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1. Which ocean surrounds Reunion? a) Atlantic b) Pacific c) Indian d) Antarctic 2. Of which group of islands Reunion is a part of? a) Balearic b) Mascarene c) Azores d) Comoros 3. Which is the capital of Reunion? a) Saint Denis b) Nantes c) Libreville d) La Rochelle

1) What is the meaning of Pakistan? a) Muslim Land b) Land of five rivers c) Desert d) Holy Land 2) Who is the first Governor General of Pakistan? a) Mohammed Ali Jinnah b) Liaquat Ali Khan c) Ayub Khan d) Iskander Mirza 3) What was the major event of 1971? a) Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan b) Explosion of nuclear bomb c) Tashkent Agreement d) Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister 4) When Musharraf overthrew the government of Nawaz Sharif what designation did he take? a) Dictator b) Consul c) Prime Minister d) Chief Executive

1. What was Raj Kapoor’s full name? a) Raghunath Raj Kapoor b) Raghuveer Raj Kapoor c) Ranbir Raj Kapoor d) Mahaveer Raj Kapoor 2. When was Raj Kapoor born? a) 9 February 1914 b) 14 May 1920 c) 18 August 1919 d) 14 December 1924 3. Where was Raj Kapoor born? a) Peshawar b) Calcutta c) Dehradun d) Nainital

1. When did Gerhard Domagk win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1922 b) 1939 c) 1914 d) 1936 2. When was Gerhard Domagk born? a) 24 February 1891 b) 12 April 1894 c) 15 September 1889 d) 30 October 1895 3. Where was Gerhard Domagk born? a) Lagow b) Munich c) Dresden d) Hanover

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. When was Isaac Newton born? a) 7 January 1635 b) 11 June 1648 c) 29 July 1622 d) 25 December 1642 2. Where was Isaac Newton born? a) Plymouth b) Belmont c) Woolsthorpe d) Grantham 3. Who wrote a condescending critique of Isaac Newton’s paper on light and colours? a) Henry More b) Robert Hooke c) Pierre Gassendi d) Robert Boyle

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. When did Ivan Pavlov get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1904 b) 1929 c) 1945 d) 1948 2. Where was Ivan Pavlov born? a) Kazan b) Penza c) Ryazan d) Saransk 3. Which university did Ivan Pavlov attend? a) Moscow b) St. Petersburg c) Vienna d) Berlin