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Q1. What purpose was the rear-view mirror intended to serve in cars when it was first suggested in 1906 by Dorothy Levitt and later patented (in 1921) and installed?

A
Somewhere to hang personal items and accessories
B
As an aid to arrange make up and hair
C
To facilitate face-to-face conversation with rear passengers
D
A quick means of seeing following and surrounding traffic
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Q2. Swiss legendary hero William Tell was instrumental in rescuing his land from the tyranny of which country in 1307?

A
Mongolia
B
Turkey
C
Austria
D
Japan
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Q3. Which state of the USA, initially called New Connecticut, declared independence in 1777, issued its own coinage 1785-1788, exchanged ambassadors with France, the Netherlands and the USA, and in 1791 joined the US Federal union as the 14th state?

A
California
B
Vermont
C
Pennsylvania
D
Tennessee
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Q4. When "The Titanic" set out on her maiden voyage, she had enough lifeboats for what percentage of the passengers and crew that were on board?

A
50
B
75
C
100
D
25
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Q5. Leo Joseph Ryan Jr., the first US congressman to be killed in the line of duty, was murdered where?

A
Guyana
B
Venezuela
C
Philippines
D
Berlin
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Q6. Which city was hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake about 5 kilometres below its centre at 12:29 a.m. 23 December 1972, killing around 5,000 of the 400,000 population, injuring 20,000 and leaving over 250,000 homeless?

A
Guatemala City, Guatemala.
B
Managua, Nicaragua
C
Haiyuan, Ningxia-Gansu, China
D
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
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Q7. Between 1570 and 1582, the Imam Al Aqib restored the three great mosques Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia of which important 15th and 16th century centre for the diffusion of Islamic culture?

A
Timbuktu
B
Benin
C
Cordoba
D
Baghdad
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