General awareness mcq #2

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History

1. Who was the first European to reach India?

     (a) Christopher Columbus

     (b) Vasco da Gama

    (c) Ferdinand Magellan

     (d) Marco Polo

2. Which country was the first to industrialize?

     (a) Great Britain

     (b) France

    (c) Germany

     (d) United States

3. Which war was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898?

     (a) Mexican-American War

     (b) Spanish-American War

     (c) Civil War

     (d) World War I

     (b) Spanish-American War

4. Who was the leader of the Indian independence movement?

     (a) Mahatma Gandhi

     (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

     (c) Subhas Chandra Bose

    (d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

5. Which country was the first to launch a nuclear weapon?

     (a) United States

     (b) Soviet Union

     (c) China

     (d) France

6. Which country was the first to land a man on the moon?

     (a) United States

    (b) Soviet Union

     (c) China

     (d) France

7. Which country was the first to introduce democracy?

     (a) Greece

    (b) Rome

     (c) England

     (d) United States

8. Which country was the first to abolish slavery?

     (a) Haiti

    (b) Great Britain

    (c) United States

    (d) France

9. Which country was the first to introduce the printing press?

     (a) China

    (b) Germany

     (c) Italy

     (d) England

10. Which country was the first to introduce the steam engine?

     (a) England

    (b) France

     (c) Germany

    d) United States

Answer:.

1.   (b) Vasco da Gama

2.   (a) Great Britain

3.( (b) Spanish-American War

4. (a) Mahatma Gandhi

5.(a) United States

6.(a) United States

7.(a) Greece

8.(a) Haiti

9. (a) China

1O.  (a) England

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