More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The Satnami sect in India was founded in:
A)The year 1600
B)The year 1457
C)
D)The year 1657
Answer: The year 1657
- Q. Tipu Sultan was the Sultan (ruler) of Mysore from:
A)1782 to 1799
B)1782 to 1805
C)
D)1782 to 1790
Answer: 1782 to 1799
- Q. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in:
A)1624
B)1524
C)
D)1824
Answer: 1724
- Q. Vedic Literature includes:
A)The Brahmanas
B)The Vedas
C)
D)The Upanishads.
Answer: E
- Q. The founder of the philosophy of Vedanta/Uttara-Mimansa was:
A)Badarayana
B)Narayana
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Badarayana
- Q. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation was adopted at a special session (September 1920) held at:
A)Bombay
B)Lahore
C)
D)Calcutta
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Mahabhasya has been written by:
A)Patanjali
B)Pāṇini
C)
D)None of these
Answer: Patanjali
- Q. During the Indian Freedom Struggle why did Rowlatt Act passed in 1919 arouse popular indignation?
A)To Kill the Punjab the protest movement.
B)To Kill Home Rule Movement
C)
D)None of these
Answer: It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
- Q. Who were called Barids in medieval period?
A)Jamindaars
B)The spy reporters
C)
D)Paidal Sainik
Answer: The spy reporters
- Q. Of the ancient six philosophical systems of ancient India, which is the oldest one?
A)Vedanta
B)Yoga
C)
D)Samkhya
Answer: Samkhya
- 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. Who was the founder of independent kingdom of Gujatat?
A)Zafar Khan
B)Muhammad Shah I
C)
D)Mahmud Begada
Answer: Zafar Khan
- Q. The Buddihst sources like Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa describes Chandragupta Maurya as a scion of :
A)Haryankas
B)Sakyas
C)
D)Pandyut
Answer: Sakyas
- Q. Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
A)Kuchipudi
B)Ottan Thullal
C)
D)Odissi
Answer: Ottan Thullal
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘Early History of India’ in 1904?
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)V.A. Smith.
C)
D)None of these
Answer: V.A. Smith.
- Q. The Indian ruler who spoke directly to the people through his inscriptions was :
A)Chandragupt Maurya
B)Asoka the Great
C)
D)Akbar
Answer: Asoka the Great
- Q. Anektavada is a core a theory and Philosophy of which religion?
A)Jainism
B)Budhism
C)
D)Hinduism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. The first notable Paramara ruler in medieval period of India was:
A)Bhoja I
B)Sindhuraja
C)
D)Sindhuraja
Answer: Vakpati Munja
- Q. Kalchakra ceremony is associated with which of the following ceremonies?
A)Buddhism
B)Hinduism
C)
D)Islam
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. Who founded Ramkrishna Mission in 1896?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Ram Kisna Paramhans
C)
D)Devendra Nath Tagore
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
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