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What is the name of first British Traveler who visited India?

posted Feb 13, 2017 by Amrita

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Who was largely responsible for the British application of radar in World War II?

posted Jul 23, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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The Royal Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III, and recognised still in the Canadian Constitution.............

posted Feb 8, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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On 6 February 1840, what document was signed by Captain William Hobson and a number of Maori chiefs.....................

posted Jun 12, 2020 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What was initiated by British conductor Sir Henry Wood?

posted May 4, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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Where was the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her captain in 1939 to prevent...............

posted Sep 20, 2019 by Maninder Bath

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The fictional town of Denton in the Midlands was the setting for which British TV series?

posted May 31, 2019 by Ritika

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William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, was executed for his anti-puritan views during what period of British history?

posted Feb 15, 2021 by Chahat Sharma

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Which of these was an irregular unit of British Special Forces founded in Cairo in 1942 by Major Vladimir...............

posted Aug 18, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "8th King's Royal Irish Hussars"?

posted Mar 30, 2018 by Naveen Kumar

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Which celebrated British couple were first mentioned in a poem by Henry Woodfall which appeared in 1735.............

posted Feb 13, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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In which british regiment Mangal Pandey was a sepoy?

posted May 31, 2017 by Rony Chakrabortty

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Which British admiral and hydrographer created a standard scale in 1805 by which naval officers could report wind speed?

posted Aug 6, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Which city was the site of the dervish rebellion and the death of the British General Gordon in 1885?

posted Jun 4, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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Due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Britain at the time of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.....................

posted Apr 22, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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What was the nickname for a 1913 British Act of Parliament that enabled suffragettes on hunger strike to be.............

posted Apr 20, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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Who is credited with the design of the small British car known as the Mini?

posted Oct 23, 2017 by Maninder Bath

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What was name of the last British monarch from the House of Hanover?

posted Nov 18, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What was the nickname of the British army regiment called "5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards "?

posted Sep 20, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Who was the First lady, other than the queen of Britain who had addressed both houses of British Parliament?

posted May 24, 2017 by Vijay

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When did the British Royal House change its name to that of Windsor?

posted Dec 24, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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Which British inventor, industrial designer, and entrepreneur is known for vacuum cleaners?

posted Sep 26, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

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What was abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833?

posted Aug 16, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Project Habakkuk was a plan by the British in World War II to construct what from ice?

posted Sep 29, 2021 by Amarvansh

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The anniversary that commemorates Captain Arthur Phillip founding the British Colony of Australia in 1788...............

posted Jan 6, 2020 by Ritika

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Which English botanist became famous for his research during expeditions to the east coast of Canada in 1766...

posted Feb 15, 2017 by Samardeep Acharya

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What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)"?

posted Sep 10, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which British parliamentarian once disparaged Gandhiji as a "half naked fakir"?

posted Oct 4, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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The historically significant "Wind of Change" speech was made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan................

posted Feb 5, 2021 by Balwinder

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The RMS "Lancastria" was the subject of the worst single loss of life in British maritime history.......................

posted Jan 1, 2021 by Akriti

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In 1956, British and French forces invaded a country in North Africa due to a dispute over which engineering work?

posted Feb 14, 2020 by Prithvi

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Who received the first Nobel prize for literature to be awarded to a British writer?

posted Jan 4, 2017 by Mridul

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Who was the British general who was defeated at Yorktown, 1781, during the American War of Independence?

posted Sep 5, 2017 by Saif Khanam

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What caused the sinking of the British ship "The Royal Oak" on the night of 13 and 14 October 1939?

posted Sep 15, 2021 by Sandeep Bedi

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Widely known for his work on British television, for co-founding the Materials Library, and for talks on................

posted Apr 13, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Where was the British ship Royal Oak sunk by German submarine U47 in October 1939?

posted Oct 31, 2017 by Varun Kumar

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Who designed the British World War II fighter plane, the Spitfire?

posted Sep 10, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

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Which battle in India gave superior status to the Britishers?

posted Jun 24, 2019 by Deepak Jangid

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Which member of the British royal family once worked for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company? [MCQ]

posted Jun 16, 2018 by Maninder Bath

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The British conquest of which country began in 1824 in response to its attempt to invade India, and from 1886...........

posted Jun 10, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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British clog dancing can be seen as a forerunner of what?

posted Jun 9, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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By what name was British author and humourist Sir P.G.Wodehouse known to friends and family?

posted Feb 19, 2021 by Vikram Luthra

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Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, was the daughter of which other English monarch?

posted Mar 7, 2019 by Upma

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Which country, which is surrounded by South Africa, gained its independence from Britain in 1966?

posted Apr 3, 2017 by Akriti

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Who was the first and only British Prime Minister to be assassinated in office?

posted Sep 19, 2022 by Mridul

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Where was the first Madarasa set up by the British in India?

posted Jul 5, 2018 by Sanjiv Sarkar

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The Oath of Sarum sworn in 1086 was between "landowning men of any account" in England and whom?

posted Oct 1, 2017 by Kapil Kapoor

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In 1892, who became the first Asian to be a Member of the British Parliament?

posted May 17, 2016 by anonymous

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What British ship was sunk by Gunther Prien, captain of submarine U47, on the night of 13 and 14 October 1939?

posted Apr 19, 2017 by Akriti

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Why was Sirajuddaulah defeated in the Battle of Plassey?

posted Jun 25, 2019 by Vijay