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  • A. 26 April 1980
  • B. 26 April 1994
  • C. 26 April 1989
  • D. 26 April 1986

Explanation: The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred on 26 April 1986 at Reactor No. 4 in the Ukrainian SSR.

Correct answer: 26 April 1986
  • A. jUNKO Tabar
  • B. Sun yat san
  • C. MaoTse-Tung
  • D. Kim ii Jong

Explanation: Sun Yat-sen became the provisional first president of the Republic of China in 1912 after the 1911 Revolution.

Correct answer: Sun yat san
  • A. Kabul
  • B. Agra
  • C. Lahore
  • D. Multan

Explanation: Nur Jahan’s tomb is located in Shahdara, Lahore, near the tombs of Jahangir and Asif Khan.

Correct answer: Lahore
  • A. Rabindra Nath
  • B. Lala Lajpat Rai
  • C. Gandhi
  • D. Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Explanation: Abdul Ghaffar Khan was known as Badshah Khan and the Frontier Gandhi because of his nonviolent struggle for freedom in the Pashtun…

Correct answer: Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • A. 1842
  • B. 1846
  • C. 1849
  • D. 1850

Explanation: The Associated Press was formed in New York in 1846 when several newspapers joined to share reports from the Mexican-American War.

Correct answer: 1846
  • A. Northern Rhodesia
  • B. Southern Rhodesia
  • C. Saigon
  • D. Zaire

Explanation: Zimbabwe was formerly known as Southern Rhodesia during British colonial rule; it became Rhodesia in 1964 and adopted the name Zimbabwe at…

Correct answer: Southern Rhodesia
  • A. disgruntled British soldier
  • B. Muslim nationalist
  • C. Sikh Nationalist
  • D. Hindu nationalist

Explanation: Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist opposed to Gandhi's political and religious views.

Correct answer: Hindu nationalist
  • A. 1947
  • B. 1942
  • C. 1940
  • D. 1952Primary & Secondary Schooling (K-12)

Explanation: India became independent from British rule on 15 August 1947. The date followed the Indian Independence Act of 1947, while the…

Correct answer: 1947
  • A. Democratic
  • B. Conservative
  • C. Labour
  • D. People`s

Explanation: David Cameron led the Conservative Party and served as British prime minister from 2010 until 2016.

Correct answer: Conservative
  • A. New Zealand
  • B. Switzerland
  • C. Bhutan
  • D. Japan

Explanation: Bhutan became the first country to prohibit the sale of tobacco products, introducing the ban in 2004.

Correct answer: Bhutan
  • A. Cheraman Juma Mosque
  • B. Badshahi Mosque
  • C. Mahabat Khan Mosque
  • D. Malik Dinar Mosque

Explanation: Cheraman Juma Mosque in Kerala is traditionally regarded as the first mosque in the Indian subcontinent, dating to the early Islamic…

Correct answer: Cheraman Juma Mosque
  • A. Khan garh
  • B. Jehangir nagar
  • C. Mehmood nagar
  • D. Montgomery

Explanation: Dhaka was known as Jahangirnagar during the Mughal period, a name given in honour of Emperor Jahangir.

Correct answer: Jehangir nagar
  • A. Yale
  • B. Seattle
  • C. Harvard
  • D. New York

Explanation: Harvard University, founded in 1636, is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Yale was founded later, in 1701.

Correct answer: Harvard
  • A. Mongolia
  • B. Spain
  • C. Chile
  • D. China

Explanation: China follows a one-party-led system in which the Communist Party of China holds the central political authority, although several minor…

Correct answer: China
  • A. China
  • B. USA
  • C. France
  • D. Russia

Explanation: The United States Constitution of 1787 is commonly described as the world's first modern written national constitution still in force.

Correct answer: USA
  • A. Iraq war prisoners
  • B. Afghanistan War prisoners
  • C. International Prisoners
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Guantanamo Bay detention facility was established mainly for terrorism suspects captured during and after the US-led Afghanistan War…

Correct answer: Afghanistan War prisoners
  • A. Romania and Hungry
  • B. France and Germany
  • C. United Kingdom and China
  • D. none of these

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

Correct answer: United Kingdom and China
  • A. USA
  • B. China
  • C. Japan
  • D. Prussia

Explanation: Prussia is widely credited in standard general knowledge with establishing the first state system of compulsory education in the 18th…

Correct answer: Prussia
  • A. V.V. Giri
  • B. Rajendra Prasad
  • C. Jawaharlal Nehru
  • D. Lal Bahadur Shastri

Explanation: Dr Rajendra Prasad was India’s first President, serving from 1950 to 1962.

Correct answer: Rajendra Prasad
  • A. Habib ullah Khan
  • B. Sardar Daud Khan
  • C. Muhammad Zahir Shah
  • D. Aman ullah Khan

Explanation: Muhammad Zahir Shah was Afghanistan’s last king, ruling from 1933 until he was overthrown in 1973.

Correct answer: Muhammad Zahir Shah