Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?

Correct Answer

J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
    A)Government of India Act of 1935
    B)Rowlatt Act of 1919
    C)Indian Council Act of 1909
    D)Government of India Act of 1919
    Answer: Rowlatt Act of 1919
  • Q. Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army in :
    A)1935
    B)1932
    C)1943
    D)1945
    Answer: 1943
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir. I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers. II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: I only
  • Q. The landmarks or Dalhousie’s administration did not include
    A)English as the medium of instruction
    B)Indian Railways
    C)Public works department
    D)Telegraph
    Answer: English as the medium of instruction
  • Q. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
    A)The Government of India act, 1919
    B)The Government of India act 1913
    C)The Government of India act 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Government of India act, 1919
  • Q. The Charter Act of 1813 left intact the Company’s monopoly of __________ trade
    A)Jawa
    B)China
    C)Ceylon
    D)Japan
    Answer: China
  • Q. The great exponent of Mahayana Buddhism was
    A)Vasubandhu
    B)Ashvaghosa
    C)Nagarjuna
    D)Nagasena
    Answer: Nagarjuna
  • Q. What according to Communism is the chief enemy of the society?
    A)Religion
    B)Private property
    C)Surplus value
    D)Capitalist class
    Answer: Capitalist class
  • Q. Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
    A)Delhi
    B)Paris
    C)London
    D)Aix-la-Chapelle
    Answer: Aix-la-Chapelle
  • Q. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    C)Basant Kumar Biswas
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. Which of the following is not one of the reasons why Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of Nation?
    A)Starting with opposition to the Rowlatt Acts, till the Quit India Movement he was the supreme leader and the main spirit behind the national movement
    B)He was universally adored, admired and respected by all castes, communities and classes
    C)His social political, economic and religious ideologies were based on Indian values with a very strong moral and ethical content
    D)He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
    Answer: He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
  • Q. Madame HP Blavatsky had laid the foundation of the Theosophical Society in the year
    A)1864
    B)1853
    C)1875
    D)1886
    Answer: 1875
  • Q. In the absence of Gandhi, the Quit India Movement had been led by
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Aruna Asaf Ali
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
  • Q. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in __________ analysed the nature of the British rule in India
    A)1901
    B)1898
    C)1908
    D)1946
    Answer: 1901
  • Q. __________in his book ‘Economic history of India’ wrote ‘If India is poor today it is through the operation of economic causes’
    A)R. C. Dutt
    B)Dadhabai Naoroji
    C)Ranade
    D)R. P. Datt
    Answer: R. C. Dutt
  • Q. Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
    A)Devanagiri
    B)Brahmi
    C)Gurmukhi
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Brahmi
  • Q. The Peloponnesian War was fought between which cities?
    A)Carthage and Athens
    B)Athens and Macedonia
    C)Sparta and Carthage
    D)Sparta and Athens
    Answer: Sparta and Athens
  • Q. Who is known as the founder of the Rome city in 753 BC
    A)Augustus
    B)Julius Caesar
    C)Romulus and Remus
    D)Camillus
    Answer: Romulus and Remus
  • Q. Sir Saiyad breathed his last on Sunday, 27th March__________
    A)1898
    B)1878
    C)1901
    D)1906
    Answer: 1898
  • Q. In which of the following Satyagraha campaigns, Mahatma Gandhi did not participate directly?
    A)Non-Cooperation Movement
    B)Rajkot Satyagraha
    C)Kheda Satyagraha
    D)Vaikom Satyagraha
    Answer: Rajkot Satyagraha

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