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10881
The 'Salt March' was a protest led by Gandhi against:
A. British Textile Tax
B. British Salt Monopoly
C. The Rowlatt Act
D. World War II
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Gandhi marched to the sea to produce salt from seawater, defying the British law that made salt production a government monopoly.
10882
The 'Partition of Bengal' (1905) was implemented by:
A. Lord Mountbatten
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord Canning
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Viceroy Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal into East and West for administrative reasons, which sparked massive nationalist protests.
10883
The 'Tiananmen Square Protests' occurred in:
A. 1976
B. 1989
C. 1997
D. 2008
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Student-led demonstrations in Beijing were forcibly suppressed by the Chinese military on June 4, 1989.
10884
The 'May Fourth Movement' (1919) in China was a protest against:
A. The Qing Dynasty
B. The Treaty of Versailles
C. Communist Rule
D. The Cultural Revolution
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Students gathered in Beijing to protest the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred German concessions in Shandong to Japan instead of returning them to China.
10885
The 'Partition of Bengal' (1905) was later annulled in:
A. 1906
B. 1911
C. 1919
D. 1947
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Due to widespread protests, the partition of Bengal was annulled by King George V at the Delhi Durbar in 1911.
10886
The 'Salt March' (1930) was a protest led by Gandhi against:
A. The tax on textiles
B. The British salt monopoly
C. The partition of Bengal
D. World War II
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Gandhi marched 240 miles to the sea to make his own salt, defying the British law that made it illegal for Indians to collect or sell salt.
10887
The 'Partition of Bengal' in 1905 was implemented by which British Viceroy?
A. Lord Mountbatten
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Irwin
D. Lord Ripon
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Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal for administrative efficiency (and divide-and-rule tactics), creating a Muslim-majority East and Hindu-majority West, sparking massive protests.
10888
The defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 was a major victory for which monarch?
A. Queen Isabella I
B. King Louis XIV
C. Queen Elizabeth I
D. King Philip II
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The defeat of the Spanish Armada prevented a Spanish invasion of England and is considered one of the greatest military victories of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
10889
The shortest Surah in the Holy Quran is:
A. Surah Ikhlas
B. Surah Kawthar
C. Surah Asr
D. Surah Nas
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Surah Al-Kawthar is the shortest Surah in the Quran, consisting of only 3 verses.
10890
What is the greatest depth of Lake Victoria?
A. 270 feet
B. 1,332 feet
C. 750 feet
D. 4,823 feet
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Lake Victoria’s greatest depth is 270 feet (82 meters), much shallower than Lake Superior or Lake Baikal.
