More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Natya – Shastra’ the main source of India’s classical dances was written by
A)Bharat Muni
B)Nara Muni
C)Abhinav Gupt
D)Tandu Muni
Answer: Bharat Muni
- Q. Which of the battles was fought between the Marathas on the one side and the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali on the other?
A)Second Battle of Panipat, 1556
B)First Battle of Panipat, 1526
C)Third Battle of Panipat 1761
D)None of Above
Answer: Third Battle of Panipat 1761
- 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. Originally the followers of Mahavira were designated as:
A)Sugranthas
B)Nirgranthas.
C)Yogaranthas
D)None of these
Answer: Nirgranthas.
- Q. Which Delhi Sultan levied the irrigation tax on the farmers for the first time ?
A)Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III
B)Abu Bakr Shah
C)Sultan Firoz Tuglaq
D)Nusrat Shah
Answer: Sultan Firoz Tuglaq
- 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. Dadra and Nagar Haveli was liberated from Portuguese rule in :
A)1947
B)1935
C)1950
D)1954
Answer: 1954
- Q. Anektavada is a core a theory and Philosophy of which religion?
A)Jainism
B)Budhism
C)Islam
D)Hinduism
Answer: Jainism
- 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 Ramkrishna Mission in 1896?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Ram Kisna Paramhans
C)Ravibindra Nath Tagore
D)Devendra Nath Tagore
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Dhamma as propounded by Ashoka the great is not a religion but:
A)Message of religion
B)A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
C)Unavoidable Order of king
D)None of Above
Answer: A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
- Q. The roads of cities in the Indus Valley Civilization generally divided the city into :
A)Circular Blocks
B)Rectangular Blocks
C)Triangular Blocks
D)None of Above
Answer: Rectangular Blocks
- Q. During modern history Martanda Verma emerged as the strong ruler of:
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)Maharashtra
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
A)Chandragupta II
B)Chandragupta I
C)Samundra Gupta
D)Kumargupta
Answer: Chandragupta I
- Q. Who was the founder of independent kingdom of Gujatat?
A)Zafar Khan
B)Muhammad Shah I
C)Ahmad Shah I
D)Mahmud Begada
Answer: Zafar Khan
- Q. The last Trithankara in Jain tradition is:
A)Aristhanemia
B)Rishabhanath
C)Vardhamana Mahavira
D)Ajitnath
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
- Q. Who was the commander of revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand?
A)Luxmi Bai
B)Ahmadullah
C)Kuwar Singh
D)Bhadur Shah Jafar
Answer: Ahmadullah
- Q. The biography of Harshvardhan-Harsh-Charita was written by :
A)Yogeswar Dutta
B)Harshvardhan
C)Abul Fazal
D)Banabhatta
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. Shivaji divided his kingdom into:
A)Three Provinces
B)Two Provinces
C)Four Provinces
D)Five Provinces
Answer: Four Provinces
- Q. “Early History of India” in 1904 was written by :
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)J. Joshi
C)V. A. Smith
D)None of these
Answer: V. A. Smith
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