More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Which of the following Academies is responsible for fostering the development of dance, drama and music in India?
A)Sangeet Academy
B)National School of Drama
C)
D)Lalit Kala Academy
Answer: Sangeet Academy
- 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)
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. The scared book of Buddhists is?
A)Veda
B)Upanishad
C)
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. Who founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
A)Annie Besant
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)
D)None of these
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Shivaji divided his kingdom into:
A)Three Provinces
B)Two Provinces
C)
D)Five Provinces
Answer: Four Provinces
- Q. The Khajuraho temples were built under:
A)Pauravas Kings
B)Chandela Kings
C)
D)Haryanka Kings
Answer: Chandela Kings
- Q. The most important Bahamani ruler was:
A)Mujahid Shah Bahmani
B)Firoz Shah Bahamani
C)
D)Mahmood Shah Bahmani I
Answer: Firoz Shah Bahamani
- Q. The author of Tarikh-i-Mubaraks Shahi is :
A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
B)Abu Bakr Shah
C)
D)Yahya Sirhindi
Answer: Yahya Sirhindi
- Q. The Loyal Mohammadans of India was the newspaper brought out by :
A)Azim Jah Bahadur
B)Sayyid Ahmad Khan
C)
D)Azaam Khan
Answer: Sayyid Ahmad Khan
- Q. “Early History of India” in 1904 was written by :
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)J. Joshi
C)
D)None of these
Answer: V. A. Smith
- Q. The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was:
A)Durlabahaka
B)Lalitaditya Muktapida
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Durlabhvardhana
- Q. Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)J. Joshi
C)
D)Lala Lazpat Rai
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. The emergence of two independent state in the south namely the Vijaynagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) took place during the reign of:
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)
D)Alauddin Khilji
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
A)Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
B)Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
C)
D)Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
Answer: Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
- Q. The largest Indian site of Indus Valley Civilization was:
A)Kalibangan
B)Lothal
C)
D)Dholavira
Answer: Dholavira
- Q. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in:
A)1624
B)1524
C)
D)1824
Answer: 1724
- Q. Asoka the great appointed a class of officers vested with judicial power known as :
A)Rajukas
B)Dhamma
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Rajukas
- Q. The first Muslim ruler to impose the Jaziya on the Brahmins was :
A)Aurangzeb
B)Ghiyas ud din Balban
C)
D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- Q. The department named Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi related to agriculture was established by :
A)Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)
D)Allaudin Khilji
Answer: Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
- Q. Which Sikh Guru constituted Khalsa and introduced a new baptism ceremony requiring every Sikh to observe the five K’s “Kesh , Kirpan, Kachha, Kanghi and Kara”?
A)Guru Hari Krishan
B)Guru Govind Singh
C)
D)Guru Tegbhadur
Answer: Guru Govind Singh
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