More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The three dynasties which ruled over Vijayanagar were:
A)The Saluva, Tuluva and Satwahan
B)The Saluva, Haryak and Aravidu
C)The Satwahan, Haryak and Aravidu
D)The Saluva, Tuluva and Aravidu
Answer: The Saluva, Tuluva and Aravidu
- 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. The person who established the state of Awadh is :
A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
B)Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
C)Osman Ali Khan
D)Qamaruddin Khan
Answer: Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
- 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)Parsva Natha
D)Vardhamana Mahavira
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
- Q. The writer of Kitab-Ur-Rahela is :
A)Ibne-Batuta
B)Alberuni
C)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang
D)I - Tsing
Answer: Ibne-Batuta
- 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. The author of Tarikh-i-Mubaraks Shahi is :
A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
B)Abu Bakr Shah
C)Qutbuddin Aibak
D)Yahya Sirhindi
Answer: Yahya Sirhindi
- Q. The first Muslim ruler to impose the Jaziya on the Brahmins was :
A)Aurangzeb
B)Ghiyas ud din Balban
C)Aram Shah
D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- 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. Mughal emperor Akbar the great established Manasab system in the year:
A)AD 1555
B)AD 1550
C)AD 1560
D)AD 1575
Answer: E
- Q. The eastern most outpost of Indus Valley Civilization (Alamgirpur) was excavated by :
A)B.B. Lai
B)J. Joshi
C)Y. D. Sharma
D)S.R. Rao
Answer: Y. D. Sharma
- Q. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in:
A)1624
B)1524
C)1724
D)1824
Answer: 1724
- 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. 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 founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
A)Annie Besant
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Ajay Kumar Tyagi
D)None of these
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- 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 scared book of Buddhists is?
A)Veda
B)Upanishad
C)Tripitaka
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. The founder of the philosophy of Vedanta/Uttara-Mimansa was:
A)Badarayana
B)Narayana
C)Aryabhat
D)None of Above
Answer: Badarayana
- Q. The apex body in Indian Money market is:
A)Reserve Bank of India
B)Imperial Bank
C)Union Bank Of India
D)United bank Of India
Answer: Reserve Bank of India
- Q. Akbarnama and Ain-e-Akbari have been written by :
A)Akber
B)Abul Fazal
C)Rahim
D)Niggar Khan
Answer: Abul Fazal
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