- 1. Which country emerged as a superpower after World War II?
A) Japan
B) United States
C) Germany
D) Italy
- 2. In which year did World War II officially end?
A) 1939
B) 1947
C) 1950
D) 1945
- 3. Which international organization was established in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation?
A) Warsaw Pact
B) European Union
C) United Nations
D) NATO
- 4. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in 1945?
A) Vladimir Putin
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
- 5. Which city was the site of the historic United Nations Conference in 1945?
A) Berlin
B) New York
C) London
D) San Francisco
- 6. What agreement was signed in 1945 that led to the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community?
A) Treaty of Paris
B) Yalta Agreement
C) NATO Charter
D) Versailles Treaty
- 7. Who became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1945, leading the Labour Party to a landslide victory?
A) David Lloyd George
B) Winston Churchill
C) Clement Attlee
D) Neville Chamberlain
- 8. In what city were the trials of major Nazi war criminals held in 1945-1946?
A) Munich
B) Nuremberg
C) Berlin
D) Dresden
- 9. Which African American singer-songwriter became a major influence on rock and roll in 1945 with his hit song 'Caldonia'?
A) Nat King Cole
B) Louis Jordan
C) Chuck Berry
D) Sam Cooke
- 10. What company introduced the first electronic computer in 1945?
A) IBM
B) ENIAC
C) Apple
D) Microsoft
- 11. What organization was founded in 1945 to support and further the arts and humanities in the United States?
A) National Gallery of Art
B) Smithsonian Institution
C) UNESCO
D) National Endowment for the Arts
- 12. Which country gained independence from the Netherlands in 1945?
A) Indonesia
B) Suriname
C) Vietnam
D) Malaysia
- 13. What historical event occurred on May 8, 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe?
A) Pearl Harbor attack
B) D-Day
C) Japan surrender
D) Victory in Europe (VE) Day
- 14. Who was the British Prime Minister at the end of World War II in 1945?
A) Clement Attlee
B) Neville Chamberlain
C) Winston Churchill
D) Anthony Eden
- 15. In 1945, who became the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
A) Kofi Annan
B) Trygve Lie
C) Dag Hammarskjöld
D) Ban Ki-moon
- 16. What famous painting, depicting the horrors of war, was created by Pablo Picasso in 1945?
A) The Starry Night
B) The Persistence of Memory
C) Mona Lisa
D) Guernica
- 17. Who published the influential work 'Animal Farm' in 1945, a satirical novel critiquing Stalinism?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) Aldous Huxley
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) George Orwell
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