Modern History Solved MCQs

Question 1:
Who was the first President of the United States?
a) George Washington
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Benjamin Franklin

Question 2:
Which event marked the beginning of World War II?
a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
b) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
c) The invasion of Poland
d) The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Question 3:
Who led the Indian independence movement against British rule?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Rajendra Prasad

Question 4:
Which country was the first to send a human to space?
a) United States
b) Russia (Soviet Union)
c) China
d) Germany

Question 5:
Who was the first female Prime Minister of a country?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Margaret Thatcher
c) Golda Meir
d) Angela Merkel

Question 6:
The Berlin Wall, which divided East and West Germany, fell in which year?
a) 1989
b) 1961
c) 1991
d) 1975

Question 7:
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a) Vladimir Lenin
b) Joseph Stalin
c) Nikita Khrushchev
d) Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 8:
Which country was created as a result of the partition of India in 1947?
a) Pakistan
b) Bangladesh
c) Sri Lanka
d) Nepal

Question 9:
The French Revolution began in which year?
a) 1776
b) 1789
c) 1804
d) 1832

Question 10:
Who is known for his theory of relativity and the equation E=mc²?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Marie Curie

Correct Answers:

a) George Washington
c) The invasion of Poland
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Russia (Soviet Union)
b) Margaret Thatcher
a) 1989
c) Nikita Khrushchev
a) Pakistan
b) 1789
b) Albert Einstein