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Which of the following is a wonder of the ancient world?
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Answer: Option A
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The statue of Jupiter Zeus, i.e. king of Gods was built around 432 B.C. as a shrine to Greek God Zeus. Olympic games got organized in the memory of Zeus.
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Bangladesh was created in
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Answer: Option D
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Modern Bangladesh was created after the liberation war 1971 fought between armies of Pakistan and India and hence East Pakistan was separated from Pakistan. Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rehman is known as national father of Bangladesh.
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When did Battle of Marathon take place?
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Answer: Option A
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Battle of Marathon, (September 490 bce), in the Greco-Persian Wars, decisive battle fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in which the Athenians, in a single afternoon, repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece.
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When did the Third Battle of Panipat take place?
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Answer: Option B
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The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761 at Panipat, about 60 miles (97 km) north of Delhi, between a northern expeditionary force of the Maratha Empire and invading forces of the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali, supported by two Indian allies—the Rohillas Najib-ud-daulah, Afghans of the Doab region and Shuja-ud-Daula-the Nawab of Awadh.
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When did the Battle of Plassey take place?
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Answer: Option C
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The Battle of Plassey was a major battle that took place on 23 June 1757 at Palashi, Bengal. It was an important British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies.
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Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
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Answer: Option C
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The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.
97
Who said "Liberty consists in obedience to the general will"?
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Answer: Option B
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss born French political philosopher gave the statement "Liberty consists in obedience to the general will".
98
Who declared that Bolshevism must be "strangled in its cradle"?
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Answer: Option D
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Winston Churchill declared that Bolshevism must be "strangled in its cradle".
99
When did the British established colonies in New Zealand?
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Answer: Option B
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Whalers, missionaries, and traders followed, and in 1840 Britain formally annexed the islands and established New Zealand's first permanent European settlement at Wellington. Originally part of the Australian colony of New South Wales, New Zealand became a separate colony in 1841 and was made self-governing in 1852.
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What was the name of the atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima city
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Answer: Option C
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"Little Boy" was the code name for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II. It was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.