Australian Famous MCQs

Australian Famous Prime Ministers MCQs with Answer

Who was the first Australian Prime Minister?

A) Edmund Barton
B) Alfred Deakin
C) John Curtin
D) Billy Hughes
Answer: A) Edmund Barton
Which Prime Minister was known for implementing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?

A) Julia Gillard
B) Malcolm Turnbull
C) Tony Abbott
D) Kevin Rudd
Answer: A) Julia Gillard
Who served as Australia’s Prime Minister during World War II?

A) Joseph Lyons
B) Ben Chifley
C) Robert Menzies
D) John Curtin
Answer: D) John Curtin
Which Prime Minister introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Australia?

A) John Howard
B) Paul Keating
C) Bob Hawke
D) Kevin Rudd
Answer: A) John Howard
Who was the first female Prime Minister of Australia?

A) Julia Gillard
B) Pauline Hanson
C) Julie Bishop
D) Margaret Thatcher
Answer: A) Julia Gillard
Which Prime Minister was nicknamed “The Accidental Prime Minister”?

A) Tony Abbott
B) Malcolm Turnbull
C) John Gorton
D) Scott Morrison
Answer: D) Scott Morrison
Who served as the Australian Prime Minister for the longest continuous term?

A) John Howard
B) Robert Menzies
C) Kevin Rudd
D) Julia Gillard
Answer: B) Robert Menzies
Which Prime Minister initiated the apology to Indigenous Australians for the Stolen Generations?

A) John Howard
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) Kevin Rudd
D) Bob Hawke
Answer: C) Kevin Rudd
Who was the first Australian Prime Minister to lose their seat in an election?

A) Malcolm Turnbull
B) Stanley Bruce
C) Alfred Deakin
D) Gough Whitlam
Answer: D) Gough Whitlam
Which Prime Minister was the leader of the Australian Labor Party during the “Dismissal” in 1975?

A) Gough Whitlam
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) John Gorton
D) Harold Holt
Answer: A) Gough Whitlam
Who served as Prime Minister both before and after Robert Menzies’ long term in office?

A) John Curtin
B) Arthur Fadden
C) Ben Chifley
D) Harold Holt
Answer: C) Ben Chifley
Which Prime Minister was known for introducing the Medibank, Australia’s first universal health care system?

A) Bob Hawke
B) Paul Keating
C) Malcolm Fraser
D) Gough Whitlam
Answer: D) Gough Whitlam
Who was the first Prime Minister to serve in the Australian Senate?

A) George Reid
B) Chris Watson
C) Joseph Cook
D) James Scullin
Answer: B) Chris Watson
Which Prime Minister is associated with the phrase “The light on the hill” in a famous speech?

A) Ben Chifley
B) John Curtin
C) Joseph Lyons
D) Robert Menzies
Answer: A) Ben Chifley
Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia from the Australian Labor Party?

A) Alfred Deakin
B) Andrew Fisher
C) John Watson
D) Chris Watson
Answer: D) Chris Watson
Which Prime Minister was known for the “Hawke-Keating economic reforms” that liberalized the Australian economy?

A) Bob Hawke
B) Paul Keating
C) Malcolm Fraser
D) Gough Whitlam
Answer: B) Paul Keating
Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia to be born in Victoria?

A) Stanley Bruce
B) John Gorton
C) Julia Gillard
D) Billy Hughes
Answer: B) John Gorton
Which Prime Minister famously said, “Life wasn’t meant to be easy?

A) Malcolm Fraser
B) John Curtin
C) Harold Holt
D) Malcolm Turnbull
Answer: A) Malcolm Fraser
Who was the Prime Minister of Australia during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games?

A) Paul Keating
B) John Howard
C) Bob Hawke
D) Kevin Rudd
Answer: B) John Howard
Which Prime Minister established the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)?

A) Alfred Deakin
B) Andrew Fisher
C) James Scullin
D) Stanley Bruce
Answer: A) Alfred Deakin
Who served as Prime Minister during the Vietnam War?

A) Harold Holt
B) Gough Whitlam
C) Robert Menzies
D) John Gorton
Answer: A) Harold Holt
Which Prime Minister introduced the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) for university funding?

A) Bob Hawke
B) Paul Keating
C) John Howard
D) Malcolm Fraser
Answer: A) Bob Hawke
Who was the first Prime Minister to die in office?

A) Harold Holt
B) Joseph Lyons
C) John Curtin
D) Andrew Fisher
Answer: A) Harold Holt
Which Prime Minister served as a Rhodes Scholar before entering politics?

A) Tony Abbott
B) Malcolm Turnbull
C) Kevin Rudd
D) Bob Hawke
Answer: D) Bob Hawke
Who was the Prime Minister of Australia during the global financial crisis of 2008?

A) John Howard
B) Kevin Rudd
C) Julia Gillard
D) Tony Abbott
Answer: B) Kevin Rudd
Which Prime Minister was involved in the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum?

A) Bob Hawke
B) Paul Keating
C) Malcolm Fraser
D) Gough Whitlam
Answer: A) Bob Hawke
Who was the first Prime Minister to win a double dissolution election?

A) Robert Menzies
B) Gough Whitlam
C) Malcolm Fraser
D) Bob Hawke
Answer: A) Robert Menzies
Which Prime Minister held office the longest as leader of the Australian Labor Party?

A) Bob Hawke
B) Paul Keating
C) Julia Gillard
D) Kevin Rudd
Answer: C) Julia Gillard
Who was the first female Deputy Prime Minister of Australia?

A) Julia Gillard
B) Julie Bishop
C) Pauline Hanson
D) Carmen Lawrence
Answer: D) Carmen Lawrence
Which Prime Minister was responsible for the establishment of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Australia?

A) Kevin Rudd
B) Julia Gillard
C) Tony Abbott
D) Malcolm Turnbull
Answer: A) Kevin Rudd
Who was the Prime Minister of Australia during the 1996 Port Arthur massacre and subsequently introduced extensive gun control measures?

A) Paul Keating
B) John Howard
C) Bob Hawke
D) Malcolm Fraser
Answer: B) John Howard
Which Prime Minister initiated the apology to the Forgotten Australians and Child Migrants?

A) Julia Gillard
B) Kevin Rudd
C) Tony Abbott
D) Malcolm Turnbull
Answer: A) Julia Gillard
Who was the Prime Minister that delivered the famous “Redfern Speech” acknowledging mistreatment of Indigenous Australians?

A) Bob Hawke
B) Paul Keating
C) John Howard
D) Malcolm Turnbull
Answer: B) Paul Keating
Which Prime Minister declared “Advance Australia Fair” as the official national anthem replacing “God Save the Queen?

A) Gough Whitlam
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) Bob Hawke
D) John Howard
Answer: C) Bob Hawke
Who was the Prime Minister that oversaw the introduction of the Whitlam Government’s free universal healthcare scheme, Medibank?

A) Gough Whitlam
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) Bob Hawke
D) John Howard
Answer: A) Gough Whitlam
Which Prime Minister was in office during the constitutional crisis of 1975 known as “The Dismissal”?

A) Gough Whitlam
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) John Gorton
D) Harold Holt
Answer: A) Gough Whitlam
Who was the Prime Minister responsible for the establishment of Medicare, Australia’s public health insurance system?

A) Malcolm Fraser
B) Bob Hawke
C) John Howard
D) Kevin Rudd
Answer: B) Bob Hawke
Which Prime Minister was known for the phrase “For God’s sake, go!” directed towards his political rival?

A) Tony Abbott
B) Malcolm Turnbull
C) Kevin Rudd
D) Paul Keating
Answer: D) Paul Keating
Who was the first Australian Prime Minister to be born in the 20th century?

A) Gough Whitlam
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) Bob Hawke
D) John Howard
Answer: D) John Howard
Which Prime Minister was known for his strong stance against apartheid in South Africa and introduced sanctions against the country?

A) Bob Hawke
B) Paul Keating
C) Malcolm Fraser
D) Gough Whitlam
Answer: C) Malcolm Fraser

 

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