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Q1.D-Day landings of World War II took place on the beaches of which region?

Medium
A Normandy
B Sicily
C Dunkirk
D Crete
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Correct Answer: A

The Allied invasion of Normandy took place on 6 June 1944.

Q2.The first atomic bomb was dropped on which city?

Easy
A Hiroshima
B Nagasaki
C Tokyo
D Osaka
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Correct Answer: A

The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

Q3.The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of which figure?

Medium
A Archduke Franz Ferdinand
B Kaiser Wilhelm II
C Tsar Nicholas II
D Otto von Bismarck
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Correct Answer: A

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo in June 1914.

Q4.The second atomic bomb of World War II was dropped on which city?

Easy
A Nagasaki
B Hiroshima
C Kyoto
D Kobe
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Correct Answer: A

Nagasaki was bombed on 9 August 1945.

Q5.Which country attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941?

Easy
A Japan
B Germany
C Italy
D Soviet Union
World Wars PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, bringing the US into World War II.

Q6.World War I began in which year?

Easy
A 1914
B 1918
C 1939
D 1912
World Wars PPSC

Correct Answer: A

World War I began in 1914 and ended in 1918.

Q7.World War II began with the German invasion of which country?

Easy
A Poland
B France
C Belgium
D Austria
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Correct Answer: A

Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, triggering World War II.

Q8.World War II ended in which year?

Easy
A 1945
B 1944
C 1946
D 1943
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Correct Answer: A

World War II ended in 1945 with the surrender of Germany and Japan.