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  • A. Rome
  • B. Venice
  • C. Vienna
  • D. Jerusalem

Explanation: The First Crusade culminated in the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. The Crusaders established control of the city after defeating its…

Correct answer: Jerusalem
  • A. King John
  • B. King Louis
  • C. Henry III
  • D. King Richard I

Explanation: King John sealed the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215 after pressure from rebellious English barons.

Correct answer: King John
  • A. Stuart
  • B. Tudor
  • C. York
  • D. Normandy

Explanation: Elizabeth I was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, ruling England from 1558 to 1603.

Correct answer: Tudor
  • A. 1815
  • B. 1817
  • C. 1821
  • D. 1818

Explanation: The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815, where the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon Bonaparte.

Correct answer: 1815
  • A. Bangladesh
  • B. South Korea
  • C. Sri Lanka
  • D. South Africa

Explanation: Bir Sreshtho is Bangladesh’s highest military gallantry award, awarded for exceptional courage during the 1971 Liberation War.

Correct answer: Bangladesh
  • A. 27 April 1945
  • B. 30 April 1945
  • C. 29 April 1945
  • D. 28 April 1945

Explanation: Hitler died in his Berlin Führerbunker on 30 April 1945, as Soviet forces closed in on the city.

Correct answer: 30 April 1945
  • A. Brazil
  • B. Russia
  • C. Argentina
  • D. Denmark

Explanation: The Cross to the Heroic Valour in Combat is Argentina's highest military decoration, awarded for exceptional battlefield bravery.

Correct answer: Argentina
  • A. Australia
  • B. Germany
  • C. Austria
  • D. Greece

Explanation: Austria's Military Merit Decoration is its highest military award for distinguished service by members of the armed forces.

Correct answer: Austria
  • A. 1820
  • B. 1821
  • C. 1832
  • D. 1833Science

Explanation: The Greek War of Independence began in 1821 with the Greek revolt against Ottoman rule and eventually led to the establishment of an…

Correct answer: 1821
  • A. Nero
  • B. Caligula
  • C. Julius Caesar
  • D. Augustus

Explanation: Caligula’s nickname comes from caliga, the Roman military boot, which he wore as a child while accompanying his father’s soldiers.

Correct answer: Caligula
  • A. Farid Khn
  • B. Nisar Ali
  • C. Fateh Ali
  • D. Nadir Ali

Explanation: Tipu Sultan’s full name was Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, and he ruled Mysore while resisting British expansion in southern India.

Correct answer: Fateh Ali
  • A. Somalia
  • B. Sweden
  • C. Switzerland
  • D. Scotland

Explanation: William Wallace was a Scottish military leader who fought against English rule during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

Correct answer: Scotland
  • A. 44 Years
  • B. 45 Years
  • C. 48 Years
  • D. 41 Years

Explanation: Elizabeth I ruled England from 1558 to 1603, a reign of about 44 years. Her reign is known as the Elizabethan Age.

Correct answer: 44 Years
  • A. 1929
  • B. 1930
  • C. 1931
  • D. 1932

Explanation: Vatican City became an independent sovereign state in 1929 under the Lateran Treaty signed between the Holy See and Italy.

Correct answer: 1929
  • A. Greece
  • B. Pakistan
  • C. Brazil
  • D. Italy

Explanation: Pompeii was an ancient Roman town in Italy that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

Correct answer: Italy
  • A. 29 August 1949
  • B. 22 August 1949
  • C. 25 August 1950
  • D. 16 August 1944Downloading Interactive Geographic Maps

Explanation: The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test, code-named RDS-1, on 29 August 1949 at the Semipalatinsk test site in present-day…

Correct answer: 29 August 1949
  • A. First test of hydrogen bomb of United Kingdom
  • B. First test of hydrogen bomb of United States
  • C. First test of hydrogen bomb of Soviet Union
  • D. First test of hydrogen bomb of France

Explanation: Ivy Mike was the United States’ first successful full-scale thermonuclear, or hydrogen-bomb, test, conducted in 1952.

Correct answer: First test of hydrogen bomb of United States
  • A. Iraq
  • B. Afghanistan
  • C. Palestine
  • D. Taif

Explanation: Muhammad bin Qasim was born in Taif, a city in the Hejaz region of present-day Saudi Arabia.

Correct answer: Taif
  • A. 7 November 1862
  • B. 6 September 1861
  • C. 5 October 1860
  • D. 8 December 1863

Explanation: Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, died in exile in Rangoon, Burma, on 7 November 1862.

Correct answer: 7 November 1862
  • A. Battle of Chausa
  • B. Battle of Karnal
  • C. Battle of Tarain
  • D. Battle of Plassey

Explanation: Nadir Shah defeated the Mughal army at the Battle of Karnal on 13 February 1739.

Correct answer: Battle of Karnal