World History

1. Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre ‘New York?
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(A) Le Corbusier
(B) Minoru Yamasaki
(C) Edwin Lutyens
(D) Charles Correa

2. Pearl Harbour, where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed, was attacked by Japanese in
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(A) 1935
(B) 1939
(C) 1941
(D) 1944

3. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the people; for the people’ was made by
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(A) George Washington
(B) Winston Churchill
(C) Abraham Lincoln
(D) Theodore Roosevelt

4. In U.S.A. the President is elected by
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(A) The Senate
(B) Universal Adult Franchise
(C) The House of Representatives
(D) The Congress

5. The American Civil War saw the end of
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(A) Slavery
(B) Landlordism
(C) Monarchy
(D) Apartheid

6. From which country did the US purchase Alaska to make it the 50th federating State?
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(A) Canada
(B) Britain
(C) Russia
(D) France

7. The term Renaissance means
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(A) The Era of Religious Reforms
(B) The Golden Age
(C) The Dark Age
(D) The Age of Reason, Enlightenment and Discoveries

8. Who convened the ‘Congress of Vienna’, 1815?
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(A) Nepoleon Bonaparte
(B) Mussolini
(C) Metternich
(D) Bismarck

9. The Renaissance is a period in Europe, from the
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(A) 18th to the 20th century
(B) 14th to the 17th century
(C) 11th to the 13th century
(D) 7th to the 10th century

10. Adolf Hitler was from
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(A) France
(B) Germany
(C) United Kingdom
(D) Spain