General Knowledge
The Code of Hammurabi was created in which civilization?
A) Babylonian
B) Assyrian
C) Sumerian
D) Hittite
The Code of Hammurabi, Babylonian king’s laws from 1754 BCE, is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length.
General Knowledge
A)
Columbus
B)
Magellan
C)
Drake
D)
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe (1519–1522); although he died en route, the voyage completed the circuit.
General Knowledge
A)
1895
B)
1903
C)
1914
D)
1920
Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
General Knowledge
A)
Stalin
B)
Churchill
C)
Truman
D)
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill used “Iron Curtain” in 1946 to describe the political and ideological divide between Soviet-controlled East and West.
General Knowledge
A)
Kant
B)
Nietzsche
C)
Hegel
D)
Sartre
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote “God is dead” in *The Gay Science* (1882), reflecting on decline of religion in modern society.
General Knowledge
A)
Age of Expansion
B)
Golden Age
C)
Dark Age
D)
Age of Kings
The Gupta Empire (4th–6th century CE) is called the “Golden Age of India” due to its advancements in science, art, and literature.
General Knowledge
A)
India
B)
China
C)
Persia
D)
Egypt
The Gupta Empire (4th–6th century CE) in India saw great achievements in science, art, literature, and mathematics.
General Knowledge
A)
Coulomb
B)
Faraday
C)
Maxwell
D)
Ohm
James Clerk Maxwell formulated the classical field equations that unify electricity, magnetism, and light as electromagnetic waves.
General Knowledge
A)
Civil Wars
B)
Expansion Wars
C)
Roman Peace
D)
Barbarian Invasions
Pax Romana (27 BCE – 180 CE) was a period of relative peace and stability across the Roman Empire, fostering prosperity and growth.
General Knowledge
A)
Seleucid
B)
Ptolemaic
C)
Achaemenid
D)
Macedonian
The Library of Alexandria was founded in the 3rd century BCE under the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, becoming a hub of ancient learning.
General Knowledge
A)
Mendeleev
B)
Dalton
C)
Curie
D)
Avogadro
Dmitri Mendeleev organized the periodic table in 1869, predicting properties of undiscovered elements.
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