World History and Indian Cities Quiz

Intel Corporation was founded on July 18, 1968 by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce. The name 'Intel' is a portmanteau of 'Integrated Electronics.' The company became famous for developing the x86 series of microprocessors. 1968 is the correct founding year.

The Ain-i-Akbari was written by Abul Fazal during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar. It is a comprehensive administrative document detailing the empire's governance. Alberuni wrote different works, Timur was a conqueror, and Tulsi Das was a poet.

Kolkata (then Calcutta) served as the capital of British India from 1772 until 1911, when the capital was shifted to Delhi. Option C correctly captures these two cities as India's capitals during and after the colonial period.

Frank McNamara founded the Diners Club in 1950, which introduced the first multipurpose charge card (credit card). Steve Jobs is associated with Apple, Trevor Bayliss invented the wind-up radio, and Niklas Zennstrom co-founded Skype.

Dag Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and remains the only UN Secretary-General to receive this honor and the only one to die in office. The biographical details exactly match his career and fate, distinguishing him from other UN leaders like Trygve Lie (first Secretary-General), U Thant, or Kurt Waldheim.

White Star Line was the British shipping company that built and operated the RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912. It was not involved in manufacturing jets (Boeing), Porsche cars, or Savlon antiseptic. The Titanic disaster remains one of history's most famous maritime tragedies.

Bluetooth wireless technology was named after King Harald Bluetooth, a 10th-century Viking king of Denmark and Norway who united disparate Scandinavian tribes. The name was chosen to symbolize how Bluetooth technology unites different devices and communication protocols, just as Harald united kingdoms.

The Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300-1300 BCE) knew and used copper, bronze (alloy of copper and tin), gold, and silver. Ironworking came to India later, after the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization, making iron the correct answer as it was not known to them.

The Great Bath, one of the most famous structures of the Indus Valley Civilization, was discovered at Mohenjodaro in modern-day Pakistan. It dates to around 2500 BCE and demonstrates the advanced urban planning and sanitation systems of the civilization. It was not found at Harappa, Lothal, or Ropar.

The world's first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, was built in Chicago in 1885. It was 10 stories tall and is considered the first building to use structural steel in its frame. Neither Las Vegas, New York, nor Los Angeles was home to this architectural milestone.