Author: Mauvin Sequeira

1. In which Indian state was Kalpana Chawla born? (a) Maharashtra (b) Haryana (c) Gujarat (d) Punjab 2. What year was Kalpana Chawla selected by NASA for astronaut training? (a) 1980 (b) 1994 (c) 1970 (d) 2000 3. What was the name of Kalpana Chawla's first space mission? (a) Atlantis (b) Columbia (c) Challenger (d) Discovery

1. In which city was Homi Bhabha born? (a) Mumbai, India (b) London, England (c) Paris, France (d) New York City, USA 2. What field of science did Homi Bhabha specialize in? (a) Biology (b) Chemistry (c) Physics (d) Geology 3. Homi Bhabha is widely regarded as the "Father of" what in India? (a) Space Exploration (b) The Green Revolution (c) The Indian Nuclear Programme (d) Modern Medicine

1. What was Sri Aurobindo's birth name? (a) Mirra Alfassa (b) Rajneesh (c) Aurobindo Ghose (d) Sri Chinmoy 2. In which country was Sri Aurobindo born? (a) Pakistan (b) Sri Lanka (c) India (d) Nepal 3. Sri Aurobindo was a prominent figure in which of these fields? (a) Science (b) Politics (c) Engineering (d) Accounting

1. Which geographic region did the Persian Empire originate from? (a) Anatolia (b) Mesopotamia (c) Iran (d) Greece 2. What event is considered the start of the Greco-Persian Wars? (a) Battle of Salamis (b) Ionian Revolt (c) Battle of Marathon (d) Athenian Delian League 3. Which famous Athenian leader played a key role in the Battle of Marathon? (a) Themistocles (b) Darius I (c) Miltiades (d) Xerxes I

1. What was the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued for American independence? (a) The Intolerable Acts (b) Common Sense (c) The Declaration of Independence (d) The Olive Branch Petition 2. The first battles of the American Revolution took place at: (a) Yorktown and Saratoga (b) Lexington and Concord (c) Trenton and Princeton (d) Valley Forge and Germantown 3. Which important document declared the reasons for the colonists' desire for independence from Great Britain? (a) The Articles of Confederation (b) The Declaration of Independence (c) The Constitution of the United States (d) The Mayflower Compact

1. In what year did the French Revolution begin, an event that indirectly led to the Napoleonic Wars? (a) 1776 (b) 1789 (c) 1802 (d) 1815 2. Who was the last king of France before the French Revolution? (a) Louis XIV (b) Louis XV (c) Louis XVI (d) Louis XVII 3. Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power through which military success? (a) Battle of Austerlitz (b) Battle of Waterloo (c) Egyptian Campaign (d) Italian Campaign

1. Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam, was known for being: (a) A French collaborator (b) A nationalist and communist leader (c) A US-backed dictator (d) A religious leader 2. The guerilla fighters fighting alongside North Vietnam were known as the: (a) Viet Minh (fought for independence from France) (b) Viet Cong (c) Khmer Rouge (d) Pathet Lao 3. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964: (a) Authorized a full-scale US invasion of North Vietnam (b) Gave the president broad war powers in Southeast Asia (c) Ended US involvement in the Vietnam War (d) Marked the official beginning ... Read more

1. In what year did the Battle of Hastings take place? (a) 966 (b) 1066 (c) 1166 (d) 1266 2. Who was the English king who died , sparking the conflict? (a) Richard the Lionheart (b) Edward the Confessor (c) William the Conqueror (d) Alfred the Great 3. Which Duke of Normandy invaded England and claimed the throne? (a) Duke Richard I (b) Duke William (c) Duke Godfrey (d) Duke Rollo

1. Which state seceded from the Union first? (a) Virginia (b) South Carolina (c) Georgia (d) Texas 2. What was the main cause of the Civil War? (a) Economic differences between North and South (b) British interference in American affairs (c) Desire for westward expansion (d) A strong federal government 3. The first major battle of the Civil War was fought at: (a) Antietam (b) Gettysburg (c) Fort Sumter (d) Bull Run

1. In which year did the storming of the Bastille prison, a key event of the French Revolution, occur? (a) 1776 (b) 1789 (c) 1793 (d) 1804 2. What were the three social classes of France under theAncien Régime (Old Regime)? (a) Clergy, Nobility, Peasantry (b) Military, Aristocracy, Working Class (c) Merchants, Landowners, Farmers (d) Upper Class, Middle Class, Lower Class 3. What famous document outlined the "rights of man and of the citizen" during the French Revolution? (a) The Declaration of Independence (b) The Magna Carta (c) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (d) ... Read more