📖 History MCQs with Answers
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Prepare History MCQs with detailed answers covering world history, important events, famous personalities, and civilizations. Ideal for scholarship tests, job interview tests, and competitive exams.
1. Who is known as the "Father of History"?
A) Socrates
B) Herodotus
C) Aristotle
D) Plato
Answer: B) Herodotus
2. The Great Wall of China was built mainly to protect against:
A) Japanese invasions
B) Mongol invasions
C) Russian invasions
D) Indian invasions
Answer: B) Mongol invasions
3. Who discovered America in 1492?
A) Vasco da Gama
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Christopher Columbus
D) Marco Polo
Answer: C) Christopher Columbus
4. The first World War began in:
A) 1912
B) 1914
C) 1916
D) 1918
Answer: B) 1914
5. The Indus Valley Civilization was mainly located in:
B) Mesopotamia
C) South Asia
D) China
Answer: C) South Asia
6. Who was the first Caliph of Islam?
A) Hazrat Uthman (RA)
B) Hazrat Umar (RA)
C) Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)
D) Hazrat Ali (RA)
Answer: C) Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)
7. The French Revolution started in:
A) 1776
B) 1789
C) 1804
D) 1815
Answer: B) 1789
8. The Mughal Empire in India was founded by:
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Humayun
D) Aurangzeb
Answer: B) Babur
9. Who was the first President of the United States?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) George Washington
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) John Adams
Answer: B) George Washington
10. The Renaissance began in which country?
- A) France
B) Italy
C) Spain
D) Germany
Answer: B) Italy
11. Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India?
A) Bahadur Shah I
B) Bahadur Shah Zafar
C) Aurangzeb
D) Shah Alam II
Answer: B) Bahadur Shah Zafar
12. The Berlin Wall was demolished in:
A) 1985
B) 1987
C) 1989
D) 1991
Answer: C) 1989
13. Who was the founder of the Ottoman Empire?
A) Osman I
B) Suleiman the Magnificent
C) Mehmed II
D) Murad I
Answer: A) Osman I
14. World War II ended in:
A) 1943
B) 1944
C) 1945
D) 1946
Answer: C) 1945
15. The famous "Silk Road" was mainly used for trade between:
A) Europe and America
B) Asia and Europe
C) Africa and Asia
D) China and Africa
Answer: B) Asia and Europe
16. The Taj Mahal was built by:
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Jahangir
D) Humayun
Answer: B) Shah Jahan
17. The Cold War was mainly between:
A) USA and Germany
B) USA and USSR
C) USA and Japan
D) USA and China
Answer: B) USA and USSR
18. Who was known as the "Napoleon of India"?
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Samudragupta
C) Ashoka
D) Harsha
Answer: B) Samudragupta
19. The League of Nations was formed after:
A) First World War
B) Second World War
C) French Revolution
D) Russian Revolution
Answer: A) First World War
20. Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) Marco Polo
Answer: B) Vasco da Gama
21. The Roman Empire was divided into East and West in:
A) 285 AD
B) 300 AD
C) 350 AD
D) 400 AD
Answer: A) 285 AD
22. Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C) Khawaja Nazimuddin
D) Ghulam Muhammad
Answer: A) Liaquat Ali Khan
23. The Battle of Plassey was fought in:
A) 1757
B) 1764
C) 1776
D) 1789
Answer: A) 175
24. Who was the first man to step on the Moon in 1969?
A) Yuri Gagarin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Michael Collins
D) Buzz Aldrin
Answer: B) Neil Armstrong
25. The United Nations was founded in:
A) 1943
B) 1945
C) 1947
D) 1950
Answer: B) 1945
26. The capital of the Byzantine Empire was:
A) Athens
B) Constantinople
C) Rome
D) Venice
Answer: B) Constantinople
27. The First Nobel Prize was awarded in:
A) 1900
B) 1901
C) 1905
D) 1910
Answer: B) 1901
28. The Russian Revolution took place in:
A) 1915
B) 1917
C) 1920
D) 1922
Answer: B) 1917
29. Who was the founder of Sikhism?
A) Guru Gobind Singh
B) Guru Nanak
C) Guru Tegh Bahadur
D) Guru Arjan Dev
Answer: B) Guru Nanak
30. The Second World War began in:
A) 1937
B) 1939
C) 1940
D) 1941
Answer: B) 1939
31. The ancient city of Rome was built on:
A) Three hills
B) Five hills
C) Seven hills
D) Nine hills
Answer: C) Seven hills
32. Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Winston Churchill
C) Margaret Thatcher
D) Tony Blair
Answer: B) Winston Churchill
33. The American Civil War was fought between:
A) North and South States
B) East and West States
C) USA and Britain
D) USA and Mexico
Answer: A) North and South States
34. The Battle of Waterloo took place in:
A) 1804
B) 1815
C) 1820
D) 1830
Answer: B) 1815
35. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire in India?
A) Ashoka
B) Bindusara
C) Chandragupta Maurya
D) Harsha
Answer: C) Chandragupta Maurya
36. The Industrial Revolution first began in:
A) France
B) Germany
C) England
D) USA
Answer: C) England
37. The ancient pyramids are located in:
A) Mexico
B) India
C) Egypt
D) China
Answer: C) Egypt
38. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of the world?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
D) Benazir Bhutto
Answer: C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
39. The Battle of Badr was fought in:
A) 622 AD
B) 624 AD
C) 626 AD
D) 630 AD
Answer: B) 624 AD
40. Who was the last Emperor of Russia?
A) Nicholas I
B) Nicholas II
C) Alexander I
D) Alexander II
Answer: B) Nicholas II
41. The world’s first university was established at:
A) Taxila
B) Nalanda
C) Oxford
D) Al-Qarawiyyin
Answer: A) Taxila
42. Who invented the printing press?
A) Galileo
B) Gutenberg
C) Newton
D) Darwin
Answer: B) Gutenberg
43. The Suez Canal connects:
A) Atlantic and Pacific
B) Mediterranean and Red Sea
C) Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea
D) Caspian and Black Sea
Answer: B) Mediterranean and Red Sea
44. Who was the first Emperor of China?
A) Sun Yat-sen
B) Qin Shi Huang
C) Kublai Khan
D) Wu Zetian
Answer: B) Qin Shi Huang
45. Who abolished slavery in the USA?
A) George Washington
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Franklin Roosevelt
Answer: B) Abraham Lincoln
46. The Olympic Games originated in:
A) Rome
B) Egypt
C) Greece
D) China
Answer: C) Greece
47. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
A) Mahavira
B) Siddhartha Gautama
C) Ashoka
D) Confucius
Answer: B) Siddhartha Gautama
48. The first man to orbit Earth was:
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) Buzz Aldrin
D) John Glenn
Answer: B) Yuri Gagarin
49. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain at the time of Indian independence in 1947?
A) Clement Attlee
B) Winston Churchill
C) Harold Macmillan
D) Stanley Baldwin
Answer: A) Clement Attlee
50. The Treaty of Versailles ended which war?
A) First World War
B) Second World War
C) Cold War
D) American Civil War
Answer: A) First World War
