More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The Chief of Sukrchakiya Misl (a Sikh confederacy) was :
A)Maharaja Jagjeet Singh
B)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C)Maharaja Surjeet Singh
D)None of Above
Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Q. The Indus Valley (Harappan) civilization covered an area of :
A)About 12,50,000 sq km.
B)About 8,50,000 sq km.
C)About 9,50,000 sq km.
D)About 10,50,000 sq km.
Answer: About 12,50,000 sq km.
- 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 last Trithankara in Jain tradition is:
A)Aristhanemia
B)Rishabhanath
C)Vardhamana Mahavira
D)Ajitnath
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
- Q. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
A)Chandragupta II
B)Chandragupta I
C)Samundra Gupta
D)Kumargupta
Answer: Chandragupta I
- Q. The Founder of Sunga dynasty was:
A)Agnimitra
B)Pushyamitra Sunga
C)Pulindaka
D)Vajramitra
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. Who wrote the book The Wonder that was India?
A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
B)J. Joshi
C)R. K. Mehta
D)A. L. Bansal
Answer: A. L. Bansal
- Q. Natya – Shastra’ the main source of India’s classical dances was written by
A)Bharat Muni
B)Nara Muni
C)Abhinav Gupt
D)Tandu Muni
Answer: Bharat Muni
- Q. The Paleolithic Age in India is divided into three phases based on tools technology namely :
A)Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Post Paleolithic
B)Pre Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
C)Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
D)Normal Paleolithic, Odinary Paleolithic, Clever Paleolithic
Answer: Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
- Q. Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb died in:
A)1720 A.D.
B)1743 A.D.
C)1707 A.D.
D)1727 A.D.
Answer: 1707 A.D.
- Q. The first Carnatic War between the French and the English took place between:
A)1546 and 1548
B)1646 and 1648
C)1446 and 1448
D)1746 and 1748
Answer: 1746 and 1748
- Q. Lothal, Sutkagendor, Allahdino, Balakot and Kuntasi were the port cities of:
A)Eastern Civilization
B)Greek Civilization
C)Indus Valley Civilization
D)None of Above
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
- Q. “Early History of India” in 1904 was written by :
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)J. Joshi
C)V. A. Smith
D)None of these
Answer: V. A. Smith
- Q. Who founded the Haryanka dynasty in Magadha ?
A)Ajatashatru
B)Udayabhadra
C)Bimbisara
D)None of Above
Answer: Bimbisara
- 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 single biggest item of import to the Vijaynagar empire was:
A)Rice
B)Gold
C)Horses
D)Wheat
Answer: Horses
- Q. The unit of measurement of land in Maratha domination was:
A)Kanwa
B)Bigha
C)Ropani
D)Kathi
Answer: Kathi
- Q. Akbar the great Mughal Emperor proclaimed a new religion Din-e-Ilahi in:
A)1575
B)1565
C)1581
D)1583
Answer: 1581
- Q. The Vijayanagar Empire in the south came into existence in :
A)A. D. 1336
B)A. D. 1236
C)A. D. 1136
D)A. D. 1390
Answer: A. D. 1336
- Q. The five branches of historical studies “Sarg (revolution of universe), Manvatantra (recurring of time), Vamsa (genealogical list of kings and sages ) and Vamsa Nucharita (life stories of some selected characters )” are the subject matter of:
A)Tripitakas
B)Veda
C)Panch Tantra
D)Puranas
Answer: Puranas
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