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351.

……………actually came to be known as the “Athens of Italy”.

A. cambridge
B. florence
C. venice
D. milan
Answer» C. venice
352.

Before the invention of the…………., Knowledge was the privilege of the wealthy people

A. gun powder
B. mariner’s compass
C. printing press
D. computer
Answer» D. computer
353.

In the middle of the 15th Century, ……………was successful in operating the first printing presswith movable types at Mainz in Germany.

A. john gutenberg
B. caxton
C. nicholas v
D. peter burke
Answer» B. caxton
354.

………………….brought about a transition from the religious approach to the humanisticapproach to the problems of the world.

A. reformation
B. renaissance
C. enlightenment
D. romanticism
Answer» C. enlightenment
355.

The Renaissance, a movement which stressed the ideas of the classical world had its originin……………

A. germany
B. italy
C. france
D. spain
Answer» C. france
356.

In 1949 Indonesia becomes independent from …………rule.

A. none
B. dutch french
C. spanish
D. british
Answer» C. spanish
357.

In 1941 …………..attacked the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor.

A. china
B. japan
C. britain
D. spain
Answer» C. britain
358.

Japan captured Manchuria and withdrew from the League of Nations in …………...

A. 1911
B. 1921
C. 1931
D. 1935
Answer» D. 1935
359.

The Manchu dynasty was overthrown in a revolution of …………….

A. 1879
B. 1891
C. 1911
D. 1921
Answer» D. 1921
360.

In 1894 ……………..founded the Chinese Revival society.

A. dr. sun yat sen
B. chiang kai-shek
C. mao
D. yuanshikai
Answer» B. chiang kai-shek
361.

The Boxer Rebellion in China was in ………………

A. 1800
B. 1890
C. 1900
D. 1907
Answer» D. 1907
362.

…………….led the USSR from 1962-1982.

A. leonid brezhnev
B. stalin
C. khrushchev
D. cherenkov
Answer» B. stalin
363.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved on 25thDecember,…………..

A. 1941
B. 1951
C. 1967
D. 1991
Answer» E.
364.

By 1967 the ………………had decided that their primary goal was the destruction of thestate of Israel.

A. plo
B. zionism
C. cominform
D. cento
Answer» B. zionism
365.

The PLO was created in …………………

A. 1914
B. 1924
C. 1944
D. 1964
Answer» E.
366.

Who wrote the book “The Jewish State”?

A. theodor herzl
B. john f. kennedy
C. nikita khrushchev
D. fidel castro
Answer» B. john f. kennedy
367.

The first Zionist congress took place in 1897 in Basel under the guidance of……………..journalist Theodor Herzl.

A. austrian
B. lebanon
C. soviet union
D. american
Answer» B. lebanon
368.

In the late 19th century ………….arose as a nationalist and political movement aimed atrestoring the land of Israel as a national home for the Jewish people.

A. zionism
B. cento
C. lollards
D. judaism
Answer» B. cento
369.

In…………, the Suez Canal became the focus of a major world conflict.

A. 1916
B. 1926
C. 1956
D. 1958
Answer» D. 1958
370.

CENTO was formally disbanded in…………….

A. 1959
B. 1969
C. 1979
D. 1989
Answer» D. 1989
371.

………………. was renamed the Central Treaty Organization, or CENTO, in 1959 after Iraqpulled out of the Pact.

A. baghdad
B. hungary
C. bulgaria
D. romania
Answer» B. hungary
372.

The main purpose of the …………Pact was to prevent communist incursions and fosterpeace in the Middle East.

A. baghdad
B. albania
C. poland
D. palestine
Answer» B. albania
373.

The ……………..pact was a defensive organization for promoting shared political,military and economic goals founded in 1955 by Turkey, Iraq, Great Britain, Pakistan and Iran.

A. baghdad
B. jerusalem
C. soviet union
D. malaysia
Answer» B. jerusalem
374.

SEATO was formally disbanded in…………..

A. 1967
B. 1977
C. 1979
D. 1987
Answer» C. 1979
375.

The Warsaw Pact officially disbanded in March and July of …………. following thedissolution of the Soviet Union.

A. 1931
B. 1941
C. 1991
D. 1992
Answer» D. 1992
376.

The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political andmilitary alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the …………….and several Eastern European countries.

A. soviet union
B. jerusalem
C. malaysia
D. america
Answer» B. jerusalem
377.

Which was the Headquarters of SEATO?

A. czechoslovakia
B. bangkok
C. jerusalem
D. malaysia
Answer» C. jerusalem
378.

South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed in………….

A. 1944
B. 1954
C. 1957
D. 1959
Answer» C. 1957
379.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in …………. by the United States,Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

A. 1939
B. 1949
C. 1951
D. 1959
Answer» C. 1951
380.

Germany was reunified on 3 October………………..

A. 1940
B. 1950
C. 1960
D. 1990
Answer» E.
381.

On October 1, …………., Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creationof the People's Republic of China (PRC).

A. 1939
B. 1949
C. 1953
D. 1956
Answer» C. 1953
382.

Under the guidance of Soviet Russia, a founding meeting of the Chinese Communistparty (CCP) was held in ……….in July 1921.

A. luxembourg
B. shanghai
C. thailand
D. hunan
Answer» C. thailand
383.

The Berlin Wall fell in November …………………

A. 1949
B. 1959
C. 1969
D. 1989
Answer» E.
384.

In the …………….Agreement of 2 August 1945, the four victorious allies – the USA,Soviet Union, England and France – decided to divide Germany up into four occupied zones.

A. potsdam
B. luxembourg
C. belgium
D. thailand
Answer» B. luxembourg
385.

The Second World War ended in …………. with the defeat of Nazi Germany.

A. 1915
B. 1925
C. 1935
D. 1945
Answer» E.
386.

After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from Cominform in June…………….., the seat wasmoved to Bucharest, Romania.

A. 1908
B. 1918
C. 1948
D. 1953
Answer» D. 1953
387.

The initial seat of Cominform was located in …………….(then the capital of theFederative People's Republic of Yugoslavia).

A. belgrade
B. luxembourg
C. belgium
D. thailand
Answer» B. luxembourg
388.

Harry S. Truman was the president of ………………..

A. usa
B. french
C. soviet union
D. portugal
Answer» B. french
389.

Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded in September 1947 at a conference of Communist party leaders in SzklarskaPoręba,………………...

A. poland
B. belgium
C. thailand
D. czechoslovakia
Answer» B. belgium
390.

Cominform was founded in ………………….

A. 1917
B. 1927
C. 1937
D. 1947
Answer» E.
391.

……………….., a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of "containment,"the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union.

A. george f. kennan
B. george c. marshall
C. john f. kennedy
D. yuri andropov
Answer» B. george c. marshall
392.

The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in ………….on April 4, 1949.

A. washington
B. malaysia
C. belgium
D. paris
Answer» B. malaysia
393.

Who declared that the United States must adopt a policy to support free peoples whowere resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures?

A. truman
B. john f. kennedy
C. yasser arafat
D. lenin
Answer» B. john f. kennedy
394.

The Truman Doctrine was announced by President Truman in the American Congresson March 12,…………..

A. 1947
B. 1949
C. 1957
D. 1958
Answer» B. 1949
395.

The term ‘Cold War’ was first coined by Bernard Baruch, an ……………statesman andlater popularized by Professor Lippmann.

A. american
B. belgian
C. spanish
D. british
Answer» B. belgian
396.

The post World War II period saw a new kind of international relations set in. It wasneither an era of peace nor of war. The major power blocs were the Western Bloc, led by The United States and Great Britain and, the Eastern Bloc, led by the…………….

A. soviet union
B. malaysia
C. belgium
D. america
Answer» B. malaysia
397.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was set up as the world´s "Atoms forPeace" organization in …………..within the United Nations family.

A. 1907
B. 1917
C. 1927
D. 1957
Answer» E.
398.

November 1946 UNESCO was established with its head quarters at……………..

A. paris
B. belgium
C. thailand
D. czechoslovakia
Answer» B. belgium
399.

The UNICEF was established in …………. with its headquarters at New York.

A. 1916
B. 1926
C. 1928
D. 1946
Answer» E.
400.

1941 - The US president Roosevelt and the ……………Prime Minister Churchill issueddeclaration called the Atlantic Charter.

A. spanish
B. british
C. portuguese
D. african
Answer» C. portuguese