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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. Sambaji plundered the Mughal territories in
    A)Gujarat
    B)Deccan
    C)Punjab
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Deccan
  • Q. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
    A)Educational Despatch, 1854
    B)Pitts India Act, 1784
    C)Macaulay Minute, 1835
    D)Regulating Act, 1773
    Answer: Macaulay Minute, 1835
  • Q. Muslim League was established in December
    A)1905
    B)1906
    C)1925
    D)1926
    Answer: 1906
  • Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?
    A)Kalasoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Ashoka
    D)Ananda
    Answer: Kalasoka
  • Q. The Third Buddhist Council was patronised by
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Mahakashyap Upali
    D)Sabakarni
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
    A)Jyotiba Phule
    B)M. G. Ranade
    C)Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Atmaram Panduranga
    Answer: Jyotiba Phule
  • Q. Which of the following Mughal King reign during the large scale famine in Gujarat and Deccan?
    A)Jahangir
    B)Aurangzeb
    C)Akbar
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Shahjahan
  • Q. The Rohelas helped the Afghan invaders in 1761 in the Battle of
    A)Plassey
    B)Bauxar
    C)Arcot
    D)Panipat
    Answer: Panipat
  • 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
  • Q. When was the first Ancient Greek Olympic Game begun
    A)552 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)800 BC
    D)235 BC
    Answer: 776 BC
  • Q. Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant?
    A)Indian Express
    B)The Hindu
    C)The Times of India
    D)New India
    Answer: New India
  • Q. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Satyagraha is not correct?
    A)It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all injustice, oppression and exploitation
    B)It denotes assertion of the power of the human soul against social, political and economic dominance
    C)It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
    D)Mahatma Gandhi's theory of Satayagraha was based on the acceptance of the concept of self-suffering
    Answer: It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
  • Q. When was Anglo-Zulu War fought?
    A)1898
    B)1879
    C)1899
    D)1900
    Answer: 1879
  • Q. I. The full name of Jahangir was Nuruddin Md. Jahangir II. Jahangir had ended a long drawn out struggle with Mewar III. Mahabat Khan revolted against Jahangir and captured Jahangir and his wife Nurjahan at Lahore Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. The pioneer of Indian communism was
    A)G.N Ganguly
    B)M.N. Roy
    C)P.C Chandra
    D)None of these
    Answer: M.N. Roy
  • Q. An interim cabinet headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress in :
    A)August 1943
    B)August 1940
    C)September 1946
    D)September 1942
    Answer: September 1946
  • Q. According to the Regulating Act, Directors were to be elected for a period of
    A)4 years
    B)5 years
    C)6 years
    D)3 years
    Answer: 4 years
  • Q. Which one of the following battles led to the foundation of the Mughal rule at Delhi?
    A)Second Battle of Panipat
    B)Third Battle of Panipat
    C)Battle of Haldighati
    D)First Battle of Panipat
    Answer: First Battle of Panipat
  • Q. Which of the following pair is incorrect?
    A)Indian Sociologist - Lala Har Dayal
    B)Comrade - Mohammed Ali
    C)Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Common Weal - Annie Besant
    Answer: Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Q. In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to
    A)practice, non-violence and non-injury to all living beings
    B)follow three jewels and five vows
    C)renounce the world and attain right knowledge
    D)believe in the Jains and absolute non-violence
    Answer: follow three jewels and five vows

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