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Q. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?

A
Bengal
B
Elizabeth
C
Red Dragon
D
Mayflower

Correct Answer

Red Dragon

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who is the author of “The History of the World-Conquerer”?
    A)Clifford Edmund Bosworth
    B)Annemarie Schimmel
    C)Gustaf John Ramstedt
    D)John Andrew Boyle
    Answer: John Andrew Boyle
  • Q. Under the Mughal rule the main occupation of the people was
    A)Agriculture
    B)Sea faring
    C)Working in mines
    D)Service in the army
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by
    A)Menander
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the NorthWest Frontier Province (NWFP) for
    A)establishing separate Pakhtoonistan
    B)countering the communal propaganda of the Muslim League
    C)social and religious reforms
    D)All the above
    Answer: social and religious reforms
  • Q. The Bhoodan Movement had been started by
    A)Acharya Kripalani
    B)M K Gandhi
    C)Jayaprakash Narayan
    D)Vinoba Bhave
    Answer: Vinoba Bhave
  • Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
    A)Sutta Pitaka
    B)Vinaya Pitaka
    C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
    D)All the three Pitakas
    Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
  • Q. The first truly revolutionary organisation in Bengal was
    A)Yugantar
    B)Anusilan Samiti
    C)Abhinava Bharata
    D)Abhinava Bharat Society
    Answer: Anusilan Samiti
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about the Muslim League?
    A)It was established in Calcutta in 1906
    B)It was established by the Nawab Salimullah
    C)The league supported the partition on Bengal
    D)The league opposed the Swadeshi movement
    Answer: It was established in Calcutta in 1906
  • Q. In which year did Chicago and some other cities of USA witness protest by the labour unions which culminated in police firing which lead to the decision to observe May 01 as Labour Day
    A)1866
    B)1863
    C)1868
    D)1886
    Answer: 1886
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not true about “Doctrine of Lapse”?
    A)It was in operations between 1848 and 1856
    B)It was started by Lord Dalhousie
    C)Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
    D)Satara, jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
    Answer: Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
  • Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
    A)Subhas Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act introduced the diarchy system in the provinces of India?
    A)Government of India Act, 1919
    B)Government of India Act, 1909
    C)Government of India Act, 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: Government of India Act, 1919
  • Q. Study of inscription is called
    A)Numismatic
    B)Archaeology
    C)Epigraphy
    D)Palaeography
    Answer: Epigraphy
  • Q. Which of the following is not correct about Arya Samaj?
    A)It was founded in 1875
    B)The Arya Samajists opposed child marriages and encouraged remarriage of widows
    C)Its main motive was to promote faith in one God
    D)None of the above is correct
    Answer: The Arya Samajists opposed child marriages and encouraged remarriage of widows
  • Q. The Sikh Guru who fought in the Mughal ranks during the reign of Aurangzeb was
    A)Har Rai
    B)Tegh Bahadur
    C)Amar Das
    D)Angad
    Answer: Tegh Bahadur
  • Q. Gautama Buddha was brought up by
    A)Mayadevi
    B)Mahaprajapati
    C)Kundavi
    D)Sangamitra
    Answer: Mahaprajapati
  • Q. Name the Greek Ambassador at the Mauryan Court ?
    A)Megasthanese
    B)Alexander
    C)Plato
    D)Aristotle
    Answer: Megasthanese
  • Q. Who established the ‘Sharda Sadan’, a school for Indian Widows in colonial India?
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Mahadev Govind Ranade
    C)Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Pandita Ramabai
    Answer: Pandita Ramabai
  • Q. The first statue of the Guru was conceived by __________
    A)Tavaroli
    B)Moorkoth Kumaran
    C)Bodhananda Swamikal
    D)Gokahale
    Answer: Moorkoth Kumaran
  • Q. Which of the following are the four Agnikula classes of Rajputs?
    A)Chandellas, Tornars, Solankis, Chauhans
    B)Tomars, Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars
    C)Chandellas, Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars
    D)Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars, Solankis
    Answer: Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars, Solankis

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