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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

Which year was known as the year of dear bread?

  1. 1830

  2. 1848

  3. 1789

  4. 1815
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The year 1848 was marked by widespread crop failures and economic hardship, leading to the label 'year of dear bread' amidst the revolutions of 1848.

Multiple choice

Napoleonic Code was introduced in the year of

  1. 1809

  2. 1807

  3. 1805

  4. 1804
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Napoleonic Code, or the Civil Code of 1804, established equality before the law and protected property rights, influencing legal systems across Europe.

Multiple choice

Challenge: When was the periodic table published?

  1. 1868

  2. 1869

  3. 1870

  4. 1871
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Dmitri Mendeleev published his first version of the periodic table in 1869. This allowed for the systematic organization of elements based on their properties.

Multiple choice

''EVM'' for the first time used in ____________.

  1. 2007

  2. 2004

  3. 2003

  4. 1990

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were first used in India on an experimental basis in 1982, but they were used in all polling stations across the country for the first time in the 2004 General Elections.

Multiple choice

When did Suez Canal open?

  1. 1879

  2. 1870

  3. 1869

  4. 1859
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Suez Canal was officially opened to navigation on November 17, 1869. It was a major engineering feat that connected the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

Multiple choice

Which year was known as the year of dear bread?

  1. 1830

  2. 1848

  3. 1789

  4. 1815
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The year 1848 is historically significant as the year of revolutions across Europe, often associated with food shortages and widespread unemployment, leading to the term 'year of dear bread'.

Multiple choice

Napoleonic Code was introduced in the year of

  1. 1809

  2. 1807

  3. 1805

  4. 1804
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Napoleonic Code, also known as the Civil Code of 1804, established equality before the law and secured the right to property, influencing legal systems across Europe.