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  • A. France
  • B. Ghana
  • C. Egypt
  • D. Greece

Explanation: The drachma was the currency of Greece before the country adopted the euro in 2001. The name comes from an ancient Greek monetary tradition.

Correct answer: Greece
  • A. 1564 AD
  • B. 1843 AD
  • C. 1845 AD
  • D. 1545 AD

Explanation: The first International Peace Congress was held in London in 1843, making it an early organised effort to promote international…

Correct answer: 1843 AD
  • A. 1941
  • B. 1940
  • C. 1942
  • D. 1945

Explanation: Germany invaded France in 1940 during the Second World War, launching its western offensive in May of that year.

Correct answer: 1940
  • A. Taoism
  • B. Judaism
  • C. Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)
  • D. Shintoism

Explanation: Fire temples are places of worship in Zoroastrianism, also known among its South Asian followers as the Parsi religion.

Correct answer: Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)
  • A. None of these
  • B. Sun Yat Sen
  • C. Kublai Khan
  • D. Qin Shi Huagdi

Explanation: Qin Shi Huangdi became China’s first emperor in 221 BC after unifying the warring states.

Correct answer: Qin Shi Huagdi
  • A. Sialkot
  • B. Lahore
  • C. Multan
  • D. Karachi

Explanation: Jahangir’s tomb is in Shahdara Bagh, Lahore, near the Ravi River. The mausoleum was built after the Mughal emperor’s death in 1627.

Correct answer: Lahore
  • A. Robert Zemeckis
  • B. George Harrison
  • C. George Washington
  • D. none of these

Explanation: George Washington became the first President of the United States in 1789 after leading the Continental Army during the American…

Correct answer: George Washington
  • A. Liaqat Ali
  • B. Mujibur Rehman
  • C. Yahya Khan
  • D. Tajuddin Ahmad

Explanation: Tajuddin Ahmad served as Bangladesh’s first Prime Minister during the 1971 Liberation War and the early period of independence.

Correct answer: Tajuddin Ahmad
  • A. France
  • B. China
  • C. USA
  • D. Europe

Explanation: The Louvre in France is commonly described as the world’s largest art museum and is the intended reference here.

Correct answer: France
  • A. Jahangeer
  • B. Aurangzeb
  • C. Akbar
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Akbar ordered the construction of Attock Fort in 1581 to control the strategic Indus crossing and the route toward Afghanistan.

Correct answer: Akbar
  • A. China and Greek
  • B. China and France
  • C. China and Egypt
  • D. China and Britain

Explanation: The First China War, usually called the First Opium War, was fought between Qing China and Britain from 1839 to 1842.

Correct answer: China and Britain
  • A. Japan
  • B. Turkey
  • C. Rome
  • D. Ireland

Explanation: Japan has the world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy, traditionally traced to Emperor Jimmu.

Correct answer: Japan
  • A. 1838
  • B. 1839
  • C. 1837
  • D. 1840Geographic Reference

Explanation: The First Anglo-Afghan War began with the British invasion in 1839 and continued until the British retreat from Kabul in 1842.

Correct answer: 1839
  • A. Italian Fascist philosophy
  • B. Free enterprize approach of west
  • C. Japanese imperialist edicts
  • D. German ideology

Explanation: Soviet media theory developed from Marxist-Leninist thought, whose intellectual roots are linked to the German ideology of Marx and…

Correct answer: German ideology
  • A. Nazi Party
  • B. Labour Party
  • C. Ku-Klux-Klan
  • D. Democratic Party

Explanation: Hitler led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, commonly called the Nazi Party, which came to power in Germany in 1933.

Correct answer: Nazi Party
  • A. 9 August 1945
  • B. 6 August 1945
  • C. 3 August 1945
  • D. 12 August 1945General Reference

Explanation: The United States dropped the atomic bomb code-named Fat Man on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945.

Correct answer: 9 August 1945
  • A. 3 August 1945
  • B. 6 August 1945
  • C. 9 August 1945
  • D. 12 August 1945

Explanation: The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. Nagasaki was bombed on 9 August.

Correct answer: 6 August 1945
  • A. Fat Man
  • B. Fat Boy
  • C. Little Man
  • D. Little Boy

Explanation: Little Boy was the uranium atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Fat Man was the different bomb used against Nagasaki.

Correct answer: Little Boy
  • A. World War II
  • B. World War I
  • C. Mongol Conquests
  • D. Taiping Rebellion

Explanation: World War II is generally regarded as the deadliest conflict in history, causing roughly 70 to 85 million deaths.

Correct answer: World War II
  • A. 1939
  • B. 1941
  • C. 1943
  • D. 1945Science

Explanation: World War II ended in 1945 when Japan formally surrendered on 2 September, shortly after the atomic bombings and the Soviet entry into the…

Correct answer: 1945Science