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'Kalidas' and 'Varahamihira' were the courtier of which ancient Indian ruler ?

posted Jun 17, 2015 by Aman

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Which medieval ruler authored Telugu work 'Amukta Malyada' ?

posted Jun 16, 2015 by Nimish

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Who was popularly known as the 'Lady with the Lamp' ?

posted Jul 16, 2015 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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What was the nickname of the Chevalier Raoul, a character in a tale by Perrault in 1697, who murdered successive wives? [MCQ]

posted Mar 26, 2018 by Puneet Batra

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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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Who is the first man who introduced printing press in India ?

posted Dec 16, 2014 by Aarati Mahajan

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Who wrote the book Ain-i-Akbari or the "Constitution of Akbar"?

posted Jun 12, 2017 by Navya

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Engineering Company of India is named after two Danish Entrepreneurs came to Bombay in 1938 to sell dairy equipment? [MCQ]

posted Sep 6, 2019 by anonymous

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Which city was the capital of Italy from 1865 to 1871?

posted Oct 8, 2015 by Varun Kumar

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Which Greek goddess of victory is depicted on the Olympic medals ?

posted Apr 2, 2015 by Rahul Vaidya

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Where the headquarters of East India Company were located in Bengal?

posted May 26, 2017 by Ram Jana

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Who first used the term software and when?

posted Oct 3, 2016 by anonymous

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Which company started by Europeans in Kolkata in 1880 was first modern life insurance company established in India?

posted Oct 5, 2018 by Reena Solanki

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Who among these rulers was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty? [MCQ]

posted Nov 2, 2018 by Sudeshna Das

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Who was the US President during World War II?

posted Aug 7, 2017 by Saheb Pro

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In which year Mahatma Gandhi was first time nominated for the Nobel Prize and how many times he nominated for this?

posted Jun 29, 2017 by Santosh Nandi

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On 2 October 1959, at which town in Rajasthan did Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, inaugurate the Panchayati Raj in India ?

posted May 15, 2015 by Rahul Vaidya

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At the time of Quit India movement who was the viceroy of India ?

posted Feb 10, 2015 by Balwinder

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In 1944, the battle of Kanglatongbi was fought near which present day Indian state capital?

posted Aug 26, 2019 by Karan Joglekar

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Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?

posted Jul 9, 2017 by Sumana

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US cities Boston and New Orleans were both founded as?

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Which was the first fort constructed by British in India?

posted May 31, 2017 by Avijit Maity

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How was the collision of comet dutta with the earth avoided?

posted Dec 20, 2016 by anonymous

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Which Viceroy of India had established the Department of Archaeology?

posted Jul 9, 2017 by Saheb Pro

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Which dynasty was ruling over North India at the time of Alexander's invasion?

posted Jun 2, 2017 by Ananna Dey

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Which Indian city was also known as Kusumapura during the ancient period?

posted Feb 6, 2018 by Jasmine P

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What is the name of autobiography of Adolf Hitler ?

posted Feb 15, 2017 by Sunita

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Which English writer was popularly called 'Bard of Avon' ?

posted Apr 30, 2015 by Nimish

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Who was the First prime Minister of great Britain?

posted Feb 20, 2017 by Babita Thawani

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When did Gandhiji give the slogan of ‘Swaraj in a year’?

posted Jul 17, 2017 by Kavana Gowda

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Which of these personalities was initially buried in Kochi in Kerala, before his grave was exhumed and taken to portugal [MCQ]

posted Sep 26, 2018 by Nimisha K

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Who was the last Governor General of India under East India Company Rule?

posted Jun 9, 2017 by Biplab Roy

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Which river in the world carries maximum quantity of water into the sea?

posted May 22, 2017 by Alok Kumar

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Where was the world’s First Oil Paintings have been found?

posted Jun 6, 2016 by Abhay Dubey

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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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Who built the famous Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar and why?

posted Jun 12, 2017 by Ankana Guchait

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Who was the first Mughal Governor of Kashmir?

posted Aug 4, 2018 by Ibn Adam

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When was the word Pakistan used first time and who coined this word?

posted Sep 30, 2016 by anonymous

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In which year the war of Kalinga was fought and between whom?

posted Jul 7, 2017 by Subhajit Maity

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

posted Jul 7, 2015 by Riteshwar

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Which was the only session of Indian National Congress (INC) presided over by Mahatma Gandhi ?

posted Jan 23, 2015 by Nikita Sehgal

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Who was Megasthenes and he was envoy of which king?

posted Mar 23, 2016 by Atindra Kumar Nath

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Which sporting hero served as the New Zealand High Commissioner to India from 1985 to 1989? [MCQ]

posted Oct 5, 2018 by Pooja Rao

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From which Indian ruler did the Britishers acquire the Kohinoor diamond ?

posted Apr 27, 2015 by Prithvi

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The paintings in Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of the development of art under which dynasty?

posted Jul 9, 2017 by Sisir Jana

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In which year, Queen Victoria took the title of 'Empress of India' and how she took this title?

posted Jun 21, 2017 by Sanam

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The resting place of the Mughal emperor Babur is situated in which city ?

posted Sep 14, 2017 by Shantanu Arora

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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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Who was the founder of Shanti-niketan?

posted Oct 19, 2015 by Vikalp Tiwari

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Who was the first soldier of Indian armed forces to be awarded Param Vir Chakra,the highest military award of India?

posted Jul 3, 2015 by Prithvi