World History - Study Mode
[#386] Who was popularly known as Africa's Gandhi?
Correct Answer
(C) Nelson Mandela
Explanation
Solution: Nelson Mandela is known as "South African Gandhi". He also used the Gandhian principles of 'Passive Resistance' and 'Satyagraha' as effective political tool.
[#387] Who made tripartite periodisation standard?
Correct Answer
(B) Christoph Cellarius
Explanation
Solution: The alternative term medieval derives from medium aevum, tripartite periodisation became standard after the German 17th-century historian Christoph Cellarius. This threefold periodization was first employed by George Hornius, a Dutch historian in his Arca Noae (1666), and became widely known later through Christophorus Cellarius, a German historian, in his Historia nova, hoc est XVI et XVII saeculorum (1696).
[#388] Democracy is a "government in which everyone has a share" was the opinion of
Correct Answer
(D) Abraham Lincoln
Explanation
Solution: "Democracy is a government in which everyone has a share" was the opinion of Abraham Lincoln. According to Abraham Lincoln, democracy gave people the right to make use of their thinking according to their capacity.
[#389] Marco Polo was a traveller from __________
Correct Answer
(C) Italy
Explanation
Solution: Marco Polo, an Italian trader and traveler, became famous for his travels in central Asia and China. He wrote a book that gave Europeans some of their earliest information about China, which was then called Cathay. Marco was born in Venice. His father, Nicolo Polo, was a merchant.
[#390] Who advanced Russia's boundary to the Black Sea?
Correct Answer
(A) Catherine the Great
Explanation
Solution: Catherine the Great extended Russian political control over the lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Catherine successfully waged war against the Ottoman Empire and advanced Russia's southern boundary to the Black Sea.