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One of the greatest conquerors in history was Tamerlane,who claimed direct descent from Genghis Khan.From which city,which he established as his capital sis Tamerlane make his great conquests? |
Bishkek
Tashkent
Samarkand
Urumqi
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2 |
J.J. Thomson was one of the key figures in the development of quantum physics as the discoverer of which of these sub-atomic particles? |
Neutron
Electron
Proton
Quark
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3 |
This man is sometimes known as the Father of History(though Herodotus gets the nod more often) for his work on chronicling the Peloponnesian War.Which of these ancient fellows an I describing? |
Thucydides
Theophrastus
Tacitus
Tertullian
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4 |
Nikola Tesla was one of the key scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries.for his many contributions to the field of electricity,Tesla was awarded by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures with his own Sl unit.The tesla is the Sl unit for which of the following? |
Conductance
Electric current
Magnetic flux density
Luminous flux
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5 |
Trajan was one of the greatest of the Roman emperors, and under reign,the empire reached its greatest extent territorially. He was also the first emperor born in the Provinces.In which modern country was he born? |
Spain
Yugoslavia
Romania
Greece
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6 |
Cai Lun's name is associated with the invention of which item? |
Gunpowder
Paper
Caedmon
Caradon
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7 |
Who is the earliest known English poet? |
Clarence
Chaucer
Caedmon
Caradon
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8 |
The third president of the United States and the man who larely brought the magnificent American Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson.What position did he serve for the nascent American republic from 1785 to 1789? |
Governor of Virginia
Minister to France
President of the Continental Congress
Secretary of State
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9 |
One of the greats of Arab science,he was an early adherent of the practice of alchemy Alongside this he was an advisor to Haroun-ul-Rashid,the greatest Abbasid Caliph, and is sometimes described as the Father of Chemistry.To whom do I refer? |
Jabir
Jugurtha
Jahangir
Jundishapur
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10 |
Name the agreement that took place among the tribes of Arabs before the mission (Ba ast) of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and he had participated in it? |
Hilf-ul-Fuzool
Aam-ul-Fazool
Meesaq-ul-Fuzool
None of these
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