{"id":13163,"date":"2024-04-15T04:13:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T04:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=13163"},"modified":"2024-04-15T04:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T04:13:21","slug":"french-defeated-germans-a-a-a-b-an-the-c-the-the-d-none-of-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/french-defeated-germans-a-a-a-b-an-the-c-the-the-d-none-of-these\/","title":{"rendered":". . . . . . . . French defeated . . . . . . . . Germans. 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