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Historical Dates and Firsts

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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

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - ii mineral resources - petroleum mineral fuels energy resources

In which year oil was first mined in Canada?

  1. 1850

  2. 1855

  3. 1858

  4. 1862
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Canadian petroleum industry developed in parallel with that of the United States. The first oil well in Canada was dug by hand (rather than drilled) in 1858 by James Miller Williams near his asphalt plant at Oil Springs,Ontario.

Multiple choice basics of management of water environmental science conservation of resources food production: soil and water management biology

Seeding clouds was started in

  1. 1950

  2. 1946

  3. 2000

  4. 1814
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification. This method was started in 1946. This is done in order to increase the amount of rain in a particular region. This method focusses on to change the amount of precipitation that falls from clouds. The method uses dispersing of certain substances into the air that will serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei. These materials can alter the processes within the cloud. 
Thus, the correct answer is option B. 
Multiple choice political science interdependence international problems problems affecting the world major challenges before the world human rights : origin, characteristics and types

Nelson Mandela was born in ___________.

  1. 1921

  2. 1919

  3. 1918

  4. 1917
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism. He was born on 18th July 1918.

Multiple choice physiography of maharashtra rocks and rock types geography

MIDC founded on ______.

  1. 1 August 1962

  2. 2 August 1985

  3. 3 August 1864

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

MIDC stands for Maharastra Industrial Development Corporation. It is a project of government of Maharstra state. MIDC was started on 1 Augjst 1962 with thane as its first industrial area. 

Multiple choice geography environmental changes atmosphere as a green house global warming and climate change energy from the sun

In which year the first ozone hole was discovered?

  1. 1980

  2. 1983

  3. 1985

  4. 1990
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
1985
The discovery of the Antarctic "ozone hole" by British Antarctic Survey scientists Farman, Gardiner and Shanklin (first reported in a paper in Nature in May 1985) came as a shock to the scientific community, because the observed decline in polar ozone was far larger than anyone had anticipated.
Multiple choice organisation of commerce and management multinational corporations global enterprises meaning and features of mncs public sector undertakings & global enterprises

IBM Corporation was founded in _______.

  1. 1895

  2. 1911

  3. 1921

  4. 1931
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(IBM) International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries. The company began in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924.

Multiple choice

When was water discovered on Mars?

  1. 2015

  2. 2016

  3. 2013

  4. 2014
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

NASA confirmed the presence of liquid water on Mars in September 2015 based on evidence of hydrated salts.

Multiple choice novels, society and history history

In which year wan Emile Zola's 'Germinal' published?

  1. 1895

  2. 1875

  3. 1885

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Germinal is a 13th novel in a twenty volume series named Les Rougon Macquart. It was published in the year 1885. It was a French novel written by Emile Zola. Germen is a latin word which means seed. It was all about the hope springing in the hearts of miners.

Multiple choice history the making of a global world causes of nazism feudalism in europe british exploitation of the indian economy

Till which of the following year animal were shipped live from America to Europe?

  1. 1865

  2. 1870

  3. 1875

  4. 1880
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Till the year 1870s, animals were shipped live from America to Europe and then slaughtered when they arrived there. But after this a new technology introduced namely, refrigerated ships, which enabled the transport of perishable foods over long distance.

Multiple choice

When was the Project Elephant launched?

  1. 1991

  2. 1992

  3. 1993

  4. 1994
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Government of India to provide financial and technical support to wildlife management efforts by states for their free-ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants.

Multiple choice

When was the Project tiger launched

  1. 1973

  2. 1974

  3. 1975

  4. 1976
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Project Tiger was launched in 1973 to promote the conservation of the Bengal tiger. It is one of the most successful conservation initiatives in India.