World History Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 1)

All three are correct: the First Gulf War followed Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Gorbachev was Soviet President when the USSR dissolved in 1991, and Yeltsin was the first popularly elected President of Russia.

The Church Missionary Society founded it in Sierra Leone. It trained many of the educated elite who later led nationalist movements.

Sea exploration had already started before 1453. The fall may have added a push, but it was not the only cause.

The Byzantine Empire continued the eastern half of the Roman Empire. Its people called themselves Romans.

The walls protected the city for about 800 years. They fell short only in 1453, when defenders were few.

Hagia Sophia had been a cathedral for over a thousand years. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque was built much later, in the 1600s.

Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died during a ground test. NASA then changed the craft and its safety rules.

Luna 9 landed softly and sent back pictures. It came before any human reached the Moon.

It was used to justify the invasion after the event. It was not a rule issued earlier.

Kadar had served in Nagy’s government. He then broke with it and announced a rival government.

Kissinger and Le Duc Tho negotiated the Paris Peace Accords. Le Duc Tho declined the prize.

MacArthur drove the plan against the doubts of more cautious generals. The landing cut off North Korean forces.

The acts came into force between 31 December 1800 and 1 January 1801, after the 1798 rebellion.

He rejected an offer that came from an elected assembly rather than from other monarchs.

The laibon is central to Maasai religion, with roles in healing, prophecy and ensuring rain.

The Criminal Tribes Act was repealed in 1949, and the communities were denotified in 1952.

Cabral landed in April 1500. The land lay in Portugal’s share under the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Henry took part in the capture of Ceuta in 1415 and later supported exploration of West Africa.

The calmecac was a school for sons of Aztec nobles. The telpochcalli trained youth for community service and war.

The three city-states ruled the Valley of Mexico from 1428 until the Spanish conquest of 1521.

Christine de Pizan was an Italian-born court writer in France. The City of Ladies is her best-known work.

She was about ninety, and had been invited only once in decades to speak in public.

It was composed over about twenty years and published in 1528 by the Aldine Press in Venice.

The Long Parliament passed it to stop a king from ruling alone, as Charles I had done from 1629 to 1640.