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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. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
    A)Humayun
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Sher Shah Suri
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?
    A)Bimbisara
    B)Udayin
    C)Ajatshatru
    D)Mahapadma Nanda
    Answer: Bimbisara
  • Q. After reading Thomas Paine’s famous book __________Jyotirao was greatly influenced by his ideas
    A)Prince
    B)The Rights of Man
    C)Utopia
    D)Advaitha Deepika
    Answer: The Rights of Man
  • Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
    A)Poor
    B)Nobles
    C)Middle Class
    D)Foreign residents
    Answer: Poor
  • Q. Which of the following was common to both the Harappan society and the Rigvedic society?
    A)Female deities
    B)Horse
    C)Urban centres
    D)Iron implements
    Answer: Horse
  • Q. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
    A)Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
    B)Tarabai
    C)Peshwa Bajirao
    D)Shahu
    Answer: Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
  • Q. The theory of “natural rights” was propounded by
    A)Locke
    B)Hobbes
    C)Bentham
    D)Marx
    Answer: Locke
  • Q. In which year, New Zealand became the first country in world to grant women vote
    A)1893
    B)1887
    C)1898
    D)1905
    Answer: 1893
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
    A)Lord Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord William Bentic
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Name the temple in Combodia where scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharatha are depicted
    A)Kailashnath
    B)Borobudur
    C)Angkor Wat
    D)Brihadeshwara
    Answer: Angkor Wat
  • Q. The Akal Takht was built by
    A)Guru Teg Bahadur
    B)Guru Ramdas
    C)Guru Hargovind
    D)Guru Nanak
    Answer: Guru Hargovind
  • Q. Who had stated with regard to the formation and raison d’etre of the Indian National Congress, a safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action was urgently needed?
    A)M. A. Jinnah
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Annie Beasnt
    D)A. O. Hume
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. Narayana Guru started a Sanskrit school in __________
    A)Kottayam
    B)Varkala
    C)Mahi
    D)Calicut
    Answer: Varkala
  • Q. Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’
    A)Michelangelo
    B)Filippo Brunelleschi
    C)Vincent van Gogh
    D)Leonardo da Vinci
    Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
  • Q. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Red Fort
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Jantar Mantar
    Answer: Jantar Mantar
  • Q. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
    A)Rahim
    B)Tansen
    C)Kabir
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Kabir
  • Q. During the First World War, which country signed the Peace Treaty (1917) with Germany
    A)USA
    B)England
    C)Russia
    D)Austria
    Answer: Russia
  • Q. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
    D)Harsha
    Answer: Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
  • Q. During the Dandi March the song ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ had been sung by the renowned musician
    A)Onkar Nath Thakur
    B)Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
    C)Mallikarjun Mansur
    D)Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
    Answer: Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
  • Q. Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala aimed at which of the following
    A)Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class
    B)Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
    C)Allowing women to enter temple
    D)Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin family members and others to be devoid of it in order to preserve its purity
    Answer: Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads

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