Questions

History of Shimla goes back to the period of Anglo –Gurkha war in the year 1808-09. The British connection with the area developed only after this battle between the Sikh rulers of these hills and the Gurkhas from Nepal.

Jay Cooke & Company, a major component of the United States banking establishment, found itself unable to market several million dollars in Northern Pacific Railway bonds in september 1873. Cooke's firm, like many others, had invested heavily in the railroads.

Hence, the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & company initiated the Panic of 1873.

The author of the book 'Indica' was Megasthanese.

Mixed economy is the most common economic system in the world.

German Chemist, Adolf von Baeyer first synthesized Barbituric Acid in 1864.

The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is 23 hrs 56 min 4.09 sec.

Venus planet is known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star.