More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:
A)Malayalam
B)Kannada
C)Telugu
D)Tamil Language
Answer: Tamil Language
- 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. Where has the Great Bath been excavated?
A)Kalibangan
B)Harappa
C)Mohenjodaro
D)None of Above
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. Huin-Tsang the Chinese traveler visited India during the reign of :
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Harshvaardhan’s reign
D)None of Above
Answer: Harshvaardhan’s reign
- Q. The Khajuraho temples were built under:
A)Pauravas Kings
B)Chandela Kings
C)Ikshvakus Kings
D)Haryanka Kings
Answer: Chandela Kings
- Q. Vedic literature Comprises literary productions namely
A)The Brahamans
B)The Samhitas of Vedas
C)The Aranyakas
D)The Upanishads
Answer: E
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘Early History of India’ in 1904?
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)V.A. Smith.
C)R. K. Mehta
D)None of these
Answer: V.A. Smith.
- 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. Mahismati on the river Narmada was the earliest seat of power of:
A)The Kalachuris
B)The Abhira
C)The Vachanas
D)None of these
Answer: The Kalachuris
- Q. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
A)Garba
B)Nautanki
C)Kathakali
D)Bhangra
Answer: Garba
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi laid down four preconditions for a Satyagrahi (Passive Resistor) to fulfill – namely :
A)Observe perfect Chastity, Gain Money, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.
B)Observe perfect Chastity, Adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.
C)Observe perfect Chastity, Adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Power.
D)Observe perfect Chastity, Gain Money, Follow truth and Cultivated Power.
Answer: Observe perfect Chastity, Adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.
- 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 first official Language commission as required under Article 344 of the constitution was constituted by the president:
A)In 1950
B)In 1955
C)In 1952
D)In 1960
Answer: In 1955
- Q. Who composed the famous song ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha’?
A)Mohammad Iqbal
B)Jaidev
C)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. Under which Delhi Sultan’s rule, was the Kharaj in the form of a proper land tax levied over large parts of northern India?
A)Alaudin Khilji
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)Qutbuddin Aibak
D)Mahmood Shah
Answer: Alaudin Khilji
- Q. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from
A)Satpath Brahmana
B)Rigveda
C)Mundak Upanishad
D)Ramayana
Answer: Mundak Upanishad
- Q. The Dutch established their earliest factory at:
A)Chennai
B)Surat
C)Hydrabad
D)Kolkata
Answer: Surat
- Q. The four important dynasties that stand out prominently in the sixth century B.C. are :
A)The Haryankas, the Guptas, the Pauravas and Pradyotas.
B)The Guptas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and the Mauryas.
C)The Haryankas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and the Mauryas.
D)The Haryankas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and Pradyotas.
Answer: The Haryankas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and Pradyotas.
- 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. Akbar the great Mughal Emperor proclaimed a new religion Din-e-Ilahi in:
A)1575
B)1565
C)1581
D)1583
Answer: 1581
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