General Knowledge MCQs with Explanations

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Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world, larger than only Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest republic and island nation.

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Slave dynasty, (1206–90), line of sultans at Delhi, India, that lasted for nearly a century. Their family name was Muiʿzzī. The Slave dynasty was founded by Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak, a favourite slave of the Muslim general and later sultan Muḥammad of Ghūr.

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The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between China, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, concerning “ownership” of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands and associated “maritime features” (reefs, banks, cays, etc.) located in the South China Sea.

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The Folketing, also known as the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

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Guangzhou also known as Canton and formerly romanized as Kwangchow or Kwong Chow, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China.

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Benghazi (/bɛnˈɡɑːzi/) is a city in Libya. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, Benghazi is a major seaport and the second-most populous city in the country, as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica.

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Ernest Hemingway 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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Soviet Union 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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The purpose of a chronometer is to measure accurately the time of a known fixed location, for example Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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Copernicus is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.