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Which empire, established in and around Cappadocia, was powerful in Asia Minor from 1400 to 1200 BC?

posted Aug 21, 2019 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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The Night of the Long Knives is associated with which political figure?

posted Aug 21, 2019 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay, was the launch site of what key independence movement of 1942? [MCQ]

posted Aug 20, 2019 by anonymous

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Who was the last king in France?

posted Aug 20, 2019 by Aman

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The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the US Constitution came about after what event?

posted Aug 20, 2019 by Dilbagh

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What was the family name of the rulers of Russia from 1613 to 1917?

posted Aug 19, 2019 by Mohammad

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Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, known as Cortes, conquered which empire in the Americas?

posted Aug 17, 2019 by Deepak Chitragar

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What federation of free cities who had developed trade with foreign countries, formed in the 14th century?

posted Aug 14, 2019 by Prithvi

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What is the word for the light infantry or cavalrymen in the French army which was first formed in 1743?

posted Aug 14, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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What is the name of the Temple built to Pallas Athene around 480 BC, from which marble friezes and statues..............

posted Aug 14, 2019 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Which region of South America lying to the south of latitude 40 degrees S was discovered by Magellan in 1520?

posted Aug 13, 2019 by Sandeep Otari

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Louis XIV of France was known as what?

posted Aug 13, 2019 by Ankur Athari

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At the 2008 Olympic Games, which event began its competition at Beijing before the Opening ceremony?

posted Aug 13, 2019 by Upma

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What was the last foreign invasion of Britain?

posted Aug 12, 2019 by Sandeep Bedi

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What was the capital city of Russia from 1712 to 1918?

posted Aug 9, 2019 by Manish Tiwari

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At the opening ceremony of every Olympic Games when the athletes parade into the stadium, what is traditionally.........

posted Aug 9, 2019 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Who led the mutiny on HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789?

posted Aug 9, 2019 by Madhavi Latha

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In 1964, who became the first male to appear on the cover of "Playboy" magazine?

posted Aug 8, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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What name was given to groups of runaway slaves in Jamaica and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries?

posted Aug 7, 2019 by Karan Joglekar

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Which German-born chemist split the uranium atom in 1939 and won the Nobel prize in 1944?

posted Aug 7, 2019 by Aastha Joshi

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The peaceful overthrow of the government in Czechoslovakia in 1989 was known as what?

posted Aug 6, 2019 by Simranjeet Singh

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Which British admiral and hydrographer created a standard scale in 1805 by which naval officers could report wind speed?

posted Aug 6, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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How was Joan of Arc killed in 1431 after she was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English and tried.............

posted Aug 5, 2019 by Rahul Vaidya

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Nelson beat Napoleon's fleet, which lost 13 of 17 ships, in which battle in Aboukir Bay on 1 August 1793?

posted Aug 2, 2019 by Prachi Sharma

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What was the name given to a type of xylophone consisting of large stones, dating from 2,500 - 4,000 BC found in China?

posted Aug 2, 2019 by Mridul

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Which Pope was carried off into France by Bonaparte's troops in 1798?

posted Aug 1, 2019 by Nimish

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Which inert gas with a density 2.8 that of air was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1895?

posted Jul 31, 2019 by Anshika Utadi

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In which country was the first 24 hour race for motor cars held on a closed course, in 1907?

posted Jul 31, 2019 by Deepak Chitragar

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How did the Bogra formula help to accomplish the task of constitution making in Pakistan?

posted Jul 30, 2019 by Ayesha Jabeen

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What organisation, formed by Reverend John Flynn and based in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, began in 1928?.

posted Jul 30, 2019 by Riteshwar

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The US Civil War was fought between the Union Army and which other?

posted Jul 30, 2019 by Rajni

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What disaster hit Bangladesh on 13 November 1970, killing 500,000 people?

posted Jul 29, 2019 by Vikram Luthra

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Which monotheistic, Abrahamic religious movement accepts Haile Selassie I, the former and final Emperor.................

posted Jul 26, 2019 by Rahul Chandel

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Which war, engineered by Bismarck, included the siege and surrender of Paris and ended in the union of German...........

posted Jul 26, 2019 by Sandeep Otari

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After a plague in 1633, in which German town did the villagers vow to present a living representation

posted Jul 25, 2019 by Pardeep Kohli

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What did a B-25 Mitchell bomber, piloted in thick fog by Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr., crash?

posted Jul 24, 2019 by Madhavi Latha

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What city was once known as Lutèce?

posted Jul 23, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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What was the last dynasty of emperors in China, on the throne when China became a republic in 1912?

posted Jul 23, 2019 by Saif Khanam

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Who was largely responsible for the British application of radar in World War II?

posted Jul 23, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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What defence treaty was signed by Great Britain, the USA, France, Siam, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan................

posted Jul 22, 2019 by Aastha Joshi

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Which organisation founded by Lord Baden Powell and his sister Agnes was incorporated by Charter in 1915?

posted Jul 20, 2019 by Aarati Mahajan

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The theatres for which war included North Africa, the Philippines, Italy, Germany and Crete?

posted Jul 20, 2019 by Pushpak Chauhan

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The excavation of what city, destroyed in 79AD, was begun in 1748?

posted Jul 19, 2019 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What was first marked on 26 November 1789 in the new USA as a nation-wide celebration?

posted Jul 19, 2019 by Rahul Vaidya

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What is manifests?

posted Jul 19, 2019 by Rhearosepotot@gmail.com

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How did dancer Isadora Duncan die in 1927?

posted Jul 18, 2019 by Prachi Sharma

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In the history of Indian population, Which duration period is referred to as ' a great leap forward '?

posted Jul 18, 2019 by Mary D'souza

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Gaius Julius Civilis led a revolt by which tribe,of which he was a hereditary prince, against the Roman Empire in 69 CE?

posted Jul 18, 2019 by Dilbagh

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In mediaeval western Europe what did the term "villein" mean?

posted Jul 17, 2019 by Anil Chaurasiya

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The cleric Einhard (c.770 - 840) wrote a ground-breaking and much copied biography of which figure?

posted Jul 17, 2019 by Akriti