General Knowledge MCQs

East Timor got independence from which country?

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East Timor got independence from which country?

A. Mangolia
B. Indonesia 
C. Australia
D. None of Above

The landmark vote in 1999, in which 78.5% of East Timorese chose independence from Indonesia, was the culmination of 24 years of occupation by Jakarta and, before that, hundreds of years of colonial rule by Portugal.

What was the capital of Russia before Moscow ?

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What was the capital of Russia before Moscow ?

A. Volgograd
B. Kaliningrad
C. Saint Petersburg
D. None of them

From early modern times until the present, Russia (temporarily extended to the USSR) had two capital cities: Moscow and Petersburg. Moscow was the original capital, it was succeeded by Petersburg from the beginning of the 18th century.