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 work, life and leisure work, life and leisure during industrial revolution colonialism and urban change history

Who was Baron Haussman?

  1. Politicial

  2. Town planner

  3. Governor

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

Baron Haussman was the town planner who tried to build a perfect city of Paris. In the process, a large number of people were displaced. Al though it resulted in the development of beautiful city, but it ended up alienating a lot of people in the process.

Multiple choice political science interdependence international problems problems affecting the world major challenges before the world human rights : origin, characteristics and types

Who was South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?

  1. Thabo Mbeki

  2. Jan Christian

  3. P.W. Botha

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

Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalized racism.

Multiple choice political science interdependence international problems problems affecting the world major challenges before the world human rights : origin, characteristics and types

Which president ordered Nelson Mandelas release from prison?

  1. Thabo Mbeki

  2. Jan Christian

  3. P.W. Botha

  4. F.W. de Klerk
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In 1989, F.W. de Klerk became South African president and set about dismantling apartheid. De Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC, suspended executions, and in February 1990 ordered the release of Nelson Mandela.

Multiple choice here we go again second world war and world history

Which US President made the decision to drop the bomb on Japan?

  1. Harry S. Truman

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Douglas MacArthur

  4. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • The decision to drop the bomb on Japan was made by US President Harry Truman.
  • He argued that the bombing would shorten the war, remove any need to invade Japan and so save the lives of thousands of American servicemen as well as Japanese civilians.
Multiple choice here we go again second world war and world history

Who was the German minister of war production?

  1. Arthur Harris

  2. Martin Bormann

  3. Albert Speer

  4. Adolf Hitler
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • In February 1942, Adolf Hitler appointed Speer as Minister of Armaments or war production, succeeding Dr Fritz Todt, who had been killed in an aircraft accident.
  • He was a good administrator and considerably raised production levels of armaments. 

Multiple choice history the extension of the british rule dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

Who had formulated and perfected the use of the subsidiary alliance system?

  1. Lord Mayo

  2. Lord Curzon

  3. Lord Dalhousie

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

The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General in India from 1798 to 1805. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army. In return, British would protect them from their enemies which gave British enormous expansion.

Multiple choice social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act $1794$?

  1. Charles Metcalfe

  2. Andrew Frazer

  3. Lord Wellesly

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

Lord Wellesley introduced the Censorship of the Press Act in 1799 (often cited as 1794 in some older texts, though 1799 is the standard historical date) to control the press during the war with France.

Multiple choice historical tools and life of people in britain life in britain in the twentieth century history

Who gave the speech which was known as the 'Rivers of Blood' speech?

  1. Edward Heath

  2. Tony Benn

  3. Enoch Powell

  4. Harold Macmillan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • In 1968, a conservative MP, Enoch Powell made a speech in Birmingham that became known as the Rivers of Blood speech.
  • In it, he argued that continued unlimited immigration from the Commonwealth would lead to race riots and increased racial tension.
Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

Who has been selected as a new leader or Wali of the West Africa province of Boko Haram?

  1. Abu Musab al-Barnawi

  2. Abubaker Shekau

  3. Abu Salem

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Nigerias Boko Haram Islamic extremists have a new leader to promote their terrorist activities namely Abu Musab al-Barnawi. al-Barnawi is new Wali or governor of the West Africa province- Wali title was 

  • previously used to describe Boko Haram leader Abubaker Shekau. Terrorist attacks have been carried out by this Islamic extremist group.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

Who of the following said these words "Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war"?

  1. President Thomas Jefferson

  2. President Roosevelt

  3. President George Bush

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

 During the First World War the world market boomed. Russian supplies of wheat were cut off and the USA had to feed Europe. US President Wilson called upon farmers to respond to the need of the time.