General Knowledge — All MCQs
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Q81.The Euro currency was introduced for public circulation in which year?
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Euro notes and coins entered circulation on 1 January 2002.
Q82.The European Union was formally established by which treaty?
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The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 established the European Union.
Q83.The first atomic bomb was dropped on which city?
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The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
Q84.The French Revolution began in which year?
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The French Revolution began in 1789 with the storming of the Bastille.
Q85.The Geneva Conventions primarily deal with which subject?
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The Geneva Conventions establish standards for humanitarian treatment in war.
Q86.The Great Fire of London occurred in which year?
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The Great Fire of London occurred in September 1666.
Q87.The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for which pharaoh?
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The Great Pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) of the Fourth Dynasty.
Q88.The IMF formally came into existence in which year?
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The IMF came into formal existence in December 1945.
Q89.The IMF was established as a result of which conference?
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The IMF and World Bank were created at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944.
Q90.The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of which figure?
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo in June 1914.
Q91.The Indus Valley Civilization flourished along the banks of which river?
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The Indus Valley Civilization developed along the Indus River in present-day Pakistan and northwest India.
Q92.The Indus Waters Treaty was brokered by which institution?
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The World Bank mediated and is a signatory to the Indus Waters Treaty.
Q93.The Indus Waters Treaty was signed between Pakistan and India in which year?
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The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960, brokered by the World Bank.
Q94.The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
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The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 18th century.
Q95.The International Criminal Court was established by which statute?
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The ICC was established by the Rome Statute adopted in 1998.
Q96.The International Labour Organization was established in which year?
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The ILO was founded in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles.
Q97.The Iranian Islamic Revolution took place in which year?
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The Iranian Revolution overthrew the Shah in 1979 under Ayatollah Khomeini.
Q98.The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in which year?
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The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997.
Q99.The Lahore Resolution was passed in which year?
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The Lahore Resolution was passed on 23 March 1940.
Q100.The Magna Carta was signed in which year?
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King John of England sealed the Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede.