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Australia Day is observed on?

A) Jan 26	B) Jan 27
C) Jan 28	D) Jan 29

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jan 26

Explanation:

Australia Day is observed on January 26 every year since 1788.

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Who Invented postage stamp?

A) Ruth Handler	B) John Harington
C) Rowland Hill	D) Felix Hoffmann

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rowland Hill

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What, in modern history, is the Bay of pigs?

Answer

It refers to the failed attack on Castro's Cuba launched by a group of exiles in April 1961

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Subject: World History

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What is the importance of Minamoto Yoritumo in Japanese history?

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He was the first shogun or military dictator of japan

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant because it

A) gave free land to all settlers.	B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.
C) guaranteed universal suffrage.	D) balanced the number of free and slave states in the Union.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.

Explanation:

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was significant because it was the second continental congress that charted a government for territory in Northwest America. It also helped forbid slavery, and made a method of admitting new states near the Union.

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Samuel Gompers was a leading proponent of what industrial issue?

A) the formation of trusts	B) the formation of labor unions
C) the crushing of labor unions	D) vertical integration

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the formation of labor unions

Explanation:

Samuel Gompers was a leading proponent of workers' rights. He was the first president of the American Federation of Labor, an organization that represented skilled workers from many different industries. Gompers advocated using collective bargaining or negotiations and strikes to gain greater rights for workers.

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Which Indian states celebrating their Statehood Day on 21st Jan?

A) Manipur & Meghalaya	B) Tripura & Meghalaya
C) Manipur & Tripura	D) Manipur, Tripura & Meghalaya

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Manipur, Tripura & Meghalaya

Explanation:

Indian states celebrating their Statehood Day on 21st Jan are Manipur, Tripura & Meghalaya (1972).

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Todarmal was the famous revenue minister of which Mughal Emperor?

A) Shah Jahan	B) Bahadur Shah Jafar
C) Akbar	D) Aurangzeb

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