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Why nabab Sirajuddola lost the battle of Plasi?

posted Aug 13, 2015 by Ankur Athari

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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 popularly known as the 'Lady with the Lamp' ?

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Who was popularly known as the 'Iron Man of India' ?

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Who was the mother and father of Gautam Buddha i.r. Siddhartha?

posted Jul 6, 2015 by anonymous

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Which was the first 'talkie' feature film made and shown in India ?

posted Jul 3, 2015 by Varun Kumar

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Which close associate of Mahatma Gandhi was popularly known as 'Deenbandhu' ?

posted Jul 2, 2015 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which country was formerly known as 'Dutch Guyana' ?

posted Jun 29, 2015 by Vishal

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Who was first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India and when he was appointed?

posted Jun 23, 2015 by Manish Tiwari

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Which Asian country was formerly known as 'Persia' ?

posted Jun 18, 2015 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Who was the first Muslim President of India and first President who died in to die in the office ?

posted Jun 9, 2015 by Pushpak Chauhan

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To prevent lower castes from the exploitation by upper castes, who founded the 'Satyashodhak Samaj' in 1874 ?

posted Jun 8, 2015 by Aman

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In 1875,which indoor game was invented by British Army officer Neville Chamberlain at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh?

posted Jun 1, 2015 by Maninder Bath

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Who authored Sanskrit play the 'Mudrarakshasa' ?

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'Dilli Chalo' slogan was given by which Indian freedom fighter ?

posted Apr 23, 2015 by Chahat Sharma

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Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ?

posted Mar 27, 2015 by Tanmoy Debnath

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Who had discovered the sea route between India and Europe?

posted Mar 10, 2015 by Nikhil Pandey

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To which of the republic of Buddha belong?

posted Dec 1, 2014 by Manikandan J

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Which empire was the biggest empire in the history?

posted Nov 1, 2014 by anonymous

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Ounjougou in Mali in Africa is believed to be one of the earliest regions (along with East Asia) in which what occurred?

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The USA established marginal income tax rates of 77% in 1916 to fund the war effort in World War I. What were they......

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In Canada, although women had a limited right by 1884 to vote in governmental elections they did not have full voting...

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Following the abdication in February 1873 of the Spanish monarch, King Amadeo, the only Spanish king from the Italian...

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After a scoring controversy at an Olympic Games, the Hungarian and Italian fencing teams satisfied honour with a real...

posted Apr 16 by Pushpak Chauhan

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When were the first games now known as the Winter Olympics held?

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Kaiser Wilhelm II was the last Emperor of which country, ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918?

posted Apr 12 by Aman

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Before 1066 when William the Conqueror was crowned, what body counselled the English king?

posted Apr 12 by Dilbagh

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For the 1924 Summer Olympics the International Olympic Council (IOC) decided to ban what?

posted Apr 12 by Mridul

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Where, on 24 June 1314, did Robert Bruce defeat Edward II's army?

posted Apr 9 by Anshika Utadi

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Which English king destroyed over 60% of the people and economy of his kingdom, in a campaign called "the harrying......

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What was the name of his backing band for Bill Haley on the record "Rock Around the Clock" that was released in 1954?

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In the 18th century John Harrison solved the problem of determining longitude at sea using what instrument?

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Where was the Saffron Revolution?

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The initiative for what current unit of the British Army was begun during World War II in 1941 by David Stirling........

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What post was held by Winston Churchill during the 1926 General Strike in the UK?

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In 1963, US President Kennedy sanctioned a coup d'état in which country to overthrow Ngo Dinh Diem, the Roman Catholic..

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Who gave rise to the popular Macavity the Mystery Cat?

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When was the athletics event known as the marathon first included for competition in the modern Olympic Games?

posted Mar 14 by Riteshwar

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When was the repeal of the US federal law called the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (1882) which banned Chinese immigration?

posted Mar 14 by Akriti

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Christiaan Huygens has been credited with inventing what in the 1650s?

posted Mar 7 by Sandeep Otari

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In which French colony was there a war of independence from 1954 to 1962?

posted Mar 5 by Nikhil Pandey

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Who died in 1658, was buried at Westminster Abbey, and was disinterred and hanged in 1660?

posted Mar 4 by Manish Tiwari

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The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was notable for its record number of named storms. How many were there?

posted Feb 29 by Karan Joglekar

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In the 12th century, who was the lover and then husband of Héloïse, celebrated as a writer and scholar and, later.......

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The French Academy of Sciences was founded, Shah Jahan (the builder of the Taj Mahal) died, and the Great Fire.......

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Where did Charles, later King Charles II, hide himself after the Battle of Worcester in 1651?

posted Feb 26 by Rahul Vaidya

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Who was the only person, until Bob Dylan in 2016, to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for Literature?

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The Treaty of Peace with Japan (also known as the Treaty of San Francisco and the San Francisco Peace Treaty)........

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The Rambert Dance Company was founded under its present name by whom in the UK in 1987?

posted Feb 14 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Which People's Republic officially ceased to exist on 13 February 1992?

posted Feb 12 by Sandeep Otari