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Where in India, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Jai Singh II set an astronomical observatory?

posted Jun 25, 2018 by Vinay Vinay Sharma

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When were The Yeomen of the Guard (Beefeaters) established in England? [MCQ]

posted Jun 25, 2018 by Varun Kumar

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The arcade game "Rockford", released in 1988, is a spin-off from what game? [MCQ]

posted Jun 25, 2018 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Which avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque around 1906.......................... [MCQ]

posted Jun 23, 2018 by Rahul Chandel

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Nicholas II was the last Emperor of which country until he abdicated following the February Revolution of 1917? [MCQ]

posted Jun 23, 2018 by Ankur Athari

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Who was president of the USA at the outbreak of World War I? [MCQ]

posted Jun 23, 2018 by Upma

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Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979? [MCQ]

posted Jun 22, 2018 by Pardeep Kohli

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What engineering work was opened by Mayor McLellan on 27 October 1904? [MCQ]

posted Jun 22, 2018 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which country became a short-lived theocracy in 1911? [MCQ]

posted Jun 21, 2018 by anonymous

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Who was the American poet who worked for Mussolini to broadcast propaganda to the USA, was tried for treason............ [MCQ]

posted Jun 21, 2018 by Madhavi Latha

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In what context British rule was better than Indian rule?

posted Jun 20, 2018 by Deekshith Gowda

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What famous and still surviving structure was built in Rome by the Emperors Vespasian and later Titus? [MCQ]

posted Jun 20, 2018 by Saif Khanam

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Which of these is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance......... [MCQ]

posted Jun 20, 2018 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Against which area of Germany were the raids of the Dambusters directed in World War II in May 1943? [MCQ]

posted Jun 18, 2018 by Aarati Mahajan

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Where was landing of main invasion force on Italian peninsula in World War II by the allied army on 9 September 1943? [MCQ]

posted Jun 18, 2018 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What city, heavily bombed in the Spanish Civil War, was featured in a painting by Picasso? [MCQ]

posted Jun 16, 2018 by Divya Bharti

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With what has Gettysburg been associated since 1863? [MCQ]

posted Jun 15, 2018 by Swati Arora

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When was the Rowlatt Law passed?

posted Jun 15, 2018 by Pa Rt Ha

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When Lieut Thomas E Selfridge became the first death in a crash of a powered airplane in 1908, who was the pilot? [MCQ]

posted Jun 15, 2018 by Mridul

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Who was elected joint Vice-Chancellor by the Swiss Federal Assembly in August 2005 and became Federal Chancellor........ [MCQ]

posted Jun 14, 2018 by Atif

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What elements or components guarantee a nation to gain independence?

posted Jun 13, 2018 by Eugene Martin Hanait

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Which London landmark was designed by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Great Fire of London? [MCQ]

posted Jun 12, 2018 by Riteshwar

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Which country became a self-governing state within the British Empire on 3 June 1959? [MCQ]

posted Jun 7, 2018 by Ujjwal Mehra

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The foxtrot, a dance introduced to Great Britain around 1914, originated in which country? [MCQ]

posted Jun 6, 2018 by Sidharth Malhotra

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By the time of Julius Caesar a century, which was the body commanded in the first instance by a centurion in............ [MCQ]

posted Jun 5, 2018 by Chahat Sharma

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In 1695, John Trevor was forced to stand down as Speaker of British House of Commons. Who was next Speaker to be ousted?

posted Jun 5, 2018 by Brijesh Talwar

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What are the first words of The Gettysburg Address, a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War? [MCQ]

posted Jun 4, 2018 by Karan Joglekar

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Where was Hindi Poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar born?

posted Jun 4, 2018 by anonymous

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In December 1981 an estimated 35 million watched a live satellite transmission of a Rod Stewart concert................. [MCQ]

posted Jun 2, 2018 by Nikita Sehgal

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What did Bayer name its new over the counter drug in 1898, developed and advertised as a morphine substitute? [MCQ]

posted Jun 2, 2018 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Who became the King of Sweden on 15 September 1973? [MCQ]

posted Jun 1, 2018 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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The canonisation of which English saint on 1 May ca.870 CE is still celebrated on 1 May and also on the actual day? [MCQ]

posted Jun 1, 2018 by Divya Bharti

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From the late 12th century until mid 19th century the warriors known as samurai dominated government in which country?

posted Jun 1, 2018 by Simranjeet Singh

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What are the musical creations of Krishnadevaraya (king of old Vijay Nagar empire)?

posted May 31, 2018 by Latha Latha

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Who is considered as the founder of Roman empire?

posted May 29, 2018 by anonymous

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Which Indian king had the biggest empire in history?

posted May 27, 2018 by anonymous

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What is the largest unofficial empire in history?

posted May 27, 2018 by anonymous

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What was the largest continuous empire of the history?

posted May 27, 2018 by anonymous

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Which country is called cocoa Kingdom?

posted May 26, 2018 by Tosin Cares

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Who was the founder of Taxila University?

posted May 23, 2018 by anonymous

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Who started the 'Home Rule Movement' in India?

posted May 18, 2018 by Sudeshna Das

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What was the name of the operation that led to the capture and death of Osama Bin Laden?

posted May 18, 2018 by Sanjiv Sarkar

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Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?

posted May 14, 2018 by Jasmine P

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What is the name of the literary genre developed by the Khojas who are a branch of the Ismaili sect?

posted May 14, 2018 by Jasmine P

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How do ancient Chinese inventions impact our modern world?

posted May 7, 2018 by Emily Arroyo (emikook)

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The January 1971 issue of what publication carried the first of a series "Silicon Valley, USA"? [MCQ]

posted Apr 25, 2018 by Maninder Bath

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Which country declared independence from Britain unilaterally in August 1963..................... [MCQ]

posted Apr 24, 2018 by Dilbagh

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It is generally believed that which Ancient Roman festival, an archaic rite...................became St Valentine's day? [MCQ]

posted Apr 20, 2018 by Balwinder

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Which 16th century dramatist wrote plays for the Earl of Nottingham's company? [MCQ]

posted Apr 19, 2018 by Kapil Kapoor

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During World War II, Japan occupied which part of the USA? [MCQ]

posted Apr 19, 2018 by Akriti