Category: History

1) Which territories under Portuguese rule were liberated by India on 19 December 1961? a) Goa, Diu and Daman b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli c) East Timor d) Macao 2) Who came to India from Portugal in 1498? a) Ferdinand Magellan b) Abel Tasman c) Vasco da Gama d) Thomas Roe 3) Who scored nine goals in Football World Cup 1966? a) Eusebio b) Hector Silva c) Jose Augusto d) Lev Yashin

1. When was Pedro II emperor of Brazil? a) 1804-1815 b) 1815-1824 c) 1831-1889 d) 1824-1830 2. When was Pedro II born? a) 12 March 1824 b) 6 April 1822 c) 11 September 1819 d) 2 December 1825 3. Where was Pedro II born? a) Rio de Janeiro b) Sao Paulo c) Brasilia d) Casablanca

1. Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine’s father? a) William X b) Louis I c) Charles Martel d) Pippin II 2. Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine’s mother? a) Agnes of Poitou b) Aenor de Chatellerault c) Gisela of Swabia d) Adelaide of Etienne 3. When did Eleanor of Aquitaine marry Louis VII? a) 31 January 1144 b) 25 May 1142 c) 22 July 1137 d) 8 October 1135

1) When did Louis XVI become the King of France? a) 15 March 1758 b) 10 May 1774 c) 8 July 1776 d) 9 December 1778 2) When was Louis XVI born? a) 19 January 1733 b) 25 May 1742 c) 23 August 1754 d) 30 November 1762 3) Where was Louis XVI born? a) Brussels b) Rome c) London d) Versailles

1. What was Pauline Foures’ original name? a) Pauline Borghese b) Pauline Bellisle c) Adele Filleul d) Hortense de Beauharnais 2. When was Pauline Foures born? a) 15 March 1778 b) 14 June 1769 c) 24 August 1775 d) 1 December 1780 3. Where was Pauline Foures born? a) Nantes b) Lyon c) Pamiers d) Amiens

1. When did Francisco Franco become the head of state of Nationalist government in Spain? a) 6 January 1938 b) 7 May 1934 c) 1 October 1936 d) 12 November 1940 2. When was Francisco Franco born? a) 15 March 1889 b) 7 April 1886 c) 19 August 1896 d) 4 December 1892 3. Where was Francisco Franco born? a) Zamora b) El Ferrol c) Seville d) Cariz

1) Which of the following colleges did Winston Churchill attend? a) Trinity College, Carmarthen b) King’s College, London c) Royal Military College, Sandhurst d) The Royal College of Music, London 2) During which war Winston Churchill was a journalist? a) Boer War b) Balkan War I c) World War I d) Balkan War II 3) To which newspaper Winston Churchill send military reports when he was in the army? a) The Times b) Guardian c) Daily Telegraph d) Frontier Mail

1. Where was Thomas Cromwell born? a) Gloucester b) Cardiff c) Bristol d) Putney 2. When did Thomas Cromwell become master of the jewels? a) 1532 b) 1535 c) 1537 d) 1541 3. Which title did Thomas Cromwell assume when he became lord privy purse? a) Lord Cromwell of Wimbledon b) Lord Protector of England c) Lord Chief Justice d) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

1. When was James Pritchard born? a) 7 March 1914 b) 5 April 1912 c) 4 July 1910 d) 4 October 1909 2. Where was James Pritchard born? a) Phoenix b) Louisville c) New Orleans d) Los Angeles 3. Which college did James Pritchard attend? a) Bright College b) Sacred Heart College c) Asbury College d) St. Thomas Aquinas College

1. Who prevented Anne Boleyn from getting married to Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland a) James Butler b) Thomas Cranmer c) Thomas Wolsey d) John Stafford 2. To whom was Anne Boleyn lady-in-waiting in England? a) Margaret Tudor b) Claude Valois c) Mary Tudor d) Catherine of Aragon 3. Who came to England to decide Henry VIII’s appeal for annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and returned to Rome without giving a verdict? a) Giovanni de Medici b) Lorenzo Campeggio c) Rodrigo Borgia d) Francesco Piccolomini