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Often called the Father of Economics,Adam smith was an intellectual giant of the 18th century.in which country was Mr.Smith born? |
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
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Several years before Galileo made his famed experiments involving falling bodies,this Dutch philosopher performed similar experiments disproving Aristotle's assertion that heavier bodies fall faster than light ones.Who was this fellow,relatively unknown to us today? |
Baruch Spinoz
Simon Stevin
Gustav Sporer
George Stahl
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Known as the founder of the pro-choice movement in the United States,Margaret Sanger also pioneered the introduction of birth control methods,especially for poor women.what was Sanger's profession? |
School teacher
Nurse
Secretary
Lawyer
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Perhaps the founder of the Greco-Roman tradition of thought was Socrates,a 5th century luminary of ancient Athens.Which of the following is not true about Socrates? |
He was the teacher of Aristotle,another philosophical great
No writings by Socrates exist
He fought in several battles during the Peloponnesian War
He was Tried and found guilty of heresy and corrupting the youth of Athens
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Austrian Physicist won a Nobel prize for Physics in 1933 because of his very significant contribution to quantum mechanics.what was the name of physicist? |
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Max Schultze
Heinrich Schwabe
Erwin Schrodinger
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Sabeer Bhatia is the name of India-born computer expert.He sold his innovation to Bill Gates for $400 million.This idea of his spawned a communication revolution what did he sell to Bill Gates? |
Hotmail
Xbox
Pay-pal
Skype
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Who was the first Muslim lady to sit in the throne of Delhi (She was the daughter of Iltutmish who was the king of Slave dynasty)? |
Noorjehan
Razia Riaz Monnera
Iltumisha
Sultana Razia Begum
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Who is considered the father of the Haitian revolution? |
George Bernard Shaw
Arthur Conan Doyle
Charles Dickens
Toussaint Louverture
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Who was the first person in India to win a Nobel Prize? |
CV Raman
Rabindranath Tagore
Chandrashekhar
Nowroji Dada Bhai
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The International Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss philanthropist,in 1864 during the Geneva Convention.He had tanded to the wounded during the Battle of Solverino in 1859,leading to the founding of this wonderful International body.Who was the founder of the American Red Cross? |
Clara Barton
Dalai Lama
Henri Dunant
Henri Robert
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