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[#371] The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
Correct Answer
(A) Russia and Turkey
Explanation
Solution: The Crimean War (1853-56) was the military conflict fought on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russian and the British, French and Ottoman Turkish and Saudinia. This war concluded without any result.
[#372] Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
Correct Answer
(C) Jerusalem
Explanation
Solution: The First Crusade (1095–1099) was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Land, called for by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095. Urban called for a military expedition to aid the Byzantine Empire, which had recently lost most of Anatolia to the Seljuq Turks. The resulting military expedition of primarily Frankish nobles, known as the Princes' Crusade, not only re-captured Anatolia but went on to conquer the Holy Land (the Levant), which had fallen to Islamic expansion as early as the 7th century, and culminated in July 1099 in the re-conquest of Jerusalem and the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
[#373] The Falklands War was fought in the year
Correct Answer
(C) 1982
Explanation
Solution: Falkland Islands War, also called Falklands War, Malvinas War, or South Atlantic War, a brief undeclared war fought between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982 over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated island dependencies.
[#374] Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of which of the following wars
Correct Answer
(B) First World War
Explanation
Solution: Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war.
[#375] The Opium wars were fought between
Correct Answer
(A) Britain and China
Explanation
Solution: Opium wars were series of two military conflicts between the British forces and the forces of Qing dynasty of China conflict over the Britain's trade in China. These wars are also referred as Anglo-Cinese disputes - First Opium War (1839-1842) Second Opium war (1856-1860).