Description : The constitution of the United States of America was adopted in the period: (a) 1681-1682 (b) 1764-1765 (c) 1787-1788
Last Answer : c) 1787-1788
Description : Stamp Act was passed in: (a) 1688 (b) 1765 (c) 1797
Last Answer : (b) 1765
Description : Columbus discovered the New World in: (a) 1096 (b) 1295 (c) 1492 (d) 1493
Last Answer : (c) 1492
Description : During his first voyage, Columbus accidentally landed at the: (a) Virgin Islands (b) Hawaiian Islands (c) Watlings Island in the Bahamas (d) Northern Mariana Islands
Last Answer : (c) Watlings Island in the Bahamas
Description : The colony of Virginia was founded in 1607 by : (a) Captain Robert (b) Christopher Columbus (c) Johan Smith (d) Scott Barlow
Last Answer : (c) Johan Smith
Description : Spain financed Westward voyage of Columbus in _________. (a) 1492 (b) 1482 (c) 1472
Last Answer : (a) 1492
Description : California was settled most rapidly after_____________ was discovered in 1848: (a) gold (b) coal (c) natural gas
Last Answer : (a) gold
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 : 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
Last Answer : (d) All of these
Description : America entered World War-I in: (a) 1915 (b) 1917 (c) 1918
Last Answer : (b) 1917
Description : United States of America Steel Corporation was established in: (a) 1891 (b) 1897 (c) 1901
Last Answer : (c) 1901
Description : The first capital of the United States of America was: (a) New York (b) James Town (c) Washington
Last Answer : (a) New York
Description : The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of America was: (a) John Marshal (b) John Jay (c) J. Adams
Last Answer : (b) John Jay
Description : George Washington was elected as the President of America for the first time in: (a) 1785 (b) 1787 (c) 1789
Last Answer : (c) 1789
Description : In which capacity did Alexander Hamilton work with George Washington, the first President of United States of America: (a) Secretary of Defense (b) Secretary of State (c) Secretary of Treasury (d) Attorney General
Last Answer : c) Secretary of Treasury
Description : Which of the following States in the United States of America was famous for its gold mines? (a) Maryland (b) Vermont (c) California (d) Massachusetts
Last Answer : (c) California
Description : Which of the following English Colonies in America was named after Queen Elizabeth? (a) Maryland (b) Florida (c) Virginia (d) Georgia
Last Answer : (a) Maryland
Description : United States of America joined with Western European nations to form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in: (a) 1949 (b) 1951 (c) 1954
Last Answer : (a) 1949
Description : The United States of America formally declared war on Germany on: (a) December 8, 1941 (b) December 12, 1941 (c) January 20, 1942 (d) None of these
Last Answer : (d) None of these
Description : Thomas Jefferson was the ________ president of America. (a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fifth
Last Answer : (c) Third
Description : Which is the fastest growing minority group in America: (a) Blacks (b) Asian Americans (c) Red Indians (d) Hispanics
Last Answer : d) Hispanics
Description : The total number of British colonies in North America was: (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 15
Last Answer : (b) 13
Description : In 1900 the Open Door Policy was adopted with respect to: (a) Japan (b) South America (c) China
Last Answer : (c) China
Description : The total number of the British Colonies founded in Colonial America were: (a) Thirteen (b) Fifteen (c) Twenty
Last Answer : a) Thirteen
Description : Which statement is true? (A) Amerigo Vespucci discovered America. (B) Amerigo Vespucci discovered and explored the new land. (C) Christopher Columbus discovered but did not explore the new land. (D) Christopher Columbus found America and settled in the New World.
Last Answer : (C) Christopher Columbus discovered but did not explore the new land.
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 : 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
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
Description : Korean war started in: (a) 1948 (b) 1950 (c) 1953
Last Answer : (b) 1950
Description : Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of the Black Muslims Movement in: (a) 1930 (b) 1934 (c) 1936
Last Answer : a) 1930