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751.

The United Kingdom is a classic example of a/an

A. Aristocracy
B. Absolute monarchy
C. Constiutional monarchy
D. Polity
Answer» D. Polity
752.

The European renaissance started from which country

A. England
B. Franch
C. Italy
D. Greece
Answer» D. Greece
753.

When did Nanda dynasty come into power?

A. 424 BC
B. 404 BC
C. 399 BC
D. 385 BC
Answer» B. 404 BC
754.

The slogan of the French Revolution was

A. One nation, one leader and one flag
B. Government of the people, by the people andfor the people
C. Liberty, equality and fraternity
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
755.

When did Xinhai Revolution occur?

A. 1872
B. 1900
C. 1911
D. 1912
Answer» D. 1912
756.

Who defeated Darius III in the Battle of Gaugamela?

A. Alexander the Great
B. Aristotle
C. Julius Caesar
D. Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer» B. Aristotle
757.

Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution?

A. Locke
B. Rousseau
C. Hegel
D. Plato
Answer» C. Hegel
758.

When was Jin Dynasty established?

A. 238
B. 280
C. 285
D. 313
Answer» C. 285
759.

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

A. 1918
B. 1919
C. 1920
D. 1923
Answer» C. 1920
760.

Who has called the Prime Minister Primus inter pares (first among equlas)?

A. Morely
B. Harcourt
C. Laski
D. Lowell
Answer» B. Harcourt
761.

Who was the first Tudor monarch of England

A. Elizabeth I
B. Mary I
C. Henry VII
D. Edward VI
Answer» D. Edward VI
762.

Who was the last Byzantine Emperor during the fall of Constantinople in 1453

A. Manuel II
B. John V
C. John VIII
D. Constantine XI
Answer» E.
763.

Which one was the last city founded in the Russian Empire

A. Arkhangelsk
B. Vologda
C. Veliky Novgorod
D. Murmansk
Answer» E.
764.

When was Xerxes I murdered?

A. 465 BC
B. 460 BC
C. 449 BC
D. 447 BC
Answer» B. 460 BC
765.

Who founded Saint Petersburg?

A. Alexis of Russia
B. Ivan the Terrible
C. Peter the Great
D. Peter III of Russia
Answer» D. Peter III of Russia
766.

Who was "The First American"?

A. Benjamin Franklin
B. James Madison
C. John Adams
D. George Washington
Answer» B. James Madison
767.

In which country is Karbala, the holy city of Shia Muslim located?

A. Iran
B. Iraq
C. Jordan
D. Syria
Answer» C. Jordan
768.

In which country the Head of the State gets his office by the law of hereditary succession?

A. China
B. Sri Lanka
C. France
D. Japan
Answer» E.
769.

Who was the American leader who led a non-violent movement to obtain full civil rights for American Negroes?

A. Abraham Lincoln
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Martin Luther King-Junior
D. George Washington
Answer» D. George Washington
770.

When was the League of Nations established?

A. In 1918
B. In 1920
C. In 1939
D. In 1914
Answer» C. In 1939
771.

Who was the original inventor of roller spinning?

A. John Kay
B. Lewis Paul
C. Richard Arkwright
D. Samuel Crompton
Answer» C. Richard Arkwright
772.

Marcopolo is known for

A. Discovering Greenland
B. Travelling to China, India and Asia
C. Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope
D. Discovering Canada
Answer» C. Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope
773.

Taoism, is an ancient tradition of Philosophy and religious belief deeply rooted in

A. Taiwanese custom and world view
B. Chinese custom and world view
C. Japanese custom and world view
D. Vietnamese custom and world view
Answer» C. Japanese custom and world view
774.

Who speaks of Cabinet system as "the steering wheel of the ship of state"?

A. Lowell
B. Muin
C. Marriot
D. Bagehot
Answer» C. Marriot
775.

When did Abyssinian crisis end?

A. 1935
B. 1936
C. 1937
D. 1939
Answer» D. 1939
776.

When was the kingdom between the Rhine and Rhone rivers created?

A. 843
B. 864
C. 876
D. 877
Answer» B. 864
777.

What according to Communism is the chief enemy of the society?

A. Private property
B. Religion
C. Surplus value
D. Capitalist class
Answer» E.
778.

Which of the following countries is regarded as the home of 'Fabian Socialism'?

A. Russia
B. England
C. France
D. Italy
Answer» C. France
779.

In which year the Battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and Porus

A. 302 BC
B. 310 BC
C. 312 BC
D. 326 BC
Answer» E.
780.

Which pharaoh build the largest pyramid known as Great Pyramid of Giza

A. Sneferu
B. Tutankhamun
C. Khufu
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
781.

When did the Battle of Lechfeld happen?

A. 918
B. 955
C. 987
D. 996
Answer» C. 987
782.

When were Jewish communities expelled from England?

A. 1290
B. 1306
C. 1492
D. 1453
Answer» B. 1306
783.

The city of "Tashkent" is located in

A. Uzbekistan
B. Kazakhstan
C. Russia
D. Kyrgyzstan
Answer» B. Kazakhstan
784.

The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by

A. Pu-yi
B. Mao Tse-tung
C. Chiang Kai-shek
D. Sun Yat-Sen
Answer» E.
785.

Who received the title of 'shogun' in 1603?

A. Ishida Mitsunari
B. Kuroda Yoshitaka
C. Oda Nobunaga
D. Tokugawa Ieyasu
Answer» E.
786.

The previous name of Zaire was

A. Benin
B. Liberia
C. Congo
D. Sierra Leone
Answer» D. Sierra Leone
787.

Who is known as the first pope of Vatican City

A. Pope Benedict XV
B. Clement XIII
C. Pope Pius XI
D. Benedict XIII
Answer» D. Benedict XIII
788.

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

A. Abraham Lincoln
B. George Washington
C. John F. Kennedy
D. William Wallace Lincoln
Answer» B. George Washington
789.

In which year the Act of Union passed which joined England and Scotland into a single United Kingdom

A. 1702
B. 1707
C. 1715
D. 1756
Answer» C. 1715
790.

When did the Soviet Union disintegrated into Independent Republics?

A. 1990
B. 1991
C. 1992
D. 1993
Answer» C. 1992
791.

When did the Battle of Kosovo take place?

A. 1261
B. 1366
C. 1389
D. 1396
Answer» D. 1396
792.

In which country the revolution of 1848 first begins that lead to a series of revolutions

A. Italy
B. Germany
C. French
D. Austria
Answer» B. Germany
793.

When did the Nanking Massacre start?

A. 1935
B. 1936
C. 1937
D. 1939
Answer» D. 1939
794.

In which year Christopher Columbus discovered america

A. 1502
B. 1339
C. 1405
D. 1492
Answer» E.
795.

Where did the practice of Shadow Cabinet originate?

A. United States of America
B. Great Britain
C. Italy
D. France
Answer» C. Italy
796.

Anti Semitism' to Adolf Hitler meant

A. Anti Black policy
B. Anti Jewish policy
C. Anti Protestant policy
D. Anti German policy
Answer» C. Anti Protestant policy
797.

When Alexander invaded India, Taxila was ruled by

A. Ambhi
B. Porus
C. Ashoka
D. Bimbisara
Answer» B. Porus
798.

Slash and burn agriculture is known as 'Milpa'in

A. Venezuela
B. Brazil
C. Central Africa
D. Mexico and Central America
Answer» E.
799.

Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity was

A. Augustus
B. Caligula
C. Constantine the Great
D. Cicero
Answer» D. Cicero
800.

Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?

A. The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
B. The right to move from one manor to another
C. The right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
D. All the above
Answer» B. The right to move from one manor to another