More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Ahar culture, Kayatha culture, Malwa culture, Savalda culture, Jorwe culture, Prabhas culture, Rangpur culture are all :
A)Palaeolithic cultures
B)Mesolithic cultures
C)
D)None of these
Answer: The Chalcolithic cultures of Ancient India
- Q. The person who established the state of Awadh is :
A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
B)Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
C)
D)Qamaruddin Khan
Answer: Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
- Q. The Second Anglo- Maysore War took place between :
A)1680-84 A.D.
B)1780-84 A.D.
C)
D)1880-84 A.D.
Answer: 1780-84 A.D.
- Q. Who wrote the book The Wonder that was India?
A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
B)J. Joshi
C)
D)A. L. Bansal
Answer: A. L. Bansal
- Q. In which of the Vedas have magical charm and spells been described?
A)Sama Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)
D)Yajur Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
- Q. During the Sultanate period the highest category of peasants were:
A)Khud-kasht
B)The Khots and Muqaddams.
C)
D)Muzarian
Answer: The Khots and Muqaddams.
- Q. The major towns namely Fatehabad, Hissar, Firozpur, Jaunpur and Firozabad were founded by :
A)Raziyat ud din Sultana
B)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C)
D)Aram Shah
Answer: Firoz Shah 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. 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. The Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujrat for almost three and a half centuries between:
A)The year 990-1300 A. D.
B)The year 900-1300 A. D.
C)
D)The year 950-1300 A. D.
Answer: The year 950-1300 A. D.
- Q. The unit of measurement of land in Maratha domination was:
A)Kanwa
B)Bigha
C)
D)Kathi
Answer: Kathi
- Q. Khan Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of:
A)Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation
B)Samaj Khidmatgar Organisation
C)
D)Islam Khidmatgar Organisation
Answer: Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation
- 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. Who among the following is regarded as War-God in Rigveda?
A)Indra
B)Agni
C)
D)Varuna
Answer: Indra
- 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. The capital cities of Indus Valley Civilization were:
A)Kalibangan
B)Harappa and Mohenjodaro
C)
D)Lothal
Answer: Harappa and Mohenjodaro
- Q. During the Vedic period the grains were collectively called:
A)Yuva and Dhanya
B)Yuva and Ann
C)
D)Dhan and Dhanya
Answer: Yuva and Dhanya
- Q. Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb died in:
A)1720 A.D.
B)1743 A.D.
C)
D)1727 A.D.
Answer: 1707 A.D.
- Q. The eastern most outpost of Indus Valley Civilization (Alamgirpur) was excavated by :
A)B.B. Lai
B)J. Joshi
C)
D)S.R. Rao
Answer: Y. D. Sharma
- Q. Vedic literature Comprises literary productions namely
A)The Brahamans
B)The Samhitas of Vedas
C)
D)The Upanishads
Answer: E
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