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  • A. Iran and Saudi Arabia
  • B. Armenia and Azerbaijan
  • C. Ethiopia and Somalia
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Ankara Declaration of December 2024 followed Turkish mediation between Ethiopia and Somalia, especially over Ethiopia’s sea-access…

Correct answer: Ethiopia and Somalia
  • A. May 2, 2007
  • B. May 2, 2006
  • C. May 2, 2003
  • D. May 2, 2009Try Prep Courses

Explanation: India and Pakistan restored full diplomatic relations in 2003 after the post-Parliament-attack crisis, including the return of high…

Correct answer: May 2, 2003
  • A. Iraq
  • B. Netherlands
  • C. Austria
  • D. Turkey

Explanation: The flotilla included the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish-flagged vessel carrying aid toward Gaza.

Correct answer: Turkey
  • A. Iraq
  • B. Egypt
  • C. Iran
  • D. Turkey

Explanation: Turkey was the first predominantly Muslim country to recognize Israel, doing so in 1949, and developed especially close ties with it for…

Correct answer: Turkey
  • A. Catherine Ashton
  • B. George J. Mitchell
  • C. Charles Kelley
  • D. Dave Haywood

Explanation: Barack Obama appointed former senator George J. Mitchell as the US special envoy for Middle East peace in January 2009.

Correct answer: George J. Mitchell
  • A. New York
  • B. Washington DC
  • C. Oslo
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The first direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks since the Gaza War were relaunched in Washington, DC, in September 2010.

Correct answer: Washington DC
  • A. Quartet on the Middle East
  • B. Diplomatic Quartet or Madrid Quartet
  • C. Quartet
  • D. all of these

Explanation: The group is formally known as the Quartet on the Middle East, and it is also called the Diplomatic Quartet, Madrid Quartet, or simply the…

Correct answer: all of these
  • A. China
  • B. Saudi Arabia
  • C. Japan
  • D. Russia

Explanation: The Quartet consists of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia.

Correct answer: Russia
  • A. 13th July 2001
  • B. 14th July 2001
  • C. 15th July 2001
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Agra Summit between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf began on 14 July 2001.

Correct answer: 14th July 2001
  • A. Untied Kingdom on behalf of European Union
  • B. France on behalf of European Union
  • C. Germany on behalf of European Union
  • D. all of these

Explanation: The suspension followed pressure and negotiations by the EU-3: the United Kingdom, France and Germany, acting on behalf of the European…

Correct answer: all of these
  • A. Treaty of Paris
  • B. Treaty of London
  • C. Treaty of Washington
  • D. Versailles Treaty

Explanation: The 1783 Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States.

Correct answer: Treaty of Paris
  • A. An system of ports for the defence of the English coastline
  • B. A series of ports below sea level in East Anglia
  • C. A system of ports for the defence of the French coastline
  • D. A series of ports with an official, royal monopoly in wool exports

Explanation: The Cinque Ports were a group of English Channel ports granted privileges in return for helping defend England's coastline.

Correct answer: An system of ports for the defence of the English coastline
  • A. The Powers contesting global dominance in the sixties
  • B. Representatives of the main victorious Powers at the Paris Peace Conference after WW1
  • C. The Powers at the Yalta conference of WW2
  • D. The powers involved during the American Revolutionary War

Explanation: The Big Four were the United States, Britain, France, and Italy, whose leaders dominated the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference…

Correct answer: Representatives of the main victorious Powers at the Paris Peace Conference after WW1
  • A. Australia
  • B. Ireland
  • C. New Zealand
  • D. Canada

Explanation: John Howard became Australia’s prime minister in 1996 and served until 2007.

Correct answer: Australia
  • A. Croatia
  • B. Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • C. Yugoslavia
  • D. Macedonia

Explanation: Alija Izetbegović served as the leading political figure and President of Bosnia-Herzegovina during and after the country’s independence…

Correct answer: Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • A. Belgium
  • B. Canada
  • C. Switzerland
  • D. France

Explanation: Lionel Jospin was France’s prime minister from 1997 to 2002 under President Jacques Chirac.

Correct answer: France
  • A. Victoria
  • B. Elizabeth
  • C. Mary
  • D. Anne

Explanation: Elizabeth I was crowned in 1558, and her long reign is associated with the Elizabethan Age, noted for English cultural and maritime…

Correct answer: Elizabeth
  • A. Peter
  • B. Ivan
  • C. Nicholas
  • D. Boris

Explanation: Ivan IV, known as Ivan the Terrible, was the first Russian ruler to be formally crowned tsar and died in 1584.

Correct answer: Ivan
  • A. King Philip of Spain
  • B. Queen Mary
  • C. John Smith
  • D. Walter Raleigh

Explanation: Sir Walter Raleigh financed and organised the 1587 English settlement at Roanoke under a royal charter.

Correct answer: Walter Raleigh
  • A. Harold Macmillan
  • B. Clement Attlee
  • C. Winston Churchill
  • D. Alec Douglas-Home

Explanation: Harold Macmillan succeeded Anthony Eden as British prime minister in 1957 after Eden resigned because of ill health and the political…

Correct answer: Harold Macmillan

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