All Free General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

• A. 680
• B. 682
• C. 681
• D. None of these

Explanation: The First Bulgarian Empire is conventionally dated from 681, when Byzantium recognised the Bulgarian state after its defeat by Khan…

• A. 220
• B. 219
• C. 218
• D. None of these

Explanation: China's Three Kingdoms period conventionally began in 220 CE, when the Han dynasty ended and the rival Wei, Shu and Wu states emerged.

• A. 487 B.C
• B. 490 B.C
• C. 489 B.C
• D. 488 B.C

Explanation: The Battle of Marathon was fought in 490 BC, when Athens defeated the invading Persian army.

• A. Hippias
• B. Peisistratos
• C. Cleisthenes
• D. Draco

Explanation: Cleisthenes is called the father of Athenian democracy because his reforms reorganised citizens and weakened aristocratic control around…

• A. Alexander the Great
• B. Cambyses II
• C. Darius I
• D. Cyrus the Great

Explanation: Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the sixth century BC and expanded it across much of western Asia.

• A. Debit
• B. Credit
• C. Negative
• D. Positive

Explanation: A contra-asset account reduces the carrying amount of an asset, so it normally has a credit balance opposite to the asset's debit balance.

• A. Malta
• B. Poland
• C. Ukraine
• D. France

Explanation: The Orange Revolution was a mass protest movement in Ukraine after the disputed 2004 presidential election.

• A. Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
• B. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
• C. Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962
• D. Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962

Explanation: Linus Pauling won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 for his work on chemical bonding and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for opposing…

• A. November 1918
• B. October 1918
• C. September 1918
• D. December 1918

Explanation: Germany signed the Armistice of Compiègne on 11 November 1918, ending the fighting of the First World War.

• A. 1903-1905
• B. 1902-1903
• C. 1904-1905
• D. 1901-1902

Explanation: The Russo-Japanese War lasted from February 1904 to September 1905 and ended with Japan's victory.

• A. Fredrick
• B. Whilhelm
• C. Adolf Hitler
• D. Otto Von Bismarck

Explanation: Otto von Bismarck became the first Chancellor of the German Empire in 1871 after German unification.

• A. French Nobility
• B. Napoleon II
• C. Bourbons
• D. Napoleon

Explanation: Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815 ended his brief return to power and led to his final exile.

• A. 1776
• B. 1777
• C. 1878
• D. 1781

Explanation: The Declaration of Independence was adopted on 4 July 1776. The war continued afterward, with the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781.

• A. 1610 to 1640
• B. 1625 to 1665
• C. 1618 to 1648
• D. 1640 to 1670

Explanation: The Thirty Years’ War began in 1618 with the Bohemian revolt and ended in 1648 through the Peace of Westphalia.

• A. West Indies
• B. Australia
• C. Indonesia
• D. America

Explanation: The name America was derived from the Latin form of Amerigo Vespucci’s name.

• A. Hundred year war
• B. War of Roses
• C. Thirty year war
• D. French Civil war

Explanation: Joan of Arc became a French symbol during the Hundred Years’ War against England. Her leadership helped lift the siege of Orléans in 1429.

• A. Spain
• B. Italy
• C. Germany
• D. France

Explanation: Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa and is regarded as an Italian scientist and astronomer.

• A. 1570
• B. 1560
• C. 1571
• D. 1555Exploring Educational Science Kits

Explanation: The Battle of Lepanto was fought on 7 October 1571, when the Holy League defeated the Ottoman fleet.

• A. Abbasid
• B. Ummayad
• C. Bowahid
• D. Alide

Explanation: Harun al-Rashid was the fifth Abbasid caliph and ruled from 786 to 809 CE.

• A. Poland, Japan, Germany
• B. Germany, Italy, Japan
• C. Germany, Italy, France
• D. Italy, Japan, Britain

Explanation: The main Axis powers in World War II were Germany, Italy and Japan. Britain and Poland were among the Allied powers, while France’s…