More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
A)Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
B)Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
C)Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
D)Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
Answer: Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
- Q. The three dynasties which ruled over Vijayanagar were:
A)The Saluva, Tuluva and Satwahan
B)The Saluva, Haryak and Aravidu
C)The Satwahan, Haryak and Aravidu
D)The Saluva, Tuluva and Aravidu
Answer: The Saluva, Tuluva and Aravidu
- Q. Who attained Kaivalya (i.e., the supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain) at the age of 42 ?
A)Aristhanemia
B)Rishabhanath
C)Parsva Natha
D)Vardhamana Mahavira
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
- 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)It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
D)None of these
Answer: It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
- Q. Madhubani’, a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?
A)Rajasthan
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Bihar
Answer: Bihar
- Q. Which is the first Export Processing Zone declared as Free Trade Zone in India?
A)Kandla
B)Santacruz.
C)Noida
D)Falta
Answer: Kandla
- Q. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq is credited with the foundation of the third city of Delhi known as:
A)Firozabad
B)Farukkhabad
C)Tughlaqabad
D)None of Above
Answer: Tughlaqabad
- Q. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
A)Garba
B)Nautanki
C)Kathakali
D)Bhangra
Answer: Garba
- Q. During modern history Martanda Verma emerged as the strong ruler of:
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)Maharashtra
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The last ruler of Tughlaq dynasty was:
A)Nasir Uddin Mahmood
B)Alam Shah
C)Firoz Shah Tuglaq
D)Mahmood Shah
Answer: Nasir Uddin Mahmood
- Q. During the Vedic period the grains were collectively called:
A)Yuva and Dhanya
B)Yuva and Ann
C)Ann and Dhan
D)Dhan and Dhanya
Answer: Yuva and Dhanya
- Q. The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was:
A)Durlabahaka
B)Lalitaditya Muktapida
C)Durlabhvardhana
D)None of Above
Answer: Durlabhvardhana
- Q. Where did the Tebhaga peasant Movement occur in 1946?
A)Bengal
B)Odisha
C)Bihar
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Khajuraho temples were built by:
A)The Chandellas
B)The Panchalas
C)The Haryanks
D)Nandas
Answer: The Chandellas
- 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 first Muslim ruler to impose the Jaziya on the Brahmins was :
A)Aurangzeb
B)Ghiyas ud din Balban
C)Aram Shah
D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- 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 National Song of India was composed by
A)Bankim Chandra Chatterji
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Iqbal
D)Jai Shankar Prasad
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterji
- Q. Mahabhasya – an outstanding work in the fields of grammar – is a composition by:
A)Ghosha
B)Ashwins
C)Kakshivat
D)Patanjali
Answer: Patanjali
- Q. The first notable Paramara ruler in medieval period of India was:
A)Bhoja I
B)Sindhuraja
C)Vakpati Munja
D)Sindhuraja
Answer: Vakpati Munja
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