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1 1.What country is also known as Persia? Ans : Iran WORLD HISTORY ONE LINER 2. In what country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro? Ans : Tanzania 3. What major river flows through the Grand Canyon? Ans : Colorado River 4. What name is given to the northeast part of China? Ans : Manchuria 5. What is the main island of Japan? Ans : Honshu 6. In what city is the Brandenburg Gate located? Ans : Berlin 7. In what country would you find the city of Limerick? Ans : Ireland 8. What well-known mountain pass connects Pakistan and Afghanistan? Ans : Khyber Pass 9. What volcano exploded in 1883 with the force of 200 megatons of TNT? Ans : Krakatoa 10. Old Trafford stadium is located near what major city? Ans : Manchester 11. Ceylon is the former name of what country? Ans : Sri Lanka 12. What city was once called New Amsterdam? Ans : New York City 13. What valley is the site of the Earth's highest-ever recorded temperature, 134 F? Ans : Death Valley

2 14. Albania and Serbia are located on what peninsula? Ans : Balkan 15. What is Pakistan's longest river? Ans : Indus River 16. What strait divides Morocco and Spain? Ans : Strait of Gibraltar 17. By surface area, what is the largest of Africa's great lakes? Victoria 18. What country is often described as being shaped like a boot? Italy 19.What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? Sicily 20. What canal connects the Red and Mediterranean Seas? Suez Canal 21.Which is the world's largest orphan & abandoned children charity? Ans : SOS Chilidren's Villages UK 22.Island Aviation Services is the Government run airlines of? Ans : Maldives 23. In which country is the Hillary-Tenzing Airport situated? Ans : Nepal 24. Name the country which is the craddle of western classic music, known as 'The land of music'? Ans : Austria 25. Which country is the leading egg producer in the world? Ans : China

3 26. Which gorge in Nepal is deepest in the world? Ans : Kali Gandaki Gorge (Andha Galchi) PART-2 1. In which year did Semi-permanent settlements come up in Africa, Asia and Europe in the year? Ans : 10,000 BC 2. Greek civilization was flourished in the year? Ans : 800 BC 3. Rome was founded in the year? Ans : 753 BC 4. In the year, Victoria becomes queen of British empire. Ans : 1837 AD 5. Suez canal opened in the year. Ans : 1869 AD 6. Queen Victorias Golden Jubliee was held in the year. Ans : 1887 AD 7. The Eiffel Tower is built in. Ans : 1889 AD 8. New Zeland becomes first country to grant woman to right to vote in the year. Ans : World War I commenced in Ans : Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution"? Ans : James Madison

4 11. Who was first to reach the South Pole? Ans : Capt. Amundsen 12. Which was the Napoleon last battle in which he was captured and exiled to St Helena? Ans : Battle of Waterloo 13. Around 1000 AD, which of these empires was the predominant power of mainland southeast Asia? Ans : Khmer 14. The first battle of which war was the Battle of Alma? Ans : Crimean war 15. Buckingham Palace became the official royal residence during the reign of which British monarch? Ans : Queen Victoria 16. In which year Bangladesh was formed as Separate Country? Ans : The First Triumvirate was established in 60 B.C. by Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and this Roman general and consul. He was one of Caesar's many enemies and his son-inlaw,he became a ruler of Rome. Who was he? Ans : Pompey 18. What was the other name given to the French and Indian War ( )? Ans : The Seven Years' War 19. During which war in 1870 was the Battle of Sedan fought? Ans : Franco Prussian war 20. The 1513 Battle of Flodden Field was the largest battle (in terms of numbers) ever fought between which two countries? Ans : England and Scotland 21. This Russian ruler was the first to be crowned Czar(Tsar) when he defeated the boyars (influential families) in Who was he? Ans : Ivan IV (the Terrible)

5 22. The dominant civilization in the central valley of Mexico was which of the following by 1000 AD? Ans : Toltec 23. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for which Egyptian ruler? Ans : Cheops 24. The first king of modern Greece, Otto I, was the son of King Ludwig I of which state? Ans : Bavaria 25. Name the person who built Fort Necessity. Ans : George Washington 26. Bhumibol Adulyadej is the longest-reigning monarch in which country's history? Ans : Thailand

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