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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. There are similarities between the seals found at Mohenjo-Daro and __________
    A)China
    B)Egypt
    C)Sumeria
    D)Afghanistan
    Answer: Sumeria
  • Q. Who gave the slogan DO OR DIE during the quit India movement in 1942?
    A)Subhash Chandra Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Bhagat Singh
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
    A)the Nandas were low-born
    B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
    C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
    D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
    Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
  • Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
    A)Charter Act of 1813
    B)Charter Act of 1793
    C)Charter Act of 1833
    D)Charter Act of 1853
    Answer: Charter Act of 1833
  • Q. The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mei hai ‘ was composed by
    A)Khudiram Bose
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Chandrasekhar Azad
    D)Ramprasad Bismil
    Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
  • Q. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding the age of Vedic Civilisation? I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, on astronomical grounds, dated Rig Veda to 6000 B.C. to Harmon Jacobi, Vedic civilization flourished between 4500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. and the Samhitas were composed in the latter half of the period. II. Famous Sanskritist, Winternitz felt that the Rig Veda was probably composed in the third millennium B.C.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Neither I nor II
  • Q. Jantar Mantar is in
    A)Assam
    B)Rajasthan
    C)Bihar
    D)Gujrat
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Ramananda
    C)Dadu
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
    A)George Washington
    B)Thomas Jefferson
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Benjamin Franklin
    Answer: Thomas Jefferson
  • Q. How many layers of Mohenjo-daro were found?
    A)7
    B)6
    C)8
    D)9
    Answer: 7
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Both I and III
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
    A)Bengal
    B)Kashmir
    C)Punjab
    D)Deccan
    Answer: Deccan
  • Q. Who advanced Russia’s boundary to the Black Sea?
    A)Elizabeth of Russia
    B)Catherine the Great
    C)Peter the Great
    D)Peter III of Russia
    Answer: Catherine the Great
  • Q. Who among the following was responsible for making “Sikhism’ a militant force?
    A)Guru Teg Bahadur
    B)Guru Har Govind Singh
    C)Guru Govind Singh
    D)Guru Arjun Singh
    Answer: Guru Har Govind Singh
  • Q. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
    A)1942
    B)1947
    C)1943
    D)1945
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. When was congress split?
    A)At Benares session in 1905
    B)At Surat session in 1907
    C)At Madras in1908
    D)At Lahore in1909
    Answer: At Surat session in 1907
  • Q. Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?
    A)Krishna Cult
    B)Kabirpanthi
    C)Nathpanthi
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Nathpanthi
  • Q. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
    A)Chota Nagpur
    B)Orissa
    C)Bijapur
    D)Golconda
    Answer: Golconda
  • Q. Where is Muslim mosque situated where a hair of pagamber Mohammad Sahed has been preserved
    A)Ahmedabad
    B)Ajmer
    C)Srinagar
    D)Mecca
    Answer: Srinagar
  • Q. Jyotiba Phule died On 28 November,__________
    A)1859
    B)1850
    C)1870
    D)1890
    Answer: 1890

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