World and Indian History Quiz

Muhammad bin Tughluq is infamous for his disastrous decision to forcibly move the entire population of Delhi to Daulatabad, including animals. This ill-conceived plan caused immense suffering and is one of the most notorious examples of medieval administrative folly. The other rulers listed did not undertake such an extreme population transfer.

Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company's origins trace back to their research project at Stanford, making option B correct. None of the other universities listed (Princeton, MIT, or Columbia) were the founding location of Google.

Yahoo was indeed founded at Stanford University by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Electronic Arts, however, was founded by Trip Hawkins in May 1982 - while Hawkins was a Stanford MBA graduate, the company itself was founded in Silicon Valley, not technically 'at Stanford' in the same academic sense. The question conflates the two companies, but given the context and options, A is marked as correct. This ambiguity makes the question problematic.

Columbia University has had numerous Nobel Prize winners among its faculty and alumni over the years. The grammatically poor phrasing 'Most Noble prize affiliated' likely refers to the university with significant Nobel Prize connections. Columbia's distinguished history includes many Nobel laureates across various fields.

Barack Obama attended Columbia University for his undergraduate degree, graduating in 1983 with a B.A. in political science. This makes option D correct. The other options are incorrect: 'Newyork' (misspelled) is not a university, King's College is not Obama's alma mater for his undergraduate studies, and Stanford is also incorrect.

Harvard Business School offered the world's first MBA program, established in 1908. This pioneering program set the standard for business education globally. Columbia University also has an old business program, but Harvard was indeed first. Oxford and London Business School came later.

Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut (now Kozhikode) on the Malabar Coast of Kerala in 1498. This was the first recorded voyage from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope.

Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini, which is located in present-day Nepal. He was born as a prince in the Shakya clan, not in India, Sri Lanka, or China.

Subhas Chandra Bose founded the Indian National Army (INA) or Azad Hind Fauj in 1942-43 with Japanese support. It aimed to liberate India from British rule through armed struggle.

Chess originated in India during the Gupta Empire around the 6th century AD as 'Chaturanga', meaning 'four limbs' representing the four divisions of the military. It later spread to Persia and evolved into modern chess. Neither USA, England, nor China is the correct origin.

The Golden Temple in Amritsar is indeed the largest Gurdwara in the world. It serves as the holiest site in Sikhism and can accommodate thousands of devotees. It is not the oldest Gurdwara - that distinction belongs to other historical gurdwaras. The question correctly identifies its status as the largest.

The Treaty of Versailles (1919) officially ended World War I and imposed massive war reparations on Germany, which contributed to economic hardship and political instability that led to World War II. The Treaty of Paris ended different conflicts, and there is no Treaty of Nagasaki or Berlin Pact from this period.