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“The Three Emperors’ League”,1873 was also known as
(1) Dreikaiserbund Treaty
(2) Triple Alliance
(3) Reinsurance Treaty
(4) The Dual Alliance

From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 50th federating State ?
(1) Canada                (2) Britain
(3) Russia                  (4) France

The American Civil War saw the end of
(1) Slavery               (2) Landlordism
(3) Monarchy           (4) Apartheid

In U.S.A. the President is elected by
(1) The Senate
(2) Universal Adult Franchise
(3) The House of Representatives
(4) The Congress

The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the people; for the people’ was made by
(1) George Washington
(2) Winston Churchill
(3) Abraham Lincoln
(4) Theodore Roosevelt

Pearl Harbour, where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed,was attacked by Japanese in
(1) 1935                 (2) 1939
(3) 1941                 (4) 1944

Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre. ’New York?
(1) Le Corbusier
(2) Minoru Yamasaki
(3) Edwin Lutyens
(4) Charles Correa

That all appointments made by the President and all treaties signed by him must be ratified by the Senate in U.S.A. indicates
(1) theory of separation of powers
(2) theory of checks and balances
(3) due process of law
(4) rule of law

Pearl Harbour, an American Naval and Airforce base was attacked by

(1) Germany                     (2) Japan
(3) France                        (4) England

Who was the American leader who led a non-violent movement to obtain full civil rights for American Negroes ?

(1) Abraham Lincoln
(2) John F. Kennedy
(3) Martin Luther King
(4) George Washington

Who discovered America?
(1) Vasco-da Gama
(2) Columbus
(3) Captain Cook
(4) Amundsen

Which one of the following U.S. presidents visited China in 1972 for strengthening diplomatic ties?
(1) Richard Nixon
(2) George Bush (Senior)
(3) D Eisenhower
(4) J.F.Kennedy

The Declaration of American Independence was based on the theory of
(1) Civil Rights             (2)Moral Rights
(3) Legal Rights          (4)Natural Rights

Slash and burn agriculture is known as ‘Milpa’ in
(1) Venezuela
(2) Brazil
(3) Central Africa
(4) Mexico and Central America

Two-Party System is found in
(1) Russia            (2) U.S.A.
(3) India                (4) France

Which U.S. President announced the “New Deal” for economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Depression?
(1) Abraham Lincoln
(2) Benjamin Franklin
(3) Roosevelt
(4) J.F. Kennedy

Which of the following is a wonder of the ancient world?
(1) The statue of Jupiter at Olympia
(2) The Colosseum of Rome
(3) The Leaning Tower of Pisa
(4) The Mosque at St. Sophia (Constantinople)

Which of the following is a name of US Parliament?
(1) Diet
(2) Senate
(3) Congress
(4) House of Commons