General Awareness · History

Historical Events and Dates

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Historical events and dates test a candidate's knowledge of chronological milestones across global and national history. The questions range from the founding of states to the signing of international treaties. Memorizing these dates is essential for general awareness preparation.

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Historical Events and Dates Questions

Multiple choice accountancy provisions and reserves reserves provisions provision and reserves

The provision for establishment of a 'District Consumer Protection Council' was made by the year _________ .

  1. 1988

  2. 1993

  3. 2002

  4. 2008
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Consumer Protection Act and its subsequent amendments established the framework for District Consumer Protection Councils, with the 2002 amendment being a key milestone for these provisions.

Multiple choice economics environment pollution international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Montreal Protocol which calls for appropriate action to protect the ozone layer from human activities was passed in the year

  1. 1988

  2. 1985

  3. 1986

  4. 1987
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Montreal Protocol was passed on 16th September, 1987, by 27 industrialised countries. These countries agreed to limit production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to half the level of 1986.

Multiple choice economics environment pollution international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Montreal Protocol was signed in

  1. $1978$
  2. $1987$
  3. $1991$
  4. $1993$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Montreal Protocol on the substances that deplete the ozone layer was signed on 16-September-1987 in Montreal and became effective from 26-August-1989. It is the protocol to the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer. It is an international treaty that sought to phase out the halons by 1994, CFCs, by 1996, methyl bromide by 2005 and HCFCs by 2030.

Hence, the correct answer is '1987'

Multiple choice economics environment pollution international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Multiple Choice Questions
Montreal protocol was passed in

  1. 1985

  2. 1986

  3. 1987

  4. 1988
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Montreal protocol was passed in year 1987. It aims at protecting the ozone layer by ruling out the use of substances that cause ozone depletion.

So the correct answer is 1987.

Multiple choice civics expansion of democracy different forms of government government government and its forms

The military dictatorship of Chile came to an end in which year?

  1. 1973

  2. 1990

  3. 1995

  4. 2000
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions can never be subjected to legal restraints. An autocratic government in which military leaders govern the state is called Military dictatorship. An example is a military dictator, Augusto Pinochet of Chile who ruled from 1973-1990. The military dictatorship of Chile came to an end in 1990.

Multiple choice political science india's relationship with other countries regional organisation india’s international relations foreign policy of india and india's relations with the neighbouring countries

When did China become a Republic?

  1. 1950

  2. 1949

  3. 1945

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

A republic was formally established on 1st January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution which began on 10th October 1911. The Revolution helped in throwing the Qing Dynasty that ruled over two thousand years in China. From its founding until 1949 it was based on mainland China. After 1912 the republic faced many hurdles but in 1949 China emerged as a Republic Nation.

Multiple choice political science india's relationship with other countries regional organisation india’s international relations foreign policy of india and india's relations with the neighbouring countries

China annexed Tibet in _____.

  1. 1960

  2. 1940

  3. 1945

  4. 1950
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

On October 7th, 1950 the units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army crossed the River Yangtze into Kham, the eastern province of Tibet in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

When did Britain declare the Balfour Declaration?

  1. 1910

  2. 1915

  3. 1917

  4. 1921
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Britain issues the Balfour Declaration in 1917 which calls for "Support of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people....it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine."

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

The terrorist group al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks on American targets on 11th September 2001. In what year did al-Qaeda bomb a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing more than 200 people?

  1. 2000

  2. 2001

  3. 2002

  4. 2005
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack killed 202 people. A further 209 people were injured.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

When did Women over 30 get the right to vote in Britain?

  1. 1910

  2. 1918

  3. 1920

  4. 1923
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In 1918 the Representation of the People Act was passed which allowed women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification to vote. Although 8.5 million women met this criteria, it was only about two-thirds of the total population of women in the UK.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

When did Germany become a single country?

  1. 1871

  2. 1875

  3. 1877

  4. 1881
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Up till 1871, Germany had not been a single country, but a collection of many tiny states. In 1871, however, Prussia the biggest German state defeated France in a war. Germany took the two French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine and the new German Empire was declared in the Palace of Versailles near Paris.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

In which year Nelson Mandela was freed from prison?

  1. 1989

  2. 1990

  3. 1991

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

Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison, and Victor Verster Prison. Amid growing domestic and international pressure, and with fears of racial civil war, President F. W. de Klerk released him in 1990.