General Knowledge MCQs

A. Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marathas
B. Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
C. Akbar and Lal Singh
D. Ahmed Shah and Balaji Baji Rao

The Third Battle of Panipat took placeon 14 January 1761 at Panipat, about 97 km (60 miles) north of Delhi, between the Maratha Empire and the invading Afghan army of the King of Afghans, Ahmad Shah Abdali, supported by three Indian allies the Rohilla Najib-ud-daulah, Afghans of the Doab region, and Shuja-ud-Daula,

A. Hem Chandra Vikramaditya and Akbar 
B. Akbar and Lal Singh
C. Ahmed Shah and Balaji Baji Rao
D. Tamerlane and Behlol Lodi

 
The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly called Hemu, the Hindu king who was ruling North India from Delhi, and the army of Akbar, on November 5, 1556

A. Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
B. Akbar and Lal Singh
C. Ahmed Shah and Balaji Baji Rao
D. Tamerlane and Behlol Lodi

The First Battle of Panipat, on 21 April 1526, was fought between the invading forces of Babur and the Lodi dynasty. It took place in north India and marked the beginning of the Mughal Empire and the end of the Delhi Sultanate.

A. 1520 to 1566
B. 1525 to 1570
C. 1630 to 1665
D. 1640 to 1680

At the age of 26 he became the 10th sultan of the Empire in 1520 and is known as “Kanuni”, the Lawgiver, in his homeland, but for Europeans he has always been “Suleyman the Magnifice. Suleyman the Magnificent ruledthe Ottoman Empire for 46 years between 1520 – 1566 and doubled his territory.

A. Iraq
B. Iran
C. Oman
D. Qatar

A. Port of Bandar Abbas
B. Port of Amirabad
C. Port of Bushehr
D. Port of Khorramshahr
E. None of these

A. Iran 
B. Iraq
C. Italy
D. Ireland

Bushehr lies in a vast plain running along the coastal region on the Persian Gulf coast of south-western Iran. It is built near the ancient port city of Rishahr (Sassanian, Riv Ardasher). It was the chief seaport of the country and is the administrative centre of its province.

A. Dog Rose
B. Lavender
C. Poinciana
D. Marguerite

Forests cover over one quarter of the country, Romania and the fauna is one of the richest in Europe. Dog rose (Rosa canina), a very fast growing deciduous shrub serves as the national flower of Romania.

A. Florence
B. Geneva
C. Genoa
D. Turin

A. 1545 to 1563
B. 1550 to 1556
C. 1560 to 1563
D. 1540 to 1545

The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento, in northern Italy), was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation.