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What type of motor vehicle propulsion was introduced by Citroen in 1934?

posted Dec 28, 2015 by Nimish

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Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin won the prize for,among others, determining the chemical structure of what ?

posted Dec 24, 2015 by Akriti

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Nancy Astor made history in Britain in 1919 by doing what?

posted Dec 24, 2015 by Anamika

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Anthony Wilding, who won the Wimbledon men's singles from 1910 to 1913, was from which country?

posted Dec 23, 2015 by Varun Kumar

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What did the country which later became Zambia and Zimbabwe but was then led by the European Ian Smith proclaim in 1965?

posted Dec 22, 2015 by Varuna Magar

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Who is reputed to have survived over 55 assassination attempts, the most notable of which was in 1931?

posted Dec 21, 2015 by Sidharth Malhotra

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The 1812 Fire of Moscow, on 14 September 14 1812, broke out after most residents and Russian troops had.................

posted Dec 19, 2015 by Parampreet Kaur

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Who unknowingly slew his father and married his mother, and, when he discovered his true identity ?

posted Dec 18, 2015 by Aastha Joshi

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What was the name of eleven rulers of the 19th and 20th Egyptian dynasties?

posted Dec 15, 2015 by Nimish

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Why Ashoka is considered as one of the Greatest King in History?

posted Dec 14, 2015 by anonymous

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Which sport,originated by native American and introduce to England in 1867,is played with a stick with a net on one end?

posted Dec 14, 2015 by Deepak Chitragar

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Eamon de Valera led 9 governments of which country between 1932 and 1959?

posted Dec 14, 2015 by Kapil Kapoor

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In England, the "dissolution of the monasteries" occurred under the reign of which king?

posted Dec 10, 2015 by Rahul Chandel

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The first General Elections in India took place in which year ?

posted Dec 10, 2015 by Sandeep Otari

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Who made a first attempt in printing and it was done at which place?

posted Dec 9, 2015 by Pardeep Kohli

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The full-fledged Commonwealth Games were first organized in which year and at which city and country ?

posted Dec 9, 2015 by Sandeep Bedi

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Since the late 1930s, what date has been reserved for the inauguration of a President of the USA?

posted Dec 7, 2015 by Nikita Sehgal

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Queen Elizabeth I of England was from which Royal House?

posted Dec 7, 2015 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Why Battle of the Hydaspes is famous and what is its role in Indian History?

posted Dec 6, 2015 by anonymous

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Which is called golden period in Indian History and Why

posted Dec 5, 2015 by anonymous

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Which period is called dark period of Europe and why?

posted Dec 5, 2015 by anonymous

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What was so unusual about the battle of Agincourt?

posted Dec 4, 2015 by anonymous

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How many famous wars has taken place at the Panipat and what was the outcome of each?

posted Dec 4, 2015 by anonymous

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Famous battle of HaldiGhati was fought between which two armies and what was the outcome?

posted Dec 4, 2015 by anonymous

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Which wonder of the ancient world was at Ephesus?

posted Dec 3, 2015 by Prachi Sharma

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What nationality was the 17th century leader Stenka Razin?

posted Dec 3, 2015 by Mridul

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From 1797 to 1805 and from 1814 to 1866, the city of Venice was part of what country?

posted Dec 3, 2015 by Vishal

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Who was the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah who succeeded his father Asa, ruling for twenty-five years until 849 BC?

posted Nov 30, 2015 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Who was King/Queen of UK at the time of world war II and what was his/her role in the war?

posted Nov 30, 2015 by anonymous

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Who was the King/Queen of UK at the time of Freedom of India?

posted Nov 30, 2015 by anonymous

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Who was leader of the Army of Pandavas in the famous war Kurukshetra and why he was chosen?

posted Nov 30, 2015 by anonymous

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On 30 September 1399, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, became better known as whom?

posted Nov 27, 2015 by Aastha Joshi

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What did Sir Robert Peel establish in London in the late 19th century?

posted Nov 26, 2015 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Which melodramatic opera depicting graphic scenes of torture, murder and suicide, set in Rome in June 1800 ?

posted Nov 26, 2015 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What did Lubumbashi, the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, used to be known as?

posted Nov 25, 2015 by Udita

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Up until 1869 where was the city known as Edo?

posted Nov 23, 2015 by Kapil Kapoor

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Wu Zetian (625–705), also known as Wu Zhao and Tian Hou, is the only woman in the history of China to do what?

posted Nov 20, 2015 by Prithvi

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History of Kohinoor Diamond

posted Nov 20, 2015 by Madhavi Latha

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Who gave the name to the famous diamond Kohinoor?

posted Nov 20, 2015 by anonymous

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Cambodia, which over the course of 1841 to 1953 was under the.............. was steered to independence in 1953 by whom?

posted Nov 19, 2015 by Manish Tiwari

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What name was given to the eldest sons of the Kings of France from the 14th century?

posted Nov 19, 2015 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Who was first president of Russia after CJAR ouster?

posted Nov 19, 2015 by anonymous

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The Terracotta Army marched underground frozen in time from the burial of an emperor in the third century BCE ..........

posted Nov 17, 2015 by Aarati Mahajan

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James Edward Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah, Georgia,........... to establish a colony for what sort of people?

posted Nov 17, 2015 by Nikita Sehgal

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What is the name of 100 novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio, a medieval allegorical work known for its bawdy tales ?

posted Nov 12, 2015 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Ten World's Most Spectacular Fairy-Tale Castles?

posted Nov 11, 2015 by Vikas Upadhyay

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On 1 May 1707, who became the first sovereign of the "Kingdom of Great Britain"?

posted Nov 9, 2015 by Sandeep Bedi

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Some early cellos are found with holes drilled in the base of the neck; what purpose did the holes serve?

posted Nov 9, 2015 by Madhavi Latha

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Which was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province........

posted Nov 6, 2015 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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The ancient city of Petra in Jordan, is known for its towering rose red rocks and what quality of its buildings?

posted Nov 6, 2015 by Kuldeep Apte