This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > The First One – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The First One Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who of the following was the first Indian to write English verse? A) Kashi Prasad Ghosh. B) Hariharanand. C) Krishna Mohan Banerjee. D) Ramchandra Vidyavagish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kashi Prasad Ghosh. 2. Between which stations was the first railway line opened in India? A) Bombay to Thane. B) Calcutta to Jamshedpur. C) Bombay to Pune. D) Calcutta to Raniganj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay to Thane. 3. Which is first manmade port in the world. A) Quilon. B) Lothal. C) Muzris. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lothal. 4. In which of the following movements, did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of hunger strike as a weapon? A) Rowlatt Satyagraha. B) Ahmedabad Strike. C) Non-cooperation Movement. D) Bardoli Satyagraha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ahmedabad Strike. 5. Balwant Singh was the first Raja of A) Mewar. B) Jaisalmer. C) Banaras. D) Kanpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banaras. 6. The first Tarian war took place in A) 1193 A.D. B) 1195 A.D. C) 1191 A.D. D) 1197 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1191 A.D. 7. Who proclaimed the First Crusade? A) Alexios I Komnenos. B) Pope Urban II. C) Peter the Hermit. D) Pope Gregory VII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peter the Hermit. 8. The first Buddhist Council was held in the reign of A) Ajatashatru. B) Bimbisara. C) Ashoka. D) Kanishka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ajatashatru. 9. Which one of the following had for the first time accepted that British victory at Plassey was the victory of breach of faith? A) Lord Clive. B) Vansittort. C) Hector Munro. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 10. Who was the first President of the Indian Home Rule League established in April 1916? A) N.C. Kelkar. B) B.G. Tilak. C) Joseph Bapista. D) Annie Besant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joseph Bapista. 11. In which of the following periods did ring wells come into prevalence for the first time? A) Gupta. B) Kushan. C) Mauryan. D) Sunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gupta. 12. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India werethe A) Danish. B) Portuguese. C) French. D) Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dutch. 13. That Bhagavatism first grew up around the Yamuna in Mathura district is evident from the account of A) Arian. B) Justin. C) Megasthenese. D) Strabo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Megasthenese. 14. Which of the following ages the Homo Sapiens the human being for the first time appeared? A) In the middle Palaeolithic age. B) In the Mesolithic age. C) In the upper Palaeolithic age. D) In the lower Palaeolithic age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the Mesolithic age. 15. Where did British first open their facto-ries in Eastern part of India? A) Sikim. B) Bihar. C) Assam. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 16. Which is the first Harappan site to be excavated? A) Mohenjodaro. B) Harappa. C) Chanhudaro. D) Sutkagendor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappa. 17. Mesopotamian were the first to make A) Copper. B) Bronze items. C) Iron. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bronze items. 18. The Portuguese established their first business centre at A) Calicut. B) Goa. C) Surat. D) Cochin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calicut. 19. By whom, the first republic of the world was established in Vaishali? A) Gupta. B) Licchhavi. C) Maurya. D) Nand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Licchhavi. 20. The first serious blow inflicted by the English on India's handloom industry was A) Duty imposed on the looms. B) Infiltration of cash crops like indigo and opium in the cotton growing area. C) Compulsion of weavers to sell their goods on dictated prices. D) Shortage of cotton due to export of raw-cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compulsion of weavers to sell their goods on dictated prices. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesThe First One Quiz 1The First One Quiz 2The First One Quiz 3The First One Quiz 4The First One Quiz 5The First One Quiz 6The First One Quiz 7The First One Quiz 8The First One Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books