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Who designed Britain's first atomic bomb, which was exploded aboard HMS Plym in the Monte Bello Islands in October 1952? [MCQ]

posted Dec 5, 2017 by anonymous

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What is the history of Hole Punch?

posted Dec 5, 2017 by Alicia Thomas

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Which author disappeared on a walk along the River Ouse near Monk's House, Rodmell, Sussex, England, in March 1941?

posted Dec 5, 2017 by Vishal

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Between 1950-1953 US forces are said to have dropped 635,000 tons of bomb and 32,557 tons of napalm across what country?

posted Dec 5, 2017 by Mohammad

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Which one of the following was the outcome of first Anglo Afghan War? [MCQ]

posted Dec 4, 2017 by anonymous

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In an operation headed by Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraq used the deadly nerve gas Sarin against what minority?

posted Dec 1, 2017 by Kapil Kapoor

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What was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948?

posted Dec 1, 2017 by Ritika

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What is one of the deadliest pandemics in history, believed to have first reached Europe at the trading city of Caffa?

posted Nov 29, 2017 by Ankur Athari

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Which 19th century English author wrote "The Book of Snobs", "Pendennis" and "The History of Henry Esmond"?

posted Nov 28, 2017 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Who was heading the Indian army during the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971?

posted Nov 28, 2017 by Pramod Singh

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Who established scientifically that an individual's fingerprints provide permanent identification? [MCQ]

posted Nov 27, 2017 by anonymous

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Where was the word "ghetto" first introduced to describe segregated and restricted areas where Jews were forced to live?

posted Nov 27, 2017 by Puneet Batra

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Why Padmini, the most beautiful queen of Chittor performed Jauhar with other ladies?

posted Nov 24, 2017 by Sona Munshi

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Who was Malik Kafur, why he was known as Hazar Dinari?

posted Nov 24, 2017 by Sona Munshi

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What two countries were signatories to the first of the two Treaties of Tilsit in 1807? [MCQ]

posted Nov 24, 2017 by anonymous

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What geographic and historical term denotes the westernmost protrusion of Asia, bounded by Georgia, Armenia.............

posted Nov 21, 2017 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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What phenomenon was discovered by Frenchman Joseph Fourier in 1824, reliably experimented on by Irishman John...........

posted Nov 21, 2017 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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The first British monarch occupy Buckingham Palace, after its major remodelling by which architects?

posted Nov 21, 2017 by Divya Bharti

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What was the principle laid down in Adam Smith's "Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"?

posted Nov 20, 2017 by Swati Arora

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A camp was built in 1779 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, to accommodate around 4,200 prisoners; who were the people?

posted Nov 20, 2017 by Dilbagh

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Who was the architect of the Ghadarite philosophy?

posted Nov 16, 2017 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Which 'Education Scheme' introduced by Gandhiji?

posted Nov 16, 2017 by Anshika Utadi

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Which newspaper, originally called "The Daily Universal Register" was founded by John Walter in 1785?

posted Nov 16, 2017 by Deepak Chitragar

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George Hepplewhite is famous for making what in the 18th century?

posted Nov 15, 2017 by Anamika

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In which modern country are the remains of the Krak des Chevaliers, developed and occupied by the Knights Hospitaller?

posted Nov 15, 2017 by Rajni

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What happened to William Tyndale, who translated much of the Bible into English and published it between 1525 and 1530?

posted Nov 11, 2017 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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The 'Tower of Victory' at Chittor (India) was built by whom and why?

posted Nov 10, 2017 by Puneet Batra

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When and from which country the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe had declared independence?

posted Nov 9, 2017 by Parampreet Kaur

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King George VI had two daughters: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary and which other?

posted Nov 9, 2017 by Brijesh Talwar

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Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to America and when?

posted Nov 9, 2017 by anonymous

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Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and who was USA President?

posted Nov 9, 2017 by anonymous

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In which city, the Constitutional Convention took place to draft the U.S. Constitution and when it came into force?

posted Nov 9, 2017 by anonymous

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Total number of colonies that took part in American Revolution was and what were their names?

posted Nov 9, 2017 by anonymous

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Which was the final battle of the american war of independence and what was its outcome?

posted Nov 8, 2017 by anonymous

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In 1527 Rome was comprehensively sacked and its people massacred in the course of what war?

posted Nov 6, 2017 by Divya Bharti

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What colony demand large supply of wood to build ship

posted Nov 4, 2017 by anonymous

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In 1797 Norman Cross in Huntingdon, Great Britain, saw something described as the first what?

posted Nov 3, 2017 by Nimish

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On 16 June 1883, there was a disaster in which 183 children were asphyxiated; where did it happen and why?

posted Nov 3, 2017 by Atif

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A major USA dam, completed in 1935, was known as Boulder Dam till 1947 at which point its name was changed to what?

posted Nov 1, 2017 by Akriti

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The Serbian physicist, Mileva Marić, was married to which other scientist from 1903 to 1919?

posted Nov 1, 2017 by Anamika

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When State of Alaska, USA was purchased, from which country and how much price was paid for it?

posted Nov 1, 2017 by anonymous

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Which city was the first permanent British settlement in the America i.e. USA?

posted Nov 1, 2017 by anonymous

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In which script were the edicts of Ashoka inscribed?

posted Oct 31, 2017 by Mohammad Aarif

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Where was the British ship Royal Oak sunk by German submarine U47 in October 1939?

posted Oct 31, 2017 by Varun Kumar

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Where was Genghis Khan born (and later buried)?

posted Oct 30, 2017 by Ankur Athari

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Who was the leader of the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 who, after killing a poll tax collector, marched on London?

posted Oct 30, 2017 by Upma

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Which village, now a suburb of Dublin, was famed for an annual rowdy fair that was held between 1204 and 1855?

posted Oct 30, 2017 by Varuna Magar

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What did the term "scallywag" refer to in America in the 19th century?

posted Oct 26, 2017 by Brijesh Talwar

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Between 1955 and 1970,Rosa Parks,Martin Luther King and Angela Davis were significant people in which movement in USA?

posted Oct 25, 2017 by Samardeep Acharya

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Who wrote the 19th century "Castle of Otranto", seen as the first gothic horror novel?

posted Oct 24, 2017 by Simranjeet Singh