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Which early 20th century artist gained a reputation for the beauty and novelty of his staging of operas, plays..........

posted Oct 30, 2019 by Anil Chaurasiya

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In the 1890s, in what field was John L. Sullivan recognised as a world champion?

posted Oct 30, 2019 by Anshika Utadi

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Why was the Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 and a key to deciphering writing from ancient Egypt, so called?

posted Oct 29, 2019 by Kapil Kapoor

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What are the first names of Torville and Dean, who were the highest ever scoring figure skaters for a single............

posted Oct 29, 2019 by Akriti

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Who were the USA fighting a war against in 1812 when the successful American defence of Fort McHenry in September 1814?

posted Oct 24, 2019 by Ritika

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Which country won the most races in the A1GP championship in its first 3 years (2005-06, 2006-07 & 2007-08)?

posted Oct 24, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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Which Formula One team, based in Woking, Surrey, UK, and founded in 1963 by a New Zealander?

posted Oct 23, 2019 by Sandeep Otari

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King Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when an arrow went into what part of his body?

posted Oct 23, 2019 by Ankur Athari

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Who knighted Christopher Wren, the architect responsible for rebuilding 55 churches in the City of London...............

posted Oct 23, 2019 by Upma

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When did the powerful Kaanul dynasty (the Snake Kings) rule, the remains of whose monuments and inscriptions............

posted Oct 22, 2019 by Pardeep Kohli

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What were first introduced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in May 1, 1840, promoted by Rowland Hill?

posted Oct 22, 2019 by Ujjwal Mehra

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The Supreme Council of Antiquities was founded in 1859 by the French scholar and archaeologist François Auguste.........

posted Oct 22, 2019 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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In England, in the first half of the twentieth century, a "vesta" was a common term for a type of what?

posted Oct 21, 2019 by Manish Tiwari

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The game of "racquets" developed into which sport?

posted Oct 21, 2019 by Sidharth Malhotra

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The distance of the first modern Olympic Marathon in 1896 was 40 km (24 miles 85 yards), so why, at the 1908 it changed?

posted Oct 18, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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In 1848, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, officially ceding what to the USA?

posted Oct 18, 2019 by Brijesh Talwar

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What appeared in the Netherlands in 1608, developed by Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Janssen and Jacob Metius..............

posted Oct 18, 2019 by Saif Khanam

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Who won the gold medal for the 100m at the 1992 Olympics at 32 years of age and became oldest Olympic 100 m champion?

posted Oct 16, 2019 by Aarati Mahajan

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Saratoga and Yorktown, USA, are the sites of the defeat of which armies?

posted Oct 16, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Who captained the Indian Hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic in Moscow?

posted Oct 15, 2019 by Maninder Bath

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Who, when Secretary-General of the U.N., was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1961?

posted Oct 15, 2019 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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In Britain, what was the name given to the M4 Medium Tank that was produced by the US from World War II until...........

posted Oct 15, 2019 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Why was the Eiffel Tower built?

posted Oct 15, 2019 by Divya Bharti

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Where is the home of human evolution

posted Oct 13, 2019 by Rahwa Mustpha

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Where was the first heart transplant conducted?

posted Oct 4, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which British parliamentarian once disparaged Gandhiji as a "half naked fakir"?

posted Oct 4, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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Who was mother to Napoléon Bonaparte's son and heir, also named Napoléon?

posted Oct 4, 2019 by Samardeep Acharya

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In 1898, an agreement was made between Britain and China for a 99 year lease for part of which colony?

posted Oct 3, 2019 by Simranjeet Singh

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Which movie star was found dead at her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on 5 August 1962?

posted Oct 2, 2019 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Which city held the 2012 Summer Olympics, making it the first city to host the Games three times?

posted Oct 2, 2019 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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an omniscient according to swami vivekananda

posted Oct 2, 2019 by Arpita Nama

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Which country, after its Act of Union agreement expired, held a four-day plebiscite in 1944 and became..................

posted Oct 1, 2019 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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In February 1841, English polymath, inventor, politician and scientist William Henry Fox Talbot patented................

posted Sep 30, 2019 by Divya Bharti

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Who painted two versions of "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" in 1890?

posted Sep 27, 2019 by Amarvansh

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What fictional Chinese-American detective, created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1923 for a novel published in 1925?

posted Sep 26, 2019 by Parampreet Kaur

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Which building on the Île de la Cité in Paris took 300 years to build from 1163?

posted Sep 26, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which country, the capital of which is Monrovia, was founded by the American Colonisation Society in 1820...............

posted Sep 25, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which US President spent his term of office in a wheelchair?

posted Sep 25, 2019 by Karan Joglekar

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Which German social economist of Jewish descent, expelled from Germany and France, co-wrote in London.................

posted Sep 24, 2019 by Simranjeet Singh

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Whose discovery, that there were other galaxies in existence besides the Milky Way, was announced in 1925?

posted Sep 24, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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What were the timing of first world war?

posted Sep 21, 2019 by Palash Sarkar

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Where was the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her captain in 1939 to prevent...............

posted Sep 20, 2019 by Maninder Bath

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In September 2009, it was rumoured that which 5 foot 5 inch (1.65 m) politician ensured that people who stood...........

posted Sep 19, 2019 by Swati Arora

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In 1434, Portuguese mariner Gil Eanes made a major breakthrough to obtain a reliable trade route to Western.............

posted Sep 19, 2019 by Aman

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In which city did Rosa Parks refuse to obey a bus driver’s order to give up her seat for a white passenger on...........

posted Sep 18, 2019 by Udita

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Before her marriage what was the name of Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III, mother of Nicholas II.................

posted Sep 18, 2019 by Vishal

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What year did Shakespeare die?

posted Sep 18, 2019 by Atif

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Who, in 1919, achieved the first nuclear disintegrations by bombarding nitrogen with alpha particles?

posted Sep 18, 2019 by Mohammad

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In 1779 Captain James Cook,having surveyed the West Coast of the continent of North America,was killed at which islands?

posted Sep 17, 2019 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Susan Brown was the first woman to take part in what event, in 1981?

posted Sep 17, 2019 by Basabdatta Mukherjee