World Chronology – MCQs
1. The Trojan War is believed to have occurred around:
- 1200 BCE
- 800 BCE
- 500 BCE
- 1500 BCE
2. The Zhou Dynasty in China was established in:
- 1046 BCE
- 221 BCE
- 476 BCE
- 206 BCE
3. The Roman Republic was established in:
- 753 BCE
- 509 BCE
- 27 BCE
- 44 BCE
4. The Golden Age of Athens occurred under:
- Alexander the Great
- Pericles
- Julius Caesar
- Augustus
5. The Maurya Empire in India reached its peak under:
- Chandragupta I
- Ashoka
- Samudragupta
- Harsha
6. The Han Dynasty ruled China from:
- 206 BCE – 220 CE
- 221 BCE – 206 BCE
- 1368 – 1644 CE
- 960 – 1279 CE
7. The Islamic Golden Age peaked during:
- 5th century
- 8th-13th centuries
- 14th-15th centuries
- 16th century
8. The Norman Conquest of England occurred in:
- 1066
- 1066
- 1215
- 1346
9. The Mongol Empire reached its greatest extent under:
- Genghis Khan
- Kublai Khan
- Tamerlane
- Attila the Hun
10. The Protestant Reformation began in:
- France
- Germany
- England
- Italy
11. The Spanish Armada was defeated in:
- 1588
- 1588
- 1603
- 1620
12. The Tokugawa Shogunate was established in Japan in:
- 1603
- 1543
- 1637
- 1868
13. The first successful steam locomotive was developed by:
- Thomas Edison
- George Stephenson
- James Watt
- Henry Ford
14. The Factory Act of 1833 regulated:
- Child labor
- Women’s suffrage
- Working hours
- Trade unions
15. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in:
- 1914
- 1917
- 1919
- 1923
16. The Great Depression began with the stock market crash in:
- 1920
- 1929
- 1933
- 1939
17.The United Nations was officially established in:
- 1945
- 1941
- 1950
- 1948
18. The Berlin Airlift occurred in:
- 1945-1946
- 1948-1949
- 1950-1951
- 1953-1954
19. The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in:
- 1959
- 1962
- 1965
- 1971
20. The first human in space was:
- Neil Armstrong
- Yuri Gagarin
- Alan Shepard
- John Glenn
21. The European Union introduced the Euro currency in:
- 1995
- 1999
- 2002
- 2005
22. The Arab Spring began in:
- 2005
- 2010
- 2012
- 2015
23. Arrange these inventions chronologically:
A. Telephone
B. Printing Press
C. Internet
D. Steam Engine
- B, D, A, C
- D, B, A, C
- A, B, C, D
- C, B, D, A
24. Which event happened first?
- Invention of wheel (3500 BCE)
- Building of pyramids (2600 BCE)
- Birth of Buddha (563 BCE)
- Founding of Rome (753 BCE)
25. The first Olympic Games of modern times were held in:
- 1896
- 1896
- 1900
- 1904
26. The first successful heart transplant was performed in:
- 1950
- 1967
- 1975
- 1982
27. The first cloned mammal (Dolly the sheep) was created in:
- 1985
- 1996
- 2001
- 2005
28. The first iPhone was released in:
- 2005
- 2007
- 2010
- 2012