History | MCQs

Explanation

Mughal Empire lasted from 1526 to 1857.

Babar invaded the kingdom of the Lodi Afghans in northern India in 1526.

There are 17 Mughal families who rule in India.

First Mughal Emperor: Babar

Last Mughal Emperor: Behadur Shah Zafar.

Explanation

Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan founded Islamia College in Peshawar, KPk.

He founded the college in 1913, inspired by the visionary educational principles of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

In 1937, he became the first Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

Explanation

Google, a US multinational technology company

Google is a type of search engine operating since 1997

Google was founded in the year: September 4, 1998

The Headquarters of Google is located in the city: of California

Sergen Brin & Larry Page is the founder of Google

Sergey Brin is the real owner of Google

Parent organization: Alphabet Inc.

ND07-3-2023

Explanation

Mikhail Sergeyevich was a Russian and former Soviet politician.

The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union

he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.

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The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics

It was the largest country in the world, covering over 22,402,200 square kilometers (8,649,500 sq mi)

spanning eleven time zones.

Capital and largest city: Moscow

Leader  

• 1922–1924: Vladimir Lenin

• 1924–1953: Joseph Stalin

• 1953: Georgy Malenkov

• 1953–1964 : Nikita Khrushchev

• 1964–1982: Leonid Brezhnev

• 1982–1984: Yuri Andropov

• 1984–1985: Konstantin Chernenko

• 1985–1991: Mikhail Gorbachev

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Currency: Soviet ruble (Rbl) (SUR)

ND7-5-2023

Explanation

The Arch of Janus is an ancient Roman structure located in Rome, Italy.

It was constructed in the 4th century AD.

It is believed to have been a monument to the god Janus.

It is symbolizing transitions and duality.

Explanation

The 17th parallel line was the provisional demarcation line between North & South Vietnam.

It was established after the Geneva Accords in 1954 to separate the communist North and the anti-communist South.

Explanation

Witness to Surrender was written by Brigadier Siddique Salik.

The book provides an insider's account of the events leading up to the fall of Dhaka in 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Explanation

The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919

The Treaty of Versailles signed between Allied forces vs Germany

the purpose behind the Treaty of Versailles: Codifying terms between the victorious Allies and Germany after the first world war

ND2-08-2023

Explanation

Karl Marx was a German philosopher during the 19th century.

Born on 5 May 1818, Trier, Prussia, German Confederation

Died in 1883  (aged 64) in London, England

Burial place: The Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery

Explanation

The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States during the early 1970s,

Involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974

that led to Nixon's resignation.

ND5-5-2023