Events that change the world (GK Unit-2)

A. Here are question about some important events, which changed the world and brought it into the present form.

1. Prophet Mohammad give to the world one of its most influential religion known as?

Ans. Islam

2. Which event is seen as responsible for the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire into several countries of the Middle East? 

Ans. First World War

3. Which wind is widely seen as responsible for the start of the first world war in 1914? 

Ans. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 

4. Which war saw USA dropping Atom Bombs on two Japanese cities - Hiroshima and Nagasaki? 

Ans. Second World War 

5. After sinking of which ship in 1912, it was made mandatory for all ships to have a wireless telegraph and radios?

Ans. Titanic

6. Dissolution of this Republic under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev led to the end of Cold War era between communist and so-called capitalist countries of the world. 

Ans. Dissolution of Soviet Union 

7. Which cultural movement in Europe in the 14th and 17th centuries led to the overall advances in art, literature and ideas? 

Ans. Renaissance 

8. Name the revolution that began in England in about 1760 A.D. which led to the mechanisation of manufacturing units first in Europe and then all across the world. 

Ans. Industrial Revolution

9. Name the person who became the first African-American president of the USA, showing that racial discrimination has no place in the modern world. 

Ans. Barrack Obama 

B. Here are a few books which produced revolutionary ideas that led to the emergence of the modern world. Match them to their equally illustrious authors?

Answers.

1. e. Charles Darwin

2. g. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

3. b. Euclid

4. a. Sigmund Freud

5. c. Confucius

6. d. Issac Newton

7. f. Thomas Paine

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