General KnowledgeWhich empire used quipus for record-keeping?
A) Maya
B) Inca
C) Aztec
D) Olmec
The Inca used quipus, knotted strings, as a method of recording numbers and information without writing.
General Knowledge
A)
China
B)
Japan
C)
Germany
D)
Korea
Movable type printing began in China with Bi Sheng in the 11th century, later revolutionized in Europe by Gutenberg’s press.
General Knowledge
A)
Karl Marx
B)
John Locke
C)
Thomas Hobbes
D)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau’s 1762 work *The Social Contract* argued for collective governance where sovereignty belongs to the people, shaping democracy.
General Knowledge
A)
Aryabhata
B)
Brahmagupta
C)
Bhaskara
D)
Ramanujan
Brahmagupta (7th century) formalized the rules for zero and negative numbers, laying the foundation of modern mathematics.
General Knowledge
A)
1066
B)
1215
C)
1492
D)
1649
The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king and laid foundations for constitutional law.
General Knowledge
A)
Rome
B)
Paris
C)
Madrid
D)
Berlin
The Louvre in Paris is the world’s largest art museum, housing the *Mona Lisa* and countless treasures of global civilization.
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