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Q. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?

A
William Wedderburn
B
George Yule
C
A. O. Hume
D
Henry Cotton

Correct Answer

George Yule

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
    A)Lord Reading
    B)Lord Chelmsford
    C)Lord Irwin
    D)Lord Wavell
    Answer: Lord Irwin
  • Q. Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy’s Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:
    A)1942
    B)1935
    C)1945
    D)1943
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in
    A)1914
    B)1913
    C)1915
    D)1916
    Answer: 1913
  • Q. Potato was introduced to Europe by
    A)Germans
    B)Portuguese
    C)Spanish
    D)Dutch
    Answer: Spanish
  • Q. Which one of the following places has yielded earliest Stupa railing?
    A)Bharhut
    B)Sanchi
    C)Amaravati
    D)Nagarjunkondas
    Answer: Sanchi
  • Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
    A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
    B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
    C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
    D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
    Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
  • Q. The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year __________
    A)1584
    B)1484
    C)1684
    D)1784
    Answer: 1784
  • Q. Tolkappiyam is associated with the
    A)second Sangam period
    B)first Sangam period
    C)third Sangam period
    D)post-third Sangam period
    Answer: second Sangam period
  • Q. “Din-i-Ilahi” was the new religion started by
    A)Jahangir
    B)Humayun
    C)Akbar
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?
    A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
    B)MK Gandhi
    C)Dr Ambedkar
    D)C V Chintamani
    Answer: MK Gandhi
  • Q. Which of the following countries is regarded as the home of ‘Fabian Socialism’?
    A)England
    B)Russia
    C)France
    D)Italy
    Answer: England
  • Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
    A)1797
    B)1795
    C)1894
    D)1897
    Answer: 1897
  • Q. Assertion (A): On 25th April, 1809, the Treaty of Amritsar was signed between Ranjit Singh and East India Company. Reason (R): Ranjit Singh wanted to increase the realm of his empire with the help of the company
    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: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by
    A)Akbar
    B)Sher Shah
    C)Humayun
    D)Bhadur Shah
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. The guerilla warfare was pioneered by
    A)Akbar
    B)Aurangzeb
    C)Shivaji
    D)Balaji Rao
    Answer: Shivaji
  • Q. The remains of the Great Vijayanagar Empire can be found in
    A)Golconda
    B)Bijapur
    C)Hampi
    D)Baroda
    Answer: Hampi
  • Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
    A)1857
    B)1818
    C)1858
    D)1819
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
    A)Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki
    B)Baba Farid
    C)Moinuddin Chisti
    D)Khwaja Bahuddin
    Answer: Moinuddin Chisti
  • Q. The Indus Valley Civilization has been assigned the period 2500-1800 BC on the basis of
    A)Markings on seals
    B)Mystical insight by modern seers
    C)Radio carbon dating
    D)Travellers written accounts
    Answer: Radio carbon dating
  • Q. Who was the author of famous Persian series of 52 stories Tutinama?
    A)Amir Khusrau
    B)Nakhshabi
    C)Abul Fazl
    D)Hasan Nizami
    Answer: Nakhshabi

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