Some Important MCQs about Explorations and Discoveries available in this post. These all MCQs which are solved are important and you should prepare them to get knowledge and for the preparation for job entry test. These questions are good from the point of view of FPCS, NTS, CSS, PPSC, PCS, PTS and other Government and Private job tests and interview.
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
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