Saturday, January 2, 2010

QUESTION 85








X


Y

X WAS A SWISS INVENTOR. HE WAS INTERESTED IN BALLOONING, PRESSURE,ETC. HE ALONG WITH HIS SON INVENTED SOMETHING_______. THEY INVENTED ANOTHER IMPROVED VERSION OF THIS LATER(THE INTERNAL DESIGN FOR THE IMPROVED VERSION IS GIVEN IN Y). THE INVENTION WAS LATER SOLD TO THE US NAVY. WHO IS X? WHAT DID HE INVENT?





Friday, January 1, 2010

QUESTION 84


THIS PERSON WAS AT ONE TIME, THE U.S SECRETARY OF WAR.
A REPUBLICAN. BUT APART FROM POLITICS , HE WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN SPORTS. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE 1904 SUMMER OLYMPICS. HE STARTED SOMETHING IN SPORTS, WHICH IS NOW NAMED AFTER HIM. WHAT DID HE START? IF YOU CAN, IDENTIFY HIM.

QUESTION 83




X
Y

X WAS A PROMINENT PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN. BUT HE DID VISIT INDIA ALONG WITH Y IN THE 1920s. BUT THE PRESENCE OF X AND Y IN INDIA DID LEAD TO LARGE SCALE RIOTS. ID X AND Y. HOW WOULD YOU ACCOUNT FOR THEIR PRESENCE IN INDIA?

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

QUESTION 82

WHAT DOES THE MAP SHOW?

QUESTION 81

WHO IS HE?
WHAT DID HE INVENT?

QUESTION 80

X

IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION(X).
WHO STARTED THE ORGANIZATION? THE FORMATION OF THIS ORGANIZATION WAS A PROMINENT FEATURE OF WHICH MOVEMENT?

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

QUESTION 79

PURPLE- BYZANTINE EMPIRE
RED - BYZANTINE ATTACKS
GREEN- TURKISH ATTACKS
WHAT DOES THE PICTURE SHOW?



QUESTION 78



THIS IS A CARTOON FROM PUNCH.
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT IT DEPICTS?


QUESTION 77

X_______ WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE TIMES(UK), AND DESIGNED BY X IN 1931.

X WAS THE EDITOR OF THE 'HISTORY OF THE TIMES' FROM 1935- 1952. HE WAS ALSO PART OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA FROM 1961 TILL HIS DEATH IN 1967.
ID X AND WHAT WAS DESIGNED BY HIM?

QUESTION 76

WHAT IS THIS?