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Who was the first to sail round the world ?

Francis Drake
Columbus
Magellan
Vasco da Gama

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Magellan was a Portuguese sailor who was the first to sail round the world.

1. Brazil was discovered in ?

1500
1505
1510
1515

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Brazil was discovered in 1500 by a Portuguese named Pedro Alvarez.

2. Marco Polo, Venetian traveller, travelled from Venice to China and Japan in :

1285 - 90
1288 - 93
1290 - 96
1295 - 1301

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Marco Polo was the first European to visit China.

3. Rivers Tigris and Euphrates are associated with ?

Mesopotamian Civilization
Egyptain Civilization
Harappan Civilization
Chinese Civilization

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Note : Modern area of Mesopotamian Civilization is Iraq.

4. Which is considered as oldest civilization of the world ?

Mesopotamian Civilization
Egyptain Civilization
Harappan Civilization
Chinese Civilization

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Mesopotamian Civilization (4000 BC - 6th Cen. BC)

Egyptain Civilization (3400 BC - 1000 BC)

Harappan Civilization (2500 BC - 1750 BC)

Chinese Civilization (1765 BC - 250 BC)

5. French Revolution was started in the Year ?

1786
1787
1788
1789

Answer: Option D