General Knowledge MCQs (page 5 of 61)
Famous people, inventions, sports, world records, currencies and well-known facts about Pakistan and the world.
1,204 questions. Select an option to check your answer, or open "Show answer". Showing 81–100.
- 81.
The Korean War was fought from:
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Answer: A. 1950–1953
It ended with an armistice, and no peace treaty was ever signed.
- 82.
The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in:
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Answer: C. 1962
It was a standoff between the USA and the USSR over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
- 83.
The Hundred Years' War was fought between:
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Answer: B. England and France
It lasted from 1337 to 1453.
- 84.
The first expedition to sail around the world was led by:
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Answer: D. Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan was killed on the way, and Elcano completed the voyage in 1522.
- 85.
Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498 at:
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Answer: C. Calicut
He opened the sea route from Europe to India around Africa.
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The Industrial Revolution began in:
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Answer: B. Britain
It began in the mid-18th century with textile machinery and steam power.
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Magna Carta was signed in England in:
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Answer: B. 1215
King John signed it, and it limited the power of the monarch.
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The People's Republic of China was proclaimed in:
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Answer: C. 1949
Mao Zedong proclaimed it on 1 October 1949.
- 89.
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia took place in:
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Answer: B. 1917
Lenin led it, and it set up the first communist state.
- 90.
Napoleon was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in:
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Answer: C. 1815
The Duke of Wellington and Blücher defeated him in present-day Belgium.
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The first atomic bomb used in war was dropped on Hiroshima on:
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Answer: C. 6 August 1945
Nagasaki was bombed three days later.
- 92.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in:
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Answer: C. 1941
The attack on 7 December 1941 brought the USA into World War II.
- 93.
World War II began with Germany's invasion of:
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Answer: B. Poland
Germany invaded on 1 September 1939, and Britain and France then declared war.
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The treaty that formally ended World War I with Germany was the:
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Answer: D. Treaty of Versailles
It was signed in 1919 and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
- 95.
The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at:
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Answer: B. Sarajevo
Gavrilo Princip shot him on 28 June 1914.
- 96.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was opened for signature in:
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Answer: B. 1968
Pakistan, India and Israel have never signed it.
- 97.
The Montreal Protocol (1987) is about:
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Answer: B. Protection of the ozone layer
It phases out ozone-depleting substances such as CFCs.
- 98.
The Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted in:
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Answer: C. 2015
Its goal is to keep global warming well below 2 °C.
- 99.
The Kyoto Protocol on climate change was adopted in:
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Answer: B. 1997
It set binding emission-cut targets for industrialized countries.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on:
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Answer: C. 10 December 1948
10 December is marked as Human Rights Day.