All Categories MCQs
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General Description
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
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The 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia caused the Armero tragedy due to:
Answer:
Lahars (mudflows)
The eruption melted the mountain's glaciers, sending massive lahars (volcanic mudflows) down the slopes, burying the town of Armero and killing over 20,000.
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The 1979 Three Mile Island accident was the most significant accident in the commercial nuclear power plant history of:
Answer:
USA
The accident occurred in Pennsylvania, involving a partial meltdown of reactor number 2.
70363
Which maritime disaster in 1945 involves the greatest loss of life in a single ship sinking?
Answer:
Wilhelm Gustloff
The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk by a Soviet submarine while evacuating civilians and personnel; an estimated 9,000+ people died.
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The Great Potato Famine (1845–1852), which caused mass starvation and emigration, occurred in:
Answer:
Ireland
The famine was caused by potato blight (Phytophthora infestans), which decimated the potato crop that the population relied on.
70365
The 1947 Texas City disaster began with a fire on board a ship carrying:
Answer:
Ammonium Nitrate
The SS Grandcamp, docked in Texas City, detonated its cargo of ammonium nitrate, causing a chain reaction of fires and explosions.
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The 'Dust Bowl' of the 1930s was a period of severe dust storms damaging the ecology and agriculture of:
Answer:
The American and Canadian prairies
Severe drought and failure to apply dryland farming methods caused wind erosion (Aeolian processes) that created massive dust storms.
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The 1908 Tunguska event, a massive explosion believed to be a meteor air burst, occurred in:
Answer:
Siberia, Russia
The Tunguska event flattened 2,000 square kilometers of forest in Siberia but caused no known human casualties due to the remote location.
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Which ship was sunk by a German submarine in 1915, influencing the US entry into WWI?
Answer:
RMS Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland caused public outrage in the United States.
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The deadliest flood in history occurred in 1931 along which river?
Answer:
Yangtze River
The 1931 China floods, affecting the Yangtze and Huai rivers, are estimated to have killed between 1 million and 4 million people.
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The 'Great Chicago Fire' of 1871 was famously (but falsely) blamed on:
Answer:
Mrs. O'Leary's cow
The fire was rumored to have started when a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn, a story admitted to be fabricated by a reporter years later.