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551.

_Who captured Beijing in 1644?$?

A. Chongzhen Emperor
B. Li Zicheng
C. Wu Sangui
D. Yao Xueyin
Answer» C. Wu Sangui
552.

_Who invented kerosene?$?

A. Abraham Pineo Gesner
B. Benjamin Silliman
C. Edwin Drake
D. John William Dawson
Answer» B. Benjamin Silliman
553.

_Who wrote "Summa Theologica"?$?

A. Albertus Magnus
B. Aristotle
C. Augustine of Hippo
D. Thomas Aquinas
Answer» E.
554.

_In which year Japan attacked Manchuria$?

A. 1928
B. 1931
C. 1936
D. 1939
Answer» C. 1936
555.

_Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting 'Mona Lisa'$?

A. Filippo Brunelleschi
B. Michelangelo
C. Vincent van Gogh
D. Leonardo da Vinci
Answer» E.
556.

_Which Nazi Field Marshal is known as the 'Desert Fox'$?

A. Viktor Brack
B. Erwin Rommel
C. Hans Frank
D. Hermann Goring
Answer» C. Hans Frank
557.

_Who was the commander of 'Seventh Coalition' army that defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo$?

A. Arthur Wellesley
B. Jean?de?Dieu Soult
C. Robert Clive
D. John Carnac
Answer» B. Jean?de?Dieu Soult
558.

_When was the commercial colonization of India commenced?$?

A. 1707
B. 1751
C. 1765
D. 1757
Answer» E.
559.

_Michelangelo was a __________$?

A. Painter
B. Sculptor
C. Astronomer
D. Poet
Answer» C. Astronomer
560.

_When did the Space Age bring the first human spaceflight?$?

A. 1961
B. 1970
C. 1975
D. 1980
Answer» B. 1970
561.

_What is the name of the World's smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq. km only?$?

A. Nauru
B. Palermo
C. Vatican City
D. Namur
Answer» B. Palermo
562.

_Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that "it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire"$?

A. Voltaire
B. Montesquieu
C. Diderot
D. Rousseau
Answer» B. Montesquieu
563.

_Who is the Duchess of Cornwall?$?

A. Diana
B. Camilla
C. Anne
D. Margaret
Answer» C. Anne
564.

_Who was the first Chancellor of Germany$?

A. Leo von Caprivi
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Otto von Bismarck
D. Hans Luther
Answer» D. Hans Luther
565.

_Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?$?

A. Alcuin
B. Bede
C. Einhard
D. Rabanus Maurus
Answer» B. Bede
566.

_John Locke profounded$?

A. Social Contract Theory
B. Theory of Divine Rights
C. Patriarchal Theory
D. Theory of Force
Answer» B. Theory of Divine Rights
567.

_East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of$?

A. Dutch
B. English
C. French
D. Portuguese
Answer» E.
568.

_When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?$?

A. 1775
B. 1776
C. 1783
D. 1791
Answer» E.
569.

_Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?$?

A. Bernardo Rossellino
B. Coluccio Salutati
C. Leonardo Bruni
D. Lorenzo Valla
Answer» D. Lorenzo Valla
570.

_Who was elected as First Consul of the Consulate of France?$?

A. Adolf Hitler
B. Napoleon Bonaparte
C. Napoleon III
D. Maximiliean Robespierre
Answer» C. Napoleon III
571.

_When did the Battle of Sekigahara take place?$?

A. 1600
B. 1603
C. 1707
D. 1761
Answer» B. 1603
572.

_Who composed 'The History of the Kings of Britain'?$?

A. Ambrosius Aurelianus
B. Geoffrey of Monmouth
C. Thomas Malory
D. Vortigern
Answer» C. Thomas Malory
573.

_That all appointments mase by the President and an treaties signed by him must be ratifiedby the Senate in U.S.A. indicates$?

A. Theory of separation of powers
B. Theory of checks and balances
C. Due process of law
D. Rule of law
Answer» C. Due process of law
574.

_Unification of Germany took place under the leadership of which state$?

A. Wurtemberg
B. Saxony
C. Prussia
D. Hanover
Answer» D. Hanover
575.

_Who is known as the father of Modern Medicine?$?

A. Erastosthenes
B. Euclid
C. Hippocrates
D. Pythagoras
Answer» D. Pythagoras
576.

_Cortez discovered Mexico in the year$?

A. 1506
B. 1519
C. 1532
D. 1560
Answer» C. 1532
577.

_Communist Revolutionary Che Guevara was born in the city$?

A. Havana
B. Rosario
C. Matanzas
D. San Juan
Answer» C. Matanzas
578.

_When did the second Russian revolution start$?

A. August, 1905
B. February, 1917
C. October, 1917
D. March, 1921
Answer» D. March, 1921
579.

_Which one of the following is not a salient features of the renaissance age$?

A. Humanism
B. Feudalism
C. Rationalism
D. Scientific Temperament
Answer» C. Rationalism
580.

_From which port of England, Titanic started its journey$?

A. Liverpool
B. Southampton
C. Manchester
D. Sunderland
Answer» C. Manchester
581.

_Who is known as the founder of the 'Republic of Turkey'$?

A. Ismet Inonu
B. Fevzi Cakmak
C. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
582.

_When was the Ottonian dynasty replaced by the Salian dynasty?$?

A. 1024
B. 1084
C. 1105
D. 1111
Answer» B. 1084
583.

_John F. Kennedy is the __________th President of United State of America$?

A. 25
B. 29
C. 32
D. 35
Answer» E.
584.

When was the last Bulgarian noble surrendered to the Byzantine Empire?$?

A. 924
B. 927
C. 1014
D. 1018
Answer» E.
585.

D-Day is the day when$?

A. Germany declared war on Britain
B. US dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima
C. Allied Troops landed in Normandy
D. Germany surrendered to the allies
Answer» D. Germany surrendered to the allies
586.

Which monarch is known as 'the Sun King' and also the longest of monarchs of major countries in European history$?

A. Louis XIV of France
B. Henry III of England
C. Louis XIII of France
D. Edward I of England
Answer» B. Henry III of England
587.

In which year British East India Company established Singapore$?

A. 1808
B. 1819
C. 1832
D. 1849
Answer» C. 1832
588.

The State is a necessary evil according to$?

A. Communists
B. Liberalists
C. Individualists
D. Anarchists
Answer» D. Anarchists
589.

Who give the famous quote 'Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth'$?

A. Winston Churchill
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Vladimir Lenin
D. George Washington
Answer» C. Vladimir Lenin
590.

When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor?$?

A. 800
B. 860
C. 871
D. 899
Answer» B. 860
591.

The last constitutional provision (covering undivided India) passed by the House of Commons was$?

A. Government of India Act 1935
B. Cabinet Mission Plan
C. Mountabatten (or June 3) Plan
D. Indian Independence Bill
Answer» B. Cabinet Mission Plan
592.

Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?$?

A. Turkey and Austria
B. England and France
C. Palestine and Israel
D. Germany and Russia
Answer» C. Palestine and Israel
593.

In which year Russo-Japanese war was started$?

A. 1894
B. 1898
C. 1904
D. 1907
Answer» D. 1907
594.

The Opium wars were fought between$?

A. Britain and China
B. Britain and India
C. India and China
D. Britain and Japan
Answer» B. Britain and India
595.

The Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire started in the year$?

A. 1805
B. 1821
C. 1852
D. 1895
Answer» C. 1852
596.

First Sino-Japanese War was fought in the year$?

A. 1848
B. 1894
C. 1901
D. 1896
Answer» C. 1901
597.

When did the Chinese Civil War begin?$?

A. 1927
B. 1948
C. 1950
D. 1937
Answer» B. 1948
598.

Crimean War was started in the year$?

A. 1853
B. 1857
C. 1862
D. 1870
Answer» B. 1857
599.

One of the important factors that led to the World War-II the humiliating provisions in one of the following treaties. Which is that treaty?$?

A. Treaty of Paris
B. Treaty of Versailles
C. Treaty of Lorraine
D. Treaty of Brussels
Answer» C. Treaty of Lorraine
600.

Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War$?

A. Hermann Goering
B. Heinrich Himmler
C. Rudolf Hess
D. Joseph Goebbels
Answer» E.