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Class 8 General Knowledge
World History
Quiz 14
The explorer, Marco Polo, spent many years in the court of this emperor, who was the grandson of Genghis Khan and also the founder of the Yuan dynasty in China. who was he?
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Tamerlane
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Kublai Khan
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Babur
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Batu Khan
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Kublai Khan was a Mongolian leader who made an impact on China, not only through conquest but also by ruling successfully. He was the greatest of the Mongol emperors after Genghis Khan and founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China.
In 1275, Marco Polo, a Venetian explorer, visited China and a relationship of trust was formed between the two. Polo’s reports on the culture of China were new to Western Europeans and sparked further interest in eastern world exploration.
The French Revolution resulted in the storming of the Bastille and subsequently the overthrow of the French Monarchy. In which year did the storming of the Bastille occur?
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$$1776$$
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$$1779$$
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$$1792$$
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$$1789$$
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On 14th July 1789, the Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France. It was after this violent attack that led to the French Revolution. There were around 1000 men who participated in the attack.
He united the tribes of North east Asia to become the first Mongol Emperor. Under him his empire occupied most of Asia. Who was this remarkable ruler?
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Genghis Khan
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Firuz Shah Tughlaq
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Akbar
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Aurangzeb
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Genghis Khan, a Mongolian warrior-ruler, one of the famous conquerors of history, consolidated tribes into a unified Mongolia and then extended his empire across Asia to the Adriatic Sea.
A general of the French Revolution, seized power and crowned himself Emperor of France. Under him France expanded its boundaries. After disastrous French invasion of Russia he was exiled to the island of Saint Helena where he died; Who was this great French general?
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Georges Pompidou
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Napolean Bonaparte
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Louis XVI
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Charles de Gaulle
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French revolution. He was Emperor of France as Napoleon I, who dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade. However, after the disastrous French invasion of Russia, he was exiled to the island of Saint Helena where he died.
World War I was started in $$1914$$ between two alliance, the Triple Entente (Britain, France, Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Ottoman Empire). Which event triggered the war?
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The German conquest of Poland.
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary.
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The attack on Gallipoli by the Australian and new Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).
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The bombing of Pearl harbour in the US.
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The real causes of World War I included politics, secret alliances, imperialism, and nationalistic pride. However, there was one single event which started a chain of events leading to the war.
The World War 1 started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated on June 28, 1914.
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in $$1917$$, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy. Who led the majority party, the Bolsheviks?
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The Bolshevik Party was led by Vladimir Lenin. In March 1917 a pair of revolutions in Russia dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of Soviet Union. Lenin won majority support in the Petrograd soviet and in November he deposed the provisional government and proclaimed soviet rule. He became the virtual dictator of the first Marxist state in the world. Joseph Stalin succeeded Lenin as a leader of Soviet Union.
It is often said that-"Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton". which of the following best describe meaning of it?
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Eton was place of sitting of captains of army
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Eton was place of military training
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Eton has helped by providing necessary ammunition and advanced guns
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Sports in Eton school taught necessary skills that helps to win war
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Eton was the most famous school that trained English boys for career in military and sports was used as tool to taught discipline, team spirit, planning etc among young child that helped in winning war.
The most important event to occur for the first time in the recent history of Europe is ___________________.
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The appointment of a non-Italian as the Pope
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Pope's mission for the cause of world peace
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Election of Pope by cardinals
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None of these
China attacked Vietnam because _______________________.
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Of armed provocations and encroachment against Chinese territory
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Of Vietnam's alliance with U.S.S.R.
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Of Vietnam's involvement in Kampuchea
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Of Paracel Islands dispute
In $$2015$$ UK celebrated $$800$$ years of the singing of the Magna Carta. This historic document took away the absolute powers of the king and gave more powers to the Barons. Who was the English king who signed it?
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Richard I
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John
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Henry VIII
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Edward III
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In the year 1215 England's King John under pressure by country's powerful barons agreed to a charter of liberties known as Magna Carta. This charter placed him and all of England's future sovereigns within rule of law. Initially it was not successful and was later issued in 1216, 1217 and 1225.
The empire began as an alliance of three warning Nahua city-states : Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan. These three city-states rules the area in and around the Valley of Mexico from $$1428$$ until they were defeated by the Sapnish conquistadores under Hernan Cortes in $$1521$$. Which empire are we talking about?
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Inca
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Aztec
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Maya
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Byzatine
She was the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. She and her husband Mark Antony took their lives in $$30 B.C.$$ after Octavian's forces defeated them in the Battle of Actium. Who was she?
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Cleopatra was the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. At the battle of Actium, the Roman leader Octavian gained a victory against Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt and her husband Mark Antony. After their defeat in the battle, they both committed suicide in 30 B.C.
Messenger is a spacecraft of which Planet?
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Jupiter
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Mercury
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Earth
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Mars
Which of the following has not declared itself as an Islamic Republic?
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Pakistan
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Iran
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Algeria
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Saudi Arabia
Which of the following territories is not absolutely independent?
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Hong Kong
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Singapore
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Switzerland
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Mozambique
Which head of state has based his foreign policy largely on Human Rights?
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President Zia-ur-Rahman of Bangladesh
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President Jimmy Carter of U.S.A.
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President Anwar Sadat of Egypt
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President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania
China intends to purchase from U.K. ___________.
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Hunters
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Harriers
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Sabers
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Jaguars
What is true of Indian National Congress during World War II ?
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It demanded for its cooperation with the British that a provincial national government may be set up at the centre
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It extended full support to the Indian National Army to oust the British from India
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It decided to extend full support to the allied nations
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It worked for the defeat of the allied nations
An earnest, widely supported move to enlarge U. N. Security Council, was made during the General Assemblys session. Which of the following countries voted against the above proposal ?
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China
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Japan
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India
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U.S.S.R.
Who is the new President of Iran ?
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Robert Mugabe
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Sharif Abdul Hamid Saraf
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Abolhasan Bani Sadr
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Babrak Karmal
Skylab crashed on July 11, 1979 in _____________.
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Pacific Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
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Mediterranean Sea
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Indian Ocean near western Australia
In November, 1979, few Iranian protesters seized the U.S. Embassy, an American culture centre in Teheran and held more than 50 Americans as hostage. What was the cause of it ?
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It was done to force U.S.A. to extradite the ailing former Shah who was undergoing treatment at that time in New York
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America refused to purchase crude oil from Iran at their fixed price
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America did not recognise Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as the religious leader of Iran
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America planned to invade Iran
The name Pahlavi Dynasty in Iran is derived from the _________.
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Language
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King
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Religion
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River
Which party was in power in U.K. when India became independent _____________.
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Labour
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Conservative
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Liberal
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None of these
Which of the following countries did not suffer imperial aggression?
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Ethiopia
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Somalia
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Mauritania
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Liberia
Sumurai, is a caste system in _____________.
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America
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Africa
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Japan
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India
Which of these is a feature of the Japanese style of management arrangements?
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merging of work and private lives
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job security
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group-oriented production
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all of the above
In wake of industrial revolution organisation structure called ________________.
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Oral culture and orgnisations
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Social parity promotes contact
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Bureaucratic orgnisations
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Large groups turn inwards
Japan's lean production method is modeled on a system worked out at _________________.
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Nissan Motors
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Mazda Motors
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Toyota Motors
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Mitsubishi Motors
In the United States an example of a taboo is ______________.
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making money
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marrying sister
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gambling
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climbing Mt Rushmore
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