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 statement (s) is/are not correct about Bhagavatism and Krishna Cult (Bhakti Cult)? I. Bhagavatism is a branch of Vaishnavism, where the devotees worship the various avatars of Lord Vishnu. II. The origin of Bhagavatism or Vaishnavism has been sought in the Upanishadic period because in the ‘Chandogya Upanishad’ Krishna is described as a disciple of the sage Ghora.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Neither I nor II
  • Q. Alexander was trained by
    A)Aristotle
    B)Socrates
    C)Plato
    D)Homer
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. When Babur invaded India in 1525, Humayun was the Governor of
    A)Fargana
    B)Kabul
    C)Badakhshan
    D)Herat
    Answer: Badakhshan
  • Q. Akbar had incorporated some principles of social reforms in the Din-i-illahi. Which of the following social reforms did not form part of Din-i- illahi?
    A)Prohibition of child marriage
    B)Remarriage of widows
    C)Monogamy
    D)Rejection of seclusion of women
    Answer: Rejection of seclusion of women
  • Q. The designation ‘amil’ during Akbar’s reign denoted a
    A)Retail trader
    B)Policeman
    C)Postman
    D)Revenue official
    Answer: Revenue official
  • Q. When was congress split?
    A)At Benares session in 1905
    B)At Surat session in 1907
    C)At Madras in1908
    D)At Lahore in1909
    Answer: At Surat session in 1907
  • Q. Which of the following writers did not have a profound influence on the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Thoreau
    B)Tolstoy
    C)Ruskin
    D)Marx
    Answer: Marx
  • Q. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded?
    A)1925
    B)1924
    C)1926
    D)1927
    Answer: 1927
  • Q. How many gandhara were in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
    A)85
    B)80
    C)90
    D)95
    Answer: 95
  • Q. At Jallianwala Bagh meeting __________ ordered the troops to open fire
    A)Irwin
    B)Benn
    C)Dyer
    D)Montagu
    Answer: Dyer
  • Q. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • Q. Who among the following was the pioneer of Yoga?
    A)Banabhatta
    B)Patanjali
    C)Atreya
    D)Vrudukanta
    Answer: Patanjali
  • Q. Babur came to India originally from
    A)Ferghana
    B)Khiva
    C)Khorasan
    D)Seistan
    Answer: Ferghana
  • Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
    A)1866
    B)1766
    C)1869
    D)1870
    Answer: 1866
  • Q. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
    A)Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
    B)Promote heavy industries in India
    C)More foodstuff in case of famine
    D)Enable Indians to move freely within the country
    Answer: Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
  • Q. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India movement call to the British was given in
    A)1941
    B)1943
    C)1942
    D)1940
    Answer: 1942
  • 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. __________ a notable disciple of Sree Narayana Guru introduced Guru’s visions and ideals to the western world
    A)Kumaranasan
    B)Nataraja Guru
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)K.Madhavan
    Answer: Nataraja Guru
  • Q. The medieval Indian literary work ‘Darbar-i- Akbari’ was written by
    A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
    B)Muhammad Hussain
    C)Abul Fazl
    D)Amir Khusrau
    Answer: Muhammad Hussain
  • Q. When did the first Huna invasion take place?
    A)458 AD
    B)358 AD
    C)558 AD
    D)658 AD
    Answer: 458 AD

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