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Q401.Who founded the Aligarh Movement?

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A Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B Allama Iqbal
C Maulana Muhammad Ali
D Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
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Correct Answer: A

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan led the Aligarh Movement for Muslim education.

Q402.Who founded the International Committee of the Red Cross?

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A Henry Dunant
B Florence Nightingale
C Clara Barton
D Albert Schweitzer
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Correct Answer: A

Henry Dunant founded the Red Cross and won the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.

Q403.Who invented the electric light bulb?

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A Thomas Edison
B Nikola Tesla
C Michael Faraday
D James Watt
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Correct Answer: A

Thomas Edison developed the first commercially practical incandescent bulb.

Q404.Who invented the printing press with movable type in Europe?

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A Johannes Gutenberg
B William Caxton
C Martin Luther
D Leonardo da Vinci
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Correct Answer: A

Johannes Gutenberg invented the European printing press around 1440.

Q405.Who invented the radio?

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A Guglielmo Marconi
B Alexander Graham Bell
C John Logie Baird
D Thomas Edison
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Correct Answer: A

Guglielmo Marconi is credited with the invention of radio telegraphy.

Q406.Who invented the telephone?

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A Alexander Graham Bell
B Thomas Edison
C Guglielmo Marconi
D Nikola Tesla
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Correct Answer: A

Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876.

Q407.Who invented the television?

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A John Logie Baird
B Guglielmo Marconi
C Thomas Edison
D Philo Farnsworth
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Correct Answer: A

John Logie Baird demonstrated the first working television system in 1926.

Q408.Who is credited with the European discovery of America in 1492?

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A Christopher Columbus
B Amerigo Vespucci
C John Cabot
D Leif Erikson
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Correct Answer: A

Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492.

Q409.Who is known as the father of modern genetics?

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A Gregor Mendel
B Charles Darwin
C Watson and Crick
D Louis Pasteur
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Correct Answer: A

Gregor Mendel established the basic principles of heredity.

Q410.Who is known as the national poet of Pakistan?

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A Allama Muhammad Iqbal
B Faiz Ahmad Faiz
C Mirza Ghalib
D Ahmad Faraz
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Correct Answer: A

Allama Muhammad Iqbal is the national poet of Pakistan.

Q411.Who is regarded as the father of the Indian independence non-violence movement?

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A Mahatma Gandhi
B Jawaharlal Nehru
C Subhas Chandra Bose
D Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Correct Answer: A

Mahatma Gandhi led the non-violent independence movement in India.

Q412.Who is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history?

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A Malala Yousafzai
B Lawrence Bragg
C Marie Curie
D Rudyard Kipling
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Correct Answer: A

Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize at age 17 in 2014.

Q413.Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?

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A Ferdinand Magellan
B Christopher Columbus
C James Cook
D Vasco da Gama
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Correct Answer: A

Magellan expedition completed the first circumnavigation, finished by Elcano.

Q414.Who led the Protestant Reformation in Europe?

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A Martin Luther
B John Calvin
C Henry VIII
D Erasmus
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Correct Answer: A

Martin Luther began the Reformation in 1517 with his Ninety-five Theses.

Q415.Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

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A Charles Darwin
B Gregor Mendel
C Louis Pasteur
D Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Correct Answer: A

Charles Darwin proposed natural selection in On the Origin of Species.

Q416.Who propounded the theory of relativity?

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A Albert Einstein
B Isaac Newton
C Niels Bohr
D Max Planck
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Correct Answer: A

Albert Einstein developed the special and general theories of relativity.

Q417.Who said Give me blood and I will give you freedom?

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A Subhas Chandra Bose
B Mahatma Gandhi
C Bhagat Singh
D Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct Answer: A

This slogan is attributed to Subhas Chandra Bose.

Q418.Who said I have a dream in a famous 1963 speech?

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A Martin Luther King Jr
B Malcolm X
C Nelson Mandela
D Barack Obama
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Martin Luther King Jr delivered the I Have a Dream speech in 1963.

Q419.Who was known as the Iron Lady of Britain?

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A Margaret Thatcher
B Theresa May
C Queen Elizabeth II
D Indira Gandhi
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Correct Answer: A

Margaret Thatcher, British PM from 1979 to 1990, was known as the Iron Lady.

Q420.Who was known as the Lady with the Lamp?

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A Florence Nightingale
B Mother Teresa
C Clara Barton
D Marie Curie
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Correct Answer: A

Florence Nightingale earned the title Lady with the Lamp in the Crimean War.