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Which battleships did not return to service after being attacked at Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941?

posted Sep 9, 2015 by Prithvi

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The refugee camps Shatila and Shabra, the scenes of a massacre in 1982, were in which country?

posted Sep 9, 2015 by Sandeep Otari

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Who wrote "J'accuse",an open letter to Félix Fauré, President of France,accusing the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus?

posted Sep 4, 2015 by Puneet Batra

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Historically, silicosis was recognised as a common industrial disease of which of these professions?

posted Sep 1, 2015 by Anuradha Tabyal

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The British general Wolfe, and the French general Montcalm, were killed in a battle for which city in 1759?

posted Sep 1, 2015 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Carl Stotz began an organisation in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1939 to promote what sport to youth?

posted Aug 31, 2015 by Prachi Sharma

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What was created by the Lateran Treaty signed by Italy in 1929?

posted Aug 31, 2015 by Swati Arora

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Why was Centralia, Pennsylvania, a town of 2,000 abandoned from 1981 on and has been largely demolished?

posted Aug 31, 2015 by Mridul

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Which winter sport was contested as an Olympic sport only once, at the 1908 Summer Olympics?

posted Aug 31, 2015 by Mohammad

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In which year of First World War Germany declared war on Russia and France?

posted Aug 27, 2015 by Balwinder

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Germany signed the Armistice Treaty on which date and World War I ended ?

posted Aug 27, 2015 by Riteshwar

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According to legend, who was the sweetheart of Robin Hood?

posted Aug 27, 2015 by Rajni

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What is the name of the first electronic computer ?

posted Aug 26, 2015 by Rahul Chandel

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Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army ?

posted Aug 25, 2015 by Pardeep Kohli

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How does history better know Ioseb Jughashvili, who changed his surname to mean "steel"?

posted Aug 25, 2015 by Sandeep Bedi

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What was the name of the uprising in Rhode Island that attempted to extend voting rights ?

posted Aug 25, 2015 by Sidharth Malhotra

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What was the Japanese name for Manchuria after they occupied it in 1931?

posted Aug 24, 2015 by Parampreet Kaur

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Which merchant seaman wrote poems, novels, plays and critical essays and became Poet Laureate in 1930?

posted Aug 24, 2015 by Chahat Sharma

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What is the name for the period of French history from 2 December 1852 to 4 September 1870 ?

posted Aug 24, 2015 by Karan Joglekar

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In Greek legend, who was the son of Daedalus who fell to his death?

posted Aug 21, 2015 by Divya Bharti

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The famous armless statue of Venus or Aphrodite was first discovered in CE times (in 1820 CE) in what ancient city ruin?

posted Aug 20, 2015 by Udita

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What is the oldest surviving book printed using movable metal type?

posted Aug 19, 2015 by Kapil Kapoor

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According to legend, where did Queen Guinevere end her days after the death of her husband, King Arthur?

posted Aug 17, 2015 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Why Genghis Khan had not attacked on India though he had attacked on other Asian powers at the same time?

posted Aug 15, 2015 by anonymous

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Which trained to be a priest until opting to be a dictator for a living?

posted Aug 14, 2015 by Samardeep Acharya

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Why nabab Sirajuddola lost the battle of Plasi?

posted Aug 13, 2015 by Ankur Athari

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Who had built the Jantar Mantar in Delhi?

posted Aug 12, 2015 by anonymous

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Which conflict began in England in 1455 after King Henry VI, following a troubled reign, had a long period ............

posted Aug 10, 2015 by Simranjeet Singh

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What name was given to Australian bandits who raided its remoter settlements until the late 19th century?

posted Aug 10, 2015 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What was the religion of Mauryan Empire?

posted Aug 8, 2015 by anonymous

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The city previously known as Byzantium and Constantinople is in what modern day country?

posted Aug 7, 2015 by Rahul Vaidya

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Where was gold discovered by James Wilson Marshall on January 24,1848, that led to the California Gold Rush (1848–1855)?

posted Aug 3, 2015 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What 3-D puzzle was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture?

posted Aug 3, 2015 by Sandeep Bedi

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The 12th century Welsh cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth is known for his writings on what?

posted Jul 31, 2015 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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The night of 9 March 1945 saw, according to historians, the most devastating World War II bombing raid on which city?

posted Jul 30, 2015 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Panipat second war was fought between which two ruler and what was the impact of its war in India's long term history?

posted Jul 29, 2015 by anonymous

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The Potala Palace is located in is in which city/country?

posted Jul 28, 2015 by Prachi Sharma

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Which are the states who was part of the confederate in the American Civil War (USA civil war)

posted Jul 28, 2015 by Saif Khanam

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Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is famous for leading resistance to the invasion of Britain by whom?

posted Jul 28, 2015 by Dilbagh

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On 17 Dec 1931, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata ?

posted Jul 28, 2015 by Mohammad

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What was the name of the India's first atomic reactor ?

posted Jul 24, 2015 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Which 19th century American author went to sea aged 17 in a whaler,write novels such as "White Jacket" and "Billy Budd"?

posted Jul 24, 2015 by Rahul Chandel

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The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for which king ?

posted Jul 23, 2015 by Amarvansh

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Vikramshila University, an ancient university of India, was founded by which Pala ruler ?

posted Jul 22, 2015 by Karan Joglekar

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Songhai Empire, more than 1,000 years old and from the 15th to the late 16th centuries was where?

posted Jul 22, 2015 by Aastha Joshi

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In his first voyage to India, at which place did Vasco da Gama land on 20 May 1498 ?

posted Jul 21, 2015 by Aarati Mahajan

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In 1953, which film won the first National Award for the Best Feature Film ?

posted Jul 21, 2015 by Simranjeet Singh

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Who was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in 1327 ?

posted Jul 21, 2015 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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By defeating Harshavardhana on the banks of river Narmada, which Chalukya ruler stopped him from expanding into south ?

posted Jul 17, 2015 by Akriti

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In 1829, which Governor-General of British India prohibited the practice of 'Sati' ?

posted Jul 16, 2015 by Ritika