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[#286] Crimean War was started in the year
Correct Answer

(A) 1853

Explanation

Solution: Crimean War, (October 1853–February 1856), war fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish, with support from January 1855 by the army of Sardinia-Piedmont.

[#287] When was the first of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war victims adopted?
Correct Answer

(C) 1864

Explanation

Solution: The First Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in armies in the field, held on 22 August 1864, is the first of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. After the first treaty was adopted in 1864, it was significantly revised and replaced in 1906, 1929, and finally 1949.

[#288] The First Opium War was fought between British and __________
Correct Answer

(A) Chinese

Explanation

Solution: The Opium Wars in the mid-19th century were a critical juncture in modern Chinese history. The first Opium War was fought between China and Great Britain from 1839 to 1942.

[#289] The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by
Correct Answer

(D) Sun-Yat-Sen

Explanation

Solution: The Kuomintang in Chinese means Nationalist Party. This Nationalist Party owes its ideological and organisational works to Sun-Yat-Sen. He was also the founder of Revive China Society.

[#290] From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 49th federating state?
Correct Answer

(C) Russia

Explanation

Solution: The looming U.S. Civil War delayed the sale, but after the war, Secretary of State William Seward quickly took up a renewed Russian offer and on March 30, 1867, agreed to a proposal from Russian Minister in Washington, Edouard de Stoeckl, to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million. Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959.