Finally, the wait is over. Here is the first post after a long long time......
1. What is the contribution of Sir William Hawkins in the history of India and may be without whom the history of India would have been completely different?
(don't use internet for the above question)
2. A Greek described this city as 16 km long and 5.5 km wide having a 40 km long peripheral wall made of wood and fortified by a 180 m wide moat. The wall had 64 gates and 570 posts. Name this ancient Indian city?
3. Connect: Henry Rebello, Milkha Singh, Sriram Singh, P.T. Usha, Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, Anju Bobby George, Rajwinder Kaur, Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Chitra K. Soman.
4. In 1888, an elephant carrying sleepers for Assam Railways for laying tracks, was found to have dark coating on its legs. What did this incident lead to?
5. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the second Indian actresses to feature on the cover page of Time Magazine. Who was the first?
6. On which currency note, does the signature of RBI Governor not printed?
7. This organisation, which employs only women, was started on a borrowed sum of Rs. 80. The women are known as 'sisters' and each employee is a part owner. Which organisation?
8. The 'Dharwad Taluk Garg Khetriya Seva Sangh' is the only organisation to manucture what in India?
9. What in India is housed in Pheeroze Jeejeebhoy Towers?
10. The Maharaja of which Indian pricely state donated the Ranji Trophy?
11. Who the only was Viceroy to be assassinated in 1872 by an afghan prisoner in the Cellular Jail, Andaman & Nicobar Islands?
12. This Governor General also led British soldiers in the American Revolution. It was his defeat in the Battle of Yorktown which led to American Independence and him being dispatched to India. Name this famous G.General?
