General Knowledge MCQs (page 27 of 61)
Famous people, inventions, sports, world records, currencies and well-known facts about Pakistan and the world.
1,204 questions. Select an option to check your answer, or open "Show answer". Showing 521–540.
- 521.
Tipu Sultan was martyred in:
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Answer: C. 1799
He died defending Seringapatam against the British.
- 522.
The Battle of Plassey was fought in:
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Answer: A. 1757
The British defeated Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
- 523.
Emperor Akbar introduced a syncretic faith called:
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Answer: C. Din-i-Ilahi
It was introduced in 1582 and had few followers.
- 524.
The Taj Mahal was built by:
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Answer: D. Shah Jahan
It was built in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
- 525.
The last Mughal emperor was:
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Answer: C. Bahadur Shah Zafar
He was exiled to Rangoon after 1857.
- 526.
The founder of the Mughal Empire in India was:
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Answer: C. Babur
He founded it after the First Battle of Panipat.
- 527.
The First Battle of Panipat was fought in:
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Answer: A. 1526
Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi.
- 528.
Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans in:
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Answer: C. 1453
Sultan Mehmed II captured the city.
- 529.
The founder of modern Turkey was:
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Answer: D. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
He founded the Republic of Turkey in 1923.
- 530.
The People's Republic of China was founded in:
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Answer: C. 1949
Mao Zedong proclaimed it on 1 October 1949.
- 531.
The Russian Revolution took place in:
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Answer: C. 1917
The Bolsheviks under Lenin seized power.
- 532.
The Magna Carta was signed in:
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Answer: B. 1215
King John of England sealed it.
- 533.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in:
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Answer: C. 1991
It split into 15 independent states.
- 534.
The Berlin Wall fell in:
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Answer: B. 1989
Germany reunified the following year.
- 535.
The first President of the United States was:
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Answer: A. George Washington
He served from 1789 to 1797.
- 536.
The American Declaration of Independence was adopted in:
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Answer: B. 1776
It was adopted on 4 July 1776.
- 537.
The French Revolution began in:
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Answer: B. 1789
It started with the storming of the Bastille.
- 538.
The League of Nations was established in:
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Answer: B. 1920
It was later replaced by the United Nations.
- 539.
The second atomic bomb was dropped on:
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Answer: D. Nagasaki
It was dropped on 9 August 1945.
- 540.
World War II began in:
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Answer: C. 1939
It began with Germany's invasion of Poland.