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Q. Who is the first European to reach New Zealand

A
James Cook
B
Abel Tasman
C
Willem Janszoon
D
Anthony van Diemen

Correct Answer

Abel Tasman

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Q. The Editor of ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan’ was
    A)Ambedkar
    B)Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Subhash Chandra bose
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Balban
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was
    A)the presence of a 'council of ministers'
    B)wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors
    C)the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
    D)an extensive network of spy-system
    Answer: the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
  • Q. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?
    A)Rangpur
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Sukatagendor
    D)Lothal
    Answer: Pataliputra
  • Q. A ‘Sabha’ in the Vedic period was a/an
    A)Royal Court
    B)Institution of professional men in villages
    C)Mantri Parishad
    D)National Assembly of all Citizens of the State.
    Answer: National Assembly of all Citizens of the State.
  • Q. In the famous Kakori Conspiracy Case (August 1925) which of the following revolutionaries was not hanged?
    A)Asafaqulla Khan
    B)Ram Prasad Bismil
    C)Snehlata
    D)Suhasini Sarkar
    Answer: Snehlata
  • Q. Under Shivaji’s rule, the head of a unit of 25 in the Cavalry was known as
    A)Havaldar
    B)Jumadar
    C)Faujdar
    D)Hazari
    Answer: Havaldar
  • Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
    B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
    C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
    D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
    Answer: Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
  • Q. Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of
    A)Lord Curzon
    B)Lord Lytton
    C)Lord Ripon
    D)Lord Hardinge-I
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. Which of the following is correctly matched?
    A)Regulating Act: 1773
    B)Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
    C)Pitt's India Act: 1761
    D)Treaty of Allahabad: 1784
    Answer: Regulating Act: 1773
  • Q. To whom is the introduction of Buddhism into China traditionally attributed?
    A)Samprati
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Vasubandhu
    D)Kashyapa Matanga
    Answer: Kashyapa Matanga
  • Q. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
    A)Governor-General
    B)Governor
    C)Parliament
    D)Crown
    Answer: Crown
  • Q. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
    A)1907
    B)1905
    C)1909
    D)1911
    Answer: 1907
  • Q. In Tamil Nadu, the movement started with __________ and __________
    A)The Vaisnava Alvars
    B)The Saiva Nayanars
    C)Nirguna Saints
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
    A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Shankaracharya
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. PIassey is located near
    A)Rajashahi in Bangladesh
    B)Murshidabad in West Bengal
    C)Calcutta
    D)Monghyr in Bihar
    Answer: Murshidabad in West Bengal
  • Q. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
    A)Minto-Morley Reforms
    B)Rowlatta Act
    C)Simon Commission
    D)Pitts India Act
    Answer: Simon Commission
  • Q. With which of the following was Annie Besant Associated?
    A)Arya Samaj
    B)Ramakrishna Mission
    C)ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
    D)Theosophical Society
    Answer: Theosophical Society
  • Q. The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of
    A)Abhinava Bharat
    B)Anusilan Samiti
    C)Abhinava Bharat Society
    D)Ghadar Party of India
    Answer: Anusilan Samiti

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