Who said it?
Kaun kambakt bardaasht karne keliye peeta hai?
Dev (from Devdas)
Which young Pakistani activist survived an assasination attempt for advocating girls' education and later won a Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala Yousafzai
Which empire's collapse after World War I reshaped what we now called Middle East?
Ottoman Empire
Which Indian ruler disguised himself and escaped house arrest in Agra through a basket of fruits and sweets?
Shivaji Maharaj
Which disease killed more people in the 20th century than World War I and II combined, despite the existence of a vaccine for part of that time.
Tuberculosis (estimated deaths ~ 200 million)
Zindagi badi honi chahiye, lambi nahi
Anand (Rajesh Khanna)
Which social reformer and educator was the pioneer for girls' education in India?
Savitribai Phule
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg accelerated the spread of knowledge and weakened centralised religious control in Europe.
Printing Press
Which city of the Indus Valley Civilisation is famous for its advanced drainage and urban planning.
Mohenjo-Daro
Which fruit can float on water because due to its exterior, helping it to travel along water naturally.
Coconut
Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country
John F. Kennedy
Which queen of Jhansi became one of the leading figures of the 1857 Indian Rebellion agains the British?
Rani Lakshmibai
Which invention transformed warfare in World War I my making cavalry charges nearly obsolete?
The Machine Gun
The discovery that the Earth spins around its axis was proven in 1851. However, which Indian mathematician and astronmer proposed this almost 1000 years earlier?
Aryabhatta
Which sea creature has three hearts and blue blood?
Octopus
Karmanye vadhikaraste, ma phaleshu kadachana
Lord Krishna
(You have a right to perform your duties but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions)
i.e. Don't let the fruits of your action be your motive to perform your duties
Which mother raised Luv and Kush in Sage Valmiki's ashram after leaving Ayodhya
Sita
This invention during the Industrial Revolution allowed factories to move away from rivers and waterways
Steam engine
Which Indian empire conducted naval expeditions deep into Southeast Asia and controlled important maritime trade routes?
Chola empire
Which creature can survive for weeks without its head?
Cockroach
Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead. If you lose, you can guide.
Swami Vivekanand
Who is widely regarded as the highest paid female athlete after becomming a mother?
Serena Williams (even after retirement she continues to earn $15-$20 million per year through endorsements and business ventures)
This Chinese invention fundamentally changed warfare and eventually ended the age of heavily armoured knights.
Gunpowder (estimated ~ 800AD)
Dronacharya was defeated on the 15th day of the Mahabharat war. Despite being immensly powerful and a strategic genius, how did the Pandavas army defeat him?
Bhim killed a wild elephant name Ashwatthama and everyone started cheering, saying "Ashwatthama is dead". Drona laid down his arms and Drishtadyuma beheaded him.
The Black Death devastated Europe and other parts of the world in the 1300s. Which two animals were predominantly responsible for the violent spread of the disease?
Rats (reservoirs) + Fleas (main culprit, spreader of the bacteria)