Practice Questions Free - Page 30

1) Most of the missions of peace keeping of UN places such as Egypt, Haiti and Cyprus are organised in Canada.

• True
• False

2) What is the name of the capital of Nova Scotia where a large naval base of Canada exists?

• St. Johns
• Calgary
• Fredericton
• Halifax

3) In which year did USA invade Canada?

• 1712
• 1812
• 1612
• 1512

4) What is the name of the country liberated by the Canadian Army, in the war of 1944-1945?

• the Netherlands
• Sweden
• Norway
• Austria

5) Where in Canada do 50% of population live, in cities and towns taken together?

• the Pacific Coast
• the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway
• the Rocky Mountains
• the Atlantic coast

6) What is the name of the capital of Nunavut?

• Yellowhorse
• Iqaluit
• Whiteknife
• Yellowknife

7) Which of the following Acts permitted the Catholics for holding the public office?

• the Quebec Act
• the Constitutional Act
• the Multiculturalism Act
• the British North America Act

8) In the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, how many soldiers of Canada were killed or wounded?

• 100000
• 100
• 10000
• 1000

9) What is the period of stay for an elected Member of Parliament in the Parliament?

• every 7 years
• every 4 years
• every 5 years
• every 6 years

10) Who is the only authorised person to appoint the new Prime Minister after the election?

• the House of Commons
• the Supreme Court
• the Queen
• the Governor-General

11) In situations where the ruling party loses majority or alliance’s support, the Governor General is asked for conducting election / re-election for new Prime Minister.

• True
• False

12) What is the sport in Canada, where maximum number of players are registered?

• Curling
• Soccer
• Hockey
• Cricket

13) Beginning of which war is based on the various liberated Eastern European countries becoming the main part of the bloc controlling communist?

• The War of 1812
• The Cold War
• The Second World War
• The Pacific War

14) Who discovered Insulin?

• Frederick Banting and Charles H. Best
• John Cabot and John Hopps
• Emily Carr and Mathew Evans
• Charles Best and Reginald Fess

15) Why the people who explored Canada, call the natives as Indians by the Europeans?

• they thought they had reached
• they thought they had reached
• they thought they had reached
• None of the above

16) At which location on 6th June 1944 an army of 15000 troops of Canada were stormed and captured?

• Juno Beach
• Newfoundland
• Berlin
• Trafalgar

17) The Prime minister and his party runs the Government as long as the party has full support of most of the MPs.

• True
• False

18) Among the following wars which was the longest war faced by the Royal Canadian forces?

• Battle of the Atlantic
• Battle of Paardeberg
• Battle of the Plains of Abraham
• Battle of Trafalgar

19) What does it mean by A Mari Usque Ad Mare?

• Snowy seas
• Seas and Skies
• From sea to sea
• Sea to Sky

20) Which is the largest city of New Brunswick?

• Brunswick
• Fredericton
• Saint John
• Moncton