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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 city was the capital city during Ashoka's empire?

posted Jul 4, 2017 by Sahana

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Which British Governor General of India passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878?

posted Jul 24, 2017 by Avijit Maity

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Which courtier of Mughal emperor Akbar rebuilt the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in the 16th century ?

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Who is known as 'Napolean of India'?

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Which empire was the biggest empire in the history?

posted Nov 1, 2014 by anonymous

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Who was the English ambassador who get permission from Jahangir to build factory for East India Company?

posted May 30, 2017 by Sanam

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What was the first name of Swami Vivekananda? Who gave the name as 'Swami Vivekananda' ?

posted Mar 10, 2016 by Sahana

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Which of these Delhi landmarks was not built by the Mughals? [MCQ]

posted Sep 27, 2018 by Nimisha K

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Who is considered as the master of Greek comedy?

posted Mar 25, 2016 by Abhay Dubey

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Who was the founder of Indian Boy Scouts?

posted Jun 5, 2017 by Surajit Pal

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Which monument was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay ?

posted May 23, 2017 by Sanjay Mahatma

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Who was the first Secretary of State for India?

posted Jun 9, 2017 by Santosh Nandi

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Which was the first country to establish regular trade with India?

posted May 8, 2017 by Ranjith Havaldar

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Which treaty was signed between USA and Great Britain to end The War of 1812?

posted Apr 7, 2016 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Between 1192 AD to 1857 AD, who was the only Hindu ruler to ascend the throne of Delhi ?

posted Apr 2, 2015 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who said - geography is the sublime science that sees the reflection of the earth in heaven

posted Jul 2, 2018 by Md Abid Shaban

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During which British Governor rule the Indian Civil Service was introduced?

posted Jun 9, 2017 by Sumana

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Who was the first Muslim women chief minister of any state in free India?

posted Aug 28, 2017 by anonymous

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Whose Persian translation of several Upanishads is known as the "Sirr-e-Akbar"?

posted Sep 10, 2019 by Nikhil Pandey

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Which two U.S. states were named after Queen Elizabeth I?

posted Jun 7, 2017 by Sania N

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Which Mughal Emperor built a new city at Delhi known as Din Panah?

posted Jul 5, 2017 by Surajit Pal

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What was the name of the horse of Alexander the Great?

posted Aug 7, 2017 by Nemai Jana

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Who were the nine ratans of Akbar Court?

posted Feb 18, 2016 by anonymous

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Which city was the capital of the Maratha Kingdom during the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji?

posted Jun 29, 2017 by Biplab Roy

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From tale the Panchatantra, who used to deceitfully kill other animals from the pond by offering them a ride on his back [MCQ]

posted Sep 24, 2018 by Pooja Rao

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Who was first Indian to be selected for ICS (Indian Civil Services in British India)?

posted Oct 31, 2015 by anonymous

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Who was the first ruler of Kushana dynasty to issue gold coins in India?

posted Jul 26, 2017 by Bharat Kumar

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Which is the first country to start Civil Service Competition?

posted May 13, 2017 by Sahana

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After the independence of India and Pakistan how many princely stats has joined India and how many to Pakistan?

posted Jan 13, 2016 by Salil Agrawal

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

posted Jul 24, 2015 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Who were the first people in history to celebrate the New Year and to make New Year's resolutions?

posted Dec 29, 2017 by Salil Agrawal

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Who was the first ruler of India to introduce the silver coin named "Rupia"?

posted Jul 19, 2017 by Shyam Chakraborty

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Who was the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of partition of Bengal in 1905 ?

posted Jun 5, 2017 by Shruthi Naik

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In 1821 which country or countries declared independence from Spain?

posted Mar 23, 2017 by Rahul Vaidya

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In 2004, NASA named its SGI Altix 3000 Supercomputer to honour which astronaut?

posted Nov 1, 2018 by Sudeshna Das

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Who was the writer of the first sanskrit grammar book 'Ashtadhyayi'?

posted Jun 19, 2017 by Santosh Nandi

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Where did British first open their factories in Eastern part of India?

posted May 26, 2017 by Saheb Pro

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Which Chinese pilgrims, visited India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya?

posted Apr 15, 2017 by Ankur Athari

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Which is the first country to make education compulsory and when?

posted May 26, 2017 by anonymous

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Who is the only vice president of India to have worked under three different presidents? [MCQ]

posted Sep 11, 2018 by Pooja Rao

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The Hundred Years of war (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between which two countries ?

posted May 16, 2017 by Ambika Sharma

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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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Who was the first foreign traveller who visited the Vijayanagara Empire?

posted Jul 24, 2017 by Navya

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Which ruler of ancient India embraced Jainism and spent his last days at Shravanabelagola in Karnataka ?

posted Apr 17, 2015 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which Formula One team, based in Woking, Surrey, UK, and founded in 1963 by a New Zealander?

posted Oct 23, 2019 by Sandeep Otari

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Who was the author of the book "kitab-ul-Hind"?

posted Jul 5, 2017 by Nemai Jana

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Who authored ancient Sanskrit plays 'Malti Madhava', 'Mahavircharita' and 'Uttar Ramcharita' ?

posted Feb 12, 2015 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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In 330 AD, Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, moved the capital from Rome to where?

posted Dec 10, 2019 by Karan Joglekar