RRB Group D GK Questions 2026

The Aga Khan Palace stands at Pune in Maharashtra. It was built in 1892 by Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan III, partly as famine relief work for the surrounding villages, and it mixes Italianate arches with wide Indian verandahs over five acres of built space.

These four are the oldest and most widely covered international pageants: Miss World from 1951 in Britain, Miss Universe from 1952 in the United States, Miss International from 1960 and held mainly in Japan, and Miss Earth from 2001 in the Philippines.

The year 2000 was the second time India held both crowns, with Priyanka Chopra crowned Miss World at London and Lara Dutta crowned Miss Universe at Nicosia in Cyprus; Dia Mirza also won Miss Asia Pacific the same year.

The Miss World contest of 1996 was held at Bangalore, the first time the pageant came to India, and it is remembered as much for the protests and the court proceedings around it as for the contest itself; it became a standard example in debates on the commercialisation of beauty.

Nicole Faria won Miss Earth in 2010 and was the first and so far the only Indian to take that crown.

The first Miss Universe contest was held at Long Beach in California in 1952, organised by an American swimwear company that wanted to promote its products, and Armi Kuusela of Finland was crowned the first Miss Universe.

Beauty with a Purpose is the charitable arm and the motto of the Miss World organisation, introduced in the nineteen seventies, under which contestants present social projects in their own countries and the work counts in the judging.

Manushi Chhillar of Haryana won Miss World in 2017 at Sanya in China, bringing the title back to India after a gap of seventeen years since Priyanka Chopra's win in 2000.

In 1994 Sushmita Sen won Miss Universe at Manila and Aishwarya Rai won Miss World at Sun City in South Africa, the first time India held both crowns in a single year.

Eric Morley organised the first Miss World contest in the United Kingdom in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain, intending it as a single event; its success made it an annual pageant.

Sushmita Sen won Miss Universe in 1994 at Manila in the Philippines, the first Indian to take that crown, and in the same year Aishwarya Rai won Miss World, so 1994 is the year India held both titles.

Reita Faria won Miss World in 1966 and was the first Indian and indeed the first Asian woman to hold the title.

The opening batter came from Najafgarh on the outskirts of Delhi, and the title Nawab of Najafgarh was coined for him in play on the real royal title held by an earlier India captain; he is also called Multan ka Sultan for the triple century he scored at Multan.

The Spaniard's record on clay courts, above all at the French Open, earned him the name King of Clay, and he is also called Rafa.

The fast bowler comes from Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal, and her nickname joins that town to her pace, in the manner of the Payyoli Express and the Rawalpindi Express.

The Karnataka batter was called The Wall for the long innings with which he held up an end for India in Test cricket, and Jammy within his team.

Pele of Brazil, the only player to win three World Cups, was called Perola Negra, the Black Pearl, and also the King of Football.

The Pakistani fast bowler came from Rawalpindi and bowled some of the quickest deliveries ever recorded, which earned him the name Rawalpindi Express, built on the same pattern as the Payyoli Express and the Chakda Express.

The boxer from Manipur, a multiple world amateur champion and an Olympic medallist from the London Games of 2012, was called Magnificent Mary by the international boxing federation, and the name has stayed with her.

Dhyan Chand played centre forward in the Indian teams that won Olympic gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936, and his control of the ball was so complete that opponents suspected the stick itself.