Q. When did Alexander the Great die?

Correct Answer

323 BC

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  • Q. The writers of the East India Company had their training in the college at __________ in England
    A)Manchester
    B)London
    C)Liverpool
    D)Haileybury
    Answer: Haileybury
  • Q. The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Satyendra Nath Tagore
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)C. R. Das
    Answer: Satyendra Nath Tagore
  • Q. All the early Mughal Emperors except __________ were great builders
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Bengal British India Society founded in Calcutta on 20 April 1843, was the __________ political public association to be formed in British India, the first being the zamindari association (1837)
    A)Second
    B)First
    C)Third
    D)Fourth
    Answer: Second
  • Q. Vardhamana Mahavira is also known as
    A)Great teacher
    B)Jina
    C)Great preacher
    D)Jain
    Answer: Jina
  • Q. Which of the following Gupta kings stopped the Huns from invading India?
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Kumaragupta
    C)Skandgupta
    D)Chandragupta
    Answer: Skandgupta
  • Q. Which of the following pairs of persons are correctly matched? I. Chandragupta-II : Fa-Hien II. Skandagupta: I-tsing III. Harsha: Hiuen Tsang
    A)I, II and III
    B)I and II
    C)I and III
    D)II and III
    Answer: I and III
  • Q. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
    A)Shivaji
    B)Shaji Bhonsle
    C)Sambaji
    D)Shahu
    Answer: Sambaji
  • Q. Which of the following ideas propagated through Ramakrishna Mission? I. Social and religious reform II. Women education III. Doctrine of service IV. Service of jiva and worship of Shiva
    A)II, III and IV
    B)Both I and II
    C)III and IV
    D)I, III and IV
    Answer: I, III and IV
  • Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of
    A)Ram Krishna Mission
    B)Arya Samaj
    C)Brahmo Samaj
    D)Prathna Samaj
    Answer: Brahmo Samaj
  • Q. Shivaji maintained a fleet at
    A)Calicut
    B)Surat
    C)Bombay
    D)Kolaba
    Answer: Kolaba
  • Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? According to Pitt’s India Act the Board of Control would consist of
    A)Secretary of State for India
    B)The Chancellor of the Exchequer
    C)Four Privy Councillors
    D)The Governor-General
    Answer: The Governor-General
  • Q. Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of
    A)Pune
    B)Chittor
    C)Purandar
    D)Torna
    Answer: Purandar
  • Q. The llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians
    A)Lord Ripon
    B)Lytton
    C)Queen Elizabeth
    D)Queen Anne
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
    A)Cathryn J. Prince
    B)Benjamin Silliman
    C)Edward Hitchcock
    D)James Dwight Dana
    Answer: Benjamin Silliman
  • Q. The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of
    A)the pact between the Congress and Muslim League
    B)unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress
    C)both A and B above
    D)the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
    Answer: both A and B above
  • Q. The Queen Victoria assumed the title of the Empress of India in 1876 by :
    A)Indian Sabha
    B)British parliament
    C)Singaporian Parliament
    D)None of these
    Answer: British parliament
  • 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. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
    A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    B)Allauddin Khalji
    C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
    D)Muhamad bin Quasim
    Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
  • Q. Who was the 1st President of South Africa after apartheid?
    A)Nelson Mandela
    B)Zuma
    C)Kofi Annan
    D)Booker T. Washington
    Answer: Nelson Mandela

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