Who succeeded Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister?

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1. Who was the prime minister of Sri Lanka from 1960-65 and 1970-77 and the first woman in the world to serve as a nation’s prime minister?

   A. Indira Gandhi
   B. Benazir Bhutto
   C. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
   D. Corazon Aquino

2. Liaquat-Nehru Pact was signed between Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in:

   A. 1948
   B. 1950
   C. 1945
   D. 1946

3. Both Britain and Belgium declared war on Germany on 4th August, 1914. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time?

   A. Herbert H. Asquith
   B. Winston Churchill
   C. David Lloyd George
   D. Herbert Kitchener

4. Due to the landslide victory of the Labour Party in the 1997 British General Election, this 43 years old son of a barrister and lecturer became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812.

   A. Margaret Thatcher
   B. Neville Chamberlain
   C. John Major
   D. Tony Blair

5. What 20th century British Prime Minister coined the phrase ‘Iron Curtain’?

   A. Tony Blair
   B. Harold Wilson
   C. Margaret Thatcher
   D. Winston Churchill

6. Leonid Brezhnev was the third General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Who succeeded him when he died of a heart attack?

   A. Nikita Khrushchev
   B. Yuri Andropov
   C. Konstantin Chernenko
   D. Mikhail Gorbachev

7. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. Who succeeded him as Germany’s Reichskanzler for a period of 23 days?

   A. Karl Doenitz
   B. Heinrich Himmler
   C. Adolf Eichmann
   D. Rudolf Hess

8. This “butcher of the Balkans” murdered over 200,000 people and forced millions out of his country. Bill Clinton authorized the CIA to commence the toppling of his regime, which succeeded to an extent. Who is this Serbian criminal whose policy of ethnic cleansing resulted in mass murder?

   A. Alija lzetbegovic
   B. Zoran Lilic
   C. Vojislav Kostunica
   D. Slobodan Milosevic

9. The situation of Kashmir deteriorated during August and September of 1947 because the Kashmir Muslims openly revolted. By late October, 1947, the tribesmen-led rebellion succeeded in:

   A. capturing several towns
   B. massacring large number of civilians
   C. advancing within four miles of the capital, Srinagar
   D. all of these

10. This 11th Prime Minister of Israel, elected in 2001, is considered by many Israelis to be a strong leader battling terrorism. Many critics, however, particularly in the Arab world, refer to him as “the Butcher of Beirut” and have sought his prosecution as a war criminal.

    A. Ariel Sharon
    B. Yitzak Rabin
    C. Ehud Barak
    D. Shimon Peres