- Which was the first Indian film to be provided insurance cover?
Subhash Ghai's Taal, under the Cine Mukta Policy developed by United India Assurance| |
- Who is called India's Johnny Appleseed, the father of the Indian apple industry?
Samuel Evans Stokes |
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- Industrialist Nusli Wadia is the grandson of which prominent figure in the Indian subcontinent's history?
Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
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- Through which treaty did the British annex Assam on February 26, 1826, in order to turn it into an agricultural estate of tea?
Yandaboo Treaty |
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- Which engineering company actually built the bridge on the River Kwai for David Lean's film?
Larsen & Toubro |
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- Which organisation commissioned Shyam Benegal to produce his television series Yatra?
Indian Railways |
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- Which tranquiliser was nicknamed "Mother's little helper" as housewives commonly used it to cope with stress?
Valium |
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- Where was the first factory of the British East India Company set up?
Surat |
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- Which British mathematician designed an analytical engine, which was the forerunner of the digital computer?
Charles Babbage |
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- Who has been officially declared the patron saint of ecology?
Saint Francis of Assissi |
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