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Florence Nightingale was known as

Answer

Lady of the Lamp

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Which of the following year is considered as the first year of the Muslim calender ? 

A) AD 622 B) AD 671
C) AD 571 D) AD 651
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) AD 622

Explanation:

Muhammad had to leave Mecca his birth place where he started preaching and take refuse in Medina, where he was given a warm welcome. This event took place in AD 622 and is known as the year of the Hijira, or migration, which became the first year of the Muslim Calendar.

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Pearl Harbour is located in

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Hawai

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What is the main purpose of state legislatures?

A) to make and pass laws at the state level B) to control the legislation of local governments
C) to provide legislative support for Congress D) to challenge the legality of federal laws
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to make and pass laws at the state level

Explanation:

Each state in the U.S. has a state legislature. The state legislatures main purpose is to make and pass laws at the state level.

 

An integral part to each state government - indeed where the people of each state are best represented - is the state legislature.

 

State legislatures are the respective representative bodies for the people of each state.
The primary responsibility of any state legislature is to design, draft, and vote on bills and laws to govern each state. Bills and laws generally go through several committees prior to being voted on in the entire assembly, through which the bills and laws are changed, amended, or killed altogether.

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The first President of USA was

Answer

George Washington

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Who organized 'Red Army'

Answer

 Trotsky


 

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Which among the following pairs is mismatched?

A) Electricity act – 2003 B) Green Revolution – 1991
C) National Telecom policy – 2012 D) National policy on skill & development–2009
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Green Revolution – 1991

Explanation:

The given matching is about the policies and acts names and in which year they took place.

Here Green Revolution - 1991 is given and which is not TRUE. It took place in between 1960 - 1980.

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Which of the following poems was/were credited to a Greek poet named Homer?

A) Iliad B) Odyssey
C) Periplus D) Both (a) and (b)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both (a) and (b)

Explanation:

Two poems, credited to a poet named Homer, provide a great deal of information about the life and institutions of the early Greeks. The Iliad is the story of siege and destruction of the city of Troy, on the western coast of Asia miner. The Odyssey describes the adventures and return home, from troy , of a Greek hero, Odysseus.

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