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Questions Related to general knowledge

Which of the following civilization is associated with 'Achaemenid Empire'?

  1. Arab Civilization

  2. Chinese Civilization

  3. Egyption Civilization

  4. Iranian Civilization


Correct Option: D

Consider the following statements which is/are true?
$1.$ Feudalism was a socio-political hierarchy which started in 8th century AD in Europe.
$2.$ Crusades were the series of a military campaign organized under the banner of the cross so as to recover the holy place of Palestine from Muslim occupation.

  1. 1 and 2

  2. Only 2

  3. Only 1

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which period in Medieval Western Europe is known as 'Dark Ages'?

  1. Early Middle Ages

  2. Late Middle Ages

  3. Mid Middle Ages

  4. Entire Middle Ages


Correct Option: A

The Renaissance movement is described as the ending of ____________.

  1. Pre Historic era

  2. Ancient era

  3. Medieval era

  4. Modern era


Correct Option: C

Who said that 'Man is a political animal'?

  1. Aristotle

  2. Karl Marx

  3. Lenin

  4. Plato


Correct Option: A

Which of the following was invented by China?

  1. Kite

  2. Water Clock

  3. Umbrella

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D

The Greeks used the word Polis to refer are _________.

  1. concept of excessive pride

  2. city-state

  3. notion of loyalty to the Central Government

  4. pursuit of truth


Correct Option: B

"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains Workers of the world, unite!". This statement was made in response to conditions resulting from the ____________.

  1. Protestant Reformation

  2. Counter Reformation

  3. Commercial Revolution

  4. Industrial Revolution


Correct Option: D

"Congress of Vienna restores monarchy to France"
"Czar Nicholas I limits freedom of the Russian Press"
"Reform Movements crushed in Hungary, Italy, and the German States". 

These headlines could be described as ____________.

  1. reactions to the French Revolution

  2. movements to unify all of Western Europe

  3. efforts to improve the conditions of factory workers

  4. attempts to promote trade between European nations


Correct Option: A

Match the following.

List I List II
A. Hargreaves $1.$ Invented a machine which speed up spinning
B. Crompton $2.$ Combined the advantage of the earlier invented machines
C. Arkwright $3.$ Adopted the speed up spinning machine for running with water
  1. A-1, B-2, C-3

  2. A-2, B-1, C-3

  3. A-2,B- 3,C- 1

  4. A-3,B- 2,C- 1


Correct Option: A