History · General Awareness

World Leaders and Politicians

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Test your knowledge with a variety of questions focusing on prominent world leaders, historical politicians, and their significant policies. Topics include American presidents, global civil rights leaders, and international treaties. This forms a crucial part of general awareness preparation for SSC, banking, and civil services exams.

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World Leaders and Politicians Questions

Multiple choice

Who is the current leader of North Korea?

  1. Kim Jong-Un

  2. Kim Jong-Il

  3. Kim Il-Sung

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

Kim Jong-Un has been the Supreme Leader of North Korea since the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il, in 2011.

Multiple choice history why did people want to vote? age of protest and law & order impact of industrial revolution democratic and nationalist revolutions in europe

Who led the protest movement at St. Peter's Square in Manchester? 

  1. Ned Ludd

  2. Robert Owen

  3. Henry Hunt

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

Henry Hunt was the radical orator who led the meeting at St. Peter's Field in Manchester in 1819, which later became known as the Peterloo Massacre.

Multiple choice history why did people want to vote? age of protest and law & order impact of industrial revolution democratic and nationalist revolutions in europe

Which person was the most responsible for introducing the old age pensions?

  1. Herbert Gladstone

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Reginald McKenna

  4. David Lloyd George
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

David Lloyd George, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, was the primary architect and driving force behind the introduction of old age pensions in the 1908 budget.

Multiple choice

Who was the first black African elected president of South Africa?

  1. Stephen Biko

  2. Nelson Mandela

  3. F.W. de Klerk

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

Nelson Mandela was a central figure in the anti-apartheid movement and became the first black president of South Africa following the country's first multiracial democratic election in 1994.

Multiple choice political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The first Secretary General of the United Nations was _______________.

  1. Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

  2. Trygve Lie

  3. Kofi A. Annan

  4. Ban-Ki-Moon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General serves as the chief administrative officer of the United Nations. After World War II, Trygve Lie served as Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations in August 1945.

Multiple choice political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The memorial park in Accra was built in the memory of the _______________.

  1. Dr. Hilla Liman

  2. Joseph Arthur Ankrah

  3. Kwame Nkrumah

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

The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and Memorial Park in Accra, Ghana, is dedicated to the memory of Kwame Nkrumah, the country's first president.

Multiple choice political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Who signed the Atlantic Charter in August 1941?

  1. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

  2. Winston Churchill and Harry Truman

  3. Clement Attlee and Franklin D. Roosevelt

  4. Neville Chamberlain and Harry Truman
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Atlantic Charter was jointly released by the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in August 1941. It stated their vision and policies for a world after World War II.

Multiple choice political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Who among the following in UN has always been a citizen of the US?

  1. Treasury Secretary

  2. President of the World Bank

  3. Finance Secretary

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

The President of World Bank has always been a US citizen and nominated by the United States only. The United States has largest shareholder in the Bank. The current president of World Bank is Jim Yong Kim.