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Which musician composed the raga Priyadarshini on Mrs. Indira Gndhi's death?

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Amjad Ali Khan

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Lying between the states of pennsylvania and Maryland, which imaginary line divided the 'Slave States' from the 'Free States' in pre-Civil war America?

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Mason Dixon Line

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Which middle Eastern city founded by Greek settlers in 333 BC was known as 'New Rome' duing the reign of Constantine , the Great?

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Byzantium / Cons-tantinople/ Istanbul

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which term , originally the name of a fanatical sect, is derived from the Arabic description of a consumer of hashish?

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Assassins (from Hashishin)

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In which sport did an Indian team comprising Kishen Singh, Bijay Singh, Hanut Singh and Sawai Man Singh win the World Cup in France in 1957?

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Polo

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Name the dry, gusty wind that originates in the Eastern Rocky mountains of North America.

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Chinook

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Identified with modern Tamluk in Bengal, Which was the main port on the east coast of india for sailing to South East Asia in the first millennium?

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Tamralipti

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Which collection of verse, based on Rudyard Kipling's association with the army , became a bestseller on its publication in Britain in 1892?

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Barack Room Ballads

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