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Multiple choice general knowledge history

What was the slogan of the fighters of the 1857 revolt?

  1. Chalo Delhi

  2. Halla Bol

  3. Inquilab Zindabad

  4. Maro Firangi Ko
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The slogan 'Maro Firangi Ko' (Kill the Britishers) was indeed the main rallying cry of the 1857 revolt fighters. 'Inquilab Zindabad' came much later during the independence movement in the 1920s. 'Chalo Delhi' was not a documented slogan of 1857.

Multiple choice general knowledge history

When did India become a Member of the U.N.O?

  1. 15th August,1947

  2. 30th October,1945

  3. 26th January,1950

  4. 21st October,1945
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

India signed the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 and officially became a UN member on 30 October 1945, before its independence in 1947. 15th August 1947 was India's independence day, not UN membership. 26th January 1950 is when India became a Republic.

Multiple choice general knowledge history

The name United Nations was suggested by whom?

  1. Franklin Roosevelt

  2. Joseph Stalin

  3. Winston Churchill

  4. Woodrow Wilson
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

President Franklin D. Roosevelt first coined the term 'United Nations' in 1942 when 26 nations pledged to fight the Axis powers. The term was officially adopted in the UN Charter of 1945. Churchill, Stalin, and Wilson were not associated with naming the organization.

Multiple choice general knowledge

In which state are the Garo Khasi Jaintia hills

  1. Manipur

  2. Meghalaya

  3. Tripura

  4. Nagaland
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia hills are indeed located in Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India. These hill ranges give Meghalaya its name meaning 'abode of clouds'. Manipur, Tripura, and Nagaland are other northeastern states but don't contain these specific hill ranges.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Easter Island, in the south-east Pacific, is famous for its statues shaped like human heads. If you wanted to take the statues, which country's permission would you need?

  1. Chile

  2. Argentina

  3. France

  4. Brasil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Easter Island is a Chilean territory in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Chile annexed the island in 1888 and it remains part of Chile today. Argentina, France, and Brazil have no territorial claim to Easter Island.