Q. Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893?

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related with the Kautilya’s Arthashastra? I. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on statecraft was written in Gupta Period. II. Arthashastra was written in the fourth century B.C. by Kautilya, from which it appeared a tradition of writing on and teaching of statecrafts because Kautilya acknowledges his debt to his predecessors in the field
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. Jahangir was born in the year
    A)1669
    B)1569
    C)1769
    D)1869
    Answer: 1569
  • Q. Who invented kerosene?
    A)Benjamin Silliman
    B)Abraham Pineo Gesner
    C)Edwin Drake
    D)John William Dawson
    Answer: Abraham Pineo Gesner
  • Q. Shivaji sacked __________ and secured a large booty
    A)Poona
    B)Bijapur
    C)Konkan
    D)Surat
    Answer: Surat
  • Q. Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the India National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red fort Trial towards the end of
    A)1944
    B)1943
    C)1945
    D)1946
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. Which type of pottery was most popular with the Later Vedic people?
    A)Black and Red Ware
    B)Black-slipped Ware
    C)Painted Grey Ware
    D)Red Ware
    Answer: Painted Grey Ware
  • Q. Sarojini Naidu was elected Congress President at :
    A)Bombay, 1934
    B)Haripura, 1938
    C)Madras Session, 1927
    D)Kanpur Session ,1925
    Answer: Kanpur Session ,1925
  • Q. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
    A)Young Indian Organization
    B)Bhinav Bharat
    C)Young India
    D)Indian National Congress
    Answer: Indian National Congress
  • Q. Name the oldest civilization
    A)Mesopotamian civlization
    B)Indus Valley civilization
    C)Egyptian civilization
    D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
    Answer: Mesopotamian civlization
  • Q. Which of all Harappan sites, has the most impressive drainage system?
    A)Banawali
    B)Harappa
    C)Dhaulavira
    D)Mohenjodaro
    Answer: Mohenjodaro
  • Q. The actual name of Dayanand Saraawati, the founder of the Arya Samaj was
    A)Mula Shankar
    B)Daya Shankar
    C)Virjanand
    D)Mool Chandra
    Answer: Mula Shankar
  • Q. Which of the following was the main part of Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?
    A)Passive resistance
    B)Organisation of secret societies
    C)Constitutional agitation
    D)Terrorism
    Answer: Passive resistance
  • Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
    A)1797
    B)1795
    C)1894
    D)1897
    Answer: 1897
  • Q. Babur was originally the ruler of
    A)Persia
    B)Kabul
    C)Fargana
    D)Khandahar
    Answer: Fargana
  • Q. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati was an important Hindu religious scholar, reformer, and founder of the __________
    A)Brahma Samaj
    B)Arya Samaj
    C)Ramakrishna Mission
    D)Theosophical society
    Answer: Arya Samaj
  • Q. Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the emperor/emperess of India?
    A)Tantia Tope
    B)Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
    C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    D)Faqir-ud-din
    Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of
    A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
    B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
    C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
    D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
    Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
  • Q. Who established Mahabalipuram?
    A)Pandya
    B)Pallava
    C)Chola
    D)Chalukya
    Answer: Pallava
  • Q. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of
    A)Curzon
    B)Ripon
    C)Hastings
    D)Dalhousie
    Answer: Curzon
  • Q. Shree Narayana Guru was a great socio-religious reformer of
    A)Tamil Nadu
    B)Kerala
    C)Andhra Pradesh
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Kerala

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