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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: General Knowledge (GK) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 51. |
The Second World War started in the year — |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1939 |
| C. | 1941 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» B. 1939 | |
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Explanation: World War II was a global war that was underway by 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers— eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. |
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| 52. |
Herodotus is considered as the father of |
| A. | History |
| B. | Geography |
| C. | Political Science |
| D. | Philosophy |
| Answer» A. History | |
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Explanation: Herodotus has been called the "Father of History". and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative |
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| 53. |
Who has given the statement "Man is born free but he is al-ways in chain?" |
| A. | Locke |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | Robert Mill |
| Answer» B. Rousseau | |
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Explanation: Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression. His most important work is The Social Contract, which outlines the basis for a legitimate political order within a framework of classical republicanism. |
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| 54. |
Who said, The State exists be-cause crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State'? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | J.S. Mill |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Tocqueviile |
| Answer» B. J.S. Mill | |
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Explanation: Herbert Spencer in his 'Social Statics' (1851) argued that the state is the offspring of evil, bearing about it all the marks of its parentage. It exists be-cause crime exists. It is not strong—or, despotic—when crime isgreat; there is more liberty—less government— when crime diminishes. |
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| 55. |
Who speaks of Cabinet system as "the steering wheel of the ship of state"? |
| A. | Lowell |
| B. | Muir |
| C. | Marriot |
| D. | Bagehot |
| Answer» B. Muir | |
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Explanation: Prof. Ramsay Muir describes the cabinet as "the steering wheel of the ship of state". Ramsay Muir was a British historian and thinker who made a significant contribution to the development of liberal political philosophy in the 1920s and 1930s. |
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| 56. |
Who is known as the "Lady with the Lamp"? |
| A. | Joan of Arc |
| B. | Helen Keller |
| C. | Florence Nightingale |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» D. Sarojini Naidu | |
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Explanation: Florence Nightingale was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed 'The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night. |
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| 57. |
The war criminals of the II World War were put to trial in – |
| A. | Nuremburg |
| B. | Peiter'sburg |
| C. | Gettysburg |
| D. | Peitsburg |
| Answer» A. Nuremburg | |
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Explanation: Nuremberg is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Between 1945 and 1946, German officials involved in the Holocaust and other war crimes were brought before an international tribunal in the Nuremberg Trials. The city had been the location of the Nazi Party's Nuremberg rallies and the laws stripping Jews of their citizenship were passed there. |
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| 58. |
'Anti Semitism' to Adolf Hitler meant - |
| A. | Anti Black policy |
| B. | Anti Jewish policy |
| C. | Anti Protestant policy |
| D. | Anti German policy |
| Answer» B. Anti Jewish policy | |
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Explanation: Anti-Semitism is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. Social scientists consider it a form of racism. Anti-Semitism may be manifested in many ways, ranging from expressions of hatred of or discrimination against individual Jews to organized violent attacks by mobs, state police, or even military attacks on entire Jewish communities. |
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| 59. |
The Island of Corsica is associated with |
| A. | Mussolini |
| B. | Hitler |
| C. | Napolean Bonaparte |
| D. | Winston Churchill |
| Answer» C. Napolean Bonaparte | |
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Explanation: Corsica is a French island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the Italian island of Sardinia, mainland, and north of the Italian island of Sardinia. The French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 in the Corsican capital of Ajaccio. |
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| 60. |
In which of the following wars, were the French completely defeated by the English? |
| A. | Battle of Wandiwash |
| B. | Battle of Buxar |
| C. | Battle of Plassey |
| D. | Battle of Adyar |
| Answer» A. Battle of Wandiwash | |
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Explanation: The Battle of Wandiwash was a decisive battle in India during the Seven Years' War. The Count de Lally's army, burdened by a lack of naval support and funds, attempted to regain the fort at Vandavasi near Pondicherry. He was attacked by Sir Eyre Coote's forces and decisively defeated. The French general Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau and the French were then restricted to Pondicherry, where they surrendered on 16 January 1761. |
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| 61. |
Name the country where the first Industrial Revolution took place : |
| A. | America |
| B. | Great Britain |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | France |
| Answer» B. Great Britain | |
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Explanation: The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. |
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| 62. |
The Opium wars were fought between- |
| A. | Britain and China |
| B. | Britain and India |
| C. | India and China |
| D. | Britain and Japan |
| Answer» A. Britain and China | |
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Explanation: The Opium Wars, also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars, divided into the First Opium War from 1839 to 1842 and the Second Opium War from 1856 to 1860. |
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| 63. |
Absolute sovereign power of the Monarch was advocated by - |
| A. | Thomas Hobbes |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» A. Thomas Hobbes | |
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Explanation: Thomas Hobbes was a champion of absolutism for the sovereign. According to Hobbes, society is a population beneath a sovereign authority, to whom all individuals in that society cede some rights for the sake of protection. |
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| 64. |
Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in |
| A. | Persia |
| B. | Babylon |
| C. | Macedonia |
| D. | Taxila |
| Answer» B. Babylon | |
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Explanation: Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC, without executing a series of plannedcampaigns that would have begun with an invasion of Arabia. In the years following his death, a series of civil wars tore his empire apart, resulting in several states ruled by the Diadochi, Alexander's surviving generals and heirs. |
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| 65. |
According to Marx, the source of value is - |
| A. | Capital |
| B. | Land |
| C. | Labour |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Labour | |
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Explanation: According to Marx's labor theory of value, human labor is the only source of net new economic value. He described labor as necessary for all earnings and capital accumulation. |
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| 66. |
"The word impossible is found in the dictionary of fools" was the famous quote of : |
| A. | Hitler |
| B. | Alexander the Great |
| C. | Julius Caesar |
| D. | Napoleon |
| Answer» D. Napoleon | |
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Explanation: It was Napoleon Bonaparte, the great conqueror, who said, "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. He said, "Impossible is not in my dictionary." |
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| 67. |
Mandan materialism came from the idea of - |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | Feuerbach |
| C. | Darwin |
| D. | Engels |
| Answer» C. Darwin | |
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Explanation: Mandan materialism is a methodological approach to the study of society, economics, and history. It was first articulated as the materialist conception of history in which changes in material conditions are the primary influence in the organization of society and economy. Darwin applied materialist philosophy to nature, while Marx-Engels applied it to history. |
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| 68. |
Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year – |
| A. | 1814 |
| B. | 1813 |
| C. | 1815 |
| D. | 1816 |
| Answer» C. 1815 | |
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Explanation: The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington. |
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| 69. |
Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement "Anarchism"? |
| A. | Mikhail Bakunin |
| B. | Gorkhy |
| C. | Leo Tolstoy |
| D. | Turganev |
| Answer» A. Mikhail Bakunin | |
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Explanation: Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) was the founder and most prominent leader of Russian Anarchism. He is regarded as one of the fathers of modern terrorism. Anarchism was the first Russian intellectual movement to have a significant international impact. |
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| 70. |
Fascism believes in the application of the principle of : |
| A. | Dictatorship |
| B. | Democracy |
| C. | Utilitarianism |
| D. | Totalitarianism |
| Answer» D. Totalitarianism | |
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Explanation: Fascism is a form of right-wing totalitarianism which emphasizes the subordination of the individual to advance the interests of the state. The government of Nazi Germany was a fascist, totalitarian state. |
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| 71. |
Wall Street collapse led to - |
| A. | World War II |
| B. | Recession |
| C. | U.S. attack on Iraq |
| D. | Great Depression |
| Answer» D. Great Depression | |
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Explanation: The Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries. Also known as Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, it began on October 24, 1929 ("Black Thursday"), and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. |
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| 72. |
The deas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, which influenced the Indian National Movement, was taken from - |
| A. | American Revolution |
| B. | Russian Revolution |
| C. | Chinese revolution |
| D. | French revolution |
| Answer» D. French revolution | |
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Explanation: The Indian national movement borrowed the concepts of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity ("Liberte, fraternity") from the French Revolution. Even after India's independence, the triad found its mention in the preamble to the Indian constitution. |
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| 73. |
Independence movement of Vietnam was headed by - |
| A. | Ngo Dinh Diem |
| B. | Zhou Enlai |
| C. | Pol Pot |
| D. | Ho Chi Minh |
| Answer» D. Ho Chi Minh | |
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Explanation: Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese Communist dictator who was prime minister (1945-1955) and president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (NLF or VC) during the Vietnam War. |
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| 74. |
Which one country is still governed by a monarch? |
| A. | Afghanistan |
| B. | Iran |
| C. | Iraq |
| D. | Saudi Arabia |
| Answer» D. Saudi Arabia | |
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Explanation: Saudi Arabia, officially known as the Kingdom or Saudi Arabia, is an absolute monarchy, although, according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia adopted by royal decree in 1992, the king must comply with Sharia (that is, Islamic law) and the Quran. The Quran and the Sunnah (the traditions of Muhammad) are declared to be the country's constitution, but no written modernconstitution has ever been written for Saudi. |
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| 75. |
The Wailing wall is situated in - |
| A. | Berlin |
| B. | Beijing |
| C. | Jerusalem |
| D. | Tel Aviv |
| Answer» C. Jerusalem | |
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Explanation: The Western Wall (Wailing Wall) is the holiest shrine of the Jewish world which is located in Jerusalem. The Western Wall is part of the retaining wall supporting the temple mount built by Herod in 20 B.C. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D., Jews were not allowed to come to Jerusalem until the Byzantine period, when they could visit once a year on the anniversary of the destruction of the Temple and weep over the ruins of the Holy Temple. Because of this, the wall became known as the "Wailing Wall." |
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| 76. |
Which of the following is not, a religion developed in ancient time (i.e. In B.C.)? |
| A. | Shintoism |
| B. | Zorostrianism |
| C. | Islam |
| D. | Taoism |
| Answer» C. Islam | |
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Explanation: Most religious historians view Islam as having been founded in 622 CE by Muhammad the Prophet (peace be upon him). He lived from about 570 to 632 CE). The religion started in Mecca, when the angel Jibril read the first revelation to Muhammad. |
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| 77. |
The Great Wall of China was built by - |
| A. | Li-tai-pu |
| B. | Shih Huang-ti |
| C. | Lao-tze |
| D. | Confucius |
| Answer» C. Lao-tze | |
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Explanation: Shih Huang Ti (259 - 210 BC) was the first ruler to unify all of China. His public works projects included the unification of diverse state walls into a single Great Wall of China and a massive new national road system, as well as the city-sized mausoleum guarded by the life-sized Terracotta Army. |
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| 78. |
The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between - |
| A. | Russia and Turkey |
| B. | USA and England |
| C. | Russia and Japan |
| D. | England and France |
| Answer» A. Russia and Turkey | |
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Explanation: The Crimean War (October 1853- February 1856), also known as Eastern War, was fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish and Sardinia. The immediate cause involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. |
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| 79. |
In U.S.A. the President is elected by - |
| A. | The Senate |
| B. | Universal Adult Franchise |
| C. | The House of Representatives |
| D. | The Congress |
| Answer» B. Universal Adult Franchise | |
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Explanation: The U.S. president is indirectly elected by the people through the Electoral College to a four-year term, and is one of only two nationally elected federal officers, the other being the Vice President of the United States. A number of electors, collectively known as the Electoral College, officially select the president. On Election Day, voters in each of the states and the District of Columbia cast ballots for these electors. |
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| 80. |
he declaration that Democracy is a Government 'of the people, by the people; for the people' was made by – |
| A. | George Washington |
| B. | Winston Churchill |
| C. | Abraham Lincoln |
| D. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Answer» C. Abraham Lincoln | |
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Explanation: The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, considered one of the most well known in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. Abraham Lincoln's carefully crafted address, secondary to other presentations that day, came to be regarded as one of the greatest speeches in American history. |
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| 81. |
The Declaration of American In- dependence was based on the theory of – |
| A. | Civil Rights |
| B. | Moral Rights |
| C. | Legal Rights |
| D. | Natural Rights |
| Answer» D. Natural Rights | |
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Explanation: The declaration contained 3 sections: a general statement of natural rights theory and the purpose of government, a list of grievances against the British King, and the declaration of independence from England. These rights are found in eternal "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." |
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| 82. |
Slash and burn agriculture is known as ‘Milpas in – |
| A. | Venezuela |
| B. | Brazil |
| C. | Central Africa |
| D. | Mexico and Central America |
| Answer» D. Mexico and Central America | |
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Explanation: Milpa is a crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica (the region of central-southeastern Mexico and northern Central America where the most important pre- Hispanic civilizations flourished). Based on the ancient agricultural methods of Maya, Zapotec and other Mesoamerican peoples, milpa agriculture produces maize (corn), beans, and squash, along with other crops suitable to the local conditions. |
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| 83. |
Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488? |
| A. | Magellan |
| B. | Columbus |
| C. | Bartholomew Dias |
| D. | Vasco da gama |
| Answer» C. Bartholomew Dias | |
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Explanation: Bartholomew Dias, a Portuguese voyager, discovered the Cape of Good Hope in Africa in December 1487. He had named the Cape "the Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas), but King JohnII of Portugal later renamed it Cabode Boa Esperanca (Cape of Good Hope). |
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| 84. |
The development process under Capitalism has been described as "Creative Destruction" by - |
| A. | Schumpeter |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Hansen |
| D. | J. S. Mill |
| Answer» A. Schumpeter | |
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Explanation: The concept of 'Creative destruction' in economics is associated with the Austrian American economist Joseph Schumpeter. He derived it from the work of Karl Marx and popularized it as a theory of economic innovation and the business cycle. According to Schumpeter's theory, creative destruction will lead, to the eventual failure of capitalism. |
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| 85. |
When was the League of Nations established? |
| A. | In 1918 |
| B. | In 1920 |
| C. | In 1939 |
| D. | In 1914 |
| Answer» B. In 1920 | |
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Explanation: The League of Nations was founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first inter-national organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. The League lasted for 26 years; the United Nations replaced it after the end of the Second World War on 20 April 1946. |
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| 86. |
The previous name of Zaire was - |
| A. | Benin |
| B. | Liberia |
| C. | congo |
| D. | Sierra Leone |
| Answer» D. Sierra Leone | |
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Explanation: Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire was the name of a Central African state, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between 1971 and 1997. The state's name derives from the name of the Congo River, called Zaire in Portuguese. |
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| 87. |
Two - Party System is found in - |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | U.S.A. |
| C. | India |
| D. | France |
| Answer» B. U.S.A. | |
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Explanation: A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate politics within a government. For example, in the United States, the two party system describes an arrangement in which nearly all elected officials only belong to one of the two major parties. |
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| 88. |
Pearl Harbour, where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed, was attacked by Japanese in– |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1939 |
| C. | 1941 |
| D. | 1944 |
| Answer» C. 1941 | |
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Explanation: The attack on Pearl was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Nether-lands, and the United States. |
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| 89. |
Bangladesh was created in - |
| A. | 1970 |
| B. | 1972 |
| C. | 1973 |
| D. | 1971 |
| Answer» D. 1971 | |
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Explanation: Modern Bangladesh came into being on March 26, 1971 when it proclaimed Declaration of Independence from Pakistan. It was followed by Bangladesh-India Allied Forces defeating the Pakistan Army, culminating in its surrender and the Liberation of Dhaka on 16 December 1971. On 17 December 1971, the nation of BanglaDesh was finally established. |
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| 90. |
The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by - |
| A. | Pu-yi |
| B. | Mao Tse-tung |
| C. | Chiang Kai-shek |
| D. | Sun Yat-sen |
| Answer» C. Chiang Kai-shek | |
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Explanation: The Kuomintang translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, was one of the dominant parties of the early Republic of China, from 1912 onwards, and remains one of the main political parties in modern Taiwan. Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, advocated by Sun Yat- Sen. The KMT was foundedby Song Jiaoren and Sun Yat-sen shortly after the Xinhai Revolution. Later led by Chiang Kai-shek, it ruled much of China from 1928 until its retreat to Taiwan in 1949 after being defeated by the Communist Party of China (CPC) during the Chinese Civil War. |
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| 91. |
Japan's Parliament is known as - |
| A. | Diet |
| B. | Dail |
| C. | Yuan |
| D. | Shores |
| Answer» A. Diet | |
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Explanation: The Diet is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally responsible for selecting the Prime Minister. The Diet was firstconvened as the Imperial Diet in 1889 as a result of adopting the Meiji constitution. |
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| 92. |
When did China start the Civil Services Examinations? |
| A. | 6 A.D |
| B. | 1905 |
| C. | 1920 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» A. 6 A.D | |
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Explanation: One of the oldest examples of a civil service based on meritocracy is the Imperial bureaucracy of China, which can be traced as far back as the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC). During the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) the xiaolian system of recommendation by superiors for appointments to office was established. The civil service recruitment method and educational system employed from the Han dynasty (206 B.C. A.D. 220) was abolished by the Ch'ing dowager empress Tz'u Hsi in 1905under pressure from leading Chinese intellectuals. |
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| 93. |
"What is the Third Estate?" pamphlet associated with the French Revolution, was written by : |
| A. | Marquis-Lafayette |
| B. | Edmund Burke |
| C. | Joseph Foulon |
| D. | Abbe Sieyes |
| Answer» D. Abbe Sieyes | |
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Explanation: What Is the Third Estate? is a political pamphlet written by French thinker and clergyman Abbe Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes in January 1789, shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolution. |
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| 94. |
When was the first of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war victims adopted? |
| A. | 1832 |
| B. | 1857 |
| C. | 1864 |
| D. | 1909 |
| Answer» C. 1864 | |
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Explanation: The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, arid three additional protocols, that establish the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatmentof war. The singular term Geneva Convention denotes the agreements of 1949, negotiated in the aftermath of the Second World War (1939- 45), which updated the terms of the first three treaties (1864, 1906, 1929), and added a fourth treaty. The First Geneva Convention (1864), for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, is one of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. |
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| 95. |
Who was the first Prime-Minister of England? |
| A. | Oliver Cromwell |
| B. | Benjamin Disraeli |
| C. | Robert Walpole |
| D. | Gladstone |
| Answer» C. Robert Walpole | |
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Explanation: Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. |
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| 96. |
Marx belonged to - |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | Holland |
| C. | France |
| D. | Britain |
| Answer» A. Germany | |
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Explanation: Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist movement. Revolutionary socialist governments espousing Marxist concepts took power in a variety of countries in the 20th century, leading to the formation of such socialist states as the Soviet Union in 1922 and the People's Republic of China in 1949. |
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| 97. |
In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of what? |
| A. | Prophecy |
| B. | Medicine |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Peace |
| Answer» A. Prophecy | |
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Explanation: Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman the Olympiandeities in ancient Greek and Roman religion, Greek and Roman mythology, and GrecoRoman Neo-paganism. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. |
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| 98. |
The "Last Supper' a famous Re- naissance Painting was a master piece of – |
| A. | Michael Angelo |
| B. | Titian |
| C. | Leonardo da Vinci |
| D. | Raphael |
| Answer» C. Leonardo da Vinci | |
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Explanation: The Last Supper is a late 15th- century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci. It represents the scene of The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, as it is told in the Gospel of John. |
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| 99. |
From which language, has the term 'democracy' been derived? |
| A. | Greek |
| B. | Hebrew |
| C. | English |
| D. | Latin |
| Answer» A. Greek | |
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Explanation: The term 'Democracy' has been derived from the Greek word Demokratia which means "rule of people". It was coined from 'Demos' (people) and aratos' (power or rule) in the 5th century BC to denote the political system then existing in Greek city states, notably Athens. |
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| 100. |
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» A. Nauru | |
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Explanation: Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. it is the world's smallest republic, covering, just 21 squarekilometres. With 9,378 residents, it is the second least-populated country after Vatican City. |
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