More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)J. Joshi
C)
D)Lala Lazpat Rai
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. The National Anthem was first sung in the year
A)1913
B)1911
C)
D)1935
Answer: 1911
- 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 most distinguishing feature of various Chalcolithic Cultures in ancient period is their :
A)Seal
B)Black Polished Ware
C)
D)Painted Pottery
Answer: Painted Pottery
- Q. Who wrote the play Mudrarakshasa ?
A)Banbhat
B)Vishakha Dutta
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Vishakha Dutta
- Q. The Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujarat:
A)1100-1300 A.D.
B)950-1300 A.D.
C)
D)600-1300 A.D.
Answer: 950-1300 A.D.
- 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 most important Bahamani ruler was:
A)Mujahid Shah Bahmani
B)Firoz Shah Bahamani
C)
D)Mahmood Shah Bahmani I
Answer: Firoz Shah Bahamani
- Q. Ahar culture, Kayatha culture, Malwa culture, Savalda culture, Jorwe culture, Prabhas culture, Rangpur culture are all :
A)Palaeolithic cultures
B)Mesolithic cultures
C)
D)None of these
Answer: The Chalcolithic cultures of Ancient India
- Q. Asoka the great appointed a class of officers vested with judicial power known as :
A)Rajukas
B)Dhamma
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Rajukas
- Q. Jayadeva, composer of the Gita Govinda adorned the court of Lakshmanasena who was the last Hindu ruler of:
A)Bihar
B)Oddisa
C)
D)Gujrat
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Where has the Great Bath been excavated?
A)Kalibangan
B)Harappa
C)
D)None of Above
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- 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. Which Mughal ruler did away the Jaziya tax ?
A)Jahndar Shah
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)
D)Azim-us-Shan
Answer: E
- 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)
D)Nusrat Shah
Answer: Sultan Firoz Tuglaq
- Q. The capital cities of Indus Valley Civilization were:
A)Kalibangan
B)Harappa and Mohenjodaro
C)
D)Lothal
Answer: Harappa and Mohenjodaro
- Q. Akbarnama and Ain-e-Akbari have been written by :
A)Akber
B)Abul Fazal
C)
D)Niggar Khan
Answer: Abul Fazal
- Q. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was set up in 1784 in Calcutta by:
A)Sir Robert Chambers
B)Charles Wilkins
C)
D)Sir William Jones
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. The Puranas define the term Bharatavarsha as the country marked by seven main chains of mountains viz.:
A)Mahendra, Malaya, Nashukha, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
B)Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
C)
D)Mahendra, Haruna, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
Answer: Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
- Q. The writer of Rajatarangini is :
A)Kalhana
B)Banbhata
C)
D)Tulsi Das
Answer: Kalhana
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