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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 civics road safety rules and regulations road safety education general awareness road safety

When the first Locomotive and Highway Act was introduced?

  1. 1855

  2. 1865

  3. 1875

  4. 1885
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Locomotives and Highway Act was the first piece of British motoring legislation. This was also known as the Red Flag Act of 1865. The Act required three persons in attendance one to steer, one to stoke and one to walk 60 yards ahead with a red flag to warm the oncoming traffic.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution from capitalism to imperialism industrial revolution and inventions industrial revolution and its effects

When did the earliest factories come up in England?

  1. 1720s

  2. 1730s

  3. 1740s

  4. 1750s
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The earliest factories in England came up during the 1730s and grew in number during the late eighteenth century. Cotton factories were the first factories to be set up and its production boomed in the late nineteenth century.

Multiple choice zoology why classification? history of classification of organisms introduction to classification of living organisms living world and classification

Which is the correct date of publication of "Species Plantarum" authored by Carolus Linnaeus?

  1. 1st May, 1753

  2. 1st January, 1935

  3. 1st January, 1856

  4. 1st May, 1858
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Species Plantarum was published in 1st May 1753.
  • Linnaeus gave the scientific names of plants of about 6000 species. He established binomial nomenclature in this book which is widely accepted as the starting point of nomenclature of plants
So, the correct option is '1st May 1753'.

Multiple choice geography antarctica - the white continent continents of earth antarctica antarctica

When did humans first see Antarctica?

  1. 500 B.C.

  2. 1000 A.D.

  3. 1520 A.D.

  4. 1820 A.D.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Though there were many theories that stated the existence of Antarctica, it was only in 1820 when the human first set foot in this place. The first landing was probably just when American Captain John Davis, a sailor, set foot on the ice.

Multiple choice zoology molecular basis of inheritance genome projects human genome project human genome project and dna fingerprinting

Human genome project was launched in

  1. 1980

  2. 1987

  3. 1990

  4. 1993
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Human Genome Project was launched in 1990 by coordination of US Department of Energy and National Institute of Health. The 13-year mega project was aimed to sequence complete 3 billion DNA base pairs that make up human genome. So, the correct answer is ' 1990'.

Multiple choice zoology molecular basis of inheritance genome projects human genome project human genome project and dna fingerprinting

Human genome project was started in

  1. $1989$
  2. $1990$
  3. $1992$
  4. $1995$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
The Human Genome Project was started in 1990 with the goal of sequencing and identifying all 3 billion chemical units in the human genetic instruction set, finding the genetic roots of disease and then developing treatments.

So, the correct answer is '1990'.
Multiple choice geography production in a factory - a paper mill production in a paper mill information technology industry automobile and electronic industries

In which year the Standford Research Park was inaugurated?

  1. 1950

  2. 1951

  3. 1956

  4. 1960
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

1951.

Stanford University and the City of Palo Alto partnered to found the park, which was initially named "Stanford Industrial Park". In 1951, the initiative was authorized and 209 acres were allocated. In 1953 Varian Associates moved in as the park's first tenant.

Multiple choice history contribution of madhya pradesh in freedom struggle the age of industrialisation emerging from the shadow of china the nationalist movement in indo-china

The earliest factories in England came up by the 

  1. 1714s

  2. 1730s

  3. 1761s

  4. 1792s
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Industrial Revolution in England began in the 1730s with the establishment of the earliest factories. This period marked the transition from cottage industries to centralized production.