GK-WORLD HISTORY MCQS PART 10

GK-WORLD HISTORY MCQS PART 10

1. What was the reason for the breakup of the Carolingan Empire?
a) Charlemagne's descendants were politically weak and disunited
b) Vikings began raiding northern France
c) Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three parts
d) All the above

2. Where was the Ottonian dynasty established?
a) Denmark           
b) Germany       
c) Iceland       
d) Scandinavia

3. When was Bulgaria founded?
a) 681           
b) 864           
c) 917           
d) 923

4. When was the last Bulgarian noble surrendered to the Byzantine Empire?
a) 924           
b) 927           
c) 1014           
d) 1018

5. "Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes the period ________.
A) AD 300 - AD 1600
b) Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
c) Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
d) End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period

6. What does the opening scene of Beowulf describe?
a) The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark       
b) The birth of Beowulf
c) The death of Beowulf               
d) the defeat of the monster Grendel

7. When did the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen?
a) 1941           
b) 1942           
c) 1945           
d) 1940

8. When was NATO signed?
a) 1949           
b) 1990           
c) 1948           
d) 1950

9. When did the Chinese Civil War begin?
a) 1927           
b) 1948           
c) 1950           
d) 1937

10. When did the Korean War end?
a) 1937           
b) 1948           
c) 1950           
d) 1953

Answer Keys:
1.D
2.B
3.A
4.D
5.C
6.A
7.C
8.A
9.A
10.D