CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge World History Quiz 2 - MCQExams.com

Which of the following was the reason for the cold war between USA and the USSR ?
  • Economic difference
  • Political Difference
  • Ideological Difference
  • All of these
Which of the following is the Head quarters of New International Economic Order ?
  • Geneva
  • Algiers
  • New York
  • The Hague
Which of the following year did the I World War start ?
  • 1914
  • 1918
  • 1922
  • 1926
The idea of 'Third World' gained importance since ________.
  • 1940
  • 1955
  • 1960
  • 1970
NPT stands for ______________.
  • Nuclear Proliferation Treaty
  • Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • Non-Progressive Treaty
  • Non- existent Pastoral Tract
Which of the following are centres of ancient civilization ?
  • India and China
  • America and Russia
  • Russia and China
  • America and India
The Bandung Conference was an ____________.
  • Indo-American Conference
  • Anglo-American Conference
  • Russo-Japanese Conference
  • Asian African Conference
Marshall plan was intended to help ___________.
  • east European States
  • west European States
  • all European States
  • friendly States
In Bolivia, the protest was organized by the _____________.
  • Communist Party
  • Trinamool Congress
  • Seven Party Alliance
  • FEDECOR
 Catholics and Protestants have had conflicts in ___________.
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
  • Netherlands
  • Finland
What is the mark present on the seal which voter has to affix against the name of the contestant ?
  • Swastika
  • Ashoka Chakra
  • Three lions
  • None of these
The industrial revolution occurred in England during the period of _________.
  • 1760-1820
  • 1770-1830
  • 1760 - 1780
  • None of these
A group of persons organised ordinarily for the attainment of any specific aim or aims is generally known as ____________.
  • a government
  • an association
  • a Society
  • a family
Dictatorship is based on ________________.
  • Force and Fear
  • Public Opinion
  • Will of God
  • Allegiance of the Constitution
Whose role is dominant in a patriarchal society ?
  • Of father
  • Of mother
  • Of children
  • Of other relatives
Democracy originated in the ______________.
  • UK, after the signing of Magna Carta
  • France after the Revolution
  • Ancient Greece.
  • US after freeing itself from British tyranny
'Panchsheela' was concerned with _______________.
  • Tibet and Nepal
  • Japan and China
  • Sri Lanka and Nepal
  • India and China
In Belgium, 40% people living in the Wallonia region  speaks _______________.
  • English language
  • German language
  • French language
  • Dutch language
The system in which people hold single independent holdings is _______________.
  • Zamindari system
  • Mahalwari system
  • Ryotwari system
  • Community system
Which of the following agencies selects the officers of the All India Service ?
  • Home Ministry
  • National Defence Academy
  • Union Public Service Commission
  • National Development Committee
Which of these following kings was killed in mysterious massacre of the royal family in 2001?
  • King Raj Bahadur
  • King Birendra
  • King Gyanedra
  • None of these
Indies caste system, Japan's samurai class, and Frances Ilea Estates all embody are the principles of which of the following?
  • social Darwinism
  • Marxism
  • social stradtification
  • dynasticism
  • egalitarianism
Which of the following company recently unveiled the World's first Firefox operating smartphone?
  • Samsung
  • Micromax
  • Telefonica
  • Nokia
The Muslim Brotherhood is a Islamic political organization active in ----- ?
  • Israel
  • Egypt
  • Syria
  • Tunisia
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true for Olympe de Gouges? 
She was one of the most important politically active woman in revolutionary France. 
She was one of the members of the Committee that drafted the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen. 
She wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen. 
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
  • 1 only
  • 2 only
  • 1 and 2
  • 1 and 3
Arrange the following inventions in the field of cotton industry in chronological order (starting with the earliest)
James Hargreaves's Spinning Jenny
John Kay's Flying Shuttle
Samuel Crompton's Mule
4 Richard Arkwright's Water Frame 
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  • 1, 3, 4, 2
  • 2, 1, 4, 3
  • 4, 1, 3, 2
  • 2, 4, 1, 3
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of appearance of the poet-saints of the Bhakti-Sufi tradition? 
  • Basavanna,  Appar,  Mira Bai,  Lal Ded
  • Appar,  Mira Bai,  Lal Ded,  Basavanna
  • Appar,  Basavanna,  Lal Ded, Mira Bai
  • Basavanna, Mira Bai,  Lal Ded,  Appar
Consider the following statements : 
Periplus is a Greek word meaning sailing around. 
Erythraean was the Greek name for the Mediterranean Sea. 
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
  • 1 only
  • 2 only
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the following was contemporary of Indus Valley Civilisation?
Egypt 
Mesopotamia
Greek
Select the correct answer using given codes below.
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • All of these
In the 19th century, the majority of the workers in Japan's modem industries were mainly __________.
  • Japanese men and children
  • Japanese and Chinese men
  • Women only
  • Japanese and Chinese children
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