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Which place was known as the South African penal colony for political prisoners?

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  1. Robben Island

  2. Table Bay

  3. Seal Island

  4. Capetown

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Robben Island was known as the South African penal colony for political prisoners.
  • Nelson Mandela served an imprisonment term on Robben Island for his support to the violent overthrow of the government.

Who was the last white president of South Africa?

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  1. Jan de Klerk

  2. Jacob Zuma

  3. Frederik Willem de Klerk

  4. Nelson Mandela

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • F.W. de Klerk was the last white president of South Africa.
  • Nelson Mandela helped him negotiate an end to apartheid and organise free elections.

An American Oswald designed to contain the spread of communism during the Cold War was:

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  1. The Monroe Doctrine

  2. The Rumsfeld Doctrine

  3. The Brezhnev Doctrine

  4. The Calvo Doctrine

  5. The Truman Doctrine

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The Truman Doctrine, 1947. With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.

Name three countries which made up the Axis powers during World War II?

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  1. Italy, France, and Spain

  2. Germany, the Soviet Union, and Italy

  3. Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union

  4. Italy, Japan, and Germany

  5. Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Axis power were made by Italy, Germany and Japan. Italy and Germany wanted to be most powerful country in Europe and Japan wanted to become most powerful country in Asia so to achieve their goal these three countries came together and signed Rome - Berlin - Tokyo axis.

_______ is a holy city for the Jews.

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  1. Mecca

  2. Jerusalem

  3. Madina

  4. Bethlehem

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Correct Option: B

Millions of Jews were killed in _____ by the Nazis.

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  1. Europe

  2. Asia

  3. Africa

  4. America

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Correct Option: A

Which wall divided East and West Germany?

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  1. The Great wall of China

  2. The Berlin Wall

  3. The Western Wall

  4. Hadrian's Wall

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Correct Option: B

Stalin broke the ______ treaty and established his power on Poland.

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  1. Yalta

  2. Warsaw

  3. NATO

  4. SEATO

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yalta treaty took place among the heads of America (Roosevelt), Russia (Stalin) and Great Britain (Churchill) in Feb. 1945. According to this peace treaty, open elections in Poland were accepted. But Stalin broke the conditions and got power over Poland. 

Which country founded Warsa Treaty?

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  1. Russia

  2. France

  3. China

  4. America

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

As a reply to America's NATO Treaty Russia founded Warsa Treaty, organization of communist countries. To give the befitting reply to capitalist countries was the main objective of the Warsaw Treaty.

Which country was attacked by the Soviet commandos in 1979 by taking over the offices in its capital city?

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  1. China

  2. Cuba

  3. Afghanistan

  4. Vietnam

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • In 1979, Soviet tanks poured over the border into Afghanistan. Within two days, the Soviet commandos had seized the radio and television stations and stormed the presidential palace, killing the president and his sons.
  • The Soviets also took over government offices in the capital city, Kabul.