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9731
What is the name of the Venetian painter known for his use of color and movement, who painted 'The Assumption of the Virgin'?
A. Bellini
B. Titian
C. Giorgione
D. Canaletto
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Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) was the greatest painter of the Venetian School, celebrated for his mastery of color and his dynamic compositions.
9732
Which English playwright is considered the greatest writer in the English language during the Renaissance?
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. Ben Jonson
C. William Shakespeare
D. Edmund Spenser
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William Shakespeare is the preeminent writer of the Elizabethan era (English Renaissance), known for his plays and sonnets that explore the human condition with profound depth.
9733
The 'Swadeshi Movement' was launched to protest:
A. The Rowlatt Act
B. The Partition of Bengal (1905)
C. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
D. The Salt Tax
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The movement encouraged the boycott of British goods and the use of Indian-made goods in response to Lord Curzon's partition of Bengal.
9734
Who led the 'Salt March' to Dandi?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Sardar Patel
D. Vinoba Bhave
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Gandhi led the 24-day march in 1930 to protest the British salt tax, a pivotal moment in the independence movement.
9735
When did Pakistan conduct its first nuclear tests (Chagai-I)?
A. 1974
B. 1998
C. 1999
D. 2001
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Pakistan conducted nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, in response to India's nuclear tests earlier that month.
9736
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.
9737
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.
9738
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.
9739
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.
9740
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.