businessmen who arrived in the South in the
(1) America was named after: early days of Reconstruction (1865–77) period
after the Civil War in the United States.
(a) Christopher Columbus
(b) Amerigo Vespucci (11) The number of members of
(c) Ferdinand Magellan American Senate is:
(2) How many British Colonies declared (a) 55
independence from England in 1776 to (b) 100
form the United States? (c) 300
(a)13 (12) Who was Henry A. Kissinger?
(b) 20
(c) 51 Ans: Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th
Secretary of State of the United States from
(3)The Boston Tea Incident took place in: 1973 to 1977.
(a) 1770 (13)The Camp David is located in:
(b)1773
(c) 1789 (a) Maryland
(b) Louisiana
(4) California was settled most rapidly (c) Texas
after_____________ was discovered in 1848:
(14) Which American President received
(a) gold the Nobel Prize for peace in 1906?
(b) coal
(c) natural gas (a) Andrew Jackson
(b) Harry S. Truman
(5)With which country U.S.A. signed the (c) Theodore Roosevelt
rush-Bagot Treaty?
(15) Richard Nixon made a trip to Beijing
(a) Britain in:
(b) France
(c) spain (a) 1962
(b) 1972
(6) who succeeded president Abraham (c) 1977
Lincoln?
(16) Who was the President of U.S.A.
(a) Ulysses S. Grant when Russia invaded Afghanistan in
(b) Martin Van Buren early 1980?
(c) Andrew Johnson
(a) Jimmy Carter
(7) Alaska was purchased from Russia in: (b) Herbert C. Hoover
(c) Ronald Reagan
(a) 1857
(b) 1867 (17) What does NASA stand for?
(c) 1901
Ans: National Aeronautics and Space
(8) Susan B. Anthony was an outspoken Administration.
advocate of:
(18) Which year TVA was established?
(a) Women’s rights
(b) Anti Slavery Movement (a) 1930
(c) Transcendentalism (b) 1933
(c) 1955
(9) Ku Klux Klan was organized in the
state of: (19) To which political party did
President Woodrow Wilson belong?
(a) New Jersey
(b) Florida (a) Whig
(c) Tennessee (b) Republican
(c) Democratic
(10) Who were carpetbaggers?
,(20) Who wrote "Encyclopedia of (b) Four years
American History"? (c) A decade
(a) Morris, Richard and Commager (8) The XYZ affairs took place between:
(b) Rubin, Barry
(c) Siring, Lawrence. (a) US-England
(b) US- Russia
(c) US-France
(9) Cornwallis surrendered to the
American and French troops at:
(a) Yorktown
History of USA 2001 (b) Gettysburg
(c) Saratoga
(1) The total number of the British
Colonies founded in Colonial America (10) The battle of Bull Run was fought
were: in:
(a) Thirteen (a) The American War of Independence
(b) Fifteen (b) The American Civil War
(c) Twenty (c) The US-Spanish War
(2) The “Sons of Liberty” was formed in: (11) Panama Canal was officially opened
in the year:
(a) 1765
(b) 1767 (a) 1812
(c) 1776 (b) 1906
(c) 1914
(3) The Peace Treaty of American
Independence in 1783 was signed in the (12) On August 26, 1920 the 19th
city of: Amendment to US Constitution gave
voting right to:
(a) Philadelphia
(b) London (a) Women
(c) Paris (b) Negroes
(c) Indians
(4) Which one of the following enjoys
the title of “Father of American (13) NATO was established in the year:
Constitution”:
(a) 1949
(a) Jefferson (b) 1952
(b) Washington (c) 1953
(c) Madison
(14) In 1900 the Open Door Policy was
(5) The first Ten Amendments to the adopted with respect to:
Constitution of US ratified in 1791 are
known as: (a) Japan
(b) South America
(a) Bill of Constitution (c) China
(b) Bill of Rights
(c) Bill of Justice (15) The book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was
written by:
(6) The first Secretary of State of US
was: (a) Monica Lewinsky
(b) Paula Jones
(a) Hamilton (c) Harriet Beacher
(b) Jefferson
(c) John Adams (16) The Truman Doctrine was mainly
designed to extend economic assistance
(7) The Great Depression of 1929 lasted to:
for:
(a) Turkey-Iraq
(a) Three years (b) Turkey-Egypt
(c) Turkey-Greece
, (b) New York
(17) The 26th Amendment in 1971 (c) Pennsylvania
lowered the voting age to:
(5) Bill Clinton was _______ President of
(a) 18 United States:
(b) 19
(c) 21 (a) 42nd
(b) 33rd
(18) The term “Big Stick Diplomacy” is (c) 51st
associated with President:
(6) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was
(a) T. Roosevelt assassinated in:
(b) Carter
(c) Reagan (a) 1979
(b) 1962
(19) During the American Civil War, the (c) 1968
President of Confederacy was:
(7) Total number of states in US is:
(a) Jefferson Davis
(b) Abraham Lincoln (a) 51
(c) Johnson (b) 50
(c) 13
(20) Judges of the American Supreme
Court are appointed by: (8) Dred Scott decision of the Supreme
Court of U.S.A. declaring slave a chattel
(a) President was given in:
(b) Senate
(c) Congress (a) 1823
__________________ (b) 1857
Marwatone. (c) 1893
(9) Gadsden Purchase was ratified in:
(a) 1823
(b) 1853
(c) 1911
(d) None of these
History of USA 2002 (10) Stamp Act was passed in:
(1) Total articles in United States (a) 1688
Constitution are: (b) 1765
(c) 1797
(a) XIII
(b) XXIII (11) Complete diplomatic relations
(c) VXI between US and China were established
(d) None of these in:
(2) Atlantic Charter dates back to: (a) 1979
(b) 1981
(a) 1946 (c) 1982
(b) 1941
(c) 1827 (12) _____________ state is known as
sunshine state:
(3) Attack on Pearl Harbour took place
in: (a) California
(b) Nebraska
(a) 1918 (c) Florida
(b) 1941
(c) 1939 (13) _____________ state is known as
Golden Gate state:
(4) _____________ was the second state of
ratify the constitution. (a) Oklahoma
(b) Ohio
(a) Maine (c) Virginia