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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

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What was the name of the group formed in London in February 1944 to plan the invasion of Europe under...................

posted Sep 13, 2019 by Akriti

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In 1996, it was rumoured that which company had influenced the International Olympic Committee to hold the..............

posted Sep 13, 2019 by Anamika

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The Roman Empire was at its widest extent, including Dacia, Mesopotamia, Armenia and Assyria, under which Emperor?

posted Sep 13, 2019 by Rajni

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Edward Purcell (1809-1883) who became known as a poet, essayist, translator and letter-writer had his name changed......

posted Sep 12, 2019 by Prithvi

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What was the name of the IBM computer that defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997?

posted Sep 12, 2019 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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After which Herschel is the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, discovered in 1788, named?

posted Sep 11, 2019 by Sandeep Otari

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CRP (or CREEP) was The Committee to Re-elect which US president?

posted Sep 11, 2019 by Ankur Athari

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With the help of which Business leader did bal Gangadhar Tilak found the Bombay Swadeshi Co-Operative stores? [MCQ]

posted Sep 10, 2019 by Nikhil Pandey

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Whose Persian translation of several Upanishads is known as the "Sirr-e-Akbar"?

posted Sep 10, 2019 by Nikhil Pandey

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Queen Salote Tubou ruled over which country from 1918 to 1965?

posted Sep 10, 2019 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Which English computer scientist and MIT professor implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP.......

posted Sep 10, 2019 by Sandeep Bedi

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The birthplace of which Sikh Guru is Commemorated at Takht Sri Patna Sahib? [MCQ]

posted Sep 9, 2019 by anonymous

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The borders of which country which became independent in 1971 were established with the partition of Bengal and India?

posted Sep 9, 2019 by Amarvansh

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What building, built between 1754 and 1790 as a church to St Genevieve, was set aside as a mausoleum?

posted Sep 7, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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Romulus, co-founder of Rome, was deified after his death and worshipped as which God?

posted Sep 7, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which freedom fighter gave his name as Ram Mohammad Singh Azad while in British custody?

posted Sep 6, 2019 by Ritika

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Engineering Company of India is named after two Danish Entrepreneurs came to Bombay in 1938 to sell dairy equipment? [MCQ]

posted Sep 6, 2019 by anonymous

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What was the name of last king of Burma who spent his last days in Indian State of Maharastra? [MCQ]

posted Sep 6, 2019 by anonymous

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In the play by poet Kalidasa, King Agnimitra falls in love with which beautiful maiden? [MCQ]

posted Sep 6, 2019 by anonymous

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What was the Watergate building that was the subject of a US political scandal that began in 1972?

posted Sep 6, 2019 by Aastha Joshi

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Who is the New Zealand-born physicist whose discoveries include most of the great advances in physics?

posted Sep 5, 2019 by Simranjeet Singh

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In 1919, gathering at Jallianwala Bagh was to peacefully protest against the arrest and deportation of which two leader?

posted Sep 4, 2019 by anonymous

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What was the name of the group that invaded the Olympic village at Munich in 1972, killing 2 Israelis.................

posted Sep 4, 2019 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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How do intellectual revolution transform society?

posted Sep 3, 2019 by Maurille Sibarra

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Needing help with definitions of words

posted Aug 31, 2019 by Comeback Tuesday

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Ragasha and trinithium

posted Aug 31, 2019 by Comeback Tuesday

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To what country was Idi Amin exiled to? Is he still alive?

posted Aug 31, 2019 by Comeback Tuesday

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What is the Uber company

posted Aug 30, 2019 by Rajkumar Lumar

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What was unusual at the time about the newspaper published on board the liner Etruria in the mid Atlantic Ocean?

posted Aug 30, 2019 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Which Mughal Princess is best known as the author of the Humayun Nama, an account of life of her half-brother Humayun?

posted Aug 29, 2019 by anonymous

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In the 19th century, Edward Gibbon Wakefield set up which organisation to colonise New Zealand?

posted Aug 29, 2019 by Parampreet Kaur

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In 1966, Germany and England played in the World Cup final for which sport?

posted Aug 29, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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Early in 2009, the American Premier League announced that it would play cricket in a converted baseball venue. Where?

posted Aug 29, 2019 by Brijesh Talwar

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During the reign of Akbar, the Mahabharata was translated into the Persian language under which title?

posted Aug 28, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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During his six year sentence in Mandalay Jail in Burma, which book did Bal Gangadhar Tilak write? [MCQ]

posted Aug 28, 2019 by anonymous

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Which Olympic Games was the first to be sponsored, by Coca-Cola?

posted Aug 28, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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In 1970, who began to popularise a style of journalism known as "Gonzo journalism"?

posted Aug 27, 2019 by Simranjeet Singh

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Which islands in the South Pacific between New Guinea and South America were annexed by France in 1842?

posted Aug 27, 2019 by Nikita Sehgal

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In World War I, the troops of New Zealand and what other country were formed into a single Army Corps called ANZACs?

posted Aug 27, 2019 by Pushpak Chauhan

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In 1944, the battle of Kanglatongbi was fought near which present day Indian state capital?

posted Aug 26, 2019 by Karan Joglekar

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Under whose governor-generalship were the Universities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras set up?

posted Aug 26, 2019 by Aastha Joshi