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1. When was Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 plane shot down? 4 March 1954 1 May 1960 19 July 1959 30 December 1961Correct Answer: 1 May 1960 2. When was Francis Gary Powers born? 6 January 1924 15 April 1922 17 August 1929 10 November 1925Correct Answer: 17 August 1929 3. Where was Francis Gary Powers born? Columbus Jenkins Denver San DiegoCorrect Answer: Jenkins 4. From where had Francis Gary Powers taken off on U-2 plane? Teheran Ankara Amman PeshawarCorrect Answer: Peshawar 5. Where was Francis Gary Powers to land U-2 plane? Amsterdam Bodo Brussels FrankfurtCorrect Answer: Bodo 6. Where was ... Read more

11. When was Heinrich Himmler born? 31 January 1896 1 June 1901 15 July 1902 7 October 1900Correct Answer: 7 October 1900 12. Where was Heinrich Himmler born? Hamburg Munich Solingen AugsburgCorrect Answer: Munich 13. When did Heinrich Himmler join Nazi Party? 1919 1931 1925 1937Correct Answer: 1925 14. Heinrich Himmler was appointed Reichsfuhrer of Schutzstaffel in 1929. Which organization had nominal control over Schutzstaffel at that time? Gestapo Sturmabteilung Waffen-SS VolkssturmCorrect Answer: Sturmabteilung 15. When was Heinrich Himmler elected a deputy to Reichstag? 1918 1932 1926 1930Correct Answer: 1930 16. Where did Heinrich Himmler set up Germany’s first concentration ... Read more

21. What did Humphry Davy invent? Telephone Miner’s safety lamp Electric bulb Picture tubeCorrect Answer: Miner’s safety lamp 22. When was Humphry Davy born? 17 February1773 4 May 1776 24 August 1784 17 December 1778Correct Answer: 17 December 1778 23. Where was Humphry Davy born? Manchester Bristol Penzance DoverCorrect Answer: Penzance 24. Which gas did Humphry Davy inhale to test a claim that it caused diseases? Helium Nitrous oxide Neon OzoneCorrect Answer: Nitrous oxide 25. When did Humphry Davy discover sodium and potassium? 1807 1804 1796 1792Correct Answer: 1807 26. Which metals did Humphry Davy discover in 1808? Alkali Noble ... Read more

31. When was Vijayalakshmi Pandit president of UN General Assembly? 1948 1953 1956 1958Correct Answer: 1953 32. When was Vijayalakshmi Pandit born? 26 January 1898 17 April 1896 18 August 1900 9 November 1901Correct Answer: 18 August 1900 33. Where was Vijayalakshmi Pandit born? Allahabad Cawnpore Darjeeling BulsarCorrect Answer: Allahabad 34. What was Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s original name? Krishna Hathisingh Kamala Kaul Nayantara Sahgal Swarupkumari NehruCorrect Answer: Swarupkumari Nehru 35. What was Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s portfolio as a minister in United Provinces Government in 1937-1939? Home Local self-government and public health Finance AgricultureCorrect Answer: Local self-government and public health 36. Where was ... Read more

1. Where was Hockey World Cup 2023 held? a) Australia b) England c) India d) West Indies 2. Who scored Argentina’s goal against South Africa in Hockey World Cup 2023? a) Agustin Mazzilli b) Nicolas Keenan c) Maico Casella d) Facundo Zarate 3. What was the result of India against Spain match in Hockey World Cup 2023? a) India won 2-0 b) India won 3-2 c) 0-0 draw d) 1-1 draw

Where was William Ernest Henley born? Gloucester Edinburgh Stirling Falkirk Which disease afflicted William Ernest Henley? Amnesia Leukemia Insomnia Tuberculosis William Ernest Henley’s one leg had to be amputated. Who saved the other leg from amputation? James Syme Louis Pasteur Alexander Fleming Joseph Lister

6. Which university did Eamon de Valera attend? a) Yale b) Royal c) Edinburgh d) Oxford 7. When was the Easter Rising? a) 18 January 1906 b) 24 April 1916 c) 25 September 1912 d) 12 November 1918 8. Which party did Eamon de Valera found? a) National Front b) Conservative c) Fianna Fail d) Green

5. Who won women’s doubles championship in French Open 2019? a) Samanta Stosur, Shuai Zhang b) Timea Babos, Kristina Mladenovic c) Elise Mertens, Aryna Sabalenka d) Lyudmila Kichenok, Jelena Ostapenko 7. Who won women’s singles championship in French Open 2019? a) Ashleigh Barty b) Amanda Anisimova c) Madison Keys d) Simona Halep 9. Who won men’s singles championship in French Open 2019? a) Roger Federer b) Stanislas Wawrinka c) Rafael Nadal d) Kei Nishikori

4. Where did Edward I marry Eleanor? Barcelona Las Huelgas Madrid Santa Fe 5. When did Edward I issue the Statute of Wales? 1286 1284 1278 1274 6. Whom did Edward I expel from England in 1290? Calvinists Lutherans Jews Nestorians

About which school did Edward Gibbon write in his Memoirs “at the expense of many tears and blood, purchased a knowledge of Latin syntax.”? Westminster School Kingston Grammar School Tonbridge School Kilkenny Grammar School 4. To which college was Edward Gibbon admitted? Christ College Magdalen College King’s College Trinity College 5. When was Edward Gibbon received in the Roman Catholic Church? 5 February 1744 8 June 1753 20 August 1776 21 November 1782