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