Famous Personality GK MCQ Questions on ‘Christopher Columbus’. Here we have given total 20 Quiz, very important for students.
1.) In which year did Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage to the Americas?
A.) 1492
B.) 1500
C.) 1510
D.) 1525
Answer: A.) 1492
2.) Columbus was born in which country?
A.) Spain
B.) Italy
C.) Portugal
D.) England
Answer: B.) Italy
3.) What was the name of the ship on which Columbus sailed for his first voyage?
A.) Santa Maria
B.) Nina
C.) Pinta
D.) Victoria
Answer: A.) Santa Maria
4.) Which monarchs sponsored Columbus’s first voyage?
A.) Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
B.) Henry VII of England
C.) Louis XII of France
D.) John II of Portugal
Answer: A.) Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
5.) Columbus believed he had reached which part of Asia upon landing in the Americas?
A.) India
B.) China
C.) Japan
D.) Indonesia
Answer: A.) India
6.) What was the first landfall Columbus made in the Americas?
A.) San Salvador
B.) Cuba
C.) Hispaniola
D.) Jamaica
Answer: A.) San Salvador
7.) Which of Columbus’s voyages is considered his most significant?
A.) First voyage
B.) Second voyage
C.) Third voyage
D.) Fourth voyage
Answer: B.) Second voyage
8.) Who was Columbus’s primary navigator on his voyages?
A.) Juan Ponce de Leon
B.) Amerigo Vespucci
C.) Bartolomeu Dias
D.) Martin Alonso Pinion
Answer: C.) Bartolomeu Dias
9.) Columbus’s expeditions were pivotal in the beginning of which historical period?
A.) Renaissance
B.) Middle Ages
C.) Enlightenment
D.) Industrial Revolution
Answer: A.) Renaissance
10.) What was Columbus’s title for his discovery of the Americas?
A.) The New World
B.) The Indies
C.) The Great Discovery
D.) The Western Passage
Answer: B.) The Indies
11.) Who was the first European to set foot on the Americas during Columbus’s first voyage?
A.) Christopher Columbus
B.) Martin Alonso Pinion
C.) Amerigo Vespucci
D.) Rodrigo de Triana
Answer: D.) Rodrigo de Triana
12.) Which of Columbus’s ships was the fastest and most maneuverable?
A.) Santa Maria
B.) Nina
C.) Pinta
D.) Victoria
Answer: B.) Nina
13.) Columbus made a total of how many voyages to the Americas?
A.) 2
B.) 3
C.) 4
D.) 5
Answer: C.) 4
14.) What was the original name of the island of San Salvador, where Columbus first landed?
A.) Guanahani
B.) Española
C.) Jamaica
D.) Haiti
Answer: A.) Guanahani
15.) Columbus’s fourth voyage explored which part of the Americas?
A.) South America
B.) North America
C.) Central America
D.) Caribbean
Answer: A.) South America
16.) Which explorer is often credited with disproving Columbus’s belief that he had reached Asia?
A.) Ferdinand Magellan
B.) Hernán Cortés
C.) Amerigo Vespucci
D.) John Cabot
Answer: C.) Amerigo Vespucci
17.) What was the fate of Columbus’s flagship, the Santa Maria, on his first voyage?
A.) Sank
B.) Mutiny
C.) Abandoned
D.) Returned to Spain
Answer: A.) Sank
18.) Columbus was initially buried in Spain. Where is he believed to be buried now?
A.) Italy
B.) Spain
C.) The Dominican Republic
D.) Portugal
Answer: C.) The Dominican Republic
19.) Columbus’s discoveries had a profound impact on the development of which economic system?
A.) Feudalism
B.) Capitalism
C.) Socialism
D.) Mercantilism
Answer: B.) Capitalism
20.) Who was Columbus’s main rival in seeking sponsorship for a westward voyage to Asia?
A.) John Cabot
B.) Vasco da Gama
C.) Ferdinand Magellan
D.) Bartholomew Dias
Answer: A.) John Cabot