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When was Vikrama Era began?
57 BC
55 BC
50 BC
47 BC
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Answer: Option AExplanation
The Vikram era, or Vikram samvat is a Nepali calendar starting in 57 BC. The Vikram Samvat calendar starts half a century before the Gregorian calendar and works on an Indian calendar cycle.
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Before Shimla, which city was the summer capital of British India
Murree
Darjeeling
Kannur
Ooty
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
The summer capital of the regional Government of the Punjab moved from Murree, in modern-day Pakistan, to Shimla in 1876.
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The publication of the newspaper ‘Bengal Gazette’ from Kolkata was started in the year
1720
1780
1755
1660
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was a weekly English newspaper published from Calcutta, India by the Irishman James Augustus Hickey.
It was the first newspaper of the sub-continent and was started in 1780. It was an inspiration for the Indians to launch newspaper of their own.
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