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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. Assertion (A): Akbar dispensed with the practice of keeping revenue records in the local languages, in addition to Persian. Reason (R): In Mughal lndia, Persian language and literature was well developed and widely in use.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
    A)Devanagiri
    B)Brahmi
    C)Gurmukhi
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Brahmi
  • Q. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz?
    A)IItutmish
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Balban
    D)Firuz Tughlaq
    Answer: Balban
  • Q. Name the language that was designated as the ‘Camp Language’ during the Medieval Period
    A)Pali
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Hindi
    D)Urdu
    Answer: Urdu
  • Q. Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under the president ship of __________
    A)Kadambini Ganguli
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Pherozeshah Mehta
    D)D.Ewacha
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. What was the main inspiration for establishing Theosophical Society?
    A)Women's education and their upliftment
    B)Tackling zamindars issue
    C)Propagate Indian thought and culture there by revival of ancient religions of Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism
    D)Work for depressed classes
    Answer: Propagate Indian thought and culture there by revival of ancient religions of Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism
  • Q. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization?
    A)2500 BC - 1700 BC
    B)2400 BC - 1700 BC
    C)2400 BC - 1750 BC
    D)2500 BC - 1750 BC
    Answer: 2500 BC - 1750 BC
  • Q. What was the number of Gandhars of Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
    A)114
    B)112
    C)116
    D)118
    Answer: 116
  • Q. Prior to the Indian Association Sisir Kumar Ghosh along with Sambhu Charan Mukherjee founded __________in Calcutta on 25 September 1875
    A)Indian National Congress
    B)The India League
    C)Madras Mahajana Sabha
    D)Bombay Presidency Association
    Answer: The India League
  • Q. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
    A)Magadha
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Kalinga
    D)Sarnath
    Answer: Pataliputra
  • Q. The majority of the moderate leaders of India’s freedom struggle may be traced to hail from
    A)Rural areas
    B)Bengal
    C)Urban areas
    D)Both rurals as well as urban parts
    Answer: Urban areas
  • Q. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?
    A)Bengal
    B)Elizabeth
    C)Red Dragon
    D)Mayflower
    Answer: Red Dragon
  • Q. I. Bengal Nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar in the Battle of Plassey, 1757. II. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-daula was made the Nawab of Bengal. III. The same person acted as the deputy Dewan on behalf of the East Indian Company and as Deputy Subedar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab. IV. In 1767, British Government ordered the East India Company to pay £400,000 per year. Which of these statement(s) is/are correct related to the Bengal Politics during the 18th century?
    A)I & III
    B)I & II
    C)II & IV
    D)III & IV
    Answer: III & IV
  • Q. Which Nazi Field Marshal is known as the ‘Desert Fox’
    A)Erwin Rommel
    B)Viktor Brack
    C)Hans Frank
    D)Hermann Goring
    Answer: Erwin Rommel
  • Q. Indian handicrafts rapidly declined due to
    A)growing craze for imported goods
    B)lack of patronage
    C)stiff competition from the machine-made goods of England
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
    A)Chandragupta - I
    B)Sri Gupta
    C)Ghatotkacha
    D)Kumaragupta - I
    Answer: Sri Gupta
  • Q. Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?
    A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
    B)MK Gandhi
    C)Dr Ambedkar
    D)C V Chintamani
    Answer: MK Gandhi
  • Q. United Nations was formed in the year
    A)1945
    B)1944
    C)1947
    D)1948
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. In 1848, an incident took place in his life that later sparked off the dalit-revolution in the Indian society. Jyotirao was invited to attend a wedding of one of his __________friends
    A)Christian
    B)Brahmin
    C)Pulaya
    D)Nayar
    Answer: Brahmin

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