More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Who founded the Haryanka dynasty in Magadha ?
A)Ajatashatru
B)Udayabhadra
C)Bimbisara
D)None of Above
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. During the Sultanate period the highest category of peasants were:
A)Khud-kasht
B)The Khots and Muqaddams.
C)Pahi-kasht
D)Muzarian
Answer: The Khots and Muqaddams.
- Q. Who said “God knows man’s virtues and inquires not his caste, in the next world there is no caste?”
A)Guru Hari Krishan
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Kabir
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Kabir
- Q. Jayadeva, composer of the Gita Govinda adorned the court of Lakshmanasena who was the last Hindu ruler of:
A)Bihar
B)Oddisa
C)Bengal
D)Gujrat
Answer: Bengal
- 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 National Anthem was first sung in the year
A)1913
B)1911
C)1936
D)1935
Answer: 1911
- Q. When Alexander the great invaded India, the dynasty which was ruling over entire north India was :
A)Maurya Dynasty
B)Gupta Dynasty
C)Sakya Dynasty
D)Nanda Dynasty
Answer: Nanda Dynasty
- Q. The founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev was born in:
A)The year 1470
B)The year 1469
C)The year 1480
D)The year 1467
Answer: The year 1469
- Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
A)V. Smith
B)James Princep
C)R. K. Mehta
D)None of these
Answer: James Princep
- Q. The three great Chinese pilgrims who visited India in search of knowledge, manuscripts and relics between the fifth and seventh centuries A. D. are:
A)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and Meghasthanise
B)Meghasthanise, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
C)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
D)Fa-Hien, Meghasthanise, and I-Tsing
Answer: Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
- 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. Which period is referred as the Classical Age or Golden Age of Ancient India?
A)Maurya Period
B)Gupta Period
C)Satwahan Period
D)Sakya Period
Answer: Gupta Period
- Q. Dhamma which Ashoka the Great tried to instill as the governing principle and enforced in every sphere of life was :
A)A code for moral and virtuous life
B)A code for Economic and Judiciary
C)A code for religious reforms
D)None of Above
Answer: A code for moral and virtuous life
- Q. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq is credited with the foundation of the third city of Delhi known as:
A)Firozabad
B)Farukkhabad
C)Tughlaqabad
D)None of Above
Answer: Tughlaqabad
- Q. The two independent states which emerged in the south during Muhammad Bin Tuglaq’s reign (1325-51) were:
A)The Mysore Kingdom and Bahamani
B)The Vijayanagar and Bahamani
C)The Hydrabad Kingdom and Bahamani
D)The Mysore Kingdom and The Vijayanagar
Answer: The Vijayanagar and Bahamani
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Jana Gana Mana’ has been adopted as India’s National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were adopted?
A)The whole song
B)Only the first stanza
C)Third and Fourth stanza
D)First and Second stanza
Answer: Only the first stanza
- Q. The Buddihst sources like Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa describes Chandragupta Maurya as a scion of :
A)Haryankas
B)Sakyas
C)Puravas
D)Pandyut
Answer: Sakyas
- Q. The Arab scholar/astronomer who studied Sanskrit and Astronomy for a decade at Varanasi?
A)Saddat Khan
B)Alberuni
C)Daiva Alzajira
D)None of these
Answer: Alberuni
- Q. The Indian ruler who spoke directly to the people through his inscriptions was :
A)Chandragupt Maurya
B)Asoka the Great
C)Samundra Gupta
D)Akbar
Answer: Asoka the Great
- Q. In 1724 the state of Hyderabad was founded by :
A)Azim Jah Bahadur
B)Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
C)Osman Ali Khan
D)Qamaruddin Khan
Answer: Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
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