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51
Which Mountain's volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near the Bay of Naples in Italy, is hundreds of thousands of years old and has erupted more than 50 times. Its most famous eruption took place in the year 79 A.D., when the volcano buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under a thick carpet of volcanic ash.
52
Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement "Anarchism"?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Mikhail Bakunin was a founding member and the Prominent leader of the Russian Populist Movement "Anarchism". He is regarded as the Father of Modern Terrorism.
53
Fascism believes in the application of the principle of
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Fascism is a forum of government which is governed by the principles of right wing totalitarianism. Fascists are against democracy. Mussolini and Hitler are the two first fascist leaders.
54
Who proclaimed the First Crusade?
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Answer: Option D
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On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”.
55
Which one was the capital city of Byzantine Empire
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Answer: Option D
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Constantinople was re-inaugurated in 324 from ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on 11 May 330. The city was located in what is now the European side and the core of modern Istanbul.
56
On which theatre house, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
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Answer: Option B
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
57
Alexander sent back home a portion of his army under an admiral called __________
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Answer: Option B
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Nearchus or Nearchos (c. 360 – 300 BC) was one of the officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. He is known for his celebrated voyage from the Indus river to the Persian Gulf following the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, in 326–324 BC. In 326 BC, Nearchus was made admiral of the fleet that Alexander had built at the Hydaspes.
58
What was the reason for Franks rapid rise in western Europe?
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Answer: Option A
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Clovis came to the throne in 481 when he was at the age of 15. Clovis conversion to Roman Christianity was the reason for Franks rapid rise in western Europe.
59
Frederick the Great was the king of
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Answer: Option D
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Frederick II (German: Friedrich; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) ruled the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king.
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Who is the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
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Answer: Option B
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Ögedei, was the third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, succeeding his father. He continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun, and was a world figure when the Mongol Empire reached its farthest extent west and south during the Mongol invasions of Europe and East Asia. He is the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.