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A. 1453
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Fall of Constantinople, (May 29, 1453), conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire.
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D. Lesotho
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Lesotho is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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D. Riyadh
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During the Pre-Islamic era the city at the site of modern Riyadh was called Hajr (Arabic: حجر), and was reportedly founded by the tribe of Banu Hanifa. Hajr served as the capital of the province of Al-Yamamah, whose governors were responsible for most of central and eastern Arabia during the Umayyad and Abbasid eras.
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A. Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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C. Yuval Noah Harari
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Yuval Noah Harari is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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A. Lebanon
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The Beqaa Valley, also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ and Becaa and known in Classical antiquity as Coele-Syria, is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon. It is Lebanon’s most important farming region. Industry also flourishes in Beqaa, especially that related to agriculture.
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C. Oumuamua
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Oumuamua is the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. Formally designated 1I/2017 U1, it was discovered by Robert Weryk using the Pan-STARRS telescope at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, on 19 October 2017, 40 days after it passed its closest point to the Sun on 9 September.
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B. Wyoming
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The smallest state by population is Wyoming, with fewer than 600,000 residents and a negative growth rate of almost 1% per year. Other states with negative population growths include Louisiana, Connecticut, Kansas, West Virginia, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Alaska.
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C. Journalism Without Fear or Favour
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Like elsewhere in the world, Press Freedom Day is being observed in Pakistan on Sunday (May 3, 2020). The theme of this year is ‘ Journalism without Fear or Favour .
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B. 26 April 1986
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The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on Saturday 26 April 1986, at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR.