More Questions on Indian Culture
- 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. 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. 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. The National Song of India was composed by
A)Bankim Chandra Chatterji
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Iqbal
D)Jai Shankar Prasad
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterji
- Q. The last Mahakumbh of the 20th century was held at
A)Ujjain
B)Nasik
C)Allahabad
D)Haridwar
Answer: Haridwar
- Q. The first notable Paramara ruler in medieval period of India was:
A)Bhoja I
B)Sindhuraja
C)Vakpati Munja
D)Sindhuraja
Answer: Vakpati Munja
- Q. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
A)Garba
B)Nautanki
C)Kathakali
D)Bhangra
Answer: Garba
- Q. When were the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay established?
A)In the year 1893
B)In the year 1865
C)In the year 1931
D)In the year 1862
Answer: In the year 1862
- Q. Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)J. Joshi
C)Mahtma Gandhi
D)Lala Lazpat Rai
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Natya – Shastra’ the main source of India’s classical dances was written by
A)Bharat Muni
B)Nara Muni
C)Abhinav Gupt
D)Tandu Muni
Answer: Bharat Muni
- Q. Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babur to invade India was an uncle of:
A)Ibrahim Lodhi
B)Genghis Khan
C)Mirzā Muḥammad Haydar
D)Chagatai Khan
Answer: Ibrahim Lodhi
- Q. The Dutch established their earliest factory at:
A)Chennai
B)Surat
C)Hydrabad
D)Kolkata
Answer: Surat
- Q. Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
A)Kuchipudi
B)Ottan Thullal
C)Yakshagana
D)Odissi
Answer: Ottan Thullal
- Q. The Chief of Sukrchakiya Misl (a Sikh confederacy) was :
A)Maharaja Jagjeet Singh
B)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C)Maharaja Surjeet Singh
D)None of Above
Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Q. The extent of the Harappa civilization in the north was up to:
A)Punjab
B)Manda (Akhnoor district of Jammu and Kashmir)
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Haryana
Answer: Manda (Akhnoor district of Jammu and Kashmir)
- Q. The author of Tarikh-i-Mubaraks Shahi is :
A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
B)Abu Bakr Shah
C)Qutbuddin Aibak
D)Yahya Sirhindi
Answer: Yahya Sirhindi
- Q. The apex body in Indian Money market is:
A)Reserve Bank of India
B)Imperial Bank
C)Union Bank Of India
D)United bank Of India
Answer: Reserve Bank of India
- Q. The famous book of Huin-Tsang which forms an invaluable source to ancient Indian history is :
A)Hi-Nu-Si
B)Si-Yu-Ki
C)Kitab-e-Hind
D)None of Above
Answer: Si-Yu-Ki
- Q. Which Sikh Guru constituted Khalsa and introduced a new baptism ceremony requiring every Sikh to observe the five K’s “Kesh , Kirpan, Kachha, Kanghi and Kara”?
A)Guru Hari Krishan
B)Guru Govind Singh
C)Guru Amar Das
D)Guru Tegbhadur
Answer: Guru Govind Singh
- Q. The Harappa Civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by :
A)Mortimer Wheeler
B)R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
C)Sir Alexander Cunningham
D)None of Above
Answer: R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
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