More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The first Carnatic War between the French and the English took place between:
A)1546 and 1548
B)1646 and 1648
C)
D)1746 and 1748
Answer: 1746 and 1748
- Q. Mohiniattam dance form developed originally in which state?
A)Orissa
B)Tamil Nadu
C)
D)Karnataka
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Who attained Kaivalya (i.e., the supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain) at the age of 42 ?
A)Aristhanemia
B)Rishabhanath
C)
D)Vardhamana Mahavira
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
- Q. Which is the first Export Processing Zone declared as Free Trade Zone in India?
A)Kandla
B)Santacruz.
C)
D)Falta
Answer: Kandla
- Q. Ibn-e-Batuta was a traveler from :
A)Japan
B)China
C)
D)Portugal
Answer: Morocco
- 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)
D)First and Second stanza
Answer: Only the first stanza
- Q. Swami Vivekananda was born :
A)On January 12, 1863 in Calcutta.
B)On January 2, 1863 in Calcutta.
C)
D)On January 28, 1863 in Calcutta.
Answer: On January 12, 1863 in Calcutta.
- Q. Kathakali’ is a folk dance prevalent in which state?
A)Orissa
B)Karnataka
C)
D)Manipur
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was:
A)Durlabahaka
B)Lalitaditya Muktapida
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Durlabhvardhana
- Q. In Rig Vedic period, the type of marriage under which a widow could marry the younger brother of her deceased husband was known as:
A)Prajapatya
B)Niyoga
C)
D)Arsha
Answer: Niyoga
- Q. Huin-Tsang the Chinese traveler visited India during the reign of :
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Harshvaardhan’s reign
- Q. Kathak is a classical dance of
A)Tamilnadu
B)North India
C)
D)Kerala
Answer: North India
- Q. The National Song of India was composed by
A)Bankim Chandra Chatterji
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)
D)Jai Shankar Prasad
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterji
- Q. The two Jain Trithankars who find mention in Rig Veda are:
A)Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia
B)Rishabhanath and Mahavira
C)
D)Ajitnath and Mahavira
Answer: Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia
- Q. The Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah’s reign came to an end after he was:
A)Aziz-ud-Din
B)Sultan Ahmad III
C)
D)Wazir
Answer: Wazir
- Q. The three dynasties which ruled over Vijayanagar were:
A)The Saluva, Tuluva and Satwahan
B)The Saluva, Haryak and Aravidu
C)
D)The Saluva, Tuluva and Aravidu
Answer: The Saluva, Tuluva and Aravidu
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar divided his empire into :
A)Five Provinces (Subas)
B)Eight Provinces (Subas)
C)
D)Ten Provinces (Subas)
Answer: Twelve Provinces (Subas)
- Q. Who founded the Haryanka dynasty in Magadha ?
A)Ajatashatru
B)Udayabhadra
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. “Milind Panho” explaining the Buddhist doctrines in the form of a dialogue between Milind and his teacher Nagsena (the great Buddhist philosopher ) is in :
A)Pali Language
B)Sanskrit
C)
D)Santhali
Answer: Pali Language
- Q. Khajuraho temples were built by:
A)The Chandellas
B)The Panchalas
C)
D)Nandas
Answer: The Chandellas
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