More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Khan Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of:
A)Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation
B)Samaj Khidmatgar Organisation
C)Dharm Khidmatgar Organisation
D)Islam Khidmatgar Organisation
Answer: Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation
- Q. Shri Narsimhan committee constituted in December 1995 was associated with:
A)Implementation of financial system reforms.
B)Implementation of Constitutional reforms
C)Implementation of Castism reforms
D)None of these
Answer: Implementation of financial system reforms.
- Q. The only Indus site where the remains of a horse have actually been found is:
A)Surkotada
B)Lothal
C)Kalibagan
D)Banawali
Answer: Surkotada
- Q. Mohiniattam dance form developed originally in which state?
A)Orissa
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Kerala
D)Karnataka
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The roads of cities in the Indus Valley Civilization generally divided the city into :
A)Circular Blocks
B)Rectangular Blocks
C)Triangular Blocks
D)None of Above
Answer: Rectangular Blocks
- Q. Between 1749-1754, an important war fought between the forces of the British and the French is known as :
A)The first Carnatic War
B)Third battale of panipat
C)The second Carnatic War
D)Battle of Baxur
Answer: The second Carnatic War
- Q. Shivaji divided his kingdom into:
A)Three Provinces
B)Two Provinces
C)Four Provinces
D)Five Provinces
Answer: Four Provinces
- Q. The Brahmanas, the Arayakas and the Upanishads are attached to one or the other of :
A)The Ramayana
B)The four Vedas.
C)The Mahabharata
D)The Purans
Answer: The four Vedas.
- 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 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. “Early History of India” in 1904 was written by :
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)J. Joshi
C)V. A. Smith
D)None of these
Answer: V. A. Smith
- Q. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation was adopted at a special session (September 1920) held at:
A)Bombay
B)Lahore
C)Pune
D)Calcutta
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Who was the revolutionary leader to kill General O. Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
A)Raj Guru
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Udham Singh
D)Sukhdev
Answer: Udham Singh
- Q. Who is known as Siladitya ?
A)Samundragupta
B)Chandragupta I
C)Harshavardhana
D)Ashoka
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. The Dharm Chakra Pravatan mentioned in the Buddihst test is:
A)Birth of Buddha
B)Nirvana
C)The first sermon delivered by Buddha at Sarnath
D)None of these
Answer: The first sermon delivered by Buddha at Sarnath
- Q. The scared book of Buddhists is?
A)Veda
B)Upanishad
C)Tripitaka
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. In 1492, the Spanish navigator who set out on his voyage to discover India but instead landed on the soil of America was :
A)Vasco Da Gama
B)Christopher Columbus
C)James Cook
D)None of Above
Answer: Christopher Columbus
- Q. Which river is most described in the Rig-Veda?
A)Sindhu River
B)Ganga River
C)Yamuna River
D)Sarswati River
Answer: Sindhu River
- Q. In Rig Vedic period, the basis of both social and political organization was :
A)The Smriti
B)The Samaj
C)The Sabha
D)The Kula (Family)
Answer: The Kula (Family)
- Q. Which Delhi Sultan levied the irrigation tax on the farmers for the first time ?
A)Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III
B)Abu Bakr Shah
C)Sultan Firoz Tuglaq
D)Nusrat Shah
Answer: Sultan Firoz Tuglaq
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