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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 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.

Multiple choice

When was the spanish flu outbreak

  1. 1918

  2. 1965

  3. 1916

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

The Spanish flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus, occurred between 1918 and 1920. The other dates provided do not correspond to this historical event.

Multiple choice

When was the moon landing?

  1. 1969

  2. 1992

  3. 1945

  4. 1672
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Apollo 11 mission successfully landed the first humans on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Multiple choice economic development & planning concept of development economics

Word Development Report was released on _________ 2016.

  1. January 15th

  2. January 26th

  3. January 14th

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

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or World Bank publishes the World Development Report (WDR) every year. This report provides a depth analysis of various aspects of economic development. 

World Development Report, 2016 was published on January 14th, 2016. The criterion used for the preparation of the report is per capita income.

Thus, the correct answer is C.