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The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by
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Answer: Option D
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The Kuomintang in Chinese means Nationalist Party. This Nationalist Party owes its ideological and organisational works to Sun-Yat-Sen. He was also the founder of Revive China Society.
52
From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 49th federating state?
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Answer: Option C
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The looming U.S. Civil War delayed the sale, but after the war, Secretary of State William Seward quickly took up a renewed Russian offer and on March 30, 1867, agreed to a proposal from Russian Minister in Washington, Edouard de Stoeckl, to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million. Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959.
53
When did the Battle of Sekigahara take place?
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Answer: Option A
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The Battle of Sekigahara was the greatest samurai battle of all time and determined the fate of Japan for the next 250 years. The decisive battle was fought on October 21, 1600 in Sekigahara, a small plain on the western edge of Gifu Prefecture, a crossroads between the east and west of Japan.
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The sculpture "David" was a creation of
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Answer: Option A
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David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is a 5.17-metre (17.0 ft) marble statue of the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
55
Two Party System is found in
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Answer: Option B
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The U.S.A. has two party system named Republican party and Democratic party. A two-party system is a party system where two major political parties dominate the government. One of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referred to as the majority or governing party while the other is the minority or opposition party.
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The city of "Tashkent" is located in
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Answer: Option A
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Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbekistan. During Tashkent treaty between India and Pakistan related to 1965 Indo - Pak war prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died.
57
During which dynasty Paper was invented in China
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Answer: Option D
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In 105 A.D. Cai Lun, a eunuch during the Eastern Han Dynasty, invented paper from worn fishnet, bark and cloth. These raw materials could be easily found at a much lower cost so large quantities of paper could be produced.
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Who was elected as First Consul of the Consulate of France?
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Answer: Option B
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and its associated wars.
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Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
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Answer: Option B
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Herodotus ( c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) (Herodotos, his actual name) was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey).
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Who is known as the founder of Yuan Dynasty in China
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Answer: Option A
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In official Chinese histories, the Yuan dynasty bore the Mandate of Heaven. The dynasty was established by Kublai Khan, yet he placed his grandfather Genghis Khan on the imperial records as the official founder of the dynasty as Taizu.