Alexander the Great defeated King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes in which year?
Correct answer D. 326 BC
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The Mauryan emperor Ashoka embraced Buddhism after which bloody war?
Correct answer D. Kalinga War
The Magna Carta was sealed in 1215 by which English king?
Correct answer D. King John
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Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in which year?
Correct answer D. 1453
The Renaissance first began in which country?
Correct answer C. Italy
The Nobel Prizes were first awarded in which year?
Correct answer D. 1901
Which Nobel category was NOT among the original prizes named in Alfred Nobel’s will?
Correct answer D. Economic Sciences
In which city is the Nobel Peace Prize presented each year?
Correct answer D. Oslo
The Pulitzer Prizes are administered by which university?
Correct answer D. Columbia University
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The Booker Prize, first awarded in 1969, is given for which kind of work?
Correct answer A. A full-length novel written in English
Rabindranath Tagore received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature mainly for which collection of poems?
Correct answer B. Gitanjali
Dr Abdus Salam shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on which theory?
Correct answer D. Unification of the weak and electromagnetic forces
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after a former president of which country?
Correct answer C. The Philippines
Which organisation presents the Academy Awards (Oscars)?
Correct answer C. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Which film won the first Academy Award for the top picture, at the 1929 ceremony?
Correct answer C. Wings
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The name of Pakistan’s highest military gallantry award, Nishan-e-Haider, refers to a title of which personality?
Correct answer A. Hazrat Ali (RA)
Who was the only Pakistan Air Force officer to receive the Nishan-e-Haider?
Correct answer B. Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas
Major Raja Aziz Bhatti was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for his actions in which war?
Correct answer B. 1965 war
Who is regarded as the first recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider, for action in Kashmir in 1948?
Correct answer D. Captain Muhammad Sarwar
What is the highest civilian award of Pakistan?
Correct answer B. Nishan-e-Pakistan