GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A century is a period of ____
A
50 years
B
100 years
C
150 years
D
1, 000 years
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word century comes from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred. Century is sometimes abbreviated as c.

Detailed explanation-2: -A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.

Detailed explanation-3: -To complete a century, one must complete 100 years; the first century of our era ran from the beginning of A.D. 1 to the end of A.D.

Detailed explanation-4: -A century is one hundred years.

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