More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Who were called Barids in medieval period?
A)Jamindaars
B)The spy reporters
C)Ghudswar
D)Paidal Sainik
Answer: The spy reporters
- Q. Which ruler of Sultanate period was also known as lakh bakhsh (giver of lakhs) ?
A)Nasir ud din Mahmud
B)Aram Shah
C)Ala ud din Masud
D)Qutb- ub-din-Aibak
Answer: Qutb- ub-din-Aibak
- Q. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity
A)Jaganath
B)Ram
C)Shiva
D)Vishnu
Answer: Jaganath
- Q. Who among the following is regarded as War-God in Rigveda?
A)Indra
B)Agni
C)Surya
D)Varuna
Answer: Indra
- Q. Akbarnama and Ain-e-Akbari have been written by :
A)Akber
B)Abul Fazal
C)Rahim
D)Niggar Khan
Answer: Abul Fazal
- Q. The writer of Kitab-Ur-Rahela is :
A)Ibne-Batuta
B)Alberuni
C)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang
D)I - Tsing
Answer: Ibne-Batuta
- Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
A)V. Smith
B)James Princep
C)R. K. Mehta
D)None of these
Answer: James Princep
- Q. The eastern most outpost of Indus Valley Civilization (Alamgirpur) was excavated by :
A)B.B. Lai
B)J. Joshi
C)Y. D. Sharma
D)S.R. Rao
Answer: Y. D. Sharma
- 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. Which Delhi Sultan styled himself Sikandare-Sani (the second Alexander) ?
A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)Aram Shah
D)Alauddin Khilji
Answer: Alauddin Khilji
- Q. Who first applied the name India to the region watered by the Sindhu ?
A)Portuguese
B)British
C)Dutch
D)Achaemenid Persians
Answer: Achaemenid Persians
- Q. The Dutch East India Company was formed by merging several small companies of Holland in :
A)The year 1602
B)The year 1702
C)The year 1802
D)The year 1834
Answer: The year 1602
- Q. Dhamma as propounded by Ashoka the great is not a religion but:
A)Message of religion
B)A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
C)Unavoidable Order of king
D)None of Above
Answer: A moral Law, a Common Code of Conduct or an Ethical Order.
- 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. 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. In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?
A)Rongali Bihu
B)Onam
C)Navratri
D)Pongal
Answer: Onam
- Q. Vedic Literature includes:
A)The Brahmanas
B)The Vedas
C)The Aranyakas
D)The Upanishads.
Answer: E
- 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. The six famous Smiritis are :
A)Kapil Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narad Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
B)Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Ram Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
C)Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narad Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
D)Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narayan Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smrit
Answer: Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narad Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
- Q. Who was the commander of revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand?
A)Luxmi Bai
B)Ahmadullah
C)Kuwar Singh
D)Bhadur Shah Jafar
Answer: Ahmadullah
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