General Facts about World - MCQs with answers - Part VIII

General Facts about World - MCQs with answers - Part VIII


1. Which is named as Razm-Namah in the Persian translation?

a) Mahabharat
b) Ramayana
c) Bhagavad Gita
d) Bhagavata Purana

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ANSWER: a) Mahabharat

Faizi and 'Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni' (1761 - 1763) translated Mahabharat into Persian at Akbar's orders.



2. Where is Asia's only camel breeding farm located?

a) Bikaner
b) Jaisalmer
c) Jodhpur
d) Jaipur

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ANSWER: a) Bikaner

Bikaner is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan in northern India.



3. When was Paris Peace Agreement signed?

a) 1923
b) 1930
c) 1940
d) 1973

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ANSWER: d) 1973

The Paris Peace Agreement of 1973 intended to establish peace in Vietnam.



4. Who was the founder of the Sierra Leone rebel group Revolutionary United Front?

a) Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
b) Charles Taylor
c) Foday Sankoh
d) Johnny Paul Koroma

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ANSWER: c) Foday Sankoh

On 23 March 1991, the RUF launched its first attack in villages in Kailahun District in the diamond-rich Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.



5. In which European country does Waterloo lie?

a) Belgium
b) Germany
c) France
d) Italy

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ANSWER: a) Belgium

It is remembered in history as the site of the Battle of Waterloo, where Napolean was defeated.



6. How many stripes are there in the US flag?

a) 6
b) 7
c) 13
d) 12

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ANSWER: c) 13

The national flag of the United States of America consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white. The 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.



7. Which was the first insured Indian film?

a) Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
b) Taal
c) Baadshah
d) Mann

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ANSWER: b) Taal

Taal is a 1999 Bollywood musical romantic drama directed by Subhas Ghai. Taal was an official selection by Roger Ebert for his 2005 Overlooked Film Festival.



8. Which country built the first nuclear power station?

a) France
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) United States

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ANSWER: c) Russia

Russia is the leader player in the nuclear export markets where it is negotiating contracts for building nuclear power plants in competition with Western companies.



9. Which Scandinavian country has the native name Suomi?

a) Denmark
b) Finland
c) Iceland
d) Norway

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ANSWER: b) Finland

Suomi originally referred only to the province of Finland Proper, and later to the northern coast of Gulf of Finland, with northern regions such as Ostrobothnia.



10. Which country's people are known as 'Magyars'?

a) Austria
b) Czech Republic
c) Germany
d) Hungary

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ANSWER: d) Hungary

It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The country's capital and largest city is Budapest.


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