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At which monument in Delhi did the British forces arrest Bahadur Shah Zafar in September 1857? [MCQ]

posted Sep 3, 2018 by Alok Dev

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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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What was the objective of "Operation Chastise" carried out by the British in 1943 during World War II?

posted Feb 25, 2018 by Ruchi Kashyap

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Which pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury? [MCQ]

posted Feb 7, 2018 by Aman

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Who designed Britain's first atomic bomb, which was exploded aboard HMS Plym in the Monte Bello Islands in October 1952? [MCQ]

posted Dec 5, 2017 by anonymous

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The crosses of how many saints make up the British flag, the Union Jack?

posted Dec 4, 2017 by Deepak Chitragar

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In which year east India Company was established?

posted Sep 15, 2017 by anonymous

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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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In which year Jahangir issued the charter to East India Company for establishing the trade establishments in India?

posted Aug 11, 2017 by Ganesh S

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Who commanded the 'Hector', the first British trading ship to land at Surat ?

posted Aug 8, 2017 by anonymous

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Which British Governor General introduce the Permanent land revenue system in India?

posted Jul 20, 2017 by Debaprasad Maity

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Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court established by East India Company?

posted Jul 11, 2017 by Avijit Maity

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Which British music chart television programme was originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006?

posted Jun 29, 2017 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Which Mughal Emperor granted a Firman to the East India Company for duty free trading rights in Bengal and why?

posted Jun 27, 2017 by Naveen Kumar

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Which british Governor General of India founded the Postal Service in India?

posted Jun 20, 2017 by Brajagopal Das

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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 had implemented the 'Doctrine of Lapse' policy in India?

posted Jun 7, 2017 by Naveen Kumar

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Which battle give the East Indian Company right to collection of revenue in India for first time?

posted Jun 6, 2017 by Ramya

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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 is the name of first British Traveler who visited India?

posted Feb 13, 2017 by Amrita

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British scientist Dame Jane Goodall became famous for groundbreaking long-term studies of wild what?

posted Feb 1, 2017 by Sandeep Otari

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What was Britain called - before it was Britain?

posted Nov 15, 2016 by Nikita Sehgal

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Who is the first British recipient of the Pritzker prize, after whom another prize is named?

posted Oct 26, 2016 by Naveen Kumar

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In British Columbia which animal is illegal to kill?

posted Oct 17, 2016 by Prithvi

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Name the British trio who won the Nobel Prize in physics?

posted Oct 4, 2016 by Vijay

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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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Which British sprinter returned to competition in 2006 after a 2 year absence due to doping offences?

posted Nov 7, 2019 by Parampreet Kaur

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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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Which 1929 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock is considered to be the first all-talkie feature British film?

posted Jul 26, 2019 by Upma

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Which British playwright won the 2005 Nobel Prize for literature?

posted Jul 19, 2019 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Who was the Viceroy of British India at the time of first session of the Congress? [MCQ]

posted Jun 25, 2019 by Ranjit Kumar

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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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The Easter Rising, an insurrection staged during Easter Week 1916 with the aim of ending British rule, was where?

posted Mar 26, 2019 by Akriti

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What is the first name of the British fashion designer Westwood?

posted Mar 14, 2019 by Divya Bharti

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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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At 114.5 metres (376 ft) tall, the ArcelorMittal Orbit observation tower is Britain's largest piece of public art.Where?

posted Mar 1, 2019 by Nikita Sehgal

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Which British sculptor and artist of the 20th century, whose work was said to “exemplify Modernism”?

posted Feb 19, 2019 by Nikhil Pandey

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Which British laws introduced by the Importation Act of 1815 and repealed in 1846 are examples of British...............

posted Feb 18, 2019 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Where is the British Royal Yacht "Britannia", decommissioned in 1997, permanently moored as a visitor attraction?

posted Feb 8, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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Which British weekly was first published in 1841 under the alternative title of "London Charivari"?

posted Jan 23, 2019 by Puneet Batra

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What name is given to the jewelled, gilded and illuminated mediaeval religious manuscript, held in the British Library?

posted Dec 24, 2018 by Balwinder

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Who was the first British monarch to make a nationwide Christmas broadcast?

posted Dec 18, 2018 by Ujjwal Mehra

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In 1937 the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson were married in which country?

posted Nov 28, 2018 by Rahul Vaidya

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Who assaulted Winston Churchill at the Bristol Temple Meads with a horsewhip in 1909?

posted Nov 25, 2018 by anonymous

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When Winston Churchill wrote "Before this, we had no victory and after it we had no defeats", which event...............

posted Nov 21, 2018 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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When Winston Churchill started his first term as British Prime Minister?

posted Nov 5, 2018 by Kapil Kapoor

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Who invented an early form of fragmentation shell that was first used by the British army in 1803?

posted Aug 30, 2018 by Anshika Utadi

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What was the name of the first British jet bomber built in 1949 by English Electric? [MCQ]

posted Aug 3, 2018 by Kuldeep Apte

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Where was ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair born? [MCQ]

posted Jul 23, 2018 by Puneet Batra

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For whom was the Ark Royal, one of the largest vessels in Queen Elizabeth I's fleet originally made in 1586? [MCQ]

posted Jul 11, 2018 by Anamika