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On 1 September 2010, In the Iraq War, the USA replaced the name "Operation Iraqi Freedom" by what?

posted Jun 11, 2020 by Swati Arora

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Who started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica?

posted Jun 10, 2020 by anonymous

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Which forces were defeated by Ho Chi Minh's forces at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam in May 1954?

posted Jun 10, 2020 by Vishal

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In 1859, Colonel Edwin L Drake created the first what in the USA, in Pennsylvania?

posted Jun 9, 2020 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Events at Appomattox Court House were one of the events that heralded the end of which war?

posted Jun 5, 2020 by Ritika

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Which mystic symbol among Buddhists was adopted in its clockwise form by the Nazi party in Germany?

posted Jun 5, 2020 by Prithvi

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Edward Wilson as chief scientist, and others - zoologists, biologists, geologists, a physicist and.................

posted Jun 5, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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The phrase "Here I stand. I can do no other" is popularly understood to have been said while facing what?

posted Jun 4, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

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Which city was the site of the dervish rebellion and the death of the British General Gordon in 1885?

posted Jun 4, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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Captain James Cook encountered which people on his first voyage to New Zealand?

posted Jun 3, 2020 by Nikhil Pandey

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Which jazz bandleader disappeared in December 1944 while flying over the English Channel?

posted Jun 3, 2020 by Ujjwal Mehra

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In the Republican calendar, introduced after the French Revolution, how many days were there in a week?

posted Jun 3, 2020 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Who captained the "Endeavour" and the "Resolution" on 3 voyages to the Pacific in 1768–71, 1772–75 and 1776–79?

posted Jun 2, 2020 by Manish Tiwari

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In 1903 American showman and aviation pioneer Samuel Cowdery (or Cody) did what?

posted Jun 1, 2020 by Parampreet Kaur

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Alaric I was the King of which group who sacked Rome in 410AD?

posted Jun 1, 2020 by Saif Khanam

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The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout.........

posted May 30, 2020 by Kuldeep Apte

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Before the capital of Japan was established in present day Kyoto by the Heian Emperor Kanmu in 794 CE, where............

posted May 30, 2020 by Karan Joglekar

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When the women's 5000 m world record was broken by a 17 year old in 1984, why the new record not accepted?

posted May 30, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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1)ભારતમાં સમાજશાસ્ત્રના ભિષ્મ પિતામહ નુ બિરુદ કોને આપવામા આવ્યુ છે ? *

posted May 30, 2020 by Rathod Rakesh

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Who played the longest tennis match at Wimbledon?

posted May 29, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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What is the name of the engraved stone, discovered in 1799, that provided a key to deciphering the languages............

posted May 29, 2020 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Which country invaded Afghanistan on 24 December, 1979?

posted May 29, 2020 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination triggered World War I, was a member of which family?

posted May 28, 2020 by Maninder Bath

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Empress Matilda ruled England in which century?

posted May 28, 2020 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What other name is given to the sea known historically by people in Greece as the Euxine?

posted May 27, 2020 by Prachi Sharma

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In 1517 Martin Luther sparked public debate on practices in the Christian Church. What was topic of his 1517 treatise?

posted May 27, 2020 by Dilbagh

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What was the occupation of Otto Klemperer?

posted May 26, 2020 by Nimish

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Who is a former British triple jumper who held the Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World records.......

posted May 26, 2020 by Vishal

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Who was the merchant sea-captain who made the first American circumnavigation of the world in 1790?

posted May 26, 2020 by Mohammad

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What ancient Sumerian city stood on the banks of the Euphrates River between 3200 and 2300 BC?

posted May 24, 2020 by Riteshwar

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Which festival in honour of a Roman god was forbidden in Rome in 186 BC?

posted May 24, 2020 by Rajni

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Among several athletes who have run barefoot in the history of Olympic Games, who ran barefoot in 1986 Summer Olympics?

posted May 23, 2020 by Vikram Luthra

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How did Helen Sharman make history in 1991?

posted May 21, 2020 by Pardeep Kohli

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What was the blue dye used by the ancient Britons as battle paint?

posted May 20, 2020 by Sidharth Malhotra

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What was Operation Barbarossa in 1941 during World War II?

posted May 19, 2020 by Chahat Sharma

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Why was wrestler Ara Abrahamian of Sweden disqualified by the IOC and stripped of his rejected bronze medal.............

posted May 19, 2020 by Brijesh Talwar

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When was the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created?

posted May 18, 2020 by Aastha Joshi

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Which section of the British forces made a famous charge against Russian forces at Balaklava on 25 October 1854?

posted May 16, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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In what profession did "The It Girl" of the 1920s and 1930s work?

posted May 15, 2020 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season Major League Baseball in 1927, a record broken in 1961?

posted May 15, 2020 by Divya Bharti

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What was the name given to the irregular mounted troops raised for service in Cuba by Theodore Roosevelt in the.........

posted May 15, 2020 by Rahul Vaidya

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How did Lord Darnley, the father of James I of Great Britain, die on 10 February 1567?

posted May 13, 2020 by Udita

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In 1946, what did the USA offer to buy for $100,000,000?

posted May 13, 2020 by Mohammad

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Which city was founded in 1624 as a commercial trading post by the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdam...................

posted May 12, 2020 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What was the name of the regular feature of the European motorsport calendar from 1927 to 1957 that was held............

posted May 11, 2020 by Riteshwar

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In what century (CE) was Ramadan first observed as a month of fasting, introspection and virtue?

posted May 11, 2020 by Kapil Kapoor

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Which groups of people were affected by the US federal law called The Amnesty Act of 22 May 1872?

posted May 11, 2020 by Anamika

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What miners' oil lamp, invented in 1815, had a wire cylinder to enclose the flame, preventing the explosion of coal-gas?

posted May 11, 2020 by Rajni

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The Balfour Declaration of 1917 concerned what?

posted May 10, 2020 by Ritika

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The Singapore Declaration issued in 1971 and the Harare Declaration issued in 1991 are considered to be the two.........

posted May 10, 2020 by Prithvi