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Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?

A
Cathryn J. Prince
B
Benjamin Silliman
C
Edward Hitchcock
D
James Dwight Dana

Correct Answer

Benjamin Silliman

More Questions on History

  • Q. The demand for Swarajya or self- government within the British empire was made from the Congress platform by
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    C)Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)None of these
    Answer: Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi’s assassination. “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?
    A)Nelson Mandela
    B)Bertrand Russel
    C)Albert Einstein
    D)Leo Tolstoy
    Answer: Albert Einstein
  • Q. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?
    A)Jinnah
    B)Gandhi
    C)Mohammed Iqbal
    D)Patel
    Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
  • Q. What was the name of first Gandhar of Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
    A)Vipul
    B)Vajrnath
    C)Chandra Prabhu
    D)Vasu
    Answer: Vajrnath
  • Q. According to the provisions of the Regulating Act the Supreme Court in Bengal consisted of the Chief Justice and
    A)Two Judges
    B)Five Judges
    C)Six Judges
    D)Three Judges
    Answer: Three Judges
  • Q. Who founded Abhinav Bharat ?
    A)Arbindo Ghosh
    B)V.D.Savarkar
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)None of these
    Answer: V.D.Savarkar
  • Q. Two great socio-religious reformers of the 19th century who provided inspiration to the Indian National Movement were
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendra Nath Tagore
    B)Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
    C)MG Ranade and DK Karve
    D)Keshab Chandra Sen and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    Answer: Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
  • Q. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
    A)Badruddin Tyabji
    B)Annie Besant
    C)George Yule
    D)Sir William Wedderburn
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The Indian National Congress had adopted the famous Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution at its session held at
    A)Allahabad
    B)Karachi
    C)Lahore
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Lahore
  • Q. Which one of the following dynasties was ruling at the time of Alexander’s invasion?
    A)The Maurya
    B)The Nanda
    C)The Sunga
    D)The Kanva
    Answer: The Nanda
  • Q. Which of the following Mughal ruler who tried to create affinity between Sikh and Maratha by granted the right to collect Sardesh Mukhi of Deccan but not Chauth to the Marathas?
    A)Muazzam
    B)Jahander Shah
    C)Akbar
    D)Farukhsiyar
    Answer: Muazzam
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct?
    A)Brahmo Sabha forbade idol-worship and discarded meaningless rites and rituals
    B)Rajaram Mohan Rai set up Brahmo Sabha in 1828
    C)Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
    D)Sati Pratha was abolished in 1829
    Answer: Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
  • Q. Who is the founder of the concept “Sarvodaya”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Vinobha Bhave
    C)Jai Prakash Narayan
    D)K. G. Mushroowala
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge” – this was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by
    A)C Raja Gopalchari
    B)Dr. B R Ambedkar
    C)Jawaharlal Neheru
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Jawaharlal Neheru
  • Q. Who was the second President of America
    A)Andrew Jackson
    B)Thomas Jefferson
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)John Adams
    Answer: John Adams
  • Q. Under the Mughals the cotton goods were exported to
    A)Sumatra
    B)Africa
    C)Japan
    D)England
    Answer: Africa
  • Q. The British colonial policies in India proved most ruinous for Indian
    A)trade
    B)agriculture
    C)industry
    D)handicrafts
    Answer: handicrafts
  • Q. The Delhi General who successfully adavanced up to Madurai was
    A)Muhammad Ghori
    B)Khizr Khan
    C)Malik Kafur
    D)Muharnmad-bin-Tughlaq
    Answer: Malik Kafur
  • Q. The two colossal images of the Buddha at Bamiyan are an instance of the __________ art?
    A)Maurya
    B)Early Mathura
    C)Gupta
    D)Gandhara
    Answer: Gupta
  • Q. The only Hindu Courtier of Akbar who accepted Din-i-Ilahi was
    A)Birbal
    B)Todermal
    C)Tansen
    D)Man Singh
    Answer: Birbal

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