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651. |
The painting "Virgin of the rocks" was a work of? |
A. | Raphael |
B. | Michelangelo |
C. | Leonardo da Vinci |
D. | Vincent van Gogh |
Answer» D. Vincent van Gogh | |
652. |
When did the Three Kingdoms period begin in China?? |
A. | 220 |
B. | 226 |
C. | 238 |
D. | 280 |
Answer» B. 226 | |
653. |
Who led prussia in the unification of Germany? |
A. | Moltke |
B. | Wilhelm II |
C. | Otto von Bismarck |
D. | Friedrich Ebert |
Answer» D. Friedrich Ebert | |
654. |
How did Europeans use the term 'middle ages'?? |
A. | The crisis of Western Europe |
B. | The medieval era of European history |
C. | The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500 |
D. | The time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity |
Answer» C. The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500 | |
655. |
Who advocated Nazism in Germany?? |
A. | Frederick William-IV |
B. | Adolf Hitler |
C. | Bismarck |
D. | William-III |
Answer» C. Bismarck | |
656. |
Who is the first european to reach New Zealand? |
A. | Abel Tasman |
B. | James Cook |
C. | Willem Janszoon |
D. | Anthony van Diemen |
Answer» B. James Cook | |
657. |
Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence? |
A. | Thomas Jefferson |
B. | George Washington |
C. | Abraham Lincoln |
D. | Benjamin Franklin |
Answer» B. George Washington | |
658. |
In which year, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg? |
A. | 1905 |
B. | 1910 |
C. | 1911 |
D. | 1912 |
Answer» E. | |
659. |
Where did the February Revolution take place? |
A. | Moscow |
B. | Petrograd |
C. | Paris |
D. | London |
Answer» C. Paris | |
660. |
Who founded the city of Singapore?? |
A. | Francis Light |
B. | Herman Willem Daendels |
C. | Lee Kuan Yew |
D. | Stamford Raffles |
Answer» E. | |
661. |
Where was St. Paul beheaded?? |
A. | Rome |
B. | Ephesus |
C. | Kusadasi |
D. | Jerusalem |
Answer» B. Ephesus | |
662. |
Who murdered Julius Caesar?? |
A. | Augustus |
B. | Marcus Brutus |
C. | Mark Antony |
D. | Pompey |
Answer» C. Mark Antony | |
663. |
Who was the first Caliph? |
A. | Sulaiman, the Great |
B. | Abu Bakr |
C. | Imam Hussain |
D. | Constantine |
Answer» C. Imam Hussain | |
664. |
In which year America got independence? |
A. | 1760 |
B. | 1776 |
C. | 1780 |
D. | 1782 |
Answer» C. 1780 | |
665. |
Who said "Spanish ulcer was the cause of my ruin"? |
A. | Matternich |
B. | Napoleon |
C. | Marshal Fouch |
D. | Chamberlain |
Answer» C. Marshal Fouch | |
666. |
In which year Vatican City was established as an independent state? |
A. | 1756 |
B. | 1782 |
C. | 1835 |
D. | 1929 |
Answer» E. | |
667. |
The declaration that Democracy is a Government 'of the people, by the pebple' was made by? |
A. | George Washington |
B. | Winston Churchill |
C. | Abraham Lincoln |
D. | Theodore Roosevelt |
Answer» D. Theodore Roosevelt | |
668. |
Which one was the slogan during French Revolution? |
A. | Liberty, Authority, Fraternity |
B. | Liberty, Equality, Fraternity |
C. | Liberty, Equality, Freedom |
D. | Liberty, Law, Fraternity |
Answer» C. Liberty, Equality, Freedom | |
669. |
Marx belonged to? |
A. | Germany |
B. | Holland |
C. | France |
D. | Britain |
Answer» B. Holland | |
670. |
With the fall of which among the following the French Revolution began?? |
A. | Bastille |
B. | Communes |
C. | Jacobin Club |
D. | Pilinitz |
Answer» B. Communes | |
671. |
In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of what?? |
A. | Prophecy |
B. | Medicine |
C. | Love |
D. | Peace |
Answer» B. Medicine | |
672. |
When was Byzantines recaptured?? |
A. | 1204 |
B. | 1261 |
C. | 1291 |
D. | 1225 |
Answer» C. 1291 | |
673. |
Ho Chi Minh was a leader of? |
A. | North Vietnam |
B. | South Vietnam |
C. | North Korea |
D. | South Korea |
Answer» B. South Vietnam | |
674. |
When did China start the Civil Services Examination?? |
A. | 605 A.D. |
B. | 1905 |
C. | 1920 |
D. | 1949 |
Answer» B. 1905 | |
675. |
Who defined the "Long Nineteenth Century"?? |
A. | Benedict Anderson |
B. | Ernest Gallner |
C. | Eric Hobsbawm |
D. | Karl Marx |
Answer» D. Karl Marx | |
676. |
Japan's Parliament is known as? |
A. | Diet |
B. | Dail |
C. | Yuan |
D. | Shora |
Answer» B. Dail | |
677. |
Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin died in the year? |
A. | 1924 |
B. | 1922 |
C. | 1920 |
D. | 1921 |
Answer» B. 1922 | |
678. |
Who won the Battle of Poitiers in 732? |
A. | Carloman |
B. | Charles Martel |
C. | Pepin of Herstal |
D. | Pepin the Short |
Answer» C. Pepin of Herstal | |
679. |
The theory of "natural rights" was propounded by |
A. | Hobbes |
B. | Locke |
C. | Bentham |
D. | Marx |
Answer» C. Bentham | |
680. |
During which dynasty Paper was invented in China |
A. | Xia Dynasty |
B. | Tang Dynasty |
C. | Yuan Dynasty |
D. | Han Dynasty |
Answer» E. | |
681. |
From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 49th federating state? |
A. | Canada |
B. | Britain |
C. | Russia |
D. | France |
Answer» D. France | |
682. |
Who secured papal recognition of his kingship in 1328? |
A. | Edward Bruce |
B. | Edward I of England |
C. | Edward II of England |
D. | Robert the Bruce |
Answer» E. | |
683. |
The battle of Thermopylae was fought between |
A. | Sparta and Athens |
B. | Athens and Rome |
C. | Greece City States and Persia |
D. | Rome and Carthage |
Answer» D. Rome and Carthage | |
684. |
Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in |
A. | Persia |
B. | Babylon |
C. | Macedonia |
D. | Taxila |
Answer» C. Macedonia | |
685. |
Who is known as 'The Father of English History' |
A. | Jerome |
B. | Alfred the Great |
C. | John Chrysostom |
D. | Bede |
Answer» E. | |
686. |
On which island of Franch, Napoleon was born |
A. | Saint Helena |
B. | Corsica |
C. | Elba |
D. | Oleron |
Answer» C. Elba | |
687. |
Which king of England was forced to signed the 'Magna Carta' |
A. | King Richard I |
B. | King Louis |
C. | Henry III |
D. | King John |
Answer» E. | |
688. |
When were concave spectacles invented? |
A. | 1286 |
B. | 1320 |
C. | 1360 |
D. | 1000 |
Answer» B. 1320 | |
689. |
In which year Russian Revolution happend |
A. | 1912 |
B. | 1915 |
C. | 1917 |
D. | 1921 |
Answer» D. 1921 | |
690. |
When did the Indian Rebellion begin? |
A. | 1818 |
B. | 1857 |
C. | 1858 |
D. | 1819 |
Answer» C. 1858 | |
691. |
Who among the following played a prominent role during the "Reign of Terror" in France? |
A. | Voltaire |
B. | Marat |
C. | Robespierre |
D. | Montesquieu |
Answer» D. Montesquieu | |
692. |
When was the building of the Parthenon at Athens started? |
A. | 447 BC |
B. | 424 BC |
C. | 404 BC |
D. | 399 BC |
Answer» B. 424 BC | |
693. |
Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century? |
A. | France |
B. | Spain |
C. | Britain |
D. | Germany |
Answer» D. Germany | |
694. |
Who was the first president of the Republic of China? |
A. | Chiang Kai-shek |
B. | Mao Zedong |
C. | Sun Yat-sen |
D. | Yuan Shikai |
Answer» D. Yuan Shikai | |
695. |
When did Otto I secure recognition of his title? |
A. | 936 |
B. | 972 |
C. | 973 |
D. | 967 |
Answer» C. 973 | |
696. |
Hernan Cortez was a Conquistador from |
A. | England |
B. | Holland |
C. | Portugal |
D. | Spain |
Answer» E. | |
697. |
When was "The Communist Manifesto" written? |
A. | 1848 |
B. | 1872 |
C. | 1890 |
D. | 1882 |
Answer» B. 1872 | |
698. |
Who took control of the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria in a coup of 753? |
A. | Carloman |
B. | Charles Martel |
C. | Pepin of Herstal |
D. | Pepin the Short |
Answer» E. | |
699. |
Alexander was trained by |
A. | Socrates |
B. | Aristotle |
C. | Plato |
D. | Homer |
Answer» C. Plato | |
700. |
When did John Cabot visit Cape Breton Island? |
A. | 1497 |
B. | 1500 |
C. | 1524 |
D. | 1350 |
Answer» B. 1500 | |