Explanation

• Last Viceroy of India: Lord Mountbatten in 1947

Additional information:

• First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning in 1858
• First Governor of Bengal: Robert Clive
• First Governor-General of Bengal: Warren Hastings (1772-1785)
• First Governor-General of India: William Bentinck in 1833

Last verified on 16-01-2026

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• Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council in 1919.
• His resignation was a protest against the Rowlatt Act.
• He termed the Act as “a black law” because it curtailed civil liberties.

Additional information:

• 1919 – Rowlatt Act passed
• 1919 – Jallianwala Bagh incident
• 1916 – Lucknow Pact
• 1928 – Simon Commission report

Last Updated on 13-01-2026

Explanation

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295

The famous traveler “Marco Polo” belonged to Italy

Marco Polo  was also nicknamed Milione

Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice

Marco Polo  Died: on January 8, 1324, in Venice, Italy

the Italian title of Marco Polo's book was Il libro di Marco Polo detto il Milione, which means "The Book of Marco Polo"

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Explanation

Light from Sun travels a distance of  150 Million km before it reaches Earth

Distance: ~93 million miles (150 million km) on average.

Speed of Light: ~186,282 miles/second (300,000 km/s) in a vacuum.

Travel Time: Approximately 8 minutes, 20 seconds (or 500 seconds).

Explanation

HRWstands for Human Rights Watch

It is an international non-governmental organization.

Founded in 1978.

Headquarters: New York City, U.S.

It was co-founded by Robert L. Bernstein, Jeri Laber, and Aryeh Neier as a private American NGO in 1978

Explanation

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Founded October 13, 1884

It is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London

Explanation

Samuel Phillips Huntington was an American political scientist, died in 2008.

Clash of Civilization was published in 1996.

Explanation

 The UK has an unwritten or uncodified constitution.

Its constitution is a mix of Acts of Parliament (written laws), court decisions (common law), and long-standing political conventions.

Following countries in the world, there constitution is unwritten.

1. UK
2. New Zealand
3. Israel
4. Canada
5. Saudi Arabia

Explanation

Braille education system was introduced by Louis Braille for Blinds.

Braille education system Creator: Louis Braille

Direction: Left-to-right, right-to-left script 

Languages: 133 languages

Parent systems: Night writing

Child systems: French-ordered Braille alphabets, Fakoo

Sister systems: New York Point

History

In 1824, at the age of fifteen, he developed the Braille code based on the French alphabet as an improvement on night writing.

He published his system, which subsequently included musical notation, in 1829.

The second revision, published in 1837, was the first binary form of writing developed in the modern era.

Explanation

The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia.

It is the third longest in the world.

It is length over 6,300 kilometers (4,000 miles) long.

It is originates in the highlands of Tibet.

It is flows into the East China Sea at Shanghai, the world's busiest port.

It is considered the heart of China.

Additional information:

Yellow River: The second longest river in Asia.

It is located in China

Mekong: A river that flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam