More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya and Sambhogakaya are:
A)Jainism Concept
B)Buddhist Concepts.
C)Hinduism Concept
D)Sikhism Concept
Answer: Buddhist Concepts.
- Q. The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was:
A)Durlabahaka
B)Lalitaditya Muktapida
C)Durlabhvardhana
D)None of Above
Answer: Durlabhvardhana
- Q. Which is the first Export Processing Zone declared as Free Trade Zone in India?
A)Kandla
B)Santacruz.
C)Noida
D)Falta
Answer: Kandla
- Q. Who founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
A)Annie Besant
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Ajay Kumar Tyagi
D)None of these
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The Paleolithic Age in India is divided into three phases based on tools technology namely :
A)Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Post Paleolithic
B)Pre Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
C)Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
D)Normal Paleolithic, Odinary Paleolithic, Clever Paleolithic
Answer: Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
- Q. Which Mughal ruler did away the Jaziya tax ?
A)Jahndar Shah
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)Aurangzeb
D)Azim-us-Shan
Answer: E
- Q. Who founded the Haryanka dynasty in Magadha ?
A)Ajatashatru
B)Udayabhadra
C)Bimbisara
D)None of Above
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. As the evidence from Koldhiwa in the Belan Velly shows rice seems to have been domesticated in India by about :
A)5500 B.C
B)5000 B.C
C)6000 B.C
D)7000 B.C
Answer: 7000 B.C
- Q. The Puranas define the term Bharatavarsha as the country marked by seven main chains of mountains viz.:
A)Mahendra, Malaya, Nashukha, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
B)Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
C)Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Amalya, Vindhya and Pariyatra
D)Mahendra, Haruna, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
Answer: Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
- Q. The Sikh Khalsa was formed to instill a strong martial spirit in the Sikhs by:
A)Guru Hari Krishan
B)Guru Arjan
C)Guru Amar Das
D)Guru Gobind Singh
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
- Q. Which Sultan of Delhi established a separate agriculture department which planned rotation of crops?
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Mohammad Bin Tuglaq
C)Firoz Shah Tuglaq
D)None of these
Answer: Mohammad Bin Tuglaq
- Q. Asoka’s inscriptions have been found at Maski, Yerragudi and Chitaldurga, These are in
A)Karnataka
B)Kerala
C)Tamilnadu
D)Maharastra
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. The Ryatwari Settlement was primarily introduced by the British Government in ?
A)Jhansi
B)Calcutta
C)Awadh
D)Madras and Bombay
Answer: Madras and Bombay
- Q. Under Harshvardhan in the seventh century A. D. the centre of political gravity in north India shifted from Magadh to:
A)Vajji
B)Kashi
C)Mal
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. Among the four Vedas, which one is a collection of spells and charms?
A)The Atharvaveda
B)The Sama Veda
C)The Rig Veda
D)The Yajur Veda
Answer: The Atharvaveda
- Q. The Khajuraho temples were built under:
A)Pauravas Kings
B)Chandela Kings
C)Ikshvakus Kings
D)Haryanka Kings
Answer: Chandela Kings
- Q. Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babur to invade India was an uncle of:
A)Ibrahim Lodhi
B)Genghis Khan
C)Mirzā Muḥammad Haydar
D)Chagatai Khan
Answer: Ibrahim Lodhi
- Q. Who among the following is regarded as War-God in Rigveda?
A)Indra
B)Agni
C)Surya
D)Varuna
Answer: Indra
- Q. In Rig Vedic period, the basis of both social and political organization was :
A)The Smriti
B)The Samaj
C)The Sabha
D)The Kula (Family)
Answer: The Kula (Family)
- Q. The five branches of historical studies “Sarg (revolution of universe), Manvatantra (recurring of time), Vamsa (genealogical list of kings and sages ) and Vamsa Nucharita (life stories of some selected characters )” are the subject matter of:
A)Tripitakas
B)Veda
C)Panch Tantra
D)Puranas
Answer: Puranas
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