General Facts about World - MCQs with answers - Part VIII

ANSWER: a) Mahabharat

Faizi and 'Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni' (1761 - 1763) translated Mahabharat into Persian at Akbar's orders.

ANSWER: a) Bikaner

Bikaner is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan in northern India.

ANSWER: d) 1973

The Paris Peace Agreement of 1973 intended to establish peace in Vietnam.

ANSWER: c) Foday Sankoh

On 23 March 1991, the RUF launched its first attack in villages in Kailahun District in the diamond-rich Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.

ANSWER: a) Belgium

It is remembered in history as the site of the Battle of Waterloo, where Napolean was defeated.

ANSWER: c) 13

The national flag of the United States of America consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white. The 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

ANSWER: b) Taal

Taal is a 1999 Bollywood musical romantic drama directed by Subhas Ghai. Taal was an official selection by Roger Ebert for his 2005 Overlooked Film Festival.

ANSWER: c) Russia

Russia is the leader player in the nuclear export markets where it is negotiating contracts for building nuclear power plants in competition with Western companies.

ANSWER: b) Finland

Suomi originally referred only to the province of Finland Proper, and later to the northern coast of Gulf of Finland, with northern regions such as Ostrobothnia.

ANSWER: d) Hungary

It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The country's capital and largest city is Budapest.