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  • A. Agra
  • B. Delhi
  • C. Rajasthan
  • D. None

Explanation: Shahjahanabad was the city founded by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 17th-century Delhi, centred around the Red Fort and Jama Masjid.

Correct answer: Delhi
  • A. Industrial Revolution
  • B. None of the above.Science
  • C. Word Trade Organization
  • D. Bretton Woods Conferences

Explanation: The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 created the IMF and World Bank and established the postwar economic framework that strongly shaped…

Correct answer: Bretton Woods Conferences
  • A. Delhi
  • B. Agra
  • C. Lahore
  • D. Kabul

Explanation: The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque stands inside the Qutb complex in Delhi and was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak.

Correct answer: Delhi
  • A. Adolf Hitler
  • B. Gen. Erwin Rommel
  • C. Williams Roger's
  • D. Sir. Robert Rogers

Explanation: German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel earned the nickname “Desert Fox” for his skilful North African campaign during the Second World War.

Correct answer: Gen. Erwin Rommel
  • A. Behlol Lodhi
  • B. Khizer khan
  • C. Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Qutb al-Din Aibak founded the Mamluk or Slave dynasty in Delhi in 1206 after Muhammad Ghori’s death.

Correct answer: Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak
  • A. Denmark
  • B. Italy
  • C. China
  • D. France

Explanation: Folketing is the name of Denmark’s unicameral national parliament. Denmark’s legislature is also formally called the Folketinget.

Correct answer: Denmark
  • A. Lord Caning
  • B. Vasco da gama
  • C. David Johnson
  • D. James Nesham

Explanation: Vasco da Gama reached Calicut on the Indian coast in 1498, establishing the first direct sea route from Europe to India around the Cape of…

Correct answer: Vasco da gama
  • A. 13 March 2013
  • B. 15 March 2013
  • C. 18 March 2013Educational Resources
  • D. 17 March 2013

Explanation: Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam, the celebrated Pakistan Air Force pilot of the 1965 war, died on 18 March 2013.

Correct answer: 18 March 2013Educational Resources
  • A. Australia
  • B. Philippine
  • C. Serbia
  • D. Indonesia
  • E. None of these

Explanation: Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia on 16 September 1975 after a period of Australian administration.

Correct answer: Australia
  • A. Omen
  • B. Germany
  • C. USA
  • D. Israel

Explanation: Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the German Empire, in 1879. Although he later lived in Switzerland and the United States and became an…

Correct answer: Germany
  • A. Fyodor Litke
  • B. Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
  • C. Ferdinand de Lesseps
  • D. Voin Rimsky-Korsakov

Explanation: Ferdinand de Lesseps led the company and project that constructed the modern Suez Canal, opened in 1869.

Correct answer: Ferdinand de Lesseps
  • A. Helvetia
  • B. Magyar
  • C. Choson
  • D. None

Explanation: Choson, also written Joseon, is an old name associated with Korea, especially the Joseon Dynasty.

Correct answer: Choson
  • A. Transjordan
  • B. French sudan
  • C. Magyar
  • D. None

Explanation: Jordan was known as Transjordan during the period before it became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 1949.

Correct answer: Transjordan
  • A. Nyasaland
  • B. Numidia
  • C. Ceylon
  • D. None

Explanation: Numidia was an ancient North African kingdom covering much of present-day Algeria.

Correct answer: Numidia
  • A. 21 zeros
  • B. 18 zeros
  • C. 15 zeros
  • D. None of these

Explanation: In the short-scale system used in modern English, one quadrillion equals 1,000,000,000,000,000, which contains 15 zeros.

Correct answer: 15 zeros
  • A. 1993
  • B. 1994
  • C. 1995
  • D. 1996

Explanation: Imran Khan married Jemima Goldsmith in 1995. Their marriage took place in England and ended in divorce in 2004.

Correct answer: 1995
  • A. Tus, Iran
  • B. Hamadan, Iran
  • C. Bukhara, Uzbekistan
  • D. Kabul

Explanation: Ibn Sina died in Hamadan, in present-day Iran, in 1037. He was born near Bukhara, but his birthplace and place of death were different.

Correct answer: Hamadan, Iran
  • A. Barack Obama
  • B. Fernandus adwerd
  • C. Albert Einstein
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 but declined, explaining that he lacked the experience and aptitude for a…

Correct answer: Albert Einstein
  • A. 1498 A.D
  • B. 1476 A.D
  • C. 1486 A.D
  • D. 1492 A.D

Explanation: Granada fell in 1492 when the Nasrid ruler Muhammad XII, known as Boabdil, surrendered the city to Ferdinand and Isabella.

Correct answer: 1492 A.D
  • A. Kurd
  • B. Arbi
  • C. Sodani
  • D. truky

Explanation: Salah ud Din Ayubi, known in the West as Saladin, belonged to the Kurdish people.

Correct answer: Kurd