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Questions Related to general knowledge

Which was the first civilization in history of the world to have a system of selecting public official on the basis of education and competitive examination?

  1. Arabs

  2. Chinese Civilization

  3. Iranian Civilization

  4. Egyptian Civilization


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is associated with 'Twelve Tables'?

  1. Roman Civilization

  2. Greek Civilization

  3. Arab Civilization

  4. Iranian Civilization


Correct Option: A

'Sphinx' is associated with which of the following civilization?

  1. Egyptian civilization

  2. Roman civilization

  3. Sumerian civilization

  4. Chinese civilization


Correct Option: A

Which of the following statements are correct about the ancient Chinese civilization?
$1.$ They knew the couses of edipes and could acurrataly Predict them.
$2.$ In Mathematics the chines used the decimal system.
$3.$ The Chinese numerical system was multiplication i.e., to write $300$ they would write the characters of $100$ and $3$.
$4.$ Long before the Europeans, the Chinese has more or less accurately Calculated the value of pie $(\pi)$.

  1. $1, 2$ and $3$

  2. $1, 2$ and $4$

  3. $2, 3$ and $4$

  4. $1, 2, 3$ and $4$


Correct Option: B

A system of writing evolved by Sumerians is known as ____.

  1. Pictograms

  2. Cuneiform

  3. Hieroglyphic

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Which of the following civilization was watered by two rivers 'Tigris' and 'Euphrates'?

  1. Chinese civilization

  2. Egyption civilization

  3. Mesopotamian civilization

  4. Harappan civilization


Correct Option: C

System of counting adopted by the people of Mesopotamia is known as _____.

  1. Sexagesimal system

  2. Pythagoras system

  3. Quinquennial system

  4. Decimal system


Correct Option: A

What happened in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire was similar to what occured in ___________.

  1. China after the fall of the Han

  2. Japan after the end of the Tokugawa Ghogunate

  3. The Holy land after the unsuccessful crusades ended

  4. The Andes when the Spanish ousted in Inca


Correct Option: A

Which of the following was the most important 'God' of ancient Egyptians?

  1. Jackal

  2. The Moon

  3. The Sun

  4. Cow


Correct Option: C

Which of the following statements is/are true about the Egyptian civilization?
$1.$ The Egyptians could calculate the are at a triangle of a rectangle.
$2.$ They developed a decimal system of numeration.
$3.$ The growing achievement of the Egyptian was the solar calendars.

  1. $1$ and $2$

  2. $1$ and $3$

  3. $1, 2$ and $3$

  4. $2$ and $3$


Correct Option: C