January 30 in History 1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. 1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1607 – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive…
January 21 in History 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others…
January 18 in History 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong. 1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV uniting the House…
January 14 in History 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague. 1539 – Spain annexes Cuba. 1639 – The “Fundamental Orders”, the…
January 13 in History 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing season at the Hippodrome in Constantinople, as a result of discontent with the rule of the Emperor Justinian I. 1435 – Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope…
Click HERE for previous questions. An example of a shield volcano is (a) Mount Fuji (b) Mount Pinatubo (c) Puy de Dome (d) Mauna Loa Answer: (d) Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii…
1) The expansion on PQLI is (a) Physical Quality of Life index (b) Physical Quantity of Life Index (c) Product Quality Lifecycle Implementation (d) None of these Answer: (a) 2) Birth rate is called (a) Mortality (b) Vital index (c)…
1) What is the point of origin of an earthquake? (a) Epicenter (b) Focus (c) Foreshock (d) Scarp (e) Seismograph Answer: (b) The exact point where the earthquake actually starts deep inside the earth’s crust (the point of origin) is…
Click HERE for Q.No.1-50 Click HERE for Q.No.51-100 101) Which type of star is maintained by the pressure of an electron gas? (a) Main Sequence Star (b) White Dwarf (c) Neutron Star (d) Black Hole Answer: (b) White dwarfs are…
Click HERE for Q. No.1-50. 51) Planets are always small compared with stars because otherwise ______. ( a) the rotation of the planets would cause them to disintegrate (b) the great mass of the planets would cause them to be…