Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488 ?
(1) Magellan
(2) Columbus
(3) Bartholomew Dias
(4) Vasco da gama

The previous name of Zaire was
(1) Benin               (2) Liberia
(3) congo              (4) Sierra Leone

Which decade is called the “Era of Decolonisation”?
(1) 1950’s             (2) 1980’s
(3) 1990’s             (4) 1970’s

Who was the 1st President of South Africa after apartheid?
(1) Zuma
(2) Nelson Mandela
(3) Kofi Annan
(4) Booker T. Washington

D-Day is the day when :
(1) Germany declared war on Britain
(2) the US dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima
(3) Allied Troops landed in Normandy
(4) Germany surrendered to the allies

The war criminals of the \(\mathrm{II}\) World War were put to trial in
(1) Nuremberg                           (2) Petersburg
(3) Gettysburg                            (4) Pittsburgh

Who were the Axis powers in World War \(\mathrm{II}\)?
(1) Poland, Japan, Germany
(2) Italy, Japan, Britain
(3) Germany, Italy, France
(4) Germany, Italy, Japan

The Second World War started in the year—
(1) 1940       (2) 1939
(3) 1941       (4) 1942

The immediate cause for the outbreak of the First World War was
(1) the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
(2) the imprisonment of Lenin
(3) the ambition of America to dominate the world
(4) the sudden death of Lloyd George

One of the important factors that led to the IInd World War the humiliating provisions in one of the following treaties. Which is that treaty?
(1) Treaty of Paris
(2) Treaty of Versailles
(3) Treaty of Lorraine
(4) Treaty of Brussels

The first atomi c bomb was thrown over :
(1) Nagasaki     (2) Hiroshima
(3) Tokyo             (4) Hong Kong