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Important MCQs on Explorations and Discoveries For Job Test of NTS, PPSC, CSS and FPSC
1. Name the person who discovered Greenland in 982 A.D.
(a) John Cabot
(b) Eric the Red
(c) Koro Gligora
(d) Oumar Konari
2. Who reached N America for the first time in history in 1000 A.D.?
(a) Christopher Columbus
(b) John Speke
(c) Leif Eriesson
(d) James Clark
3. Name the first person who journeyed through China. India and other parts of Asia from 1271-94.
(a) Christopher Columbus
(b) Vascoda Gama
(c) Marco Polo
(d) Nicole Maffeo
4. San Salvador now Watling Island, the Bahamas. Cuba and Haiti were discovered in 1492 by______
(a) Kero Gligora
(b) Charles Taylor
(c) Christopher Columbus
(d) Abel Tasman
5. Who explored Mexican part of E. Coast of America and S. America coast from 1497 to 1503?
(a) Christopher Columbus
(b) John Cabot
(c) Amengo Vespucci
(d) William Dampier
6. Name the person who discovered sea route from Europe to India.
(a) Vascoda Gama
(b) Christopher Columbus
(c) Marco Polo
(d) Amengo Vespuci
7. Christopher Columbus landed on mainland of South America in
(a) 1496
(b) 1.497
(c) 1492
(d) 1499
8. Who discovered Trinidad during 1502-4?
(a) Sebastain Cabot
(b) Vitus Bering
(c) De Soto
(d) Christopher Columbus
9. Name the first to sail around the world; discovered the Magallan Strait, reached the Philippines and named the Pacific
(a) William Dampier
(b) Lord Anson
(c) Ferdinand Magallan
(d) John Davis
10. Name the person who discovered Canada and explored St. Lawennie from 1534-36
(a) Jacquies Cartier
(b) William Dampier
(c) James Cook
(d) Capt Wallis
11. Name the Person who discovered Florida, Georgia and Mississippi in 1539.
(a) Sir James Clark
(b) De Soto
(c) Capt Johnspeke
(d) David Living Stone
12. Who discovered the White Sea and the ocean route to Russia?
(a) Sir Hugh Willoighby and Richard Chancellor
(b) Nicole and Maffeo
(c) William Janszoon and Henry Hudson
(d) Malietoa and Thais Mleki
13. Name the person who sailed around the world in the ‘Golden Hind’ during 1557-80
(a) Sir Francis Drake
(b) John Davis
(c) Vitus Bering
(d) James Clark
14. Name the Person who discovered Australia in 1606:,
(a) Henry Hudson
(b) William Janszoon
(c) Sebastain Cabot
(d) Capt James Cook
15. Who among the following discovered Hudson River, strait and Bay in 1611?
(a) Andrew Johnson
(b) William Howard
(c) Henry Hudson
(d) John Burgoyne
16. Who among the following discovered, New Zealand, The Tonga and Fiji Island in 1642?
(a) James Clark
(b) Abel Tasman
(c) John Davis
(d) John Speke
17. Name the Person who discovered Tahiti in 1767?
(a) Anson George
(b) Capt James Cook
(c) Clark Hoover
(d) Capt Wallis
18. Who Charted New Zealand coasts and discovered New South Wales from 176841?
(a) John Bani
(b) Leonid Kachma
(c) Capt James Cook
(d) Amango Vespuci
19. Name the first person who located the Magnetic Pole in 1831?
(a) David Living Stone
(b) Francis Drake
(c) Sir James Clark
(d) Ruth Driefus
20. Name the Person who discovered Zambia and Victoria Falls from 1852-73? .
(a) David Living Stone
(b) Jacquie: Lartler
(c) Adam Kus
(d) Daniel Amp
21. Who discovered Lake Victoria in 1858?
(a) John Davis
(b) Capt John Snake
(c) Geover Cleveland
(d) Donald Kelpokas
22. Christopher Columbus who discovered America was
(a) Spanish
(b) Dutch
(c) Italian
(d) French
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