World Affairs
This intergovernmental organization regulates international civil aviation standards.
What is the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)?
This term describes a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
What is an antonym?
This type of rock forms from cooled molten material.
What is igneous rock?
This instrument typically has six strings and is used in rock music.
What is a guitar?
This Indian city is known as the “Silicon Valley of India.”
What is Bengaluru (Bangalore)?
This 1993 agreement created a framework for limited Palestinian self-governance.
What are the Oslo Accords?
This ancient Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
This scientist proposed the three laws of planetary motion.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
This Italian word means “slow” in musical tempo markings.
What is adagio?
This 1950 document serves as the supreme law of the Republic of India.
What is the Constitution of India?
This African nation was the last to gain independence from Britain, in 1980.
What is Zimbabwe?
This architectural term refers to a triangular section of a building above a columned entrance.
What is a pediment?
This organ regulates hormones such as insulin and glucagon.
What is the pancreas?
This composer wrote Für Elise.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
his Indian emperor defeated Rana Sanga at the Battle of Khanwa in 1527, consolidating Mughal power.
Who is Babur?
This doctrine states that an attack on one NATO member is considered an attack on all.
What is Article 5?
This literary device involves a contradiction that reveals a deeper truth.
What is a paradox?
This chemical process involves the loss of electrons.
What is oxidation?
This genre originated in the U.S. and emphasizes improvisation and swing.
What is jazz?
This Indian river flows westward into the Arabian Sea, unlike most major Indian rivers.
What is the Narmada River?
This 1648 treaty series ended the Thirty Years’ War and reshaped European sovereignty.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This term describes a government in which power is held by a small, elite group.
What is an oligarchy?
This principle states that no process is possible whose sole result is the transfer of heat from a cooler body to a hotter body.
What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Clausius statement)?
This 1973 album by Pink Floyd spent over 900 weeks on the Billboard charts.
What is The Dark Side of the Moon?
This ancient Indian treatise on statecraft and economics is traditionally attributed to Chanakya (Kautilya).
What is the Arthashastra?