General Knowledge MCQs with Explanations

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The Sampaguita (Jasminum Sambac) serves as the national flower of this flowery country, while the National Leaf of the Philippines is Anahaw

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Cantutais the national flower of Peru. Cantutais also called the sacred flower of the Incas. Cantutais native to the Andes of Peru and Bolivia between twelve-hundred meters directly above sea level and thirty-eight-hundred.

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Laos 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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Maharashtra 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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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has abolished the country’s state-owned news agency RIA Novosti in 2013.

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Japan 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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Samina Baig 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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King Harold II of England is defeated by the Norman forces of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, fought on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, England. At the end of the bloody, all-day battle, Harold was killed–shot in the eye with an arrow, according to legend–and his forces were destroyed. He was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

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Syria & Egypt 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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Prior to the 17th century ‘Saracen’ was the name given to a Muslim, whether of Arab or Turkish origin. It originates from the Crusades, from a region called Sarakene in the northern Sinai peninsula. The name survives on pub signs across the country. There are many called ‘The Saracen’s Head’.