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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 infrastructure in india infrastructure tertiary sector economics

First Mobile Telephone service on non-commercial basis was started on _______.

  1. 15th August 1995

  2. 15 th August 1999

  3. 26th January 199

  4. 12nd October 1992
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The first mobile telephone service in India was launched on a non-commercial basis on August 15, 1995, in Kolkata.

Multiple choice britain and the world the beginnings of empire history

The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano was published in _______.

  1. 1782

  2. 1789

  3. 1762

  4. 1765
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Olaudah Equiano, a former slave, published his autobiography, 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano', in 1789.

Multiple choice britain and the world the beginnings of empire history

When did Jonathan Strong finally get legally free?

  1. In 1765

  2. In 1766

  3. In 1777

  4. In 1768
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Jonathan Strong, whose case was taken up by Granville Sharp, was effectively freed from his owner's control in 1768 after a series of legal and physical confrontations.

Multiple choice

In which year the Suez canal was opened ?

  1. 1896

  2. 1869

  3. 1769

  4. 1969
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Suez Canal, a vital artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, was officially opened to navigation on November 17, 1869.

Multiple choice

When were the modern Olympics first held?

  1. 1642 A.D.

  2. 1769 A.D.

  3. 1896 A.D.

  4. 1920 A.D.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The first modern Olympic Games were held in April 1896 in Athens, Greece. They were organized by the International Olympic Committee, which had been founded by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894.

Multiple choice

When were the first recorded Olympic Games held?

  1. 776 B.C.

  2. 393 A.D.

  3. 67 A.D.

  4. 1896 A.D.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The first recorded Olympic Games took place in 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece. This date is traditionally used as the starting point for the ancient Greek calendar system based on Olympiads.

Multiple choice social studies importance of oceans pipelines and waterways oceans human environment - settlement, transport and communication representation of geographical features

Suez Canal was opened in _______.

  1. 1849

  2. 1859

  3. 1869

  4. 1874
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, it officially opened on 17 November 1869.

 

Multiple choice

When was eBay first created?

  1. 2001

  2. 1989

  3. 1995

  4. 1990
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar on September 3, 1995, originally under the name AuctionWeb.