General Awareness Quiz – History

General Awareness Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams.

Topic: History

1. The Crimean War (1853-1856) was started between Russia and which other country?
   A) France
   B) Japan
   C) China
   D) Turkey
   
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     Option D
   Explanation: In short, Russia was expanding into the Danube region – Romania today. This was under Turkish control. Therefore, Turkey and Russia went to war in 1853, and the following year Britain and France – fearful of Russian expansion – became involved.
2. The Great Wall of China was constructed during the reign of which ruler?
   A) Qin Shi Huang
   B) Wen of Sui
   C) Hongwu
   D) Guangwu of Han
   
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     Option A
   Explanation: Qin Shi Huang
3. The three age system was devised by whom?
   A) Konrad Gessner
   B) Christian Jurgensen Thomson
   C) Michele Mercati
   D) Nicholas Mahudel
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The most durable subdivisions of the prehistoric past were devised by Danish archaeologist Christian Jurgensen Thomson in 1806. His Three Age System, based on finds from prehistoric graves, subdivided prehistory into three ages based on technological achievement: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age.
4. Which of the following is the name for Great Ice Age?
   A) Holocen
   B) Pliocene
   C) Pleistocene
   D) Cenozoic
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: About 1.6 million years ago, at the beginning of the Pleistocene (commonly called the Great Ice Age), the world’s climatic changes intensified. Global climates constantly fluctuated between warm and intensely cold.
5. In the 1890s, Dutch physician Eugene Dubois discovered the remains of a primitive looking human in the gravels of the Solo River. Where is Solo River located?
   A) Java
   B) Bouvet
   C) Luzon
   D) Cuba
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: In the 1890s, Dutch physician Eugene Dubois discovered the remains of a primitive looking human in the gravels of the Solo River in Java.
6. The Neolithic Revolution was related to which of the following?
   A) Sand
   B) Poultry
   C) War
   D) Agriculture
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The Neolithic Revolution, Neolithic Demographic Transition, Agricultural Revolution, or First Agricultural Revolution was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period.
7. In which year did the Soviet Union dissolved into 15 Republics?
   A) 1989
   B) 1990
   C) 1991
   D) 1992
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a loose confederation of 15 republics with Russia as the leader. USSR was a strong bloc with great control over global politics from 1922 to 1991, when it was disintegrated into smaller units.
8. Which of the following Queen had a nick name of “Bloody Mary”?
   A) Queen Mary I
   B) Queen Elizabeth
   C) Queen Victoria
   D) Queen Margaret
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Queen Mary I of England
9. Battle of Adwa was fought between?
   A) Ethiopia and China
   B) Ethiopia and Italy
   C) Italy and China
   D) Italy and Nigeria
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The Battle of Adwa was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Led by Emperor Menelik II, Ethiopian forces defeated an invading Italian force on March 1, 1896, near the town of Adwa in Tigray
10. Who among the following is popularly known as the Gandhi of Africa?
    A) Firoz Gandhi
    B) Mir Qasim
    C) Nelson Mandela
    D) Zuma
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: Nelson Mandela

 

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