Published by Pearson Education India Authored by Edgar Thorpe

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• PART 1 Some More Information Section 9Topics
  Covered Slide Numbers
• 9.1 Wonders of the worlds 2 7
• 9.2 Countries and Their Emblems 8-12
• 8.3 Countries and Their Parliaments 13-18

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Question 1 Name the Greek Author Who was the
first to list the greatest monuments and
buildings as the seven wonders of the world.

• Answer Author Antipater of Sidon.
• Extra Fact Punch
• Antipater of Sidon was an Ancient Greek poet and
  writer who lived in the 2nd century B.C. As a
  lover of the monuments of the Greek world, he
  decided to put them to paper in his list of the
  "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World".aphysical
  attraction for the ancient Greeks who considered
  it a magic number.

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Question 2 The Eiffel Tower is located in.

• Answer Paris.
• Extra Fact Punch
• This tower was built for the 1889 Paris Exibition
  by Alexander Gustave, a French civil Engineer.

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Question 3 The Leaning tower is located in .

• Answer Italy.
• Extra Fact Punch
• One of the wonders of the Middle Ages. The
  leaning tower of Pisa is a round, marble,
  eight-story bell tower, and weighs 14,453 tonnes.

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Question 4 The famous16th century portrait of
Mona Lisa was painted by the famous Italian
painter________.

• Answer Leonardo da Vinci, in 1504.
• Extra Fact Punch
• Mona Lisa also known as La Gioconda.

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Question 5 The New York version of Statue of
Liberty was engineered by______.

• Answer A.G.Eiffel.
• Extra Fact Punch
• This is a huge statue of a woman facing the sea,
  with a tablet in her left hand and a lighted
  torch in her right hand. The tablet bears the
  inscription July 4,1776, the date of American
  independence.

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Question 6 During which period The Taj Mahal
of Agra was built.

• Answer 1631-1653 by Emperor Shahjahan.
• Extra Fact Punch
• it was built as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz
  Mahal. The tomb is made of white marbles and
  inlaid with precious stones.

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Question 7 Kangroo is the National Emblem of.

• Answer Australia.
• Extra Fact Punch
• Wattle (Australian Acacia) is also the emblem.

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Question 8 Water Lily is the emblem of.

• Answer Canada.
• Extra Fact Punch
• Mapple leaf is the flower emblem.

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Question 9 Flower emblem of India.

• Answer Lotus.
• Extra Fact Punch
• The other Emblem of India is an adaptation from
  the Sarnath Lion Capital.

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Question 10Name any two countries with similar
Emblems?

• Answer The Netherlands and Sri Lanka.
• Extra Fact Punch
• Both the countries have Lion as their Emblems.

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Question 11 ______ is the flower emblem of
Iran.

• Answer Rose.
• Extra Fact Punch
• Rose is also the flower emblem of United Kingdoms.

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Question 12 Cite any three countries with
similar Parliament names?

• Answer Jordon, Kenya and Kuwait.
• Extra Fact Punch
• There parliaments are known as National
  Assemblies.

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Question 13 Indian parliament is known as.

• Answer Sansad.
• Extra Fact Punch
• It consists of President of India and two houses,
  the lower house, known as the Lok Sabha and the
  upper house, known as the Rajya Sabha. It is
  located in New Delhi at Sansad Bhavan..

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Question 14 The word Diet is the name of
Parliament of which county?

• Answer Japan.
• Extra Fact Punch
• The National Diet of Japan is Japan's bicameral
  legislature. It is composed of a lower house,
  called the House of Representatives, and an upper
  house, called the House of Councillors.

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Question 15Federal Parliament is of which
country?

• Answer Australia.
• Extra Fact Punch
• The Parliament of Australia or Commonwealth
  Parliament is the legislative branch of
  government of Australia. It is bicameral, largely
  modeled in the Westminster tradition, but with
  some influences from the united States Congress.

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Question 16 Name of Sweden Parliament is.

• Answer Riksdag.
• Extra Fact Punch
• The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly
  of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly
  with 349 members.

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Question 17 Shora is the name of Parliament of
Algeria or Afghanistan?

• Answer Afghanistan.
• Extra Fact Punch
• Afghanistan officially the Islamic Republic of
  Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is
  located approximately in the center of Asia. It
  is variously designated as geographically located
  within Central Asia, South Asia, and the
  MiddleEast.