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Q. Who discovered America?

A
Columbus
B
Vascoda Gama
C
Captain Cook
D
Amundsen

Correct Answer

Columbus

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following statements regarding Ahmadiya Movement is/are correct? I. Founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmed II. It described itself as standard bearer of Mohammedan Renaissance III. Based itself on the principles of Brahmo Samaj IV. Opposed jihad and worked for spreading western liberal education among Indian Muslims
    A)Only I and IV
    B)Only I and II
    C)Only I, II and IV
    D)All of the above are correct
    Answer: All of the above are correct
  • Q. Who among the following is known as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance”?
    A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Swami Vivekanand
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. The Vedic economy was based on
    A)crafts and industries
    B)trade and commerce
    C)agriculture and cattle rearing
    D)all the above
    Answer: agriculture and cattle rearing
  • Q. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
    A)Government of India Act, 1919
    B)Government of India Act, 1909
    C)Government of India Act, 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
  • Q. Which of the following songs was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart, that he wrote: ‘That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the ‘Bhagavad Gita’
    A)Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
    B)Hare Ram
    C)Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
    D)Ishwar Allah Tero Nam
    Answer: Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
  • Q. In order to study the position of education Indian constitutional commission was constituted in 1929 under the chairmanship of
    A)Phillip Reading
    B)Phillip Uartog
    C)Uartog Reading
    D)None of these
    Answer: Phillip Uartog
  • Q. As per ‘August Offer’ the British objective for India was __________
    A)Puma Swaraj
    B)Dominion Status
    C)Responsible Government
    D)Provincial Authority
    Answer: Dominion Status
  • Q. Marco-polo, a famous traveller, was native of which country?
    A)Italy
    B)Uzbekistan
    C)Morocco
    D)Russia
    Answer: Italy
  • Q. The Harappans did not know the use of
    A)Bronze
    B)Copper
    C)Gold
    D)Iron
    Answer: Iron
  • Q. Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?
    A)Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh
    B)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh
    C)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
    D)None of these
    Answer: Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
  • Q. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
    A)Satkari Datta
    B)Derozio
    C)Swami Vivekananda
    D)Sri Ramakrishna Parama Hamsar
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. Bijapur is known for its
    A)Gol Gumbaz
    B)Sever drought condition
    C)Heavy rainfall
    D)Statue of Gomateswara
    Answer: Gol Gumbaz
  • Q. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat had been given by the Mughal emperor
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. When did the Constitution of Australia come into force?
    A)1906
    B)1901
    C)1909
    D)1910
    Answer: 1901
  • Q. Who was the Congress President at the time when India become free?
    A)V. L. Pandit
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Sardar Patel
    D)J. B. Kripalani
    Answer: J. B. Kripalani
  • 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. Which ruler murdered his father, Bimbisara to ascend the throne?
    A)Ajatshatru
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Simukha
    Answer: Ajatshatru
  • Q. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Red Fort
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Jantar Mantar
    Answer: Jantar Mantar
  • Q. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutubuddin Aibak
    C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. Which of the following is related to Etymology?
    A)Kalpa
    B)Shiksha
    C)Nirukta
    D)Vyakaran
    Answer: Nirukta

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