More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in North India, literally means STORY TELLER?
A)Kuchipudi
B)Odissi
C)
D)Bharatnatyam
Answer: Kathak
- Q. Who founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
A)Annie Besant
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)
D)None of these
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- 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. Jayadeva, composer of the Gita Govinda adorned the court of Lakshmanasena who was the last Hindu ruler of:
A)Bihar
B)Oddisa
C)
D)Gujrat
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Who built Jama Masjid at Delhi?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shahjahan
- Q. Sher Shah Suri emerged the new ruler of India after defeating Humayun in:
A)1540
B)1450
C)
D)1650
Answer: 1540
- Q. Katyayanaprakarna is book on grammar of:
A)Pali Language
B)Sanskrit
C)
D)Telgu
Answer: Pali Language
- 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. 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. 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)
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Kabir
- Q. The first notable Paramara ruler in medieval period of India was:
A)Bhoja I
B)Sindhuraja
C)
D)Sindhuraja
Answer: Vakpati Munja
- Q. The founder of the philosophy of Vedanta/Uttara-Mimansa was:
A)Badarayana
B)Narayana
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Badarayana
- Q. The Dharm Chakra Pravatan mentioned in the Buddihst test is:
A)Birth of Buddha
B)Nirvana
C)
D)None of these
Answer: The first sermon delivered by Buddha at Sarnath
- Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
A)V. Smith
B)James Princep
C)
D)None of these
Answer: James Princep
- Q. The famous Dasrajan war (the battle of ten kings) was mutual struggle of Aryans, fought on the bank of:
A)Sindhu
B)Chenab
C)
D)None of these
Answer: Purushani (Ravi)
- Q. The dance encouraged and performance from the temple of Tanjore was
A)Odissi
B)Kathakali
C)
D)Bharatanatyam
Answer: Bharatanatyam
- Q. The capital cities of Indus Valley Civilization were:
A)Kalibangan
B)Harappa and Mohenjodaro
C)
D)Lothal
Answer: Harappa and Mohenjodaro
- Q. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
A)Garba
B)Nautanki
C)
D)Bhangra
Answer: Garba
- Q. Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
A)Kuchipudi
B)Ottan Thullal
C)
D)Odissi
Answer: Ottan Thullal
- Q. Mahabhasya – an outstanding work in the fields of grammar – is a composition by:
A)Ghosha
B)Ashwins
C)
D)Patanjali
Answer: Patanjali
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