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| 401. |
October 30, 1922 - King Victor Emmanuel III invited …………….to form the government in Rome. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | lenin |
| C. | winston churchill |
| D. | mussolini |
| Answer» D. mussolini | |
| 402. |
January 1930 - General Miguel Primo de Riviera of …………resigned from his office. |
| A. | france |
| B. | britain |
| C. | spain |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» C. spain | |
| 403. |
In 1931 - …………….invaded Manchuria. |
| A. | france |
| B. | britain |
| C. | japan |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» C. japan | |
| 404. |
A Republic was established in ………...under the leadership of Zamora. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | spain |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» B. spain | |
| 405. |
In 1932 - ………….acquired a German Citizenship. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | winston churchill |
| C. | chamberlain |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» D. hitler | |
| 406. |
In …………….. The Nazi party acquired 44% seats in the Reichstag (German Parliament) |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1938 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» B. 1933 | |
| 407. |
In August …………. - After the death of President Hindenburg, Hitler became an absolute ruler and is called the Fuehrer. |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» B. 1934 | |
| 408. |
In ………… - Italy invaded Ethiopia. |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1915 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» C. 1935 | |
| 409. |
The Second World War can be traced to the Treaty of Versailles, which had been imposed on……………... |
| A. | germany |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 410. |
In 1931, Japan grabbed Manchuria from………….. |
| A. | italy |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | china |
| Answer» D. china | |
| 411. |
World War II began with Hitler’s attack on Poland on September 1,……………... |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» C. 1939 | |
| 412. |
The Anglo-Russian Alliance was formed on July 22, ……………, for mutual military aid in the war against Germany. |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» D. 1941 | |
| 413. |
The American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was bombed by the Japanese on December 7,………….. |
| A. | 1921 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1941 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» C. 1941 | |
| 414. |
Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of………….. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | france |
| C. | italy |
| D. | u.s.a |
| Answer» A. britain | |
| 415. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of ………… |
| A. | u.s.a |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» A. u.s.a | |
| 416. |
Japan continued to battle until atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, …………….respectively, by the United States. |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» B. 1945 | |
| 417. |
During the Second World War, the Nazi dictator, …………initiated a movement that aimed at wiping out the whole race of Jews which was called the holocaust. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | winston churchill |
| C. | chamberlain |
| D. | adolf hitler |
| Answer» D. adolf hitler | |
| 418. |
After the war, Japan was placed under the control of the Far Eastern Commission with General …………….as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces. |
| A. | mac arthur |
| B. | lenin |
| C. | hindenburg |
| D. | victor emmanuel iii |
| Answer» A. mac arthur | |
| 419. |
In 1931 Japan captured…………... |
| A. | leningrad |
| B. | greece |
| C. | manchuria |
| D. | peking |
| Answer» C. manchuria | |
| 420. |
In 1938 …………..annexed Austria. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | germany |
| C. | france |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» B. germany | |
| 421. |
September 3, 1939 - Britain and France declared war on …………. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | greece |
| C. | leningrad |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» D. germany | |
| 422. |
September 1939 - ……………..attacked and captured Denmark and Norway. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | greece |
| C. | leningrad |
| D. | yugoslavia |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 423. |
November 30, 1939 - Soviet Union invaded……………... |
| A. | usa |
| B. | greece |
| C. | leningrad |
| D. | finland |
| Answer» D. finland | |
| 424. |
Battle of Britain was in the year……………….. |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» B. 1940 | |
| 425. |
December 7, 1941 - …………..attacked Pearl Harbor. |
| A. | usa |
| B. | japan |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | hong kong |
| Answer» B. japan | |
| 426. |
December ……………. Germany and Italy declared war on USA. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» D. 1941 | |
| 427. |
August 1945 - US dropped Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, (6th) and Nagasaki (9th), in …… |
| A. | malaysia |
| B. | china |
| C. | japan |
| D. | luxembourg |
| Answer» C. japan | |
| 428. |
…………. attacked Poland on September 1, 1939. |
| A. | hitler |
| B. | john f. kennedy |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | hindenburg |
| Answer» A. hitler | |
| 429. |
The U.S.A. entered the Second World War when …….attacked the Pearl Harbor in 1940. |
| A. | belgium |
| B. | malaysia |
| C. | luxembourg |
| D. | japan |
| Answer» D. japan | |
| 430. |
The United Nations Organization was established in……………….. |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» B. 1945 | |
| 431. |
In August …………… the Atlantic Charter was issued by the U.S. President Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Churchill. |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1921 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» D. 1941 | |
| 432. |
In October 1944, a scheme for the establishment of an international security organization was discussed at Dumbarton Oaks Conference held in…………………. |
| A. | washington dc |
| B. | san francisco |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | luxembourg |
| Answer» A. washington dc | |
| 433. |
The Yalta Conference held in 1945 in which the U.S. President Roosevelt, the British Prime Minister Churchill and the Soviet Prime Minister …………met to resolve to call for a session of the United Nations. |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | winston churchill |
| D. | hindenburg |
| Answer» B. stalin | |
| 434. |
……………started functioning from 24th October, 1945. |
| A. | u.n.o. |
| B. | cento |
| C. | seato |
| D. | usa |
| Answer» A. u.n.o. | |
| 435. |
Headquarters of UNO was at………………... |
| A. | new york |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | hague |
| Answer» A. new york | |
| 436. |
The Security Council is the executive body of the …………… |
| A. | u.n.o. |
| B. | cento |
| C. | seato |
| D. | unicef |
| Answer» A. u.n.o. | |
| 437. |
The seat of The International Court of Justice of the U.N.O. is at ……………..in Netherlands. |
| A. | jerusalem |
| B. | hague |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | belgium |
| Answer» B. hague | |
| 438. |
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established in……………. |
| A. | 1936 |
| B. | 1946 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» B. 1946 | |
| 439. |
Headquarters of UNICEF is…………………. |
| A. | new jersey |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» D. new york | |
| 440. |
World Health Organization (WHO) was founded in April 1948 with its headquarters at…………….. |
| A. | geneva |
| B. | czechoslovakia |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | malaysia |
| Answer» A. geneva | |
| 441. |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in 1946 with its headquarters at………………... |
| A. | paris |
| B. | czechoslovakia |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | belgium |
| Answer» A. paris | |
| 442. |
1941 - The US president Roosevelt and the ……………Prime Minister Churchill issued declaration called the Atlantic Charter. |
| A. | spanish |
| B. | british |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | african |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 443. |
The UNICEF was established in …………. with its headquarters at New York. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» D. 1946 | |
| 444. |
November 1946 UNESCO was established with its head quarters at…………….. |
| A. | paris |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | czechoslovakia |
| Answer» A. paris | |
| 445. |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was set up as the world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in …………..within the United Nations family. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» D. 1957 | |
| 446. |
The post World War II period saw a new kind of international relations set in. It was neither an era of peace nor of war. The major power blocs were the Western Bloc, led by The United States and Great Britain and, the Eastern Bloc, led by the……………. |
| A. | soviet union |
| B. | malaysia |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | america |
| Answer» A. soviet union | |
| 447. |
The term ‘Cold War’ was first coined by Bernard Baruch, an ……………statesman and later popularized by Professor Lippmann. |
| A. | american |
| B. | belgian |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | british |
| Answer» A. american | |
| 448. |
The Truman Doctrine was announced by President Truman in the American Congress on March 12,………….. |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» A. 1947 | |
| 449. |
Who declared that the United States must adopt a policy to support free peoples who were resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures? |
| A. | truman |
| B. | john f. kennedy |
| C. | yasser arafat |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» A. truman | |
| 450. |
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in ………….on April 4, 1949. |
| A. | washington |
| B. | malaysia |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | paris |
| Answer» A. washington | |
| 451. |
……………….., a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of "containment," the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union. |
| A. | george f. kennan |
| B. | george c. marshall |
| C. | john f. kennedy |
| D. | yuri andropov |
| Answer» A. george f. kennan | |
| 452. |
Harry S. Truman was the president of ……………….. |
| A. | usa |
| B. | french |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» A. usa | |
| 453. |
Cominform was founded in …………………. |
| A. | 1917 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 454. |
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded in September 1947 at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poręba,………………... |
| A. | poland |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | czechoslovakia |
| Answer» A. poland | |
| 455. |
The initial seat of Cominform was located in …………….(then the capital of the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia). |
| A. | belgrade |
| B. | luxembourg |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | thailand |
| Answer» A. belgrade | |
| 456. |
After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from Cominform in June…………….., the seat was moved to Bucharest, Romania. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1918 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» C. 1948 | |
| 457. |
The Second World War ended in …………. with the defeat of Nazi Germany. |
| A. | 1915 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» D. 1945 | |
| 458. |
In the …………….Agreement of 2 August 1945, the four victorious allies – the USA, Soviet Union, England and France – decided to divide Germany up into four occupied zones. |
| A. | potsdam |
| B. | luxembourg |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | thailand |
| Answer» A. potsdam | |
| 459. |
The Berlin Wall fell in November ………………… |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1959 |
| C. | 1969 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» D. 1989 | |
| 460. |
Germany was reunified on 3 October……………….. |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1960 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» D. 1990 | |
| 461. |
Under the guidance of Soviet Russia, a founding meeting of the Chinese Communist party (CCP) was held in ……….in July 1921. |
| A. | luxembourg |
| B. | shanghai |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | hunan |
| Answer» B. shanghai | |
| 462. |
On October 1, …………., Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1953 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» B. 1949 | |
| 463. |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in …………. by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1951 |
| D. | 1959 |
| Answer» B. 1949 | |
| 464. |
South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed in…………. |
| A. | 1944 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1959 |
| Answer» B. 1954 | |
| 465. |
Which was the Headquarters of SEATO? |
| A. | czechoslovakia |
| B. | bangkok |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | malaysia |
| Answer» B. bangkok | |
| 466. |
SEATO was formally disbanded in………….. |
| A. | 1967 |
| B. | 1977 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» B. 1977 | |
| 467. |
The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the …………….and several Eastern European countries. |
| A. | soviet union |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | america |
| Answer» A. soviet union | |
| 468. |
The Warsaw Pact officially disbanded in March and July of …………. following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1991 |
| D. | 1992 |
| Answer» C. 1991 | |
| 469. |
The ……………..pact was a defensive organization for promoting shared political, military and economic goals founded in 1955 by Turkey, Iraq, Great Britain, Pakistan and Iran. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | malaysia |
| Answer» A. baghdad | |
| 470. |
The main purpose of the …………Pact was to prevent communist incursions and foster peace in the Middle East. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | albania |
| C. | poland |
| D. | palestine |
| Answer» A. baghdad | |
| 471. |
………………. was renamed the Central Treaty Organization, or CENTO, in 1959 after Iraq pulled out of the Pact. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | hungary |
| C. | bulgaria |
| D. | romania |
| Answer» A. baghdad | |
| 472. |
CENTO was formally disbanded in……………. |
| A. | 1959 |
| B. | 1969 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» C. 1979 | |
| 473. |
In…………, the Suez Canal became the focus of a major world conflict. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» C. 1956 | |
| 474. |
In the late 19th century ………….arose as a nationalist and political movement aimed at restoring the land of Israel as a national home for the Jewish people. |
| A. | zionism |
| B. | cento |
| C. | lollards |
| D. | judaism |
| Answer» A. zionism | |
| 475. |
The first Zionist congress took place in 1897 in Basel under the guidance of ……………..journalist Theodor Herzl. |
| A. | austrian |
| B. | lebanon |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | american |
| Answer» A. austrian | |
| 476. |
Who wrote the book “The Jewish State”? |
| A. | theodor herzl |
| B. | john f. kennedy |
| C. | nikita khrushchev |
| D. | fidel castro |
| Answer» A. theodor herzl | |
| 477. |
The PLO was created in ………………… |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1924 |
| C. | 1944 |
| D. | 1964 |
| Answer» D. 1964 | |
| 478. |
By 1967 the ………………had decided that their primary goal was the destruction of the state of Israel. |
| A. | plo |
| B. | zionism |
| C. | cominform |
| D. | cento |
| Answer» A. plo | |
| 479. |
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved on 25th December,………….. |
| A. | 1941 |
| B. | 1951 |
| C. | 1967 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» D. 1991 | |
| 480. |
…………….led the USSR from 1962-1982. |
| A. | leonid brezhnev |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | khrushchev |
| D. | cherenkov |
| Answer» A. leonid brezhnev | |
| 481. |
In 1894 ……………..founded the Chinese Revival society. |
| A. | dr. sun yat sen |
| B. | chiang kai-shek |
| C. | mao |
| D. | yuanshikai |
| Answer» A. dr. sun yat sen | |
| 482. |
The Boxer Rebellion in China was in ……………… |
| A. | 1800 |
| B. | 1890 |
| C. | 1900 |
| D. | 1907 |
| Answer» C. 1900 | |
| 483. |
The Manchu dynasty was overthrown in a revolution of ……………. |
| A. | 1879 |
| B. | 1891 |
| C. | 1911 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» C. 1911 | |
| 484. |
Japan captured Manchuria and withdrew from the League of Nations in …………... |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» C. 1931 | |
| 485. |
In 1941 …………..attacked the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor. |
| A. | china |
| B. | japan |
| C. | britain |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» B. japan | |
| 486. |
In 1949 Indonesia becomes independent from …………rule. |
| A. | none |
| B. | dutch french |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | british |
| Answer» B. dutch french | |
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