(b) Florida

History of USA 2000 (c) Tennessee

(1) America was named after: (10) Who were carpetbaggers?

(a) Christopher Columbus Ans: Carpetbaggers were Northern

(b) Amerigo Vespucci
(c) Ferdinand Magellan
(2) How many British Colonies declared
independence from England in 1776 to
form the United States?
businessmen who arrived in the South in the
early days of Reconstruction (1865–77) period
after the Civil War in the United States.
(11) The number of members of American
Senate is:

(a)13 (a) 55
(b) 20 (b) 100
(c) 51 (c) 300

(3)The Boston Tea Incident took place in: (12) Who was Henry A. Kissinger?

(a) 1770 Ans: Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th

(b)1773 Secretary of State of the United States from
(c) 1789 1973 to 1977.

(4) California was settled most rapidly (13)The Camp David is located in:
after_____________ was discovered in
1848: (a) Maryland
(b) Louisiana
(a) gold (c) Texas
(b) coal
(c) natural gas (14) Which American President received
the Nobel Prize for peace in 1906?
(5)With which country U.S.A. signed the
rush-Bagot Treaty? (a) Andrew Jackson
(b) Harry S. Truman
(a) Britain (c) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) France
(c) spain (15) Richard Nixon made a trip to Beijing
in:
(6) who succeeded president Abraham
Lincoln? (a) 1962
(b) 1972
(a) Ulysses S. Grant (c) 1977
(b) Martin Van Buren
(c) Andrew Johnson (16) Who was the President of U.S.A.
when Russia invaded Afghanistan in early
(7) Alaska was purchased from Russia in: 1980?

(a) 1857 (a) Jimmy Carter

(b) 1867 (b) Herbert C. Hoover
(c) 1901 (c) Ronald Reagan

(8) Susan B. Anthony was an outspoken (17) What does NASA stand for?
advocate of:
Ans: National Aeronautics and Space
(a) Women’s rights Administration.
(b) Anti Slavery Movement
(c) Transcendentalism (18) Which year TVA was established?

(9) Ku Klux Klan was organized in the (a) 1930

state of: (b) 1933
(c) 1955
(a) New Jersey
(19) To which political party did President (b) Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson belong? (c) John Adams

(a) Whig (7) The Great Depression of 1929 lasted

(b) Republican for:
(c) Democratic
(a) Three years
(20) Who wrote "Encyclopedia of American (b) Four years
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 in:
were:
(a) The American War of Independence
(a) Thirteen (b) The American Civil War
(b) Fifteen (c) The US-Spanish War
(c) Twenty
(11) Panama Canal was officially opened
(2) The “Sons of Liberty” was formed in: in the year:

(a) 1765 (a) 1812

(b) 1767 (b) 1906
(c) 1776 (c) 1914

(3) The Peace Treaty of American (12) On August 26, 1920 the 19th
Independence in 1783 was signed in the Amendment to US Constitution gave
city of: voting right to:

(a) Philadelphia (a) Women

(b) London (b) Negroes
(c) Paris (c) Indians

(4) Which one of the following enjoys the (13) NATO was established in the year:
title of “Father of American 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
(a) Hamilton (b) Paula Jones
(c) Harriet Beacher (3) Attack on Pearl Harbour took place
in:
(16) The Truman Doctrine was mainly
designed to extend economic assistance (a) 1918
to: (b) 1941
(c) 1939
(a) Turkey-Iraq
(b) Turkey-Egypt (4) _____________ was the second
(c) Turkey-Greece state of ratify the constitution.

(17) The 26th Amendment in 1971 (a) Maine

lowered the voting age to: (b) New York
(c) Pennsylvania
(a) 18
(b) 19 (5) Bill Clinton was _______ President of
(c) 21 United States:

(18) The term “Big Stick Diplomacy” is (a) 42nd

associated with President: (b) 33rd
(c) 51st
(a) T. Roosevelt
(b) Carter (6) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was
(c) Reagan assassinated in:

(19) During the American Civil War, the (a) 1979

President of Confederacy was: (b) 1962
(c) 1968
(a) Jefferson Davis
(b) Abraham Lincoln (7) Total number of states in US is:
(c) Johnson
(a) 51
(20) Judges of the American Supreme (b) 50
Court are appointed by: (c) 13

(a) President (8) Dred Scott decision of the Supreme

(b) Senate Court of U.S.A. declaring slave a chattel
(c) Congress was given in:
__________________
Marwatone. (a) 1823
(b) 1857
(c) 1893

(9) Gadsden Purchase was ratified in:

(a) 1823
(b) 1853
(c) 1911
History of USA 2002 (d) None of these
(1) Total articles in United States
Constitution are: (10) Stamp Act was passed in:

(a) XIII (a) 1688

(b) XXIII (b) 1765
(c) VXI (c) 1797
(d) None of these
(11) Complete diplomatic relations
(2) Atlantic Charter dates back to: between US and China were established
in:
(a) 1946
(b) 1941 (a) 1979
(c) 1827 (b) 1981
(c) 1982
 Marwatone.
(12) _____________ state is known as
sunshine state:

(a) California
(b) Nebraska
(c) Florida History of USA 2003
(13) _____________ state is known as (1) James Town was founded in:
Golden Gate state:
(a) 1607
(a) Oklahoma (b) 1609
(b) Ohio (c) 1611
(c) Virginia
(d) None of these (2) Who wrote “The White House Years”?

(14) _____________ state is known as (a) Monica Lewinsky

Sooners state: (b) Jacky Kennedy
(c) Henry Kissinger
(a) Arizona
(b) Texas (3) “I have a dream.” Who delivered this
(c) North Dakota oration?
(d) None of these
(a) John F. Kennedy
(15) What does ANZUS stand for? (b) Rev. Martin Luther King
(c) Bill Clinton
Ans: Australia, New Zealand, & United States.
(4) The Capital of New York State is:
(16) Treaty of Ghent ended War of 1812
between USA and: (a) New York
(b) Syracuse
(a) France (c) Albany
(b) Great Britain
(c) Belgium (5) Abolitionism was to:

(17) Gettysburg Address was delivered (a) Ban Alcohol

by: (b) Ban Slavery
(c) Ban Child Labour
(a) President Lincoln
(b) George Washington (6) Before Civil War the Principal Crop of
(c) Carter the South was:

(18) Columbus discovered America in: (a) Tobacco

(b) Cotton
(a) 1388 (c) Rice
(b) 1688
(c) 1788 (7) Henry Clay was a:
(d) None of these
(a) Musician
(19) Louisiana which doubled the size of (b) Businessman
USA was purchased for: (c) Sportsman
(d) None of these
(a) 150 million $
(b) 15 million $ (8) US entered the Second World War in:
(c) 15 billion $
(a) 1939
(20) Dean Rusk was: (b) 1940
(c) 1941
(a) Secretary of Defence
(b) Secretary of State (9) Gold Rush in California took place in:
(c) Secretary of Interior
__________________ (a) 1842
(b) 1849 in North America was:
(c) 1852
(d) None of these (a) 11
(b) 13
(10) The Civil Right Act was passed in: (c) 15

(a) 1964 (20) The Declaration of Independence

(b) 1965 was written by:
(c) 1966
(a) George Washington
(11) Louis Armstrong was a: (b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) John Adams
(a) Pianist
(b) Drummer
(c) Trumpeter

(12) ‘Four Freedoms’ were announced

by:
History of USA 2004
(a) Truman (1) America was named after:
(b) Wilson
(c) FDR (a) Christopher Columbus
(b) Amerigo Vespucci
(13) Affirmative Action policy is to help: (c) George Washington

(a) Whites (2) The Peace Treaty of American

(b) Blacks Independence in 1783 was signed in the
(c) Women City of:
(d) None of these
(a) Philadelphia
(14) Rockefellers made their fortune in: (b) London
(c) Paris
(a) Oil (d) Washington D.C
(b) Steel
(c) Railroads (3) “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has been written
by:
(15) The Liberty Bell is located in:
(a) Harriet Beacher
(a) Washington D.C. (b) Paula Jones
(b) New York (c) Monica Lewinsky
(c) Pennsylvania
(4) American Colonization Society was
(16) Which state was known as Lone to:
Star Republic?
(a) Support American expansionism
(a) California (b) Support anti slavery movement
(b) Texas (c) Settle Negros in Africa
(c) Ore gone
(5) The only President to enjoy four
(17) MORMONS are settled in: terms:

(a) Nevada (a) George Washington

(b) Utah (b) Thomson Jefferson
(c) New Mexico (c) Andrew Jackson
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(18) BABE RUTH was a:
(6) The ‘Gold Rush’ of California occurred
(a) Priest in:
(b) Political Agitator
(c) Player (a) 1848
(b) 1862
(19) The total number of British colonies (c) 1865
(d) 1914 were:

(7) Next to Cotton the most valuable (a) Veterans

American export in 1860 was: (b) Hunters
(c) Tradesmen
(a) Cotton manufacturers (d) Farmers
(b) Tobacco
(c) Wheat (15) “Muckrakers” were:
(d) Lumber
(a) Black city workers
(8) Who were called indentured (b) White Racists
servants? (c) Journalists

(a) Indians (16) American Women got the right to

(b) Europeans vote in:
(c) Black
(d) British (a) 1865
(b) 1920
(9) French aid the American (c) 1945
Revolutionary War because:
(17) The United States gained Texas
(a) The French Government was devoted to from:
democratic ideas
(b) The Estate General forced the King to help (a) Mexico
(c) The French expected to regain Louisiana (b) Spain
(d) The French wanted revenge on (c) France
England (d) Great Britain

(10) The Constitution of the United (18) Which is the fastest growing
States provides that amendments may be minority group in America:
proposed by:
(a) Blacks
(a) Congress (b) Asian Americans
(b) The President (c) Red Indians
(c) Governors of the States (d) Hispanics
(d) States Conventions
(19) The Japanese attacked Pearl
(11) “Common Sense” suggested: Harbour in:

(a) Reconciliation with England (a) December 1940

(b) Commonwealth Status with England (b) December 1941
(c) Protest against Parliament (c) December 1942
(d) Rebellion against the King
(20) The only President who was elected
(12) What Revolution in Europe was more than twice:
influenced most directly by American
Revolution: (a) George Washington
(b) Andrew Jackson
(a) Industrial Revolution (c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(b) French Revolution __________________
(c) Glorious Revolution
(d) Puritan Revolution

(13) The First Bank of the United States

was:

(a) A Private Corporation

History of USA 2005
(b) Government’s Institution
(1) Virgin Island were purchased from:
(c) City worker’s operated
(d) Industrial management
(a) Spain
(b) Denmark
(14) In 1800 most of the Americans
(c) Portugal
(2) Rhode Island was _________ state (a) University Town
to enter original 13 States which joined (b) Railways
the Union. (c) Canals

(a) First (11) Black birding is _________.

(b) Last
(c) Penultimate (a) Seven
(b) Eight
(3) Philippine Islands were acquired by (c) Nine
US in _________.
(12) Black birding is _________.
(a) 1909
(b) 1799 (a) Legal importation of slaves
(c) 1899 (b) Illegal importance of slaves
(c) Legal hunt of birds
(4) Puerto Rico ceded to US by
_________. (13) Congress of US consists of
_________.
(a) Spain
(b) Denmark (a) Senate, House of Lords
(c) Russia (b) Senate and President
(c) House of Representative & President
(5) John Adams was _________ US (d) None of these
President.
(14) Article 1 of US constitution says,
(a) Third “No person can be a Representative who
(b) Eleventh shall not have attained to the age of
(c) Twenty Fifth _________ years and _________ years a
(d) None of these citizen of the US”:

(6) Spain financed Westward voyage of (a) Twenty Five and 10 years
Columbus in _________. (b) Thirteen and 07 years
(c) Twenty Five and 07 years
(a) 1492
(b) 1482 (15) First _________ amendments were
(c) 1472 passed by the congress on September
25, 1789.
(7) The Albany Congress (1754) was
attended by delegates of _________ (a) Ten
colonies. (b) Fourteen
(c) Four
(a) Thirteen
(b) Seven (16) KKK stands for Ku-Klux Klan
(c) Eleven

(8) The Boston Massacre took place in (17) Delaware State is nicknamed
_________ _________ state.

(a) 1763 (a) Donkey

(b) 1770 (b) Dog
(c) 1773 (c) Diamond

(9) Oregon was acquired in _________.
(a) 1812
(b) 1839
(c) 1846
(10) The Gadsen purchase of 50,000
square mile of land was primarily for the
construction of _________.
(18) Era of Good Feeling was during the
presidency of _________.
(a) George Washington
(b) James Monroe
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(19) The slogan of ‘Fair Deal’ was given
by _________.
(a) President Truman (a) Germany
(b) President Nixon (b) Spain
(c) President Andrew Jackson. (c) France

(20) _________ is known as father of (8) George Washington died in:

the constitution:
(a) 1797
(a) George Washington (b) 1799
(b) Samuel Adams (c) 1801
(c) James Madison
__________________ (9) 1st chief justice of USA was:
Marwatone.
(a) J.Mashal
(b) J.Adams
(c) J.Jay

(10) USA constitution was adopted in:

History of USA 2006
(a) 1786
(1) Pilgrims fathers established: (b) 1789
(c) 1791
(a) York town (d) None of these
(b) James town
(c) Psymonht colony (11) Jefferson bought Louisiana from:

(2) Intolerable acts were introduced in: (a) Spain

(b) Germany
(a) 1772 (c) France
(b) 1774
(c) 1775 (12) Monroe doctrine was:

(3) Declaration of independence was (a) A document of land purchase

written by: (b) A statement of foreign policy
(c) A policy of slavery
(a) George Washington
(b) Thomas Jefferson (13) Abolitionists wanted to abolish:
(c) John adams
(a) Income tax
(4) Cornwalis surrendered at York town (b) Land revenue
in (c) Slavery

(a) 1777 (14) Name the president famous for his

(b) 1781 fourteen points:
(c) 1783
(1) Jefferson
(5) According to firs census of USA (2) Jackson
(1790) its population was: (3) Wilson

(a) 3.9 million (15) Steel co-operation of USA was

(b) 4.5 million established in:
(c) 6.4 million
(a) 1810
(6) Supreme court of USA was (b) 1876
established in: (c) 1901

(a) 1787 (16) Alexander Graham invented:

(b) 1789
(c) 1791 (a) Radio
(b) Steam engine
(7) Statue of liberty was donated to USA (c) Telephone
by:
(17) Truman Doctrine was a document (a) 1781
about: (b) 1789
(c) 1801
(a) England (d) 1804
(b) Russia
(c) Germany (5) Thomas Jefferson was the ________
president of America.
(18) 1st university to be found in USA
was: (a) First
(b) Second
(a) Harvard (c) Third
(b) Yale (d) Fifth
(c) Columbia
(6) The 1783 treaty of Paris that defined
(19) 1st capital of USA was: original border of the United States was
with:
(a) New York
(b) Washington (a) France
(c) Philadelphia (b) Portugal
(c) Spain
(20) Who said this? Ask not what your (d) Great Britain
country can do for you. Ask what you can
do for your country: (7) The Louisiana purchase completed in
1803 was negotiated by:
(a) Washington
(b) Lincoln (a) George Washington
(c) Kennedy (b) James Madison
__________________ (c) Robert Livingston
Marwatone. (d) Martin Van Buren

(8) The treaty of 1819 with Spain, that

resulted in Spain’s cession of East
Florida, Sabine Free State and surrender
of Spain’s claim to Oregon State was
called the:
History of USA 2007
(1) Columbus discovered the New World (a) Rush-Bagot Agreement
in: (b) Adams-Onis Treaty
(c) Missouri Compromise
(a) 1096 (d) Panama Congress
(b) 1295
(c) 1492 (9) Virgin Islands were purchased from:
(d) 1493
(a) Spain
(2) Jamestown was founded in: (b) Denmark
(c) Portugal
(a) 1607 (d) Great Britain
(b) 1616 (e) None of these
(c) 1919
(d) 1628 (10) The Virgin Islands were bought for
US $:
(3) In 1602:
(a) 25
(a) Pope Draw’s demarcation line (b) 250
(b) Harvard College is established (c) 2500
(c) Hudson explores Hudson River (d) 25000
(d) Pilgrims land at Plymouth (e) None of these
(e) None of these
(11) Which American president was
(4) George Washington became elected for two non-consecutive terms:
president in:
(a) Chester A. Arthur
(b) Benjamin Harrison (d) Fifth Amendment
(c) Grover Cleveland
(d) Woodrow Wilson (19) The National security of the USA is a
document prepared by the:
(12) Jimmy Carter was the President of
the USA from: (a) Executive Branch
(b) House of Representative
(a) 1969-1974 (c) Senate
(b) 1974-1977 (d) Brookings institute
(c) 1977-1981
(d) 1981-1989 (20) “A well regulated militia, being
necessary to the security of a free state,
(13) Give the correct order of the states’ the right of the people to keep and bear
entry into the Union: arms shall not be infringed,” is the:

(a) Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, (a) First amendment

Georgia (b) Second amendment
(b) Massachusetts, Delaware, Georgia, (c) Sixth amendment
Maryland _________________
(c) Maryland, Georgia, New Jersey, Texas
(d) New Hampshire, Virginia, Massachusetts,
Georgia

(14) Which joined the Union after

Alaska:

(a) Arizona History of USA 2008

(b) Oklahoma
(c) Utah (1)The colony of Virginia was founded in
(d) Hawaii 1607 by :

(15) The BAY of PIGS invasion of Cuba (a) Captain Robert

happened during the Presidency of: (b) Christopher Columbus
(c) Johan Smith
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower (d) Scott Barlow
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson
(c) Richard Nixon (2)The colony of New Netherland,
(d) John F. Kennedy founded by the Dutch in 1621, came
under English rule in 1664 and was
(16) The Declaration of Independence renamed:
was formally adopted on:
(a) New Hampshire
(a) July 2, 1775 (b) New Found Land
(b) July 4, 1776 (c) New York
(c) August 8, 1777 (d) New Mexico

(17) The constitution of the United (3)The first ten amendments to the
States of America was adopted in the American Constitution are known as:
period:
(a) Bill of rights
(a) 1681-1682 (b) Citizen demands
(b) 1764-1765 (c) Governments regulations
(c) 1787-1788
(4)A well regulated militia being
(18) In the amendments to the necessary to the security of a free state,
constitution of the USA freedom of the right of the people to keep and bear
religion, speech and the press and right arms, shall not be infringed, is the:
to assembly are protected by:
(a) First amendment
(a) First Amendment (b) Second amendment
(b) Second Amendment (c) Tenth amendment
(c) Third Amendment
(5) The confusion at the time of (13) The National security of the USA is a
Jefferson’s election was corrected by the document prepared by the:
adoption in 1804 of the:
(a) Senate
(a) First amendment (b) House of representative
(b) Eleventh amendment (c) Executive Branch
(c) Twelveth amendment
(d) Thirteenth amendment (14) The first President of USA from
1787-1797 was:
(6) The Navigation Act was passed in:
(a) George Washington
(a) 1660 (b) John Adams
(b) 1760 (c) James Maclison
(c) 1860
(15) William Harrison was the president
(7) The PENDLIETON Act, an act to of US in the period:
regulate and improve the civil service of
the United States, was enacted on: (a) 1817-1825
(b) 1829-1837
(a) May 11, 1871 (c) 1841-1850
(b) June 19, 1872 (d) 1850-1853
(c) September 20, 1881
(d) January 16, 1883 (16) The 40th President of the USA was:

(8) President Roosevelt proclaimed an (a) George Bush

unlimited emergency on: (b) Gerald Rudolph Ford
(c) Jimmy Carter
(a) May 27, 1941 (d) Ronald Wilson Reagon
(b) May 27, 1942
(c) May 27, 1945 (17) Dwight D Eisenhower served two
terms in office from 1953-1961. Who was
(9) The Atlantic Charter of August 14, his vice-President?
1941 was a statement of common war
aims formulated between: (a) Christian A. Herter
(b) Gerald R. Ford
(a) Roosevelt and Hitler (c) John Foster Dulles
(b) Roosevelt and Degaulle (d) Richard Nixon
(c) Hiter and Degaulle
(d) Roosevelt and Winston Churchill (18) Which President of the USA
resigned from the office in his second
(10) The United States of America term?
formally declared war on Germany on:
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(a) December 8, 1941 (b) Jimmy Carter
(b) December 12, 1941 (c) Richard Nixon
(c) January 20, 1942 (d) Zachary Taylor
(d) None of these
(19) United States of America joined
(11)The BAY of PIGs invasion of Cuba with Western European nations to form
happened during the Presidency of: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) in:
(a) Dwight D Eisenhower
(b) John F Kenedy (a) 1949
(c) Richard Nixon (b) 1951
(c) 1954
(12) Herbert Hoover became President of
the USA in: (20) The 25th amendment providing for
Presidential succession was ratified by
(a) 1928 states in:
(b) 1929
(c) 1930 (a) 1965
(b) 1966
 (c) 1967 (8) The Bill of Rights was incorporated in the U.S.
(d) 1976 Constitution in the year:
__________________
(a) 1787
(b) 1789
(c) 1790
(d) 1791

(9) Who was elected as President of the

History of USA 2009 Confederacy when the seceding Southern Slave
State announced their secession from United States
(1) During his first voyage, Columbus accidentally of America and founded the Confederate States of
landed at the: America in 1861?

(a) Virgin Islands (a) Thomas Jefferson

(b) Hawaiian Islands (b) Jefferson Davis
(c) Watlings Island in the Bahamas (c) James Madison
(d) Northern Mariana Islands (d) Aaron Burr

(2) Which of the following English Colonies in (10) In which capacity did Alexander Hamilton
America was named after Queen Elizabeth? work with George Washington, the first President of
United States of America:
(a) Maryland
(b) Florida (a) Secretary of Defense
(c) Virginia (b) Secretary of State
(d) Georgia (c) Secretary of Treasury
(d) Attorney General
(3) Which of the following States in the United
States of America was famous for its gold mines? (11) One of the first two political factions in United
States, the Democratic Republicans, was led by:
(a) Maryland
(b) Vermont (a) Jefferson Davis
(c) California (b) Alexander Hamilton
(d) Massachusetts (c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) George Washington
(4) The first permanent and successful English
Colony in America, Jamestown Virginia, was (12) The Treaty of Paris in 1783 fixed the Western
founded in the year: boundary of the United States at the River:

(a) 1492 (a) Missouri

(b) 1592 (b) Kentucky
(c) 1607 (c) Mississippi
(d) 1707 (d) Potomac

(5) The Pilgrims from England reached Plymouth (13) During Jefferson’s Presidency, Robert R.
(New England) in a ship called: Livingstone was the U.S. Minister to:

(a) Nina (a) England

(b) Pinta (b) Spain
(c) Mayflower (c) France
(d) Leopard (d) Russia

(6) Which one of the following leaders of American (14) Under which treaty United States acquired
Revolution was also a scientist, a printer, a satirist Florida from Spain?
and a political philosopher?
(a) Treaty of Paris
(a) Samuel Adams (b) Adams-Onis Treaty
(b) John Adams (c) Pinckney’s Treaty
(c) Benjamin Franklin (d) Jay’s Treaty
(d) Thomas Jefferson
(15) Which of the American Presidents won four
(7) How many political parties are mentioned by consecutive presidential elections and remained
name in the U.S. Constitution? president for the longest period of time:

(a) One (a) Theodore Roosevelt

(b) Two (b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Three (c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(d) Four (d) Harry S. Truman
(16) Alaska was acquired by United States from:
(a) Spain (4) The Americans signed a Treaty of alliance
(b) England
(c) Canada with France in:
(d) Russia
(a) 1775
(17) Which of the American presidents was
(b) 1777
responsible for the Apollo Project that resulted in
the man’s landing on the surface of moon? (c) 1778

(a) Dwight David Eisenhower (5) General Cornwallis Surren dies at:
(b) John F. Kennedy
(c) Lyndon Baines Johnson
(d) Richard Nixon (a) New York
(b) Boston
(18) Which of the American Presidents was present
(c) York Town
at the time of the signing of the Camp David
Accords between Egypt and Israel? (d) None of these

(a) John F. Kennedy (6) The Constitution of USA was adopted in:
(b) Richard Nixon
(c) Jimmy Carter
(d) Ronald Reagan (a) 1783
(b) 1789
(19) Which of the American presidents called the (c) 1790
former Soviet Union “An Evil Empire”?
(d) None of these
(a) Richard Nixon
(b) Jimmy Carter (7) George Washington was elected as the
(c) Ronald Reagan
President of America for the first time in:
(d) George Herbert Walker Bush

(20) Which one of the American presidents (a) 1785

remained the head of the Central Intelligence (b) 1787
Agency (CIA) before becoming the president?
(c) 1789
(a) Richard Nixon
(b) Jimmy Carter (8) The first Chief Justice of the Supreme
(c) George Herbert Walker Bush
Court of America was:
(d) Gerald Rudolph Ford
__________________
(a) John Marshal
(b) John Jay
History of USA 2010 (c) J. Adams

(1) The Pilgrim reached Plymouth in: (9) The first capital of the United States of
America was:
(a) 1616
(b) 1620 (a) New York
(c) 1630 (b) James Town
(c) Washington
(2) Thomas Jafferson wrote ‘Declaration of
Independence’ in: (10) The statue of Liberty was donated to USA
by:
(a) 1774
(b) 1776 (a) Germany
(c) 1777 (b) Italy
(c) France
(3) Boston Tea Party was an act of:
(11) Locomotive was invented by Peter Couper
(a) Serving Tea in a Party in:
(b) Exporting Tea to France
(c) Throwing Tea into the water (a) 1820
(b) 1830 (a) 1958
(c) 1835 (b) 1960
(c) 1964
(12) United States of America Steel
Corporation was established in: (20) American Troops finally left Vietnam after
the end of the war in:
(a) 1891
(b) 1897 (a) 1970
(c) 1901 (b) 1973
(c) 1975
(13) America entered World War-I in:

(a) 1915
(b) 1917
(c) 1918 History of USA 2011
(14) Alva Edison invented Phonograph in: (i) During the Cuban Crisis, President
Kennedy demanded:
(a) 1872 (a) A “quarantine” to stop ships carrying
(b) 1876 offensive weapons to Cuba
(c) 1878 (b) The removal of Russian strategic
(d) None of these missiles
(c) Both of these
(15) Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of (d) None of these
the Black Muslims Movement in:
(ii) The American commitment to prevent
(a) 1930 spread of Communism was expressed in:
(b) 1934 (a) The Marshal Plan
(c) 1936 (b) The Truman Doctrine
(c) The Yalta Declaration
(16) Korean war started in: (d) All of these
(e) None of these
(a) 1948
(b) 1950 (iii) Europe’s rapid economic recovery
(c) 1953 after World War II was mainly due to:
(a) Truman Doctrine
(17) D. David Eisenhower was elected U.S. (b) Big Four Conference
President (I term) in: (c) Marshall Plan
(d) All of these
(a) 1950 (e) None of these
(b) 1952
(c) 1953 (iv) Which of the following pertains to
American involvement in World War II?
(18) Who had said, ‘Ask not what your country (a) Lend Lease Act
do for you’, say what you can do for your (b) Atlantic Charter
country? (c) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
(d) All of these
(a) George Washington (e) None of these
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) John F. Kennedy (v) A major difference between World
War I and World War II was:
(19) Martin Luther King won the Novel Peace (a) A global involvement
Prize in: (b) American intervention
(c) War strategy and weapons
(d) All of these (c) Supplying labour for New World
(e) None of these plantations
(d) All of these
(vi) Which of the following was a reason (e) None of these
for the Great Depression?
(a) Weakness in American Banking System (xii) In addition to natural harbours and
(b) International Economic imbalance of trade a hospitable climate, America was easily
(c) Low American wages gave inadequate accessible because of its:
purchasing power to support excessive capital (a) Well developed interior waterways
investment (b) Exclusive Western deserts
(d) All of these (c) Well travelled interior routes
(e) None of these (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 (xiii) Eighteenth amendment pertained
(b) The assumed “Superiority of the to:
white race with obligation to guide and (a) Abolition of slavery
develop “inferior” races (b) Extension of suffrage to women
(c) European isolation policies (d) All of these (c) Popular election of senators
(e) None of these (d) Right to keep and bear arms
(e) None of these
(viii) The North American colonies
enjoyed economic success because of: (xiv) Fourteenth amendment pertained
(a) Hardworking populations to:
(b) The practice of monoculture on (a) Definition of citizenship
plantations (b) Appointment of Representatives in
(c) The use of slave labour Congress
(d) All of these (c) Validity of public debt
(e) None of these (d) All of these
(e) None of these
(ix) During the height of European
emigration between 1900 and 1910 most (xv) In 1989 Summit meeting between
emigrants settled in: Bush and Gorbachev was held in:
(a) Australia (a) Yalta
(b) New Zealand (b) Malta
(c) South America (c) Camp David
(d) All of these (d) Tehran
(e) None of these (e) None of these

(x) The Americas changed from (xvi) Civil Rights Act was passed in:
continents inhabited by people of (a) 1962
mongoloid stock to: (b) 1966
(a) The most racially mixed region of the (c) 1862
world (d) 1866
(b) Completely Indo-European Stock (e) None of these
(c) Majority Negroid Stock
(d) All of these (xvii) In March 2001 George Bush
(e) None of these announced rejection of Kyoto Protocol of:
(a) 1995
(xi) Large scale African slavery began as (b) 1996
a means of: (c) 1997
(a) Dispersing the captives of African warfare (d) 1998
(b) Dispersing populations from overcrowded (e) None of these
areas
(xviii) President Carter secured senate 1790
ratification of treaties to return Panama
Canal to Panama by: 8. Fourteen points of Wilson deals with?
(a) 1997 Germany
(b) 1999
(c) 2000 10. NASA US space shuttle Colombia in
(d) 2001 which year?
(e) None of these 1981

(xix) The Fair Deal was name, given to 11. Intermediate Range Nuclear Treaty
____ programme of Harry Truman. signed between Reagan and Gorbachev
(a) Foreign in which year?
(b) Security 1987
(c) Domestic
(d) All of these 12. I have a dream speech by Martin
(e) None of these Luther in which year?
1963
(xx) First shipload of Negroes landed in
Virginia in: 13. Capital Punishment in America is
(a) 1619 followed in how many states?
(b) 1570 35
(c) 1487
(d) 1729 14. Malcolm X killed in which year?
(e) None of these 1965

15. National Organization of Women was

established in which year?
1966

History of USA 2012 17. American Bar Association established

in ??
1. FDR highest vote in which term?
1878
2nd Term

18. miranda rule pertains to

2. Harvard was established in which
warn you in advance before arresting you
year?
1636
19. Truman doctrine was to contain
communism in
3. How many states signed Declaration of
Greece and Turkey
Independence?
13 Colonies
20. Reader Digest was introduced in
America in
4. Ronald Reagan said Evil Empire about
1922
which state?
USSR

5. Fourth Constitution Amendment is

about?
Search and Seizure

6. Paris Treaty in which year?

1783 History of USA 2013
7. First US Consensus in which year?
Q.1.(i) Select the best option/answer and fill (c) Adams
in the appropriate Circle on the OMR Answer (d) None of these
Sheet. (20x1=20)
(ii) Answers given anywhere, other than OMR 9. Harriet Becher Stowe got renown by
Answer Sheet, shall not be considered. writing about:
(a) Revolution
1.In his first voyage to the New World, (b) Social evils
Christopher Columbus first landed in: (c) Slavery
(a) Cuba (d) None of these
(b) Trinidad
(c) Bahamas 10. Which of the following presidents served
(d) None of these in U.S. army as General?
(a) William Harrison
2.Pinckney’s Treaty was signed by the U.S. (b) Zachary Taylor
with: (c) Wlysses Grant
(a) Britain (d) All of these
(b) France (e) None of these
(c) Spain
(d) None of these 11.Charles Lindbergh was a famous:
(a) Senator
3.Burr Conspiracy took place in the time of: (b) Author
(a) Washington (c) Pilot
(b) Jefferson (d) All of these
(c) Jackson (e) None of these
(d) None of these
12.“Model T” was introduced by:
4.Nullification crisis was about: (a) Ford
(a) Tariffs (b) Carnegie
(b) Slavery (c) Gompers
(c) New states (d) None of these
(d) None of these
13.Which of the following Presidents were
5. Gadsden Pinchase took place in: also Vice-President?
(a) 1852 (a) Andrew Johnson
(b) 1843 (b) Richard Nixon
(c) 1875 (c) Lyndon Johnson
(d) None of these it was in 1853/54 (d) All of these
(e) None of these
6. Louisiana Pinchase lost the U.S.:
(a) $16 million 14. D-Day was:
(b) $18 million (a)June 9, 1944
(c) $15 million (b) March 6, 1945
(d) None of these (c) June 6, 1944
(d) None of these
7. Monticello is located in:
(a) Virginia 15.An important Anglo-American Conference
(b) Washington took place in January 1943 at:
(c) Maryland (a) Cairo
(d) None of these (b) Casablanca
(c) Normandy
8. Lewis and Clark were sent on an expedition (d) None of these
by:
(a) Washington 16.George Marshall delivered his Marshall
(b) Jefferson 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