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Q. Who invented kerosene?

A
Benjamin Silliman
B
Abraham Pineo Gesner
C
Edwin Drake
D
John William Dawson

Correct Answer

Abraham Pineo Gesner

More Questions on History

  • Q. The momentous decision to transfer the capital from Calcutta to Delhi, to annul the partition of Bengal and to abolish Indian indentured labour were taken during the Viceroyalty of Lord
    A)Minto
    B)Hardinge
    C)Chelmsford
    D)Reading
    Answer: Hardinge
  • Q. With whom is the slogan “Do or Die” associated?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • 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 among the following is the great Buddhist work consisting of dialogues between the Indo-Greek King Menander and the Buddhist philosopher Nagasena?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Milinda Panha
    C)Jataka
    D)Kumarasambhava
    Answer: Milinda Panha
  • Q. The National Emblem of Italy is
    A)White Eagle
    B)Eagle
    C)White Lily
    D)Lily
    Answer: White Lily
  • Q. In European history, which year is known as the year of revolution
    A)1765
    B)1732
    C)1848
    D)1896
    Answer: 1848
  • Q. In which year was the quit India movement launched?
    A)1940
    B)1930
    C)1942
    D)1947
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi’s assassination. “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?
    A)Nelson Mandela
    B)Bertrand Russel
    C)Albert Einstein
    D)Leo Tolstoy
    Answer: Albert Einstein
  • Q. Humayun was born in the year
    A)1608
    B)1508
    C)1708
    D)1808
    Answer: 1508
  • Q. In which year the Battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and Porus
    A)310 BC
    B)302 BC
    C)312 BC
    D)326 BC
    Answer: 326 BC
  • Q. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
    A)1931
    B)1935
    C)1929
    D)1932
    Answer: 1931
  • Q. Who defeated Hannibal at Battle of Zama?
    A)Scipio Aemilianus
    B)Cato the Elder
    C)Scipio Africanus
    D)Hasdrubal
    Answer: Scipio Africanus
  • Q. In 1875, Sir Syed founded the Madarsatul Uloom in __________
    A)Aligarh
    B)Delhi
    C)Bengal
    D)Agra
    Answer: Aligarh
  • Q. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as
    A)Trivarga
    B)Triratna
    C)Trisarga
    D)Trimurti
    Answer: Triratna
  • Q. Lord Mountbatten put forth the plan proposing the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan :
    A)On June 3, 1947
    B)On May 3, 1947
    C)On July 3, 1947
    D)On August 3, 1947
    Answer: On June 3, 1947
  • 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. Surdas was a disciple of which among the following saints?
    A)Guru Ramdas
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Nimbarkacharya
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. Ranthambhore Fort is in
    A)Orissa
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Rajasthan
    D)Sikkim
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. Who among the following had written down the ‘Ramcharita’?
    A)Chand Bardoi
    B)Sandhyakara Nandi
    C)Banabhatta
    D)Kalhana
    Answer: Sandhyakara Nandi
  • Q. Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?
    A)V D Savarkar
    B)Madan Lal Dhingra
    C)Lala Hardayal
    D)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma

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