More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The Dutch established their earliest factory at:
A)Chennai
B)Surat
C)
D)Kolkata
Answer: Surat
- Q. The dance encouraged and performance from the temple of Tanjore was
A)Odissi
B)Kathakali
C)
D)Bharatanatyam
Answer: Bharatanatyam
- 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. The writer of Rajatarangini is :
A)Kalhana
B)Banbhata
C)
D)Tulsi Das
Answer: Kalhana
- Q. Who was the commander of revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand?
A)Luxmi Bai
B)Ahmadullah
C)
D)Bhadur Shah Jafar
Answer: Ahmadullah
- Q. The apex body in Indian Money market is:
A)Reserve Bank of India
B)Imperial Bank
C)
D)United bank Of India
Answer: Reserve Bank of India
- Q. Vedangas (Limbs of Vedas) are :
A)Vyakarna (grammar) and Nirukta (etymology)
B)Siksha (phonetics) and Kalpa (rituals)
C)
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb died in:
A)1720 A.D.
B)1743 A.D.
C)
D)1727 A.D.
Answer: 1707 A.D.
- 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. Which river is most described in the Rig-Veda?
A)Sindhu River
B)Ganga River
C)
D)Sarswati River
Answer: Sindhu River
- Q. The National Anthem was first sung in the year
A)1913
B)1911
C)
D)1935
Answer: 1911
- Q. Originally the followers of Mahavira were designated as:
A)Sugranthas
B)Nirgranthas.
C)
D)None of these
Answer: Nirgranthas.
- 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)
D)The year 1834
Answer: The year 1602
- Q. Who wrote the book The Wonder that was India?
A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
B)J. Joshi
C)
D)A. L. Bansal
Answer: A. L. Bansal
- Q. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from
A)Satpath Brahmana
B)Rigveda
C)
D)Ramayana
Answer: Mundak Upanishad
- Q. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
A)Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
B)Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
C)
D)Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
Answer: Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
- Q. The fundamental principles of Buddha’s teachings are represented by the four Nobel Truths viz. :
A)Sukhkkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
B)Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
- Q. Madhubani’, a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?
A)Rajasthan
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)
D)Bihar
Answer: Bihar
- Q. Mughal emperor Akbar the great established Manasab system in the year:
A)AD 1555
B)AD 1550
C)
D)AD 1575
Answer: E
- Q. The writer of Kitab-Ur-Rahela is :
A)Ibne-Batuta
B)Alberuni
C)
D)I - Tsing
Answer: Ibne-Batuta
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