History Quiz – Set C
1. The 'Iron Curtain' was a term popularised by which British leader?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Tony Blair
D) Neville Chamberlain
2. What empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?
A) Mongol Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Roman Empire
D) Persian Empire
3. Who was the first President of the United States?
A) George Washington
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) John Adams
D) James Madison
4. The Magna Carta was signed by which English king?
A) Henry II
B) Richard I
C) John
D) Edward I
5. The Berlin Wall fell in which year?
A) 1987
B) 1988
C) 1989
D) 1990
6. Who was the Emperor of France during the Napoleonic Wars?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Louis XVI
C) Charlemagne
D) Louis XIV
7. The Renaissance began in which Italian city?
A) Florence
B) Rome
C) Venice
D) Milan
8. Which Egyptian pharaoh's tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922?
A) Tutankhamun
B) Ramses II
C) Akhenaten
D) Cleopatra VII
9. Who was known as the 'Father of the Indian Constitution'?
A) B. R. Ambedkar
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Sardar Patel
10. The Battle of Hastings was fought in which year?
A) 1066
B) 1215
C) 1415
D) 1815
11. In which city was the Titanic built?
A) Belfast
B) Liverpool
C) Glasgow
D) Southampton
12. Who wrote the 'Communist Manifesto'?
A) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
B) Vladimir Lenin
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Friedrich Nietzsche
13. The Treaty of Versailles officially ended which war?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Franco■Prussian War
D) Crimean War
14. The American Civil War began in which year?
A) 1861
B) 1776
C) 1812
D) 1865
15. The Indus Valley Civilization flourished primarily in which present-day countries?
A) India and Pakistan
B) China and Mongolia
C) Egypt and Sudan
D) Iran and Iraq
