Tag: history

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Name the last Hindu Emperor of Delhi, who was dethroned by akbar?
general knowledge history

  1. Adil Shah Suri

  2. Hemu Vikramaditya

  3. Chandra Vikramaditya

  4. Raja Jai Singh

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Correct Option: B

He is know as "Father of the Bengal Renaissance" and also founder of Brahmo Samaj.
general knowledge history

  1. Girindranath Tagore

  2. Ramnarayan Chattopadhyaya

  3. Rabindranath Tagore

  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

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Correct Option: D

when was the Indian's First War of Independence?
general knowledge history

  1. 10 Jun 1857

  2. 10 May 1857

  3. 10 May 1856

  4. 10 Apr 1857

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Correct Option: B

Who was the Governor-General of India when the first war of India’s independence broke out in 1857?
general knowledge history

  1. Lord Warren Hastings

  2. Lord Cornwallis

  3. Lord Clive

  4. Lord Canning

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Correct Option: D

In which year did Rabindranath Tagore got the Nobel Prize?
general knowledge history

  1. 1911

  2. 1912

  3. 1913

  4. 1914

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Correct Option: C

Who among the following made the ‘August offer’ of 1940 rejected by the Congress?
general knowledge history

  1. Lord Linlithgow

  2. Sir George Stanley

  3. Lord Willington

  4. Lord Wavell

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Correct Option: A

Who was the first Delhi Sultan to introduce gold and silver coinage?
general knowledge history

  1. Muhammad bin Tughlaq

  2. Ibrahim Lodhi

  3. Balban

  4. Iltumish

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Correct Option: D

On which date did Vasco-da-Gama land on Calicut?
general knowledge history

  1. 30th Dec, 1498

  2. 20th May, 1499

  3. 20th May, 1498

  4. 30th May, 1497

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Correct Option: C

Called the Battle of Britain and fought between German fighters and Bombers against Commonwealth troops and volunteers and involving more than a million Fighters and Bombers in what history still records as comprised of the greatest Ariel Dogfights of the century, this was the first defeat of German forces, why did they lose?
general knowledge history

  1. Supply Managment Logistic problems

  2. Antique and outdated Weapons

  3. Outnumbered

  4. Switched targets from Military & Industrial targets to civilian towns and cities

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Correct Option: D

When German invaded the Soviet Union in 1943 (Called Operation Barbarosa), what mistake did they make which cost them the loss of 2 million men and hordes of captured and destroyed equipment?
general knowledge history

  1. No Help came from Their Japanese Allies

  2. Used outdated equipment in the invasion

  3. The attack was unneccesary and Improperly planned and executed

  4. Operation Valkerie almost Killed Hitler changing his plans

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Correct Option: C