More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The scared book of Buddhists is?
A)Veda
B)Upanishad
C)
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. Which Mughal ruler did away the Jaziya tax ?
A)Jahndar Shah
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)
D)Azim-us-Shan
Answer: E
- Q. The Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujrat for almost three and a half centuries between:
A)The year 990-1300 A. D.
B)The year 900-1300 A. D.
C)
D)The year 950-1300 A. D.
Answer: The year 950-1300 A. D.
- Q. Annie Besant arrived in India in:
A)1885
B)1878
C)
D)1900
Answer: 1893
- Q. When did Mahmud of Ghazni attack last on India?
A)1127 A.D.
B)1020 A.D.
C)
D)1027 A.D.
Answer: 1027 A.D.
- Q. Huin-Tsang the Chinese traveler visited India during the reign of :
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Harshvaardhan’s reign
- Q. The author of Tarikh-i-Mubaraks Shahi is :
A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
B)Abu Bakr Shah
C)
D)Yahya Sirhindi
Answer: Yahya Sirhindi
- 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)
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. 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. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
A)Chandragupta II
B)Chandragupta I
C)
D)Kumargupta
Answer: Chandragupta I
- Q. The dance encouraged and performance from the temple of Tanjore was
A)Odissi
B)Kathakali
C)
D)Bharatanatyam
Answer: Bharatanatyam
- Q. Which Governor General is remembered for the annulment of the partition of Bengal?
A)Willium Bentick
B)Lord Hardinge
C)
D)Lord Curzon
Answer: Lord Hardinge
- Q. Mahismati on the river Narmada was the earliest seat of power of:
A)The Kalachuris
B)The Abhira
C)
D)None of these
Answer: The Kalachuris
- Q. The Second Anglo- Maysore War took place between :
A)1680-84 A.D.
B)1780-84 A.D.
C)
D)1880-84 A.D.
Answer: 1780-84 A.D.
- 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)
D)About 10,50,000 sq km.
Answer: About 12,50,000 sq km.
- Q. In which province of undivided India was a referendum held to ascertain whether it should join Pakistan or not?
A)North West Frontier province
B)Ceded and Conquered Provinces
C)
D)Punjab
Answer: North West Frontier province
- Q. The writer of Rajatarangini is :
A)Kalhana
B)Banbhata
C)
D)Tulsi Das
Answer: Kalhana
- Q. The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:
A)Malayalam
B)Kannada
C)
D)Tamil Language
Answer: Tamil Language
- Q. Balance of payment includes:
A)Only trade
B)Only Visible
C)
D)Visible, invisible trade and debts
Answer: Visible, invisible trade and debts
- Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
A)V. Smith
B)James Princep
C)
D)None of these
Answer: James Princep
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