History of USA 2010

(1) The Pilgrim reached Plymouth in:

(a) 1616
(b) 1620
(c) 1630

(2) Thomas Jafferson wrote ‘Declaration of Independence’ in:

(a) 1774
(b) 1776
(c) 1777

(3) Boston Tea Party was an act of:

(a) Serving Tea in a Party
(b) Exporting Tea to France
(c) Throwing Tea into the water

(4) The Americans signed a Treaty of alliance with France in:

(a) 1775
(b) 1777
(c) 1778

(5) General Cornwallis Surren dies at:

(a) New York
(b) Boston
(c) York Town
(d) None of these

(6) The Constitution of USA was adopted in:

(a) 1783
(b) 1789
(c) 1790
(d) None of these

(7) George Washington was elected as the President of America for the first time in:

(a) 1785
(b) 1787
(c) 1789

(8) The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of America was:

(a) John Marshal
(b) John Jay
(c) J. Adams

(9) The first capital of the United States of America was:

(a) New York
(b) James Town
(c) Washington

(10) The statue of Liberty was donated to USA by:

(a) Germany
(b) Italy
(c) France

(11) Locomotive was invented by Peter Couper in:

(a) 1820
(b) 1830
(c) 1835

(12) United States of America Steel Corporation was established in:

(a) 1891
(b) 1897
(c) 1901

(13) America entered World War-I in:

(a) 1915
(b) 1917
(c) 1918

(14) Alva Edison invented Phonograph in:

(a) 1872
(b) 1876
(c) 1878
(d) None of these

(15) Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of the Black Muslims Movement in:

(a) 1930
(b) 1934
(c) 1936

(16) Korean war started in:

(a) 1948
(b) 1950
(c) 1953

(17) D. David Eisenhower was elected U.S. President (I term) in:

(a) 1950
(b) 1952
(c) 1953

(18) Who had said, ‘Ask not what your country do for you’, say what you can do for your country?

(a) George Washington
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) John F. Kennedy

(19) Martin Luther King won the Novel Peace Prize in:

(a) 1958
(b) 1960
(c) 1964

(20) American Troops finally left Vietnam after the end of the war in:

(a) 1970
(b) 1973
(c) 1975

(i) During the Cuban Crisis, President Kennedy demanded:
(a) A “quarantine” to stop ships carrying offensive weapons to Cuba
(b) The removal of Russian strategic missiles
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these

(ii) The American commitment to prevent spread of Communism was expressed in:
(a) The Marshal Plan
(b) The Truman Doctrine
(c) The Yalta Declaration
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(iii) Europe’s rapid economic recovery after World War II was mainly due to:
(a) Truman Doctrine
(b) Big Four Conference
(c) Marshall Plan
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(iv) Which of the following pertains to American involvement in World War II?
(a) Lend Lease Act
(b) Atlantic Charter
(c) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(v) A major difference between World War I and World War II was:
(a) A global involvement
(b) American intervention
(c) War strategy and weapons
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(vi) Which of the following was a reason for the Great Depression?
(a) Weakness in American Banking System
(b) International Economic imbalance of trade
(c) Low American wages gave inadequate purchasing power to support excessive capital investment
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(vii) The “White man’s burden” refers to:
(a) A belief in the equality of all races of man
(b) The assumed “Superiority of the white race with obligation to guide and develop “inferior” races
(c) European isolation policies (d) All of these (e) None of these

(viii) The North American colonies enjoyed economic success because of:
(a) Hardworking populations
(b) The practice of monoculture on plantations
(c) The use of slave labour
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(ix) During the height of European emigration between 1900 and 1910 most emigrants settled in:
(a) Australia
(b) New Zealand
(c) South America
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(x) The Americas changed from continents inhabited by people of mongoloid stock to:
(a) The most racially mixed region of the world
(b) Completely Indo-European Stock
(c) Majority Negroid Stock
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(xi) Large scale African slavery began as a means of:
(a) Dispersing the captives of African warfare
(b) Dispersing populations from overcrowded areas
(c) Supplying labour for New World plantations
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(xii) In addition to natural harbours and a hospitable climate, America was easily accessible because of its:
(a) Well developed interior waterways
(b) Exclusive Western deserts
(c) Well travelled interior routes
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(xiii) Eighteenth amendment pertained to:
(a) Abolition of slavery
(b) Extension of suffrage to women
(c) Popular election of senators
(d) Right to keep and bear arms
(e) None of these

(xiv) Fourteenth amendment pertained to:
(a) Definition of citizenship
(b) Appointment of Representatives in Congress
(c) Validity of public debt
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(xv) In 1989 Summit meeting between Bush and Gorbachev was held in:
(a) Yalta
(b) Malta
(c) Camp David
(d) Tehran
(e) None of these

(xvi) Civil Rights Act was passed in:
(a) 1962
(b) 1966
(c) 1862
(d) 1866
(e) None of these

(xvii) In March 2001 George Bush announced rejection of Kyoto Protocol of:
(a) 1995
(b) 1996
(c) 1997
(d) 1998
(e) None of these

(xviii) President Carter secured senate ratification of treaties to return Panama Canal to Panama by:
(a) 1997
(b) 1999
(c) 2000
(d) 2001
(e) None of these

(xix) The Fair Deal was name, given to ____ programme of Harry Truman.
(a) Foreign
(b) Security
(c) Domestic
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(xx) First shipload of Negroes landed in Virginia in:
(a) 1619
(b) 1570
(c) 1487
(d) 1729
(e) None of these
 

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History of USA 2012

1. FDR highest vote in which term?
2nd Term

2. Harvard was established in which year?
1636

3. How many states signed Declaration of Independence?
13 Colonies

4. Ronald Reagan said Evil Empire about which state?
USSR

5. Fourth Constitution Amendment is about?
Search and Seizure

6. Paris Treaty in which year?
1783

7. First US Consensus in which year?
1790

8. Fourteen points of Wilson deals with?
Germany

10. NASA US space shuttle Colombia in which year?
1981

11. Intermediate Range Nuclear Treaty signed between Reagan and Gorbachev in which year?
1987

12. I have a dream speech by Martin Luther in which year?
1963

13. Capital Punishment in America is followed in how many states?
35

14. Malcolm X killed in which year?
1965

15. National Organization of Women was established in which year?
1966

17. American Bar Association established in ??
1878

18. miranda rule pertains to
warn you in advance before arresting you

19. Truman doctrine was to contain communism in
Greece and Turkey

20. Reader Digest was introduced in America in
1922

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History of USA 2013

Q.1.(i) Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate Circle on the OMR Answer Sheet. (20x1=20)
(ii) Answers given anywhere, other than OMR Answer Sheet, shall not be considered.

1.In his first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus first landed in:
(a) Cuba
(b) Trinidad
(c) Bahamas
(d) None of these

2.Pinckney’s Treaty was signed by the U.S. with:
(a) Britain
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) None of these

3.Burr Conspiracy took place in the time of:
(a) Washington
(b) Jefferson
(c) Jackson
(d) None of these

4.Nullification crisis was about:
(a) Tariffs
(b) Slavery
(c) New states
(d) None of these

5. Gadsden Pinchase took place in:
(a) 1852
(b) 1843
(c) 1875
(d) None of these it was in 1853/54

6. Louisiana Pinchase lost the U.S.:
(a) $16 million
(b) $18 million
(c) $15 million
(d) None of these

7. Monticello is located in:
(a) Virginia
(b) Washington
(c) Maryland
(d) None of these

8. Lewis and Clark were sent on an expedition by:
(a) Washington
(b) Jefferson
(c) Adams
(d) None of these

9. Harriet Becher Stowe got renown by writing about:
(a) Revolution
(b) Social evils
(c) Slavery
(d) None of these

10. Which of the following presidents served in U.S. army as General?
(a) William Harrison
(b) Zachary Taylor
(c) Wlysses Grant
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

11.Charles Lindbergh was a famous:
(a) Senator
(b) Author
(c) Pilot
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

12.“Model T” was introduced by:
(a) Ford
(b) Carnegie
(c) Gompers
(d) None of these

13.Which of the following Presidents were also Vice-President?
(a) Andrew Johnson
(b) Richard Nixon
(c) Lyndon Johnson
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

14. D-Day was:
(a)June 9, 1944
(b) March 6, 1945
(c) June 6, 1944
(d) None of these

15.An important Anglo-American Conference took place in January 1943 at:
(a) Cairo
(b) Casablanca
(c) Normandy
(d) None of these

16.George Marshall delivered his Marshall Plan speech at:
(a) LINO
(b) Congress
(c) Harvard University
(d) None of these

17.President Kennedy was assassinated in:
(a) Houston
(b) New Orleans
(c) Memphis
(d) None of these Texas

18.Man landed on the moon on:
(a) 21 July 1969
(b) 19 September 1969
(c) 21 October 1968
(d) None of these

19. 60s in America were known for:
(a) New left
(b) Counter culture
[B](c) Vietnam war
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

20. U.S. supported Contra rebels against the government of:
(a) Honduras
(b) Cuba
(c) Nicaragua
(d) None of these

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(2) Which of the following English Colonies in America was named after Queen Elizabeth?

(a) Maryland
(b) Florida
(c) Virginia
(d) Georgia

It's not Maryland. Maryland was named in honor of Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I of England and daughter of King Henry IV of France.
The answer is Virginia. Elizabeth I was crowned in 1559 and died in 1603. During her 44 years as queen, she never married and she earned the nickname of the "Virgin Queen."

It is a humble attempt to inform that few MCQs in this thread is not correct. I searched for details regarding the events on internet & i was myself surprised.
Kindly somebody guide me in this matter.

Indicate the ones which you find incorrect.

MCQ In Objective Paper 2004:

The fastest growing minority group in USA currently is Asians, not Hispanics.

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