World History
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Q21.The French Revolution began in which year?
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The French Revolution began in 1789 with the storming of the Bastille.
Q22.The Great Fire of London occurred in which year?
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The Great Fire of London occurred in September 1666.
Q23.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.
Q24.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.
Q25.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.
Q26.The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
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The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 18th century.
Q27.The Iranian Islamic Revolution took place in which year?
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The Iranian Revolution overthrew the Shah in 1979 under Ayatollah Khomeini.
Q28.The Magna Carta was signed in which year?
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King John of England sealed the Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede.
Q29.The Renaissance began in which country?
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The Renaissance began in Italy in the 14th century.
Q30.The Russian Bolshevik Revolution took place in which year?
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The Bolshevik (October) Revolution occurred in 1917 under Lenin.
Q31.The second atomic bomb of World War II was dropped on which city?
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Nagasaki was bombed on 9 August 1945.
Q32.The slogan Liberty, Equality, Fraternity is associated with which revolution?
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Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite was the motto of the French Revolution.
Q33.The Soviet Union was formally dissolved in which year?
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The USSR was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991.
Q34.The Suez Canal was opened in which year?
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The Suez Canal opened for navigation in 1869.
Q35.The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in which year?
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The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in 1761 between the Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali.
Q36.The Treaty of Hudaibiya was signed in which Hijri year?
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The Treaty of Hudaibiya was concluded in 6 AH (628 CE).
Q37.The Treaty of Versailles was signed in which year?
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, ending World War I.
Q38.The Treaty of Westphalia was signed in which year?
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The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended the Thirty Years War.
Q39.The United Nations was founded on which date?
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The UN Charter came into force on 24 October 1945, celebrated as UN Day.
Q40.The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on which date?
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The UDHR was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948.