General Knowledge
The “Opium Wars” were fought between China and which nation?
A) France
B) Britain
C) Russia
D) Japan
The Opium Wars (1839–42, 1856–60) were conflicts between China and Britain over opium trade, leading to unequal treaties.
General Knowledge
A)
Yangtze
B)
Ganges
C)
Mekong
D)
Ob
The Yangtze River, stretching about 6,300 km, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world after Nile and Amazon.
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)
1920
B)
1929
C)
1939
D)
1941
The Great Depression began with the US stock market crash of 1929, leading to global economic hardship throughout the 1930s.
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)
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)
Paris
B)
Lyon
C)
Marseille
D)
Nice
Paris is the capital city of France.
General Knowledge
A)
United Nations Economic and Social Council
B)
United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization
C)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
D)
United Nations Environmental, Social, and Cultural Organization
UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, founded in 1945 to promote peace through knowledge.
General Knowledge
A)
Israel
B)
Jordan
C)
Egypt
D)
Syria
The Dead Sea Scrolls, found in caves near Qumran in Israel (1947), include ancient Jewish texts vital to biblical scholarship.
English
A)
Treaty of Lisbon
B)
Treaty of Rome
C)
Maastricht Treaty
D)
Schengen Agreement
The Maastricht Treaty (1992) created the European Union, creating new institutions and setting paths to monetary union.
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.
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