More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The only Indus site where the remains of a horse have actually been found is:
A)Surkotada
B)Lothal
C)Kalibagan
D)Banawali
Answer: Surkotada
- Q. The most important republican state during the period of Buddha were :
A)The Vajjis
B)The Panchalas
C)The Kashis
D)The Magadhas
Answer: The Vajjis
- 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. Mahmud Ghazni invaded Gujatat and ravaged the temple of Somnath during the reign of:
A)Harihara
B)Varaha
C)Bhima 1
D)Narasimha
Answer: Bhima 1
- Q. Annie Besant arrived in India in:
A)1885
B)1878
C)1893
D)1900
Answer: 1893
- Q. The major towns namely Fatehabad, Hissar, Firozpur, Jaunpur and Firozabad were founded by :
A)Raziyat ud din Sultana
B)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C)Qutbuddin Aibak
D)Aram Shah
Answer: Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- Q. The scared book of Buddhists is?
A)Veda
B)Upanishad
C)Tripitaka
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. The Khajuraho temples were built under:
A)Pauravas Kings
B)Chandela Kings
C)Ikshvakus Kings
D)Haryanka Kings
Answer: Chandela Kings
- Q. Chanakya was the chief advisor of which ruler?
A)Harshvardhan
B)Ashok
C)Chandragupta Maurya
D)Kanishka
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. The Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah’s reign came to an end after he was:
A)Aziz-ud-Din
B)Sultan Ahmad III
C)De Singh
D)Wazir
Answer: Wazir
- Q. Which of the battles was fought between the Marathas on the one side and the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali on the other?
A)Second Battle of Panipat, 1556
B)First Battle of Panipat, 1526
C)Third Battle of Panipat 1761
D)None of Above
Answer: Third Battle of Panipat 1761
- Q. The writer of Rajatarangini is :
A)Kalhana
B)Banbhata
C)Abul Fazal
D)Tulsi Das
Answer: Kalhana
- Q. Balance of payment includes:
A)Only trade
B)Only Visible
C)The Visible and Invisible
D)Visible, invisible trade and debts
Answer: Visible, invisible trade and debts
- Q. Anektavada is a core a theory and Philosophy of which religion?
A)Jainism
B)Budhism
C)Islam
D)Hinduism
Answer: Jainism
- 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. The Ryatwari Settlement was primarily introduced by the British Government in ?
A)Jhansi
B)Calcutta
C)Awadh
D)Madras and Bombay
Answer: Madras and Bombay
- Q. The founder of the philosophy of Vedanta/Uttara-Mimansa was:
A)Badarayana
B)Narayana
C)Aryabhat
D)None of Above
Answer: Badarayana
- Q. Who was the in charge of Alauddin Khilji’s market control system ?
A)Shahan-e-Rajukas
B)Shahan-e-Sahi
C)Shahan-e-Mandi
D)Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi
Answer: Shahan-e-Mandi
- Q. Khan Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of:
A)Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation
B)Samaj Khidmatgar Organisation
C)Dharm Khidmatgar Organisation
D)Islam Khidmatgar Organisation
Answer: Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation
- Q. The most important Bahamani ruler was:
A)Mujahid Shah Bahmani
B)Firoz Shah Bahamani
C)Dawood Shah Bahmani
D)Mahmood Shah Bahmani I
Answer: Firoz Shah Bahamani
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