircraft was developed by:
    A) Germany
    B) USA
    C) Britain
    D) France
    Answer: A
  52. The founder of the Mughal Empire defeated Ibrahim Lodhi at:
    A) Panipat
    B) Plassey
    C) Buxar
    D) Tarain
    Answer: A
  53. The first world organization was:
    A) United Nations
    B) League of Nations
    C) NATO
    D) OIC
    Answer: B
  54. The headquarters of the International Court of Justice is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) Brussels
    C) The Hague
    D) Vienna
    Answer: C
  55. The first emperor of unified Germany was:
    A) Otto von Bismarck
    B) Wilhelm I
    C) Frederick II
    D) Kaiser Wilhelm II
    Answer: B
  56. The founder of Buddhism attained enlightenment at:
    A) Lumbini
    B) Bodh Gaya
    C) Sarnath
    D) Kushinagar
    Answer: B
  57. The first successful satellite launched by the USA was:
    A) Apollo 11
    B) Sputnik
    C) Explorer 1
    D) Voyager 1
    Answer: C
  58. The headquarters of WHO is in:
    A) New York
    B) Geneva
    C) Paris
    D) Brussels
    Answer: B
  59. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was:
    A) Marie Curie
    B) Mother Teresa
    C) Rosalind Franklin
    D) Florence Nightingale
    Answer: A
  60. The founder of the Gupta Empire used the title:
    A) Maharaja
    B) Sultan
    C) Caliph
    D) Shah
    Answer: A
  61. The first battle of Panipat was fought in:
    A) 1526
    B) 1556
    C) 1761
    D) 1857
    Answer: A
  62. The headquarters of Amnesty International was founded in:
    A) Paris
    B) London
    C) Geneva
    D) Rome
    Answer: B
  63. The first successful transatlantic flight was completed by:
    A) Wright Brothers
    B) Charles Lindbergh
    C) Amelia Earhart
    D) Yuri Gagarin
    Answer: B
  64. The founder of the Ottoman Empire belonged to the:
    A) Seljuk tribe
    B) Kayi tribe
    C) Mongol tribe
    D) Uzbek tribe
    Answer: B
  65. The first democratic constitution in the world was adopted by:
    A) USA
    B) Britain
    C) France
    D) Greece
    Answer: A
  66. The headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) Vienna
    C) Paris
    D) Brussels
    Answer: B
  67. The first successful computer was invented by:
    A) Charles Babbage
    B) Alan Turing
    C) John Atanasoff
    D) Konrad Zuse
    Answer: C
  68. The founder of Pakistan presented the Fourteen Points in:
    A) 1928
    B) 1929
    C) 1930
    D) 1935
    Answer: B
  69. The first modern bank was established in:
    A) Italy
    B) France
    C) England
    D) Germany
    Answer: A
  70. The headquarters of the European Parliament is in:
    A) Brussels
    B) Strasbourg
    C) Berlin
    D) Paris
    Answer: B
  71. The first successful vaccine against rabies was developed by:
    A) Fleming
    B) Jenner
    C) Pasteur
    D) Koch
    Answer: C
  72. The founder of the Delhi Sultanate belonged to the:
    A) Khilji dynasty
    B) Slave dynasty
    C) Tughlaq dynasty
    D) Lodhi dynasty
    Answer: B
  73. The first railway line in the world was opened in:
    A) France
    B) Germany
    C) Britain
    D) USA
    Answer: C
  74. The headquarters of the UN Security Council is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) Paris
    C) New York
    D) Vienna
    Answer: C
  75. The first successful use of gunpowder in warfare occurred in:
    A) India
    B) China
    C) Arabia
    D) Europe
    Answer: B
  76. The founder of the Mughal dynasty was a descendant of:
    A) Timur and Genghis Khan
    B) Alexander and Cyrus
    C) Abbasids and Umayyads
    D) Ottomans and Safavids
    Answer: A
  77. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was:
    A) Otto I
    B) Charlemagne
    C) Frederick Barbarossa
    D) Henry IV
    Answer: B
  78. The headquarters of the International Red Cross is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) Vienna
    C) Rome
    D) Paris
    Answer: A
  79. The first successful steam locomotive was built by:
    A) James Watt
    B) George Stephenson
    C) Edison
    D) Fulton
    Answer: B
  80. The founder of the Sikh Empire was:
    A) Guru Gobind Singh
    B) Ranjit Singh
    C) Banda Bahadur
    D) Hari Singh Nalwa
    Answer: B
  81. The first successful human organ transplant was:
    A) Kidney transplant
    B) Heart transplant
    C) Liver transplant
    D) Lung transplant
    Answer: A
  82. The headquarters of OPEC is in:
    A) Riyadh
    B) Vienna
    C) Tehran
    D) Baghdad
    Answer: B
  83. The first battle between India and Pakistan was fought over:
    A) Punjab
    B) Kashmir
    C) Bengal
    D) Sindh
    Answer: B
  84. The founder of the Abbasid dynasty was:
    A) Abu Abbas al-Saffah
    B) Harun al-Rashid
    C) Al-Mansur
    D) Muawiyah
    Answer: A
  85. The first successful helicopter was invented by:
    A) Sikorsky
    B) Bell
    C) Wright Brothers
    D) Edison
    Answer: A
  86. The headquarters of the Non-Aligned Movement is in:
    A) No permanent headquarters
    B) Cairo
    C) Belgrade
    D) Jakarta
    Answer: A
  87. The first successful television system was developed by:
    A) Marconi
    B) John Logie Baird
    C) Edison
    D) Tesla
    Answer: B
  88. The founder of the Umayyad dynasty was:
    A) Yazid
    B) Muawiyah
    C) Abdul Malik
    D) Marwan
    Answer: B
  89. The first successful powered flight took place in:
    A) 1895
    B) 1901
    C) 1903
    D) 1910
    Answer: C
  90. The headquarters of the League of Nations was in:
    A) Paris
    B) London
    C) Geneva
    D) Vienna
    Answer: C
  91. The first woman to become Prime Minister of a Muslim country was:
    A) Benazir Bhutto
    B) Tansu Çiller
    C) Khaleda Zia
    D) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
    Answer: A
  92. The founder of the Umayyad Caliphate established the capital at:
    A) Baghdad
    B) Cairo
    C) Damascus
    D) Madinah
    Answer: C
  93. The first successful mission to the Moon was:
    A) Apollo 8
    B) Apollo 11
    C) Sputnik 1
    D) Voyager 1
    Answer: B
  94. The headquarters of the UN General Assembly is in:
    A) Geneva
    B) New York
    C) Paris
    D) Vienna
    Answer: B
  95. The first successful artificial satellite was:
    A) Explorer 1
    B) Sputnik 1
    C) Apollo 11
    D) Voyager 2
    Answer: B
  96. The founder of the Fatimid dynasty belonged to the:
    A) Sunni sect
    B) Shia sect
    C) Khawarij
    D) Sufi order
    Answer: B
  97. The first successful electric generator was invented by:
    A) Faraday
    B) Volta
    C) Edison
    D) Tesla
    Answer: A
  98. The headquarters of the Asian Development Bank is in:
    A) Tokyo
    B) Manila
    C) Beijing
    D) Bangkok
    Answer: B
  99. The first successful modern revolver was invented by:
    A) Colt
    B) Maxim
    C) Gatling
    D) Browning
    Answer: A
  100. The founder of the Mughal Empire captured Delhi after defeating:
    A) Rana Sanga
    B) Ibrahim Lodhi
    C) Sher Shah Suri
    D) Daulat Khan Lodhi
    Answer: B
 
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