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Historical Dates and Firsts
2,390 Questions
Historical dates and firsts questions test your memory of significant global milestones in sports, science, technology, and literature. These factual questions appear regularly in SSC, banking, and state PSC general awareness papers. Use these questions to quickly memorize important historical events and their exact years.
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Historical Dates and Firsts Questions
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Milk Tray, a brand of boxed chocolates, was first introduced by Cadbury in 1915. The other years (1934, 1923, 1942) do not correspond to the historical launch of this specific product line.
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1828
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1831
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1825
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There is no sure date
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Chocolate was consumed primarily as a drink for centuries before solid forms were developed. The first solid chocolate bar is often credited to J.S. Fry & Sons around 1847, but historical records about exact dates vary significantly in different sources. This makes 'no sure date' the most historically accurate choice among the options.
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01/05/1995
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01/06/1995
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01/05/1994
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01/06/1994
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Ayrton Senna's fatal crash occurred on May 1, 1994, during the San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola circuit. The crash happened at the Tamburello corner during lap 7. This tragedy, following Roland Ratzenberger's death the previous day, shook the F1 world and led to major safety reforms.
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16 April 1889
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17 April 1889
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16 April 1888
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17 April 1888
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Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889, in London, England. He became one of the most iconic figures in cinema history as a comedian, director, and composer during the silent film era. The other dates are close but incorrect.
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The Intel 8088 microprocessor was introduced in 1979. It was a 16-bit processor with an 8-bit external bus, used in the original IBM PC. 1971 was when the 4004 was introduced, while 1972 saw the 8008, and 1978 was the year of the 8086 - the 8088 came a year later in 1979.
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April 1, 1976
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January 3, 1977
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April 1, 1977
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June30 ' 1976
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Apple Computer, Inc. was officially incorporated on January 3, 1977. The company was founded earlier on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, but incorporation occurred the following year. Option A represents the founding date, not the incorporation date.
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The year 1994 was a landmark year for the digital economy, witnessing the launch of Yahoo! (founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo), Amazon.com (by Jeff Bezos), and the Orange mobile phone service in the UK (by Hutchinson Telecom). These launches marked significant milestones in the development of the Internet economy, e-commerce, and mobile telecommunications. The year 1994 preceded the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.
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Henry Ford's Model T, the first mass-produced automobile, was launched in 1908. It revolutionized transportation and manufacturing through Ford's innovative assembly line production methods introduced in 1913. The Model T remained in production until 1927, with over 15 million units sold, making automobiles affordable for the American middle class and transforming the automobile industry.
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The Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving feast took place in 1621, celebrating their first successful harvest in Plymouth Colony after arriving on the Mayflower in 1620. The feast lasted three days and was attended by 53 Pilgrims and 90 Wampanoag people.
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February 2004
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February 2003
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February 2005
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February 2006
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Facebook was launched by Mark Zuckerberg and Harvard classmates in February 2004, initially limited to Harvard students before expanding to other universities. February 2003 is too early, while 2005-2006 are too late.
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2006
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2007
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2008
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not launched
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Facebook launched a public beta in 2008, opening the platform beyond its initial college-only restriction. This expansion marked a significant milestone in Facebook's growth from a university network to a global social platform. The 2008 date corresponds to Facebook's broader public availability phase.
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The first Nobel Prize ceremony was held in 1901, five years after Alfred Nobel's death in 1896. The prizes were awarded for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Peace, following the terms of Nobel's will.
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C.V. Raman received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the Raman Effect - the inelastic scattering of photons by matter. He was the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize in science.
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The Nobel Peace Prize was established in Alfred Nobel's will (1895) and first awarded in 1901 to Henry Dunant and Frederic Passy. All Nobel Prizes began in 1901, the year after Nobel's death.