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What was the cause of a state of emergency in Kenya from October 1952 to December 1959? [MCQ]

posted Apr 6, 2018 by Prachi Sharma

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Which Austrian, the brother of Franz Joseph, was crowned Emperor of Mexico in 1864, and shot in 1867? [MCQ]

posted Apr 6, 2018 by Aman

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What caused the ancient Egyptian temples of Dakka, Maharraqa etc to be dismantled in the 1960s and rebuilt elsewhere? [MCQ]

posted Apr 5, 2018 by Nimish

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Which book, written in Guernsey and published in 1866, dealt with events in the early 19th century upon the island? [MCQ]

posted Apr 5, 2018 by Mohammad

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Which of these was one of the members of the EU to replace their national currency with the euro in 1999? [MCQ]

posted Apr 4, 2018 by Deepak Chitragar

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The Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381 led by men such as John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, and the most............ [MCQ]

posted Apr 4, 2018 by Balwinder

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Which city, rebuilt in the Art Deco style after being largely razed by an earthquake in 1931? [MCQ]

posted Apr 3, 2018 by Riteshwar

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According to Jewish tradition, whose chair is set ready at each passover meal in case he reappears to herald............

posted Apr 3, 2018 by Kapil Kapoor

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Che Guevara is associated with the history of which of these countries? [MCQ]

posted Apr 3, 2018 by Akriti

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What is Abelard and Héloïse,Oscar Wilde,Sarah Bernhardt,Honoré de Balzac,Georges Bizet and Jim Morrison have in common? [MCQ]

posted Apr 2, 2018 by Varun Kumar

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In England, it was decided in October 2009 to make which 182 year old newspaper a free give away?

posted Mar 30, 2018 by Ati Kumar

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George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were well known in the British American colonies in mid 18th century for what? [MCQ]

posted Mar 30, 2018 by Sandeep Otari

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Who wrote three major operas over three years,two of which were finished and premièred within two months of one another? [MCQ]

posted Mar 30, 2018 by Upma

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Which of these musicals is set during World War II? [MCQ]

posted Mar 28, 2018 by Nikhil Pandey

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Innocent III, who became pope in 1198 led which crusade? [MCQ]

posted Mar 28, 2018 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India?

posted Mar 26, 2018 by Anita Yadav

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What US policy introduced in 1823, that efforts by European governments to colonise land? [MCQ]

posted Mar 26, 2018 by Manish Tiwari

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What was the nickname of the Chevalier Raoul, a character in a tale by Perrault in 1697, who murdered successive wives? [MCQ]

posted Mar 26, 2018 by Puneet Batra

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Which of these musicals is set in France following Napoleon's fall from power, during the restoration................... [MCQ]

posted Mar 26, 2018 by Amarvansh

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Who said first salam to Pakistani for independent Bangladesh?

posted Mar 22, 2018 by anonymous

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Who said first salam to Pakistani for independent Bangladesh?

posted Mar 22, 2018 by Urmi Dewan

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Yaris Varoufakis first became well-known in Europe in 2015 in what capacity? [MCQ]

posted Mar 19, 2018 by Anuradha Tabyal

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How the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean got its name?

posted Mar 18, 2018 by anonymous

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Where was the Almohad Caliphate, from around 1120 to 1269? [MCQ]

posted Mar 16, 2018 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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To whom among these would Henry V, as he appears in William Shakespeare's play of the same name................ [MCQ]

posted Mar 15, 2018 by Aman

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In what were the Umayyad and Abbāsid dynasties early leaders? [MCQ]

posted Mar 15, 2018 by Mridul

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In 1835,James Pratt and John Smith were hanged outside Newgate Prison in London,in the last execution for this activity? [MCQ]

posted Mar 13, 2018 by Atif

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Who wrote Yoga Sutra?

posted Mar 12, 2018 by Deepu Rastogi

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In 1957, Walter Frederick Morrison sold the manufacturing right to what product, which is now known as the "Frisbee"? [MCQ]

posted Mar 8, 2018 by Kapil Kapoor

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What news source operating from the US Department of Defense that publishes daily newspapers for the US Armed in 1861? [MCQ]

posted Mar 8, 2018 by Akriti

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What part does Greek legend assign the Titan, Prometheus, in the development of science (among other things) on Earth? [MCQ]

posted Mar 8, 2018 by Anamika

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What historical period is commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the............ [MCQ]

posted Mar 7, 2018 by Ritika

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A child's skull found in 1829 in Engis, Belgium, (labelled Engis 2) was eventually recognised as the earliest of what? [MCQ]

posted Mar 1, 2018 by Chahat Sharma

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Prior to its independence in 1964, the Mediterranean island of Malta belonged to which country? [MCQ]

posted Mar 1, 2018 by Brijesh Talwar

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What was the official flag of British India?

posted Feb 28, 2018 by Salil Agrawal

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Until 1924 native American did not have access to adeplquuatv legal protection from the government because they

posted Feb 28, 2018 by Lexie Da Savage

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Who authored the autobiography of Akbar "Akbarnama"?

posted Feb 27, 2018 by Krishan Nehra

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What was the objective of "Operation Chastise" carried out by the British in 1943 during World War II?

posted Feb 25, 2018 by Ruchi Kashyap

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Who was the founder of gadar party?

posted Feb 24, 2018 by Bidyut Barman

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In which country Suez Canal is located? [MCQ]

posted Feb 22, 2018 by Alivia Clark

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What is the oldest existing lighthouse in America, built in 1764?

posted Feb 20, 2018 by Suresh Vp

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Who is regarded as “The Mother of Indian Revolution”?

posted Feb 17, 2018 by Subham Singh

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Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar during the Revolt of 1857?

posted Feb 17, 2018 by Subham Singh

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From 1815 until 1864, the Ionian Islands off the western coasts of Greece were under the protection of which country? [MCQ]

posted Feb 16, 2018 by Ujjwal Mehra

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In 1934, English inventor and businessman Percy Shaw patented and then set up a company to manufacture what invention? [MCQ]

posted Feb 16, 2018 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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When were hieroglyphics created as a written language?

posted Feb 15, 2018 by Alicia Thomas

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In November 1986, US President Ronald Reagan set up the Tower Commission to investigate what? [MCQ]

posted Feb 15, 2018 by Madhavi Latha

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Who was the first Governor of Jharkhand?

posted Feb 14, 2018 by Pooja Rao

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In 1588 Francis Drake led the English navy against the Spanish what? [MCQ]

posted Feb 14, 2018 by Brijesh Talwar

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Which of these countries proclaimed itself a republic on 11 February 1873, following the abdication of Amadeo? [MCQ]

posted Feb 14, 2018 by Saif Khanam