- 1. When did the British officially announce their decision to withdraw from Palestine?
A) 1948
B) 1950
C) 1947
D) 1946
- 2. Which organization proposed the partition plan for Palestine that led to the establishment of the state of Israel?
A) NATO
B) United Nations
C) European Union
D) Arab League
- 3. Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?
A) Theodor Herzl
B) David Ben-Gurion
C) Menachem Begin
D) Golda Meir
- 4. Which city was declared the capital of Israel following its establishment?
A) Jerusalem
B) Haifa
C) Tel Aviv
D) Beersheba
- 5. Which country was the first to recognize the newly established state of Israel?
A) Soviet Union
B) United States
C) United Kingdom
D) France
- 6. Who served as the first President of Israel?
A) Abba Eban
B) Moshe Sharett
C) Yitzhak Rabin
D) Chaim Weizmann
- 7. Who was the British High Commissioner of Palestine at the time of the decision to withdraw?
A) John Chancellor
B) Alan Cunningham
C) Herbert Samuel
D) William Fitzgerald
- 8. Which two conflicting groups signed armistice agreements in 1949 to end the first Arab-Israeli War?
A) Egypt and Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon
B) Israel and Egypt, Israel and Jordan
C) Israel and Lebanon, Israel and Syria
D) Jordan and Syria, Lebanon and Syria
- 9. What term is used to refer to the dispersal of Palestinians from their homes during the 1948 war?
A) Exodus
B) Nakba
C) Intifada
D) Pogrom
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