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Q1. Who was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066?

A
William II
B
Harold Godwinson
C
Edgar the Atheling
D
William I
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Q2. Who was the 11th and 12th century ruler of Georgia, celebrated by Georgians as their most successful, leading them out from Turkish domination, reuniting the country, and subsequently being canonised by the Georgian Orthodox Church?

A
Demetrius I
B
George II
C
David IV
D
Tamar the Great
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Q3. Paro International Airport, commissioned in 1968 (initially as an airstrip), is the first and the only international airport in which country?

A
Tibet
B
Bhutan
C
Suriname
D
Nauru
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Q4. Which monarch presided in Great Britain over the time of the French Revolution, Britain's loss of its American colonies, and two decisive defeats of the French?

A
Elizabeth I
B
George III
C
Victoria
D
Old King Cole
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Q5. The version of Magna Carta accepted and authorised by King John of England at Runnymede was annulled shortly afterwards by Pope Innocent III; who then issued the version which survived to become the basis of much of modern Western law?

A
William III
B
Henry II
C
Edward I
D
Henry III
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Q6. Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact what happened to Poland in 1939?

A
It was assimilated into Germany
B
It was partitioned, between Germany and the USSR
C
A caretaker German government was installed
D
It became a Soviet state
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Q7. In 2023 and 2024 Finland and Sweden joined which international organisation?

A
European Space Agency
B
European Union (EU)
C
United Nations (UN)
D
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
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