Description : Alaska was acquired by United States from: (a) Spain (b) England (c) Canada (d) Russia
Last Answer : (d) Russia
Description : United States of America Steel Corporation was established in: (a) 1891 (b) 1897 (c) 1901
Last Answer : (c) 1901
Description : Steel co-operation of USA was established in: (a) 1810 (b) 1876 (c) 1901
Description : Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court of U.S.A. declaring slave a chattel was given in: (a) 1823 (b) 1857 (c) 1893
Last Answer : (b) 1857
Description : Which joined the Union after Alaska: (a) Arizona (b) Oklahoma (c) Utah (d) Hawaii
Last Answer : (d) Hawaii
Description : THE PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS ACT ENACTED IN THE YEAR a) 1857 b) 1867 c) 1877 d) 1897
Last Answer : b) 1867
Description : Ottawa became the capital of Canada in __________ (A) 1841. (B) 1849. (C) 1857. (D) 1867.
Last Answer : (C) 1857.
Description : Which statement is true about Alaska? (A) It was found by the American explorers. (B) It was conquered from the Eskimoes. (C) It was purchased from Russia. (D) It was America’s first state.
Last Answer : (C) It was purchased from Russia.
Description : Virgin Islands were purchased from: (a) Spain (b) Denmark (c) Portugal (d) Great Britain (e) None of these
Last Answer : (b) Denmark
Description : Virgin Island were purchased from: (a) Spain (b) Denmark (c) Portuga
Last Answer : b) Denmark
Description : Louisiana which doubled the size of USA was purchased for: (a) 150 million $ (b) 15 million $ (c) 15 billion $
Last Answer : (b) 15 million $
Description : Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 and liturgist and Folly and?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : During Jefferson‟s Presidency, Robert R. Livingstone was the U.S. Minister to: (a) England (b) Spain (c) France (d) Russia
Last Answer : (c) France
Description : Truman Doctrine was a document about: (a) England (b) Russia (c) Germany
Last Answer : (b) Russia
Description : Puerto Rico ceded to US by _________. (a) Spain (b) Denmark (c) Russia
Last Answer : a) Spain
Description : The XYZ affairs took place between: (a) US-England (b) US- Russia (c) US-France
Last Answer : (c) US-France
Description : Who was the President of U.S.A. when Russia invaded Afghanistan in early 1980? (a) Jimmy Carter (b) Herbert C. Hoover (c) Ronald Reagan
Last Answer : (a) Jimmy Carter
Description : Which state did America buy from Russia in 1867? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : answer:
Description : What did Secretary of State William H. Seward purchase from Russia in 1867?
Last Answer : He bought Alaska.
Description : When it was first purchased, Alaska had the nickname of "_______."?
Last Answer : Seward's Icebox (A+)
Description : In which year Russia finalized its sale of Alaska to the United States?
Last Answer : 1867
Description : For how much money did Russia sell Alaska to the United States for?
Last Answer : Answer: 2 cents per acre.
Description : What narrow body of water separates Alaska and from Russia?
Last Answer : It is the Bering Strait.
Description : Is Alaska part of Europe and Russia?
Last Answer : No, Alaska is part of the United States of America.
Description : Ten Degree Channel is between: [CDS 2011] (a) Dover and Calais (b) Alaska and Russia (c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar (d) North Korea and South Korea
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Which US president was behind the “Star Wars” program?
Last Answer : President Ronald Reagan
Description : First shipload of Negroes landed in Virginia in: (a) 1619 (b) 1570 (c) 1487 (d) 1729 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) 1619
Description : The Fair Deal was name, given to ____ programme of Harry Truman. (a) Foreign (b) Security (c) Domestic (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) Domestic
Description : President Carter secured senate ratification of treaties to return Panama Canal to Panama by: (a) 1997 (b) 1999 (c) 2000 (d) 2001 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) 2000
Description : In March 2001 George Bush announced rejection of Kyoto Protocol of: (a) 1995 (b) 1996 (c) 1997 (d) 1998 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) 1997
Description : Civil Rights Act was passed in: (a) 1962 (b) 1966 (c) 1862 (d) 1866 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (d) 1866
Description : In 1989 Summit meeting between Bush and Gorbachev was held in: (a) Yalta (b) Malta (c) Camp David (d) Tehran (e) None of these
Last Answer : (b) Malta
Description : Fourteenth amendment pertained to: (a) Definition of citizenship (b) Appointment of Representatives in Congress (c) Validity of public debt (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) Definition of citizenship
Description : Eighteenth amendment pertained to: (a) Abolition of slavery (b) Extension of suffrage to women (c) Popular election of senators (d) Right to keep and bear arms (e) None of these
Last Answer : (e) None of these
Description : In addition to natural harbours and a hospitable climate, America was easily accessible because of its: (a) Well developed interior waterways (b) Exclusive Western deserts (c) Well travelled interior routes (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) Well developed interior waterways
Description : Large scale African slavery began as a means of: (a) Dispersing the captives of African warfare (b) Dispersing populations from overcrowded areas (c) Supplying labour for New World plantations (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : c) Supplying labour for New World plantations
Description : The Americas changed from continents inhabited by people of mongoloid stock to: (a) The most racially mixed region of the world (b) Completely Indo-European Stock (c) Majority Negroid Stock (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (d) All of these
Description : During the height of European emigration between 1900 and 1910 most emigrants settled in: (a) Australia (b) New Zealand (c) South America (d) All of these (e) None of these
Description : The North American colonies enjoyed economic success because of: (a) Hardworking populations (b) The practice of monoculture on plantations (c) The use of slave labour (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) The use of slave labour
Description : The “White man‟s burden” refers to: (a) A belief in the equality of all races of man (b) The assumed “Superiority of the white race with obligation to guide and develop “inferior” races (c) European isolation policies (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (b) The assumed “Superiority of the white race with obligation to guide and develop “inferior” races
Description : Which of the following was a reason for the Great Depression? (a) Weakness in American Banking System (b) International Economic imbalance of trade (c) Low American wages gave inadequate purchasing power to support excessive capital investment (d) All of these
Last Answer : d) All of these
Description : A major difference between World War I and World War II was: (a) A global involvement (b) American intervention (c) War strategy and weapons (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) War strategy and weapons
Description : Which of the following pertains to American involvement in World War II? (a) Lend Lease Act (b) Atlantic Charter (c) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour (d) All of these (e) None of these ese
Last Answer : (c) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
Description : Europe‟s rapid economic recovery after World War II was mainly due to: (a) Truman Doctrine (b) Big Four Conference (c) Marshall Plan (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) Marshall Plan
Description : The American commitment to prevent spread of Communism was expressed in: (a) The Marshal Plan (b) The Truman Doctrine (c) The Yalta Declaration (d) All of these (e) None of these
Description : During the Cuban Crisis, President Kennedy demanded: (a) A “quarantine” to stop ships carrying offensive weapons to Cuba (b) The removal of Russian strategic missiles (c) Both of these (d) None of these
Last Answer : (b) The removal of Russian strategic missiles
Description : American Troops finally left Vietnam after the end of the war in: (a) 1970 (b) 1973 (c) 1975
Last Answer : (b) 1973
Description : Martin Luther King won the Novel Peace Prize in: (a) 1958 (b) 1960 (c) 1964
Last Answer : (c) 1964
Description : Who had said, „Ask not what your country do for you‟, say what you can do for your country? (a) George Washington (b) Abraham Lincoln (c) John F. Kennedy
Last Answer : (c) John F. Kennedy
Description : D. David Eisenhower was elected U.S. President (I term) in: (a) 1950 (b) 1952 (c) 1953
Last Answer : (b) 1952