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[#166] In which year the Battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and Porus
Correct Answer

(D) 326 BC

Explanation

Solution: The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought in 326 BC between Alexander the Great and King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the river Jhelum (known to the Greeks as Hydaspes) in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan).

[#167] Japan's Parliament is known as
Correct Answer

(A) Diet

Explanation

Solution: The National Diet is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under parallel voting systems.

[#168] John Locke profounded
Correct Answer

(A) Social Contract Theory

Explanation

Solution: A study of the 'Social Contract Theory' as given by John Locke in his famous book Two Treatises on Civil Government (1690) wherein he emphasizes on 'Law' to be an expression of the will of the people.

[#169] 'Mein Kampf' is the autobiography of
Correct Answer

(B) Adolf Hitler

Explanation

Solution: 'Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany.

[#170] When was the first communist manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Correct Answer

(A) 1848

Explanation

Solution: The Communist Manifesto (originally Manifesto of the Communist Party) is an 1848 political pamphlet by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.